- Location
- Derbyshire
Key to all that lot is being able to wash it. So adapted the wash trough so milk pump can connect and flexi pipe does a simple return / dump
milk vending machine
- Thread starter farmer notsurewhattodo
- Start date
- Location
- Northumberland
Next phase of your expansion @Tim G . Been in touch with the seller . No good to us as no take off & return for a seperator. Price is right (subject to inspection )
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Tempting.....
- Location
- South Molton
Has any one had a customer ask about red tractor?
- Location
- Northumberland
Think it will be 3phase
Need to budget circa £1k to get someone to go over it & certify it to satisfy EHO
- Location
- Northumberland
- Location
- Derbyshire
Don't need to rush into it I've got one sat here the same, but single phase .
It won't be going anywhere just yet
- Location
- Northumberland
To be fair we never mention it. Often have conversations about the amount of data & records we have about the cows, meds, fert, milk yields, feed etc etc etc but no point mentioning RT as all milk is (allegedly ) RT, so not a USP for us
ollie989898
Member
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
The cheque book has been locked away for now anyway , updated the round baler and just bought another cow so won't be rushing to spend more just yet!Don't need to rush into it I've got one sat here the same, but single phase .
It won't be going anywhere just yet
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Both of ours are red.....
In all seriousness, no, never. Which to me demonstrates the ridiculousness of the scheme. Since Sophie and I struck out on our own we have never been farm assured, all lambs sold through market and it made no difference. Beef animals either sold privately as meat or for breeding, or some weaned calves sold privately, made no difference. Possibly would have for cull cows but we had a buyer for the odd one we did have, and it made no difference.
Now, although we aren't a great scale, we sell just about everything ourselves, through our farmshop, beef, lamb, mutton, pork, milk, cream etc. No farm assurance scheme, never been asked by a customer about it, but do get questions about how we do things, what animals are fed etc which is fine, and right to be asked too. I always say we get inspected every day.
- Location
- Northumberland
Yes, If there was anything wrong with your offering you would soon have no customers
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Right now that's a very tempting idea......
- Location
- Northumberland
Know what you mean.
At one of our farm shop customers today & the owner was a touch frustrated with his customers. "Come out this morning without switching their bloody brains on " was one of his more charitable comments
- Location
- Derbyshire
Haha, that's exactly the same comment I heard at the butcher's today!
- along with less charitable comments
JohnGalway
Member
- Location
- Connemara, Ireland
Funny, over here I know a very well clued in guy who's Bord Bia quality assured for lamb, only 1 year in 7 does it benefit him.
Staffordshire: Crumbly, hint of Wensleydale.
Cheddar: Creamy texture, just the right side of medium on the cheddar scale.
Hatherton smoked: Subtle smokey flavour, smooth texture.
Blue Stilton. Intense, classic Stilton.
A lovely selection of cheeses, and fantastic value.
.I’ll bite...
a vending machine for meat and eggs is interesting. A lot of people are shopping online and having deliveries without picking their own meat off the shelf so I can see it working. But it would need a lot of advertising and marketing as you don’t have the draw of a farm shop to browse around.
What ball park figure are we talking for one?
- Location
- Derbyshire
Give me one good reason why I should invest (spend ) £5500 with you when my £200 fridge works? - so much less painful!
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