What makes you efficient?

[Plain steer]

Turnover. I need to work that out again but it’s a complicated task to split it all out, we run 500 ewes here all up one lane, a lot of the costs are shared, so looking at enterprises on their own is a challenge. There will be most money in the milk at the moment for sure, the trading cattle next then the sheep. Not as simple as just putting more milkers on though, the farms grazing platform is maxed out so it would mean making more silage off platform and reducing the days at grass. Id potentially ene up no better off than I am now, and it’s an absolute certainty that milk will not be the golden goose forever isn’t it.

It looks like you don’t have an adviser the first thing they would say is get rid of beef and sheep and max out on milk, but them advisers all pee in the same pot and the last time the milk price was under 20p it was the mixed boys like yourself that seemed to still trive through the storm

 

[Llmmm]

It looks like you don’t have an adviser the first thing they would say is get rid of beef and sheep and max out on milk, but them advisers all pee in the same pot and the last time the milk price was under 20p it was the mixed boys like yourself that seemed to still trive through the storm

Those advisers hate sheep with a passion despite the only animal i know that can give a 100 percent return on investment in one year

 

[Jdunn55]

It looks like you don’t have an adviser the first thing they would say is get rid of beef and sheep and max out on milk, but them advisers all pee in the same pot and the last time the milk price was under 20p it was the mixed boys like yourself that seemed to still trive through the storm

Those advisers hate sheep with a passion despite the only animal i know that can give a 100 percent return on investment in one year

I've decided all consultants are capable of doing is spending (someone else's) time and money.

Best kept out the yard if possible.

 

[coomoo]

I've decided all consultants are capable of doing is spending (someone else's) time and money.

Best kept out the yard if possible.

Nonesense

 

[Kidds]

I've decided all consultants are capable of doing is spending (someone else's) time and money.

They are certainly very good at that.
Where I think their value is comes from making you talk and think about things, it may well be stuff you already know but it brings it back into mind.
Biggest challenge is getting them to tell you more than you tell them, half the time they are no more than professional gossips.

 

[crashbox]

I've decided all consultants are capable of doing is spending (someone else's) time and money.

Best kept out the yard if possible.

A good discussion group lead could be an exception.

 

[Horn&corn]

Those advisers hate sheep with a passion despite the only animal i know that can give a 100 percent return on investment in one year

A purchased in calf heifer gave us 150% roi in first year

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

I've decided all consultants are capable of doing is spending (someone else's) time and money.

Best kept out the yard if possible.

Anyone can make figures look good on paper different putting it into reality.

 

[Plain steer]

I've decided all consultants are capable of doing is spending (someone else's) time and money.

Best kept out the yard if possible.

I can remember in the 90s there was farmers selling land to buy milk quota on the back of consultants advice , how wrong they were 20 years later quota was worth f%ck all and last has gone up 300/400%

 

[Buford T. Justice]

A purchased in calf heifer gave us 150% roi in first year

I'm assuming that's milk price versus cost of purchase?

Surely the cost of production in that year has to be factored in as well?

 

[Enry]

I can remember in the 90s there was farmers selling land to buy milk quota on the back of consultants advice , how wrong they were 20 years later quota was worth f%ck all and last has gone up 300/400%

I can't say Im aware of any advised to or who did that...know a few who sold quota and bought land....did very well

 

[Sid]

A good discussion group lead could be an exception.

The information comes from within the group not the lead.

They are just recycling ideas

 

[Horn&corn]

I'm assuming that's milk price versus cost of purchase?

Surely the cost of production in that year has to be factored in as well?

I did factor in cost of production and value of calf. Really depends on your output numbers but this can be really impressive in the right system

 

[Buford T. Justice]

I did factor in cost of production and value of calf. Really depends on your output numbers but this can be really impressive in the right system

That's a great ROI so