Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Ive been spreading the gospel since foor n mouth but just get ridiculed, i wont stop tho
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Good News in the pig trade
- Thread starter Pan mixer
- Start date
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- Location
- Near Colchester
An old boy who knew said to me once that "there is no-one honest in the meat trade" I don't want to believe it but the evidence that I have seen and heard about over the years tends towards him being a wise chap.
I never want to go back to live selling though @Hilly
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
As said the ship has sailed for Pigs . Not just meat trade folk are horrible everywhere now , not many honest folk just greedy twisted barstewards that would shaft their granny for a fiver .
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
My 200 per week would be a drop in the ocean to that particular plant so I hope that you’re wrong about them messing others about.
It's understandable the route you took, probably a case of unfortunate timing and the marketing group not pulling their weight for you. As @Nukemall says though, they're probably the largest power in the market hierarchy that actually acts in the farmer's interests so certainly aren't a waste of time.
We can have a go at the abattoirs and buyers, but at the end of the day they are only following the big business mantra that's been breeding in the country for years now. It's all about desperation to get to the top, having people at a leash hold and robbing the honest hard workers. If the Government weren't the living, breathing definition of this they'd have stepped in to support the industry at it's lowest point.
Batty
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Million dollar question did the abattoir not want the pigs through a marketing group or was the group not interested in pulling there finger out and getting it sorted ?????
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
I really don't know. I was very angry indeed with the marketing group, initially thinking the latter case, now more inclined to the former.
So far, within the last two years been very badly let down by two groups, one, initials MQ who failed to enforce a weaner supply contract that the buyer gave me three weeks notice on, against a contracted four month notice period. Secondly by TVC who tried and failed to get me a finished pig contract. Meanwhile AQM couldn't do a lot for me either, or any of the others.
Looks like I've got to paddle my own canoe helped by PC!
Batty
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Glad it worked out for you, best of luck going forward. now need to get prices back in to profit ( long way to go with raw materials as they are)
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Certainly not out of the woods yet, but very nice to have a regular cashflow again. Can only hope that pig prices now head upwards into uncharted territory.
Nukemall
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Anyone had any compound feed prices in the last few days? Been told raw material shortages are looming, especially micro ingredients.
- Location
- Near Colchester
With wheat at £297.5 for March delivery and £303 for May and soya at £457 tonight I think that the prices we will need are so far off the chart that it boggles the imagination.
Breakeven at those input prices would be well over a pound more than we are getting now?
- Location
- Near Colchester
Sorry the last post has gone against the spirit of this thread but it was me who was the OP iirc
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
With reduced and still falling supplies of pigs now coming through, I hope that it gets "interesting" soon.
- Location
- Near Colchester
My butchers and my wife (who sells from here) both complain that no one is buying much meat atm.
On the other hand 1 hog roast last week and one this week may help a bit - some years we sell over half our pigs this way in the summer - but not the last 2 summers of course.
On the other hand 1 hog roast last week and one this week may help a bit - some years we sell over half our pigs this way in the summer - but not the last 2 summers of course.
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
I was told soya was £519/t today?
- Location
- Near Colchester
I just got that off the tinternet, you may be correct, that may have not got haulage etc on it. Either which way it is scary.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I wouldnt belive butcher, they talk ybe job down all the time .
- Location
- Near Colchester
I know what you mean but in this case I am totally sure that they are correct, certainly from the pig meat side
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Ive got them pestering the living daylights out of me for a few rare breed pigs , they never usually ….. might be regional.
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
USA prices now $1.06/lb (Iowa) and $1.18/lb June futures.
In real money that's £1.80/kg and £2.01 respectively.
This time next year Rodney.....
In real money that's £1.80/kg and £2.01 respectively.
This time next year Rodney.....