winter ahead

wiggy123

will it be a long one?
also any guess--will it b like last year--a mild jan+feb! then a wet march/april..
also will prices pickup, in all aspects of agriculture..
ie milk? beef? lamb? etc...

will fertiliser increase? also it seems diesel will increase next week!

views?

vanderbadger

i think the New zealand weather guru has predicted a late spring but a good summer, which would mean a long winter of feeding

wiggy123

ouch...so are well all set for a long winter..ie feed supplies!
i do think-theres plenty of fodder about,mayb not the best..wet!
according to department reports..cattle+sheep numbers are way down from previous years!
so you'd think prices will go up-next year..for both beef+lamb!

MI5

wiggy123 wrote: »

ouch...so are well all set for a long winter..ie feed supplies!
i do think-theres plenty of fodder about,mayb not the best..wet!
according to department reports..cattle+sheep numbers are way down from previous years!
so you'd think prices will go up-next year..for both beef+lamb!

Don't hold your breadth on cattle / sheep prices going up because of falling numbers when the supply chain is dominated one or two large processors who act in concert to keep down prices.
Larry G can afford to pay a lot more for beef animals in the UK than in Ireland EVEN THOUGH, the end market for the Irish beef is the very same supermarket shelf as the cattle he buys in England. Can you explain that to me.
Now we are hearing that the latest piece of thuggery coming out of the meat processors in Ireland is they will not kill finished cattle bought through a mart :eek::eek:
What a joke!!

wiggy123

never heard that--where u read that!
true--cartel with factories in this country--is a joke!