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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: holz306 on April 25, 2012, 03:10:52 pm

Title: Where does...
Post by: holz306 on April 25, 2012, 03:10:52 pm
everyone buy their feed from?  i'm looking into feed prices and bulk orders, and at the moment i only have one choice, which is harbro, where does everyone else buy from?
Title: Re: Where does...
Post by: robert waddell on April 25, 2012, 03:45:22 pm
We buy ours from East Coast Viners Grain, £280.00 per ton delivered, where are you? you never know maybe ECVG will deliver in your area. It is always made fresh and never had any problems with the feed.
Title: Re: Where does...
Post by: holz306 on April 25, 2012, 10:03:59 pm
i'm in N/W highlands, near the isle of skye.  Our feed merchant, harbro, is 87miles from here, but a lot of places seem to deliver relatively cheaply surprisingly.
Title: Re: Where does...
Post by: Rosemary on April 25, 2012, 11:19:04 pm
Marriages mainly - they deliver a tonne pallet free. And it's GM free.
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Title: Re: Where does...
Post by: Sylvia on April 27, 2012, 07:49:20 am
With tiny flocks and herds I buy mine by the bag and because I have only metal dustbins in an old caravan to keep it in I buy one, or at most two,bags at a time.
Mole Valley Farmers yesterday. £15-30 for one bag of layers pellets and one bag of ewe nuts :o I wish I could find cheaper but I have to take into account the cost of fetching it. At least MVF is on my way to my holding.
I always used to buy organic feeds but these are now more than twice the price of the other.
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Post by: lill on April 27, 2012, 09:01:25 am
East coast diners grain-free delivery always made fresh never had any problems with it £280 per ton
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Post by: tweedsidejacobs on April 27, 2012, 09:14:44 am
From Tarff Valley, we buy ours buy the pallet load as it's local and then just take the bags when we need it.
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Post by: Sudanpan on April 27, 2012, 02:22:05 pm
We buy our pig nuts from our local agricultural store - works out about £280 a tonne (collected)
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Post by: Daisys Mum on April 27, 2012, 08:42:38 pm

Used to bye BOCM pig feed from Border farm feeds but am awaiting a delivery from East Coast Viners, really helpfull and about £40 cheaper for a ton.