Woolless
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I would like to think that the situation is at least on their radar.Surely the competition commission needs to be stepping in...
I would like to think that the situation is at least on their radar.Surely the competition commission needs to be stepping in...
The owner is not a good person .Probably good news for the plant and the folk that work there but in the long run it won't benefit the producer.
I think its been run and half owned by larry(ABP) for a while so it isnt going to make much difference, its going to keep its trading name too .Surely the competition commission needs to be stepping in...
If I was buying fat lambs and a vendor declared that the lambs where only there because they couldn't fit on the lorry with the DW lambs, I would not bid on then if I wasn't getting the chance to bid on all your lamb. .All dead or all sold to 1 person direct like cull ewes.
Scab, distance, time, corruption, poor prices to name a few things.
last Year I failed to fit 25 lambs on a lorry going DW. I scanned the tags and took them straight to mart, declaring as they were being sold that they couldn’t fit on the lorry but they were all fit to kill ( All 38-42kg ) £21/head difference between the ones that went direct and the ones I took to the mart plus I wasted 6 hours being there I realised after it would have been quicker for me to have taken the lambs passed the mart and straight to slaughterhouse and been £525 better off.
Those of you with good marts not far away don’t realise how lucky you are!
Fair enough that’s a good reasonIf I was buying fat lambs and a vendor declared that the lambs where only there because they couldn't fit on the lorry with the DW lambs, I would not bid on then if I wasn't getting the chance to bid on all your lamb. .
Those of us lucky enough to have good mart close by have them because we take all our lambs there not just the one that cant fit in the lorry or the rubbish at the end of the season.
No chance they are uselessSurely the competition commission needs to be stepping in...
Correct !If I was buying fat lambs and a vendor declared that the lambs where only there because they couldn't fit on the lorry with the DW lambs, I would not bid on then if I wasn't getting the chance to bid on all your lamb. .
Those of us lucky enough to have good mart close by have them because we take all our lambs there not just the one that cant fit in the lorry or the rubbish at the end of the season.
I really don't understand people like that. He's made a fortune but still intent on screwing farmers, and particularly his own countrymen, down as tight as he can. What's the point? A lot of folk like that at the top level of corporations. Money is their god!The owner is not a good person .
Greed and power , they never have enough of either .I really don't understand people like that. He's made a fortune but still intent on screwing farmers, and particularly his own countrymen, down as tight as he can. What's the point? A lot of folk like that at the top level of corporations. Money is their god!
Because he’s a greedy cúntI really don't understand people like that. He's made a fortune but still intent on screwing farmers, and particularly his own countrymen, down as tight as he can. What's the point? A lot of folk like that at the top level of corporations. Money is their god!
A love another way ^Because he’s a greedy cúnt
If I was buying fat lambs and a vendor declared that the lambs where only there because they couldn't fit on the lorry with the DW lambs, I would not bid on then if I wasn't getting the chance to bid on all your lamb. .
Those of us lucky enough to have good mart close by have them because we take all our lambs there not just the one that cant fit in the lorry or the rubbish at the end of the season.
..... posts were coming in so fast I hadn't the time to keep up !I hope this isn't another one hit post from the opening poster,nether to be seen again @Hfd Cattle ,time for a coffee now
its easy to dodge that with lambs though, as they are weighed by the pen.On the subject of weighing most markets will be inspected randomly by trading standards .
If they have a digital setup then I think the weight is automatically logged and the only input is the quantity on the weighbridge . In a store sale while it's nice to have the weight up most will be buying as they see them and the weight would just be a guide .