Talking today about 5 a kg being the new 4, but 6 is probably needed next year.
There is going to come a point Where people will start de-stocking and carry the minimum and no more. Are we past it, probably for a lot of people and I don't know if it is just denial that makes me say for "a lot of people".
The biggest feed lots in the world are facing in to 10 dollar corn, a doubling and still rising.
Brutal here, extra brutal there.
Beef may become the preserve of the rich consumer
Well if it does no slurry or silage will be done as it would be cheaper to park machines up
Do people need to eat?
Or is that just old fashioned thinking.
Just goes to show how reliant on Oil the farming in Ireland has become. Some of the activities use huge amounts of Diesel. In fairness contractors are running modern machines that are fuel efficient but the bulk of Tractors on the farms are older Diesel guzzling yolks
I see what u mean but the pack of fags is really only "worth" about a Euro and price has been artificially inflated by various governments. Similar story with pints
Supply chains are often so long now its hard to find the true value of things. I think the system is designed to allow for repeated taxation and feathering the nests of as many parasitic middlemen as possible
Hard to know but atm you would be looking at a €10 extra per job per hour for diesel at least.
I heard of a fella today that claimed to fill his harvester it cost him €1300 but now its gonna cost him €3000.
Also heard rumours of lads seriously considering parking some machines up and downsizing for the year. Cutting thier cloth to measure.
Also heard talk of 150 per acre for pit this year.
I totally get the point re the fertiliser/feedlot link but the fact is that there are still a lot of farmers depending on fertiliser to grow grass and the significant price increase is going to hit them very hard notwithstanding diesel, wrap, meal and every other input going up too.
the only way it can be good is if the price increase is higher than cost of inputs and that’s not happening.
it’s not good for anyone and it’s going to be a challenging couple of years
I was talking to one of my bale wrap suppliers today and at the moment Silotite wrap is at €115 a roll and expected to go higher. It was €90-95 last year and €80 the year before. That’s at best case scenario a minimum €35 rise on a roll that does 31 bales at 4 layers so €1.13 per bale or €1.70 a bale at 6 layers.
Got a few gallons of green at a filling station this evening and was asked for the tractor registration number ?? What's that about?
It isn't half dear enough for some apparently. I just got a WhatsApp from my contractors son with a pic of a crew from North Cork spreading slurry with a pipe system in Kildare in last few days. 170km trek to spread shyte.
Asked by who?
The cashier in the shop. I asked why and he said we've to take the Reg.
I'd have asked her the reason for that. Maybe it could be they are getting a lot of drive aways with the increase in the fuel price
Back in the day when biodiesel was available on forecourts you had to sign for it and you got a receipt as proof of purchase from a bona fide source. If you met a customs checkpoint you could show what was in the tank was above board.
Yea I'm thinking it's more the shop trying to keep himself covered if someone says they got their fuel there if something came up.
Just tried to log onto top oil website to see the prices. It states the website is offline, it shows the list of depots and instructs you to ring your local one for assistance
Jones oil
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I d say the opposite is the case that modern machines are burning more diesel to do the same work but are producing less emissions.
Ah hold on here now.road diesel was 1.67 in local coop Tuesday.how come ag diesel is rising faster than road diesel
Daughter works in local shop anyone who buys green has to sign for it. I think I posted on here before about a lad who signed his name as Peter crouch, Anfield.
Any idea what the reason for it is?
I also looked at the klass oil website and it said it had no green in stock
Sounds exactly like what the globalists want.
I think it's for customs. I'll ask her when she gets back from school
I hate when Shops or whatever try and get details like that but at the same time I wouldn't say anything as they are usually only doing what they are told, but I'd give them dud info
Richard Ceann?
But the past few days have made alot of us question how low input we really are.decreasing output to increase margin is not going to improve your profit overall
Local contractor who without naming name s should be good at accounts is supposed to be going up 40 euro an acre this year
Customs call into the station beside me n go through their cameras for the reg of cars on the green pump. This was pre covid dunno if they are back at it now, I was surprised tbh. The pump is one that is 24hr with the fuel card.
Was talking to a rep yesterday, asked him was there any demand for clover seed. Not at all he says, if anything lads are spreading more fert than ever before...
