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<blockquote data-quote="Moors Lad" data-source="post: 7853796" data-attributes="member: 4209"><p>The true cost of handling wool on your farm (rolling fleeces, packing sheets, stitching up, storing , labelling, etc, etc. ) might just be more than you think ( at say £15 /hr) - then you need a building to keep it dry and a loader to put it on transport.</p><p> Now think how much it`s GOT to cost BWMB to do all it`s got to do - staff wages, pensions, buildings ( rent, rates, power, etc,etc) , handling machinery, insurances,phones, computers,postage, etc, etc,etc - its BOUND to cost many pence per kilo!!</p><p> I can`t run my business without HEAPS of costs and I don`t see how you can run yours without a fair few costs too.</p><p> Guys like you are just so good at criticising but I`ll tell you one thing it might just be harder than you think to cut costs much more at BWMB and even if they were half what they are now we still wouldn`t be getting much for our wool.</p><p> No doubt you are the man to sell British wool for far more money than that silly old real world wool price......</p><p> The plain truth is that WOOL IS JUST TOO CHEAP ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE , not just Britain !! Until there`s a recognition that the world needs natural fibres rather than oil-derived artificial fibres we`re frankly stuffed - I just get totally fed up of all the armchair experts on here - we have to farm in the real world and the BWMB is essentially doing it`s best in a very hard trading environment.</p><p> With regard to the top man at BWMB getting a high salary - just remember if you pay peanuts you get monkeys<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" />.If you don`t believe me just look at our MPs and government ministers (well I THINK we might attract some intelligent useful folk if we paid them more!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite20" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" />) <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐒" title="Monkey :monkey:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f412.png" data-shortname=":monkey:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs Down (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs Down (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs Down (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs Down (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs Down (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /> One of them even get`s all emotional and carried away when he thinks of Peppa Pig<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🐖" title="Pig :pig2:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f416.png" data-shortname=":pig2:" /> !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moors Lad, post: 7853796, member: 4209"] The true cost of handling wool on your farm (rolling fleeces, packing sheets, stitching up, storing , labelling, etc, etc. ) might just be more than you think ( at say £15 /hr) - then you need a building to keep it dry and a loader to put it on transport. Now think how much it`s GOT to cost BWMB to do all it`s got to do - staff wages, pensions, buildings ( rent, rates, power, etc,etc) , handling machinery, insurances,phones, computers,postage, etc, etc,etc - its BOUND to cost many pence per kilo!! I can`t run my business without HEAPS of costs and I don`t see how you can run yours without a fair few costs too. Guys like you are just so good at criticising but I`ll tell you one thing it might just be harder than you think to cut costs much more at BWMB and even if they were half what they are now we still wouldn`t be getting much for our wool. No doubt you are the man to sell British wool for far more money than that silly old real world wool price...... The plain truth is that WOOL IS JUST TOO CHEAP ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE , not just Britain !! Until there`s a recognition that the world needs natural fibres rather than oil-derived artificial fibres we`re frankly stuffed - I just get totally fed up of all the armchair experts on here - we have to farm in the real world and the BWMB is essentially doing it`s best in a very hard trading environment. With regard to the top man at BWMB getting a high salary - just remember if you pay peanuts you get monkeys🐒🐒🐒.If you don`t believe me just look at our MPs and government ministers (well I THINK we might attract some intelligent useful folk if we paid them more!!:ROFLMAO:) 🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒(n)(n)(n)(n)(n) One of them even get`s all emotional and carried away when he thinks of Peppa Pig🐖 ! [/QUOTE]
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