Time to adapt?

[Will Blackburn]

I don't think the nations borrowers could stand 5%, that is 20x where it is now, let alone 60x.

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15% won't happen in a generation, whatever reason rates are put up for they will be done well before that.

 

[stablegirl]

I agree, but i didnt think we would leave the EU, and i didnt think leicester would win the premier league and i didnt think trump would become president and didnt think interest rates would be 0.25%.

Etc

 

[jockthethistle]

Prepare for a 85p dollar. and a 99p euro , just as well I'm done traveling jtt.

 

[lazy farmer]

Depend on who the processors want to look after..
It is surprising how farmers say they voted out, so they knew what to expect, and confidence has picked up.
Its only the NFU that's painting it all doom and gloom from now on. Maybe their going to miss all the trips to Brussles..

where is the confidence you speak of?
just look at this this thread apart from becoming more efficient(which some on here would say is a dirty dirty word) none of us a have scoobie doo what to do or how to plan for it.
I also think you place too much faith in a lobby group to solve your problems when as with nearly all things we have the answers ourselves.

 

[More to life]

Sadly a bad very hard Brexit might be the best result with trade tariffs collapse in the pound and resection. A good deal for U.K. Plc might not be in agricultures best interests but who knows.

 

[O'Reilly]

Its always time to adapt. Just as worrying is that farm in Brazil with 10 cows to the hectare!

 

[Hanspree]

where is the confidence you speak of?
just look at this this thread apart from becoming more efficient(which some on here would say is a dirty dirty word) none of us a have scoobie doo what to do or how to plan for it.
I also think you place too much faith in a lobby group to solve your problems when as with nearly all things we have the answers ourselves.

Ok so who knows what will happen. But who could of predicted what happened in the last couple of years while being part of Europe.
In farmers weekly they've found another so called expert who says everything will crash in 2020 so do we all just say right that's it Im not doing anything till we see what happens then.
If you were to take whats in the press and whats on here as gospel then you wouldn't get out of bed, just got to knuckle down and look after number 1.

 

[lazy farmer]

and there was me think this was a place where we shared knowledge and ideas for the greater good of those who choose to participate. silly me

 

[Will Blackburn]

Ok so who knows what will happen. But who could of predicted what happened in the last couple of years while being part of Europe.

3 years of really good prices and the end of quotas in the EU, felt inevitable for some of us. Double dip anyone?

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Prepare for a 85p dollar. and a 99p euro , just as well I'm done traveling jtt.

An 85p dollar would protect much of uk agriculture from imported food commodities as it would be uncompetitive.

 

[Hanspree]

and there was me think this was a place where we shared knowledge and ideas for the greater good of those who choose to participate. silly me

It is don't get me wrong but some people can get a bit negative in their ways.

 

[TomB]

It is don't get me wrong but some people can get a bit negative in their ways.

Surprising how far positive thinking and confidence will get you. Negativity gets you nowhere.

 

[Hill Dairy]

One thing we can be sure of is there will be lots of change and uncertainty over the next few years which will create winners and loosers.
The way i see it is that we need to make our businesses as efficient we can. But as important as that is being adaptible in mind and business. Some will get lucky but those that are quickest to adapt to new opportunitys and risks will come out on top. Its a more exciting but risky time.

 

[wrenchy]

Being in Europe dairy farmer numbers have halved in 20 years so It can't get any worse can it think positively.

 

[Clay52]

Being in Europe dairy farmer numbers have halved in 20 years so It can't get any worse can it think positively.

That's happened pretty much everywhere in the world.

 

[endeavour]

At no time since the days of the price review and guaranteed prices for product has there been a firm direction of travel for long periods of time, general trends have been followed by the majority as a result of observation of perceived icons of agri industry and exhortations by "Consultants" trying to educate the "intransigent farmers"
Success by any yardstick is predominately as a result of a desire to survive and improve the financial results. The way forward is to do what you do best a little or even a lot better, remember the masses still have to eat no matter what politicians negotiate and OUR FOOD QUALITY IS WORLD CLASS