Cuckoo's nest
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Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit .
Cant find the link can someone help ?
Cant find the link can someone help ?
Some people have an empire to buildWhy exactly do we need red tractor? I can't quite remember what their purpose is.
No milk buyer without.why don't you all leave its quite simple
if everyone left they wold have no choiceNo milk buyer without.
I know,sadly it’s not going to happen.if everyone left they wold have no choice
government run not for profitI believe red tractor came first and then each milk buyer started there own scheme to claim there milk was the best
One standard scheme across all the milk produced in this country is what’s needed
What you have described there is Arlagarden. It's just a shame we have to have red tractor as well (and all the new Arla climate sh!te)The only regulations that should be needed are:
- to ensure animal welfare - all animals happy and healthy - how you get there does not matter (eg you dont have to body condition score or have feed plans from nutritionists in place as long as the stock are healthy)
- milk hygiene is good - milk statements and a visual check of the parlour and dairy
- records of medicine, movements, births etc
and thats quite frankly where it should end.
That would be ideal, if like you said you didn't have to do red tractor as wellWhat you have described there is Arlagarden. It's just a shame we have to have red tractor as well (and all the new Arla climate sh!te)
For our Arla garden audit they did 2 mins looking at the parlour and dairy, 5 mins looking at medicine records and then most a day traipsing round the parish because they wanted to see every animal.
I believe red tractor came first and then each milk buyer started there own scheme to claim there milk was the best
One standard scheme across all the milk produced in this country is what’s needed
So there are 16 on the dairy board. 6 are from dairy UK and one purchaser one retailer and one from brc. So 9 votes are from the retailer side and so they can technically make red tractor encompass anything retailers want for free. So this appears to me to already be a way to dilute schemes such as climate check that are trying to commercialize the environmental requirements and get them supplied as standard for no extra cost.
what is not clear is if there will be a premium for such a scheme or will non-compliance mean a discounted price for the farms milk?
So there are 16 on the dairy board. 6 are from dairy UK and one purchaser one retailer and one from brc. So 9 votes are from the retailer side and so they can technically make red tractor encompass anything retailers want for free. So this appears to me to already be a way to dilute schemes such as climate check that are trying to commercialize the environmental requirements and get them supplied as standard for no extra cost.
We could get stuck in a pointless green discussion. However.It is Arla policy to be 'retailer led'. The BRC is the retailers. What are you complaining about ?