Farm Cornwall

Wanted Potato Equipment

edward — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:57:44 +0000

I am looking for the following

1. Single row-over potato Harvester

2. Interrow Potato Cultivator

3. Potato Re Ridger

Contact 01736762855 or 07737361664

Small Organic Straw Bales for Sale

edward — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:50:59 +0000

1000 Spring barley Straw bales for sale £3 per bale contact 01736762885

Prices

edward — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:04:07 +0000

Average Prices for February 2012

Beef

Truro UTM Steers 208p/kg av 194p/kg

Truro OTM Steers av 186p/kg

Truro Cull Cows 115p- 133p/kg

Truro Stores Steers £998 Heifers £978

Sheep

Truro Lambs av 200p/kg

Truro Stores av £74.50

Feed & Forage

Silage Bales 4′ round £18 each

Dairy Cake 18% +or – £250/t

Fertiliser

Nitrogen - £320/t

20:10;10 - £ 316 – 335/t

25;5;5 – £301

PLANET Training

edward — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:14:49 +0000

For those of you have been to our previous training programmes or if you have been elsewhere and now wish to make more use of PLANET other than the basics this is for you. It will start with reminder of the basics then move on to areas of nutrient planning, storage, NMAX & using the Wizard for combining field operations . The event will take place on February 23rd at 10am – 2pm. Do bring a lap top if you have one and some field records.

The event is FREE at the Penwith Business Centre Longrock TR20 8HL

IT Training

edward — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:34:26 +0000

Would you like some help with computers? Here at the Farm Business Centre we can offer one to one sessions with an IT expert to help you, whatever your computer needs. You can either bring along your own laptop or use our equipment. Here are some examples of what we might be able to help you with;
                   Getting started on computers
                   Emails & Internet
                   Spreadsheets
                   Wordprocessing
                   Entering your VAT or Cattle Records online
                   Designing marketing materials

There is a small charge of £10 per hour for this service. The dates available so far are 17th January and 7th February 2012. If you would like to book an appointment on either of these days or check on future dates please call us on 01736 352012.

Organic Silage bales for sale

edward — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:55:43 +0000

We have a farmer who has organic silage and haylage for sale. If interested please contact us and we will pass on your contact details – WE TAKE NO COMMISSSION FOR THIS SERVICE

Haylage bales for Sale

edward — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:53:00 +0000

We have farmers with haylage bales for sale, these are 4ft round bales and wrapped. If you are interested please contact us and we will pass on your details- WE TAKE NO COMMISSION FOR THIS SERVICE

Silage Bales for Sale

edward — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:50:25 +0000

We have 3 Farmers who registered with us silage bales for sale for the 2011 -12 season. Bales all are 4ft round bales. If you wish to buy these bales please contact us first and we will pass on the contact to the farmer, WE TAKE NO COMMISSION FOR THIS SERVICE

Welcome to Farm Cornwall

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:30:33 +0000

FarmCornwall is a Community Interest Company

Beef

admin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:29:17 +0000

The outlook for beef is good in all markets across the world the demand for beef is high. 20 yrs ago each person in China ate 3.9kg per head per annum today that figure stands at 49kgper head per annum, Brazil is now an importer of Beef. The Worlds national herds cannot simply respond to the increase demand by switching on a tap. Particularly as heifers are in demand for both beef or breeding. So the price in the UK is high because of the demand for beef for export and a similar situation appears in the world However if the market for beef was soley reliant upon the UK market because of the recession and people are buying cheap cuts then the price would be 50p/kg lower in Market or £1/ kg deadweight. A similar situation appaers in the world lamb market. The figures for a reduced breeding flock are staggering in the UK alone we are 4.5million breeding ewes down, the market cannot respond quick enough to increase its size of flock and like the beef trade gimmers(sheep) and heifers (beef)are been used to top up the meat market rather than increase the flock or herd.

Silage stocks are high with trade in silage limited, round bales £18 each

It is coming up for a new season ask yourself do you need so much silage?

Work on 30kg /day of silage for a suckler cow

upto 25kg/day of silage for finishing cattle

upto 50kg/day of silage for a dairy cow

These are a guide and will vary and assume a 150 day winter