Have you got information on the travel and kill times of said Irish ewes
Announcement Tomorrow on Banning Live Exports and More Restrictions On Domestic Journeys
- Thread starter Frank-the-Wool
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livestock 1
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I don’t need them. You said it was too long and I took your word for it.
I asked you what moves you would like to see banned next?
So to stop that (which let’s face it is no skin off our nose) we shoot ourselves in the rubbish? Brilliant...
livestock 1
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Well it’s no secret that some of our neighbours don’t like buying our lamb.
If it’s slaughtered in the country of destination then it’s not classed as British
There’s a lack of understanding on here how things work which is very worrying
If they want to tackle welfare in transit British Rail would be a good place to start.
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- Montgomeryshire
^this. The stressful part is the loading, not the time spent travelling. Distance is an irrelevance, within reason.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
And London Underground even better
Mixedupfarmer
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- Norfolk
Since when did scientific evidence and common sense effect government policy?
That comment is a masterpiece.
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- Mendips Somerset
so whats going to prevent lambs being sent to NI from the uk , then moved south across the border then shipped to northern france / belgium , so a massive sea journey compared to dover -calais ?
irish dom
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You mean what happens every week for as long as anyone can remember? Factories use imports from uk to drive down local price. A massive percentage of northern lambs are killed south of the border. If this stupid poorly thought idea occurs this will hinder the british trade whereas i can see Southern Irish lamb prices only climbing on the back of factories having to fight over limited supplies.
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- Mendips Somerset
I presume live exports will still be allowed into NI anyway , Im sure some entrepreneurs will move them south of the border live tariff or no tariff ,Nothing to stop some going around lands end and up the channel , have you got any animal rights around cork ?
livestock 1
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When writing this remember how long we have had to put up with your beef and the impact of it on our prices
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- Mendips Somerset
I think to be fair its Goodman shipping loads in from god knows where in eastern europe thats the real issue , then classing it as irish
livestock 1
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True. It has come here for years though never mind moaning about our lamb. And the Pezzoali crew that fetch a load of cattle over here then take a load of hay or straw back with them subbed by the Irish government and haulage paid for by their government.
All this while I’m defending them bringing their ewes here
beefandsleep
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- Staffordshire
I think this rather strengthens the point, Irish or Polish, it’s all foreign product to us, Brexit will make it much harder for Goodman et al to manipulate our trade.
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- Mendips Somerset
I have no doubts he will try and manipulate the trade across the border and on through NI , he will prob be the biggest threat to peace between the north and south in time . only ever been interested in the $$