Frodo
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Not sure about 12 months, but it certainly is a volatile industry.Layer job be f**ked within 12 months
Not sure about 12 months, but it certainly is a volatile industry.Layer job be f**ked within 12 months
why do u say that?Layer job be f**ked within 12 months
why do u say that?
Life cycle of most agri produce, price to farmer increases, farmer puts up more sheds, production outstrips demand, farmer quits or goes bust, demand outstrips production, price to farmer increases and away we go again.
Planning/environment is the one thing that that might throw a spanner in the works from now on.
There’s nothing much coming through in the way of new planning permissions granted I don’t think at the moment? Quite a few existing planning permissions being built.
The interesting thing will be to see how many people have the stomach to gamble on getting expensive planning through and paying the cost of a new build, only to find they time the arrival of their first pullers with the market crashing!
There's a lot of moy park broiler and layer houses going into table egg production ,, a whole lot more than you'd think,Not much if any new planning in NI either, a few broiler folk converting their units to eggs. Not sure I'd want to spend the money now as we could be at the peak of the cycle.
Our packer is having a producer meeting next week so we'll hear what he thinks about it.
They'd have to have the range area available for free range, or are they barn eggs?There's a lot of moy park broiler and layer houses going into table egg production ,, a whole lot more than you'd think,
Both, and pullet rearing, moy park starting to come under serious pressure,, a lot of free range broilers converting to layersThey'd have to have the range area available for free range, or are they barn eggs?
There's a lot of moy park broiler and layer houses going into table egg production ,, a whole lot more than you'd think,
That's the problem..............
Will Moy park up their game to try and stop people leaving?
Our man reckons free range good for another 6 months then unsure about things. Supermarkets now willing to take barn eggs, he says they aren't happy about being held to ransom by free range and will be unlikely to be caught short again.
Yeah, a shortage caused by them squeezing so hard the supply base decided to stop supplying.
I've heard murmors about the broiler industry moving to 30kg/M in the not too distant. Anyone else heard this? If there's any basis to it, what's that going to do to the job? And where's the floorpsace going to come from?
Sainsburys, morrisons, coop, marks and spencers, waitrose and lidl are either already on 30kg or announced they're moving too it, you get paid the same ppsqm wether you're growing 30 or 38kg, we grew one crop at 30kg and it is so much better than 38 and should be the standardYeah, a shortage caused by them squeezing so hard the supply base decided to stop supplying.
I've heard murmors about the broiler industry moving to 30kg/M in the not too distant. Anyone else heard this? If there's any basis to it, what's that going to do to the job? And where's the floorpsace going to come from?
We are a contract farm. At the moment 30kg gets paid 5 pence a kg more and is supposed to work out at the same ppsqm. Litter is a lot better on 30kg so minimal top up bales needed and lower hock and podo scores which we can get up to 2p a kg bonus for. Management is so much easier walking around the sheds, minimal bedding up, less dead to pick upThat has to depend on the contract? Where you're paying for your own gas and bedding, you're waving goodbye to a lot of efficiency?
If on a flat rent, FBT or whatever, then the same pay for having everything under so much pressure must be an absolute dream.
It'll be nice if Tesco, Aldi, and the rest follow suit.