Re: Cattle prices

"Jim Webster" <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> <greymaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:41:30 +0100, Jim Webster wrote:
>> >
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>> > Not seen clean beef sold for a week or two but I think that they
>> > have
> held
>> > up
>> > With the end of OTMS, it may be that a lot of companies over here
>> > are holding off buying Irish, hoping they will pick stuff up
>> > cheaper here?
>> >
>> > Jim Webster
>> >
>> >
>> Thats a while yet, innit?
>>
> it is hoped that the first previously OTMS beef will go into the food
> chain from November 7th on.
> Interesting comments made in this weeks Farmers Guardian
>
> St Merryn Foods producer club manager said that they have increased
> carcass weights and numbers driven price down
>
> ABP says it is killing more cattle at higher weights.
> Duncan Sinclair, MLC economics manager and smart chap pointed out that
> between January and July the number of cattle that came onto the
> market was a whole 0.3% up on last ear.
> Carcass weights were up by a full 14kg, or 3%, again not enough to
> trigger the cuts. He also pointed out that beef imports up until the
> end of July were actually down 12% on last year.
> August figures should be out by now and they might show a change in
> supply/kill numbers, whatever but it is looking very similar to the
> dairy situation. A handful of big retailers and processors can just
> pay what they want to to keep their margins up
>
> Jim Webster
>
>
>

What do you reckon on the price of stores, Jim? I am wondering if I should
buy a few stores as grass mowers.

I still have 27 acres of grass untouched since last year. Not quite as
shocking as it sounds as I use it for dog training and one dog sold equals
the total income I would get if I sold the grass (and so lost the cover for
training). Also, some is due to be planted with trees any day now. Didn't
they used to leave grass like this and graze it late as "foggage"?

Derry
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