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    Weekly Caption Competition

    My winner 🏆
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Could organise a bit of rodeo sex. Wait until Our Kid is spuds deep in the lambing help, Muley swing open the caravan door and see if Our Kid can hold on for 8 seconds without getting bucked off!
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    The tups look nervous. They have detected the threat of another Alpha on their patch
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    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    House builders are price makers, not price takers. Also, housing supply is generally kept lower than demand- can’t import houses!
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    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    Or get into an altercation with any “aggressive caravanners”? Hope you’re ok
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Avoid October 2022 if you like ice cream
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    "Cash Only"

    £7.80, not cheap, or a round number!
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Is that a “subscription only” section of TFF, that I wasn’t aware of??
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    Farming strike

    Votes, partly, perhaps. How many jobs are in primary production vs processing, retail, foodservice, etc.
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    "Cash Only"

    I went to a pub near a Premiership football ground recently, just after kick off. Signs up on beer taps “Cash only”. I only had card, they said “It’s ok, we just put those signs up when we’re busy to speed up serving.” Occurred to me that contactless card is probably quicker than taking cash...
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    Farming strike

    Members are free to contribute, elaborate and/ or just read, as they see fit. Some may wish to share more than others, for a variety of reasons 👍🏻
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    Farming strike

    Real meat 🥩
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    Farming strike

    I probably shouldn’t elaborate too much more than that on a public forum. PM me if you like. People (not you) need to open their eyes and ears. The tactics and direction of travel couldn’t be clearer.
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    Farming strike

    For anyone interested, here is an excellent podcast with a US cattle reporter, on the dangers of losing a competitive negotiated cash price for cattle. Worth a listen if you want to avoid what’s happened in the pork and poultry job https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ranching-reboot/id1553797016
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    Farming strike

    @Matt14 good thread. Only 10% of slaughter cattle go through a ring. So where is the price discovery? Some with volume will get sweetheart deals above base, but imagine where the base would be if buyers had to go to market every day and compete to buy the cattle they need! Why have processors...
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    He wasn’t hiding in the kitchen for 2 hours, he was waiting for you in the bogs! 🤣
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    I have a recurring dream that I have an A level project due in and I have barely started it. Fairly close to the reality 20 years ago, and apparently my subconscious telling me I am a bell end for not trying harder at school
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    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    Plenty coming in from Poland still, ABP have at least one plant there.
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    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    Did you drill the cover crop or spin it on? Looks like a good bite
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