Post by fish on Nov 6, 2023 18:18:02 GMT 12
Lamb prices down 20%
It's not often you hear about livestock prices in the MSM.
Despite what the Green Party and inner city chardonnay drinkers think, our economy is based in the regions and on agriculture. I'm not liking the overall trends here. Dairy down. Sheep and Beef down. Carbon Farming up. SNA's up. Fart taxes up. Ute taxes etc etc.
The story notes that finishing farms normally have the option of making silage if the lamb price is low, but that dairy (who buy silage) don't need it and couldn't afford it anyway...
With my very limited knowledge of growing sheep, I'm fairly sure this is just the start of the season for sending them to the works, i.e. for the price to be this low already is very bad. Don't you normally fatten them up all spring and send them off mid / late summer? Or I have I completely mixed my seasons up and the ones born this August just been have a year and a few months to go until getting turned into a roast?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/501824/20-percent-plus-drop-in-lamb-prices-harder-and-faster-than-expected
It's not often you hear about livestock prices in the MSM.
Despite what the Green Party and inner city chardonnay drinkers think, our economy is based in the regions and on agriculture. I'm not liking the overall trends here. Dairy down. Sheep and Beef down. Carbon Farming up. SNA's up. Fart taxes up. Ute taxes etc etc.
The story notes that finishing farms normally have the option of making silage if the lamb price is low, but that dairy (who buy silage) don't need it and couldn't afford it anyway...
With my very limited knowledge of growing sheep, I'm fairly sure this is just the start of the season for sending them to the works, i.e. for the price to be this low already is very bad. Don't you normally fatten them up all spring and send them off mid / late summer? Or I have I completely mixed my seasons up and the ones born this August just been have a year and a few months to go until getting turned into a roast?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/501824/20-percent-plus-drop-in-lamb-prices-harder-and-faster-than-expected
