100,000 pigs to be destroyed

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Processors being slightly crooked.

The problem we farmers are all facing is not one of our own making.

Processors have cocked up. Either they have lost their staff and unwilling to pay enough to recruit some more or are way behind events.

Or they have seen an aopportunity to bring in cheap foreign stuff that is undercutting our market. And then being totally dishonest about it and rolling pigs to get the price down. And deflect the blame.

Meanwhile govt are complicit in the whole thing by allowing in the foreign product but not the foreign workers.

How to f**k over an industry in one easy lesson.
 

Easedoff

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Livestock Farmer
They going to let butchers in now , o wonder how many will come to U.K. ?
Why would they?
Given that UK pig meat would have to be cheaper than foreign to be traded, surely they are being paid more where they are than they would nett over here?
No race to the bottom for them.
And they would only be one cut on a line bods anyways...not true whole carcass butchers.
 

Hilly

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Why would they?
Given that UK pig meat would have to be cheaper than foreign to be traded, surely they are being paid more where they are than they would nett over here?
No race to the bottom for them.
And they would only be one cut on a line bods anyways...not true whole carcass butchers.
No idea but when I heard on the radio and a pig farmer breathing sigh of relief I couldn’t help but think good luck cos I can’t imagine many coming ? But I could be wrong .
 

JP1

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Livestock Farmer
Meanwhile in France

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poter

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Livestock Farmer
When I read the subject I thought swine flu is rampant again..but this is different...labour shortage? (can they just make this as pork chop and donate the food to third world?)
 

Easedoff

Member
Livestock Farmer
Questions.

Given that the Chinese Market has collapsed, where is all this pigment going to go if and when it is processed?

Also.

Where is all the pigment in Europe going to go?

Are we not just looking at an over supply of pigment on the world market that has no home?

Which would point to pure folly and wishful thinking that temporary "butchers" from Europe added onto British cutting lines will cure the problem, unless the meat can be stored for future use and the supply from farm is slowed from the bottom up?
 

Batty

Member
Questions.

Given that the Chinese Market has collapsed, where is all this pigment going to go if and when it is processed?

Also.

Where is all the pigment in Europe going to go?

Are we not just looking at an over supply of pigment on the world market that has no home?

Which would point to pure folly and wishful thinking that temporary "butchers" from Europe added onto British cutting lines will cure the problem, unless the meat can be stored for future use and the supply from farm is slowed from the bottom up?
Better a over supply of cheap pork than pigs stuck on farms but if we can get the abattoir staff the pig price is only going one way until supply and demand is back in balance. The bumpy ride is a long way from over.
 

JP1

Member
Livestock Farmer
Better a over supply of cheap pork than pigs stuck on farms but if we can get the abattoir staff the pig price is only going one way until supply and demand is back in balance. The bumpy ride is a long way from over.
Fire sale prices offered for "overspec" pigs (i.e. ones that were held on farm when processors could not take their contracted quantities) and of course that works it's way in to the SFP published every week by AHDB so it's certainly win win for processors
 

Hilly

Member
Fire sale prices offered for "overspec" pigs (i.e. ones that were held on farm when processors could not take their contracted quantities) and of course that works it's way in to the SFP published every week by AHDB so it's certainly win win for processors
So they fit down the line at a price ?
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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