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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Baswold on March 17, 2010, 03:41:46 pm

Title: Famgate Feeds
Post by: Baswold on March 17, 2010, 03:41:46 pm

I am feeding Farmgate non GM finisher pellets and paying £7.00 a 20kg bag. I would be interested in what others are paying for for the same kind of product and also your thoughts on Farmgate Feeds. I am in the Notts/Derbyshire area.

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: Farmer on March 17, 2010, 05:50:09 pm

Farmgate is a 'rip off' for smallholders....I pay £5.50 per 25kg bag from Massey Foods...great quality and excellent service...two day delivery guaranteed.

Farmer,  :farmer:

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: spoon on March 17, 2010, 06:32:39 pm

have you got a link  :)

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: Helencus on March 17, 2010, 08:17:08 pm

I'd be interested in that too I pay 7 quid for 20 kg of growers. Is growers any cheaper? What's the minimum order I struggle for storage as no out buildings

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: supplies for smallholders on March 17, 2010, 08:18:15 pm

Hello,

We are agents for farmgate (Bocm Pauls).

The Farmgate pig finisher is quite expensive - but you pay for what you get really with livestock feed.

We dont do mail order of single bags anymore, the postage kills that one dead, although did once send six bags of pig feed to central london....

Anyway, if you were interested in a Tonne of feed (50 Bags) then we would do sow & weaner at £5.75 per bag with free delivery to mainland UK.

Thanks

Gareth

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: langdon on March 17, 2010, 09:07:10 pm

i checked up massey foods online and all i got was a site about meats and other food items.
couldnt find anything got to do with feeding the actual pig.
would love to find this site as that price is a bargain.
do you have to buy in bulk as we ever only have 4-5 pigs at a time.
ta langdon ;) :pig:

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: smiffy on March 17, 2010, 09:17:04 pm

you  can buy farmgate feeds direct from BOCM, you have to buy at least a tonne and the cost is A LOT less than £7 a bag

They also do a range of commecial pig feed, chicken food, cattle feed etc, the ton can be mixed, we but 3 ton at a time of mixed feed and its very competative

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: BadgerFace on March 18, 2010, 10:45:06 am

Quote from: Farmer on March 17, 2010, 05:50:09 pm

Farmgate is a 'rip off' for smallholders....I pay £5.50 per 25kg bag from Massey Foods...great quality and excellent service...two day delivery guaranteed.

Farmer,  :farmer:

I buy Farmgate feeds direct from BOCM - delivered my last tonne was £243.00 ! As a smallholder I don't feel I've been 'ripped off'  ;D

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: Gary on March 18, 2010, 11:38:08 am

Hi
   I know im far away from your areas but I pay £4.14 a tote bag 25kg if I buy a ton at a time thats near chard in sunny somerset

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: TG on March 19, 2010, 01:13:31 pm

£6.30 for Farmgate finisher in North Staffordshire. I can't buy in bulk as I only have two pigs at a time.

Title: Re: Famgate Feeds
Post by: MiriMaran on March 20, 2010, 09:25:04 pm

As far as i am aware Massey foods use GM Soya!!