Over 400 Irish cows been through, never yet.
Only speak as I find.
Plenty of other issues mind
Red tractor consultation on standards
- Thread starter dairyrow
- Start date
Only speak as I find.
Plenty of other issues mind
Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
We had over 30 % of ours be John's positive a lot dint show till 4+ lactation never anything scour but lots of reds on quarterly testing, we kept them in milk untill three red tests after we had removed just over 20 in their 4/5 laction we still have many of the remaining ones now so they are reaching there 8/9 lactation now. Most profitable groups of cows we have ever purchased.
Just spent the afternoon preparing for an inspection from rt and saputo. Our milk buyers inspection is far more relevant to what we are doing and to protect the brand. Rt are chasing tales, and in doing so going ott
Had a AHDB email saying the chair of the dairy group is a Angela Rhodes and Jemma Holden is dairy technical manager. So there must be a board of people representing the different dairy producer groups on this. How much does red tractor spend on these groups making up the rules over the year?
- Location
- Derbyshire
It isn't related to the consultation but it is related to Red Tractor and calves. AHDB are running this webinar for people worried about calf stipulations and breeding policy/housing contingency. As I understand it, these are already implemented...
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GB Dairy Calf Strategy | AHDB
Join AHDB, Red Tractor and NFU for a panel discussion on the new Red Tractor calf standard
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buffalo_soldier
Member
- Location
- cumbria
Would have been a good week for non assured calves this week.
Temps been too low to sell anything this week.
Temps been too low to sell anything this week.
Or quality might still hold a premium and the market polarises between those good at rearing calves and those not.
- Location
- Derbyshire
I agree. I can see it being a matter of knowing where your calves are going before they are even born. Then a matter of making sure you can guarantee they will be better than calves from the next farm to keep the rearers’ loyalty.
The biggest problem is the boom and bust. Everyone wants the best price for the best calves and are happy to take the loss or even dispatch the low value calves. Far better to work out what you need as an average and set up a collaboration so there’s margin in it for everyone. That knowledge you’ve got a home for ALL your calves is worth something.
The way boards operate is in most organisations is if you vote in favour and cause no hassle you will be rewarded with a nice cushy number on another board.