Announcement Tomorrow on Banning Live Exports and More Restrictions On Domestic Journeys

[Derf]

Fairly new to the sheep job so no expert. but for me the actual ‘exporting’ of an animal isn’t too much of an issue, it’s how the animal is treated and processed at its final destination, whether that’s abroad or 10 miles from home that is most important to me and I would imagine most people if asked. Can’t understand why the government don’t do something to stop non stun halal/kosher which is 10x more barbaric than anything else.

 

[irish dom]

There isn’t the large Muslim population in Ireland too drive ewe demand??

Good point but then why truck heaps of them over here to be slaughtered.

 

[serf]

Fairly new to the sheep job so no expert. but for me the actual ‘exporting’ of an animal isn’t too much of an issue, it’s how the animal is treated and processed at its final destination, whether that’s abroad or 10 miles from home that is most important to me and I would imagine most people if asked. Can’t understand why the government don’t do something to stop non stun halal/kosher which is 10x more barbaric than anything else.

Political correctness

 

[irish dom]

The problem seems to be that our tags have a UK prefix. I read somewhere that the EU are demanding that it should be a GB prefix, to exclude Northern Ireland.

Pedantic or what. Even more reason to object to cast ewes coming in from Ireland

The problem seems to be that our tags have a UK prefix. I read somewhere that the EU are demanding that it should be a GB prefix, to exclude Northern Ireland.

Pedantic or what. Even more reason to object to cast ewes coming in from Ireland

Well we should object to British stock coming in here for killing in their thousands but it seems we wont have to as you have been led up the garden path by your politicians into this disastrous situation whereby you have cut off your largest trading partners. I really feel for your current situation and can't understand why the NFU isnt fighting for the sheep farmers. Why on earth would a farmer vote for Brexit? Its financial suicide surely

 

[livestock 1]

Not just Longtown mart, I believe there are many more marts that these Irish ewes show up at and I'm not a fan of this practice.

You don’t like to see Irish ewes in longtown?

 

[An Gof]

Not "awash" but actually very well served. I doubt any livestock has to travel much more than an hour to it's date with destiny

Pigs and Poultry?
Plenty of cattle that go further than Bodmin and Hatherleigh

 

[aangus]

You don’t like to see Irish ewes in longtown?

I don't l

You don’t like to see Irish ewes in longtown?

i don't like to see stock that are on a one way ticket being dragged from pilar to post

 

[livestock 1]

I don't l

i don't like to see stock that are on a one way ticket being dragged from pilar to post

They bring in some of the very best highest price ewes

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Good point but then why truck heaps of them over here to be slaughtered.

Not got the Halal slaughtering capacity over there? I don’t know, just putting 2&2 together and making 6

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

They bring in some of the very best highest price ewes

Which is why it is better for them to be sold alive than depressing the price with cheap deadweight which could be dumped on the market.

 

[irish dom]

Not got the Halal slaughtering capacity over there? I don’t know, just putting 2&2 together and making 6

Maybe thats it. Can't make head nor tail of it myself

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Maybe thats it. Can't make head nor tail of it myself

Neither can I really. But if the price difference over here is that much, and the standard of transportation is top notch I don’t have an issue with it. If something is worth money people tend not too abuse it... there are of course those that buck the trend but unfortunately beating someone with a 3x2 until they get the message isn’t cricket.

 

[livestock 1]

Used to be retention periods end dates. U.K. may 16 Irish April 16 I think if I remember rightly. Irish ewes would come here for sale when the rest were held on retention. Dearer here too

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Which is why it is better for them to be sold alive than depressing the price with cheap deadweight which could be dumped on the market.

Now that is a good point!

 

[livestock 1]

Neither can I really. But if the price difference over here is that much, and the standard of transportation is top notch I don’t have an issue with it. If something is worth money people tend not too abuse it... there are of course those that buck the trend but unfortunately beating someone with a 3x2 until they get the message isn’t cricket.

Could be another reason

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Used to be retention periods end dates. U.K. may 16 Irish April 16 I think if I remember rightly. Irish ewes would come here for sale when the rest were held on retention. Dearer here too

Back too the good old days again!!

We used too send lambs too a dairy farm, he always let us leave 100 small hoggs there until late May. They came back as far a pigs and always sold well. After a few years we found out off his neighbour he was using our hoggs to fill his sheep quota until retention finished!! Crafty old bugger!

 

[livestock 1]

Back too the good old days again!!

We used too send lambs too a dairy farm, he always let us leave 100 small hoggs there until late May. They came back as far a pigs and always sold well. After a few years we found out off his neighbour he was using our hoggs to fill his sheep quota until retention finished!! Crafty old bugger!

No harm done I suppose haha

 

[cowboysupper]

I don't l

i don't like to see stock that are on a one way ticket being dragged from pilar to post

Not a fan of it either but there are very few options for slaughtering ewes over here. ABP is the only plant in Northern Ireland slaughtering ewes and they only pay to 35kgs DW. Which is why all the big continental ewes from here go to Longtown.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

No harm done I suppose haha

We are always glad of somewhere too send the stragglers! Shear them at the end of March and send them down too the good grass. We asked him about it one day and he fully owned up too it. Think it was 2 more years then quotas finished and he went the same way as the rest of them. Sheep arrive mid November, leave 3rd week in Jan

 

[livestock 1]

Not a fan of it either but there are very few options for slaughtering ewes over here. ABP is the only plant in Northern Ireland slaughtering ewes and they only pay to 35kgs DW. Which is why all the big continental ewes from here go to Longtown.

The lads that are on with it have been on a long time with the job