Recent content by Birdlipper

Think the USA has a large requirement for ground beef (burgers y’all) which is met with imports

Good grief, given all the comments on here about fake Britishness/ dodgy labelling, British (or Welsh) is best etc. Are you suggestping removing all country of origin information?

Red tractor has the union flag in the logo, there by declaring British (which most on here would be in favour of?). That means born, reared and slaughtered in UK. Sorry Rick your culls can’t be sold as British (irrespective on length of residency). Could be sold as assured with the red tractor...

Pretty sure (happy to be corrected) that Ali Capper is exec chair of British Apples and Pears and an active advocate for British farming.

Supermarkets pay for the CCC? How, why and are you sure? Thought CCC reported to parliament?

Part owners with Dairy UK and British Meat Processors Association etc. What’s the difference? Maybe just NFU as owners?

What do you think the British Retail Consortium exists to do?

Yup with Ireland in the EU, under 12 months of age can’t be sold as beef. He’ll need to keep until 12 months and a day

My mistake, from the Grocer Bartletts have 80% of Sainsbury’s own brand spuds, the point still stands though. Small suppliers may or may not be great but they don’t have the resources that come from larger scale business. Can’t see large customers taking from massively extended numbers of...

I’m not sure that many on here have grasped that the GCA’s remit is between the retailer and the person/ company they have an agreed contract with and whether that contract is complied with. There’s no remit for the rest of the supply chain. Have to say that if Bartletts relationship with Tesco...

That would be the USA’s ‘Got Milk’ ad campaign? Was she after the states market?

Think you will find Morrisons aren’t signatories to the WWF basket of doom. Not all retailers are.

Wouldn’t the end point be the same with aerobic decay to CO2 and anaerobic to CO2 (via methane and a few years)?

Really? No Irish farm assurance?

No need to reinvent any wheels. Produce groups anybody? https://www.gov.uk/guidance/introduction-to-producer-organisations-for-growers