another nail in the coffin

[Phil fox man]

I picked up my birds on Saturday and the bill.poults have gone up 20% which was only to be expected,but the feed plan ie growers pellets/wormer pellets and release pellets have gone up 50% .
considering Massy foods had a mass overstock last year why have they doubled the price ( at least dick Turpin wore a mask).
were only a small shoot ( just playing at it really) so I dread to think how much " real shoot" bills have gone up.
not just in shooting but in the real world company's profitering will cause the public to do without and so they will go without aswell.
anyway rant over and back to life.
phil

 

[Stalker62]

Still trying to get the pellets I need for my poults.

Just need some help in getting the Farmer to open his wallet...

 

[Phil fox man]

Still trying to get the pellets I need for my poults.

Just need some help in getting the Farmer to open his wallet...

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I get mine from the game farm,he always does us a good deal.he told us he had already spent £70,000 on food.
I got a good contact for tailings last year so that should help.
phil.

 

[Goingback]

I use Massey Feeds - 10% rise from last year......not 50%

 

[Foxyboy43]

Hmm.
First pellets bought yesterday - £12:95 a bag!

 

[Phil fox man]

Hmm.
First pellets bought yesterday - £12:95 a bag!

hi foxy,
what did you pay last year if you don't mind me asking
phil

 

[Foxyboy43]

hi foxy,
what did you pay last year if you don't mind me asking
phil

Need to look at old accounts - I shall return…..

 

[jall55]

Ours are actually cheaper than last year
Birds 50 p more
Wheat nearly halved
Not all bad

 

[John Gryphon]

Ukraine /Russia bullschitt has wheat prices jumping.

 

[CookM]

Then Putin goes and stuffs up the wheat price next year?.....
Thought we had stabilised.
We go through a LOT of feed.

 

[CookM]

Ukraine /Russia bullschitt has wheat prices jumping.

Beat me to it.

 

[Heym SR20]

The Telegraph has one of the answers

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Added to that this years harvest in the UK is looking somewhat uncertain. A very dry May and June which are critical months as grain is setting and then filling in wheat, barley and other crops won’t have helped build confidence. In some areas there was rain, but down the road there was none. And now we have a wet harvest.

And there is a very big demand on domestic cereals for brewing, milling and animal feed for cattle, pigs and poultry. And now that we are outwith the EU we are totally open to global market vagaries for imported grains.

 

[Tim.243]

The Telegraph has one of the answers

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Added to that this years harvest in the UK is looking somewhat uncertain. A very dry May and June which are critical months as grain is setting and then filling in wheat, barley and other crops won’t have helped build confidence. In some areas there was rain, but down the road there was none. And now we have a wet harvest.

And there is a very big demand on domestic cereals for brewing, milling and animal feed for cattle, pigs and poultry. And now that we are outwith the EU we are totally open to global market vagaries for imported grains.

Europe were glad of our help in living memory but soon forgot who started it and what they did to Europe and know want to pull our chain again and again then hardship is not a problem they can **** off.
They had no food back then know want to tell us what to do yer right oh.

 

[Heym SR20]

Europe were glad of our help in living memory but soon forgot who started it and what they did to Europe and know want to pull our chain again and again then hardship is not a problem they can **** off.
They had no food back then know want to tell us what to do yer right oh.

But you are forgetting that there is not any problem with exporting from Europe. Its getting stuff into the UK and dealing with UK Border Farce that is the real challenge.

 

[Dillon]

Food prices have generally held the same as last year, some are a bit lower. I’m told that those who had low prices last year very nearly caught a cold, so their prices this year have gone up more than normal.

Shop around, there’s potentially £50 a tonne difference.

 

[Cumbrian 1]

Poult prices are well down as others have mentioned best phoning around for pellet prices

 

[Tim.243]

But you are forgetting that there is not any problem with exporting from Europe. Its getting stuff into the UK and dealing with UK Border Farce that is the real challenge.

Tell that to my welder friend going to fix a welding job in France held up for 9 hrs with the French border people sitting around reading the paper drinking coffee fresh food delivered walking past saying Brexit is good and laughing.
B Rigbys (game dealer) big van was held for 11hrs same MO

 

[Phil fox man]

how much are you all paying for poults?.
I've just paid £5.50 each.

 

[paulbshooting]

There are deals to be done on pheasant and partridges. Looks like shoots next to SSSI's are not getting licenses so have to cancel. Sad times but feed and birds being sold to try to cover costs and save jobs.

 

[Heym SR20]

Tell that to my welder friend going to fix a welding job in France held up for 9 hrs with the French border people sitting around reading the paper drinking coffee fresh food delivered walking past saying Brexit is good and laughing.
B Rigbys (game dealer) big van was held for 11hrs same MO

Quite, it’s a British firm going to try and fix something in France. We voted to leave the EU. We chose to limit freedom of movement. We chose to have a hard border. We chose to impose visas on overseas workers etc etc.

It has feck all to do with EU. The EU wanted us to remain. Even when we chose to leave they wanted us to be part the extended free trade area (EFTA) but our government that we voted in chose to not take that option. Boris threw his toys out and got rid of Therasa May.

We were sold a pack of lies by a group of right wing politicians and their chronies who have made a fortune out of shorting sterling and our now laughing all the way to Coutts bank as lack of competition allows prices to rise inexorably upwards.

Even the Torygraph has realised that Brexit was a huge mistake.

Reason why your mates got held up when travelling over to do a welding job, is that they were travelling to do work. This is specifically prohibited in the oven ready withdrawal agreement that Boris “negotiated” and signed on our behalf.

You can only travel to Europe for holiday, or in a professional capacity to enter into agreements or supervise. As soon as it comes to work - it depends on the EU country, but you need a work visa to do “work”.

And their van would have been full of welding kit. This would almost certainly have been valued at well above personal limits. So needs to be declared with import / VAT etc being paid.

I have seen exactly the same issues with other businesses, even those with operations both sides of the channel. No longer can we load up the van with goods, equipment and guys and drive to the other end of Europe and do a job.

It is what the UK government insisted upon. We voted them in. No wonder French customs **** themselves laughing. It’s Turkeys voting for Christmas.

Europe is now as remote and as difficult to work with as just about every other country in the world. You cannot just turn up in the US and work in the US - you need a Green Card.