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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: ambriel on March 16, 2011, 11:39:22 pm

Title: Feed Prices
Post by: ambriel on March 16, 2011, 11:39:22 pm: Picked up some feed from the suppliers yesterday and just wondered what everyone else is paying.

Each of these is for a 20kg sack.

Spillers Layer Pellets - £8.50
Sow Rolls - £8.30
Bruised Barley - £6.35

But it was these that nearly knocked me on my arse: Bird Feed Peanuts - £34.50 !!!

Also picked up a 3ft galvanised trough for the pigs - £21.50
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: bamford6 on March 21, 2011, 05:54:49 pm: CHICK CRUMBS MEDICATED £12 THE SIX WEEK POULTREY BILL AS GONE FROM £850 TO 1200 FOR 6 WEEKS IN WITH THIS IS SAW DUST AND MIXT WEAT SO ATT THE MO ITS COSTING
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Womble on March 21, 2011, 07:31:13 pm: Yes, peanuts are extortionate! Keep an eye on the likes of Lidl etc though, as sometimes they can actually be cheaper in there for the same weight in total. I believe it's because their main use is to extract oil for food, so they've gone up in line with all other foodstuffs.
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: littlemisspiggy! on March 24, 2011, 12:09:15 pm: IN MANSFIELD,NOTTS......

20KG SOW NUTS £6.50
'' LAYERS PELLETS £5.99
'' FINISHERS £7

HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS GOING UP APPROX £1 A BAG BUT THATS STILL CHEAPER THAN YOURS!!VERY EXPENSIVE WHEN YOUR USING A BAG A DAY FOR THE PIGS AS WE ARE........ :o :( :o
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: loosey on March 24, 2011, 12:16:45 pm: 20kg Finishing Pellets £7.90
Same of Sow Nuts £7.30

Rest of ours is dog and horse food. We are in Cornwall.
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: northfifeduckling on March 24, 2011, 12:41:19 pm: Black's in Fife £ 8.39 for Spillers layers' pellets. They are thinking of changing the brand they stock
local Farm wheat and barley have both gone up from £3 to £ 4.50 for 20 kg. :chook: :&>
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Hilarysmum on March 24, 2011, 04:16:02 pm: Sow and pig nuts by the tonne = 6.60 per 25 k. sack individual sacks 9.80 for 25 k.
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Beewyched on March 24, 2011, 05:17:05 pm: We're 18 miles west of Glasgow & just had the invoice for our latest delivery - £11.80 per 25kg bag of Pot Belly mix for our KKs - shocking! :o
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: ambriel on March 27, 2011, 09:14:54 pm: Quote from: littlemisspiggy! on March 24, 2011, 12:09:15 pm
HAVE BEEN TOLD ITS GOING UP APPROX £1 A BAG BUT THATS STILL CHEAPER THAN YOURS!!
A problem we have up here is increased carriage charges. Despite being mainland we're charged the same as if we were on an off-shore island. Even Royal Mail charge extra.
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Helencus on March 27, 2011, 09:57:37 pm: I've started buying farmgate sow and weaner by the ton so I'm getting it for 5.99 for 20 kg. Makes a big difference from countrywide where I was buying their sow rolls for 8.50 per 20 kg
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Fowgill Farm on March 28, 2011, 12:29:44 pm: Thats a really good price for farmgate, up here they're charging £7.75 a 20kg bag! sorry i stand corrected just checked local ag merchants website and they're £10.39 ::) Allen & Page are £10.85 and their organic is £16.89...........eek!
Mandy :pig:
Ps don't buy mine there currently paying £309/Tonne 25kg bags
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Helencus on March 28, 2011, 03:31:25 pm: That's shocking :o
What are you buying for £309 for 25 kg bags and who from if I may ask?
Cheers
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: skidley on March 28, 2011, 04:01:56 pm: I'm paying £310/tonne 25kg sacks Duffields sow nuts
Title: Re: Feed Prices
Post by: Fowgill Farm on March 29, 2011, 09:22:33 am: Thompsons of York 01904488388 - know they deliver into Derbyshire but not sure if they go as far south as you but no harm in giving them a call, just ask for 16% sow nuts - i feed all my pigs on them. they do have GM soya but no other crap!
HTH
mandy :pig: