new ford farm

Bellview

Just reading the online journal and the new ford farm is losing money before land rent and labour paid...despite being technically best in class...what hope for all of us

alps

The description of the farm is brilliant....in other areas we have had advisors, distraught with the difficulty of trying to get the public to take on board its preaching, relishing in their opportunity to run their own ship and prove to everyone, once and for all, how to make a profit..

The herd, which is known as the Newford Herd, is run on a fully commercial basis and demonstrates the potential of a moderately large suckler beef farm to generate a viable family farm income when operated to the highest level of technical efficiency and best practice.



The farm acts as a shop window for the technologies that drive profitability in a suckler herd and operates in a completely transparent manner, with all measurements and data available to visiting groups, other interested parties and the farming public.

TPF2012

Looking at their figure, a fixed cost over 3 years of e381058. In 2016, their costs per cow calving was e1396. How realistic is this for the average farm? Why can't they do a demonstration farm on a more extensive basis instead of them all about pushing everything to the limit and being in a mountain of debt and costs. But I suppose that would not suit the fertiliser, concentrate suppliers.

wiggy123

never was go to make profit anyway.. with wage bills etc...

mahoney_j

Bellview wrote: »

Just reading the online journal and the new ford farm is losing money before land rent and labour paid...despite being technically best in class...what hope for all of us

See there at that ****e with costs as well so in reality the loss is way higher than what’s printed

TPF2012

wiggy123 wrote:

never was go to make profit anyway.. with wage bills etc...

The farm manager wage isn't included in the figures printed.

farawaygrass

alps wrote: »

The description of the farm is brilliant....in other areas we have had advisors, distraught with the difficulty of trying to get the public to take on board its preaching, relishing in their opportunity to run their own ship and prove to everyone, once and for all, how to make a profit..

The herd, which is known as the Newford Herd, is run on a fully commercial basis and demonstrates the potential of a moderately large suckler beef farm to generate a viable family farm income when operated to the highest level of technical efficiency and best practice.



The farm acts as a shop window for the technologies that drive profitability in a suckler herd and operates in a completely transparent manner, with all measurements and data available to visiting groups, other interested parties and the farming public.

?? Sure it’s losing money?

Willfarman

TPF2012 wrote: »

Looking at their figure, a fixed cost over 3 years of e381058. In 2016, their costs per cow calving was e1396. How realistic is this for the average farm? Why can't they do a demonstration farm on a more extensive basis instead of them all about pushing everything to the limit and being in a mountain of debt and costs. But I suppose that would not suit the fertiliser, concentrate suppliers.

There needs to be a programme of research on getting a return from environmental based extensive farming, finding the balance. But will it ever happen? Unlikely..