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Bit of jealousy in somewhereI got paid on Thursday
Bit of jealousy in somewhereI got paid on Thursday
Not until they implement whole life assurance. It will come soon enough it’s already there in Scotland
Will deadweight hold or...……...drop like a stone nowPoor lamb trade at Exeter today,
Good young tight skinned lambs 42/44 kilos around the £75/77 mark.
SQQ down to 178 pk ( nearly - 6pk on last week )
Not related to their ability to pay! It's to do with staff bonuses.Just hope you get paid!!!! DFAM are under investigation
Farmers just want to see some benefit from farm assurance, we would be quite happy to jump through tougher hoops if we could just see a benefit from it. Ps I dont want tougher rules without seeing the improved prices first, promises dont pay the billsWill be the death knell for the British scheme as farmers will quit the scheme in droves unless they sort out the advertising/ branding/ labelling of the scheme first!
Farmers just want to see some benefit from farm assurance, we would be quite happy to jump through tougher hoops if we could just see a benefit from it. Ps I dont want tougher rules without seeing the improved prices first, promises dont pay the bills
Not related to their ability to pay! It's to do with staff bonuses.
Let’s hope notI think you will find it’s a lot bigger than that and there are going to major changes in the very near future
People like to talkI think you will find it’s a lot bigger than that and there are going to major changes in the very near future
I just hope whatever it is it gets sorted we need that martPeople like to talk
Empty barrels make the most noise
People like to talk
Empty barrels make the most noise
The council owns the existing mart and as long as it’s needed as an eminently and the auction makes a profit they can’t be shifted.I haven’t been to the place in years but I bumped into a shareholder last week and it doesn’t sound very good. £350000 is a lot of money to pay yourself in bonuses when you’ve just borrowed a million to build a new market. His concern was the bank pulling out if there is any proof of wrongdoing leaving them with no money and no premises
Don't think we'll bother joining then. We never have been FA for beef, as we mainly sold store, but now we are finishing more we have been considering going into it.That's the problem and why so many farmers are now quitting the scheme as there is no price benefit from being in the RT scheme, in fact with the costs now getting so high with extra costs like health plans etc being needed the RT scheme is actually devaluing your animals as all these costs have to come off the sale price.
Im all for the scheme if it was properly advertised to the consumers and 90% understood what the logo is and what it stands for and RT goods labelled/ packaged differently to non assured meats and certainly not packaged the same as non assured imported meats, also a big push is needed to get retailers to only import meats etc that meet our RT rules.
Current scheme just isn't working beyond the farmgate.
Sorry but I can assure you there were/are Irish calves fattened in Poland, mainly NS Hex and AA, indeed some were milk reared in Leicester and fattened in Poland. HFr for veal yes, AA etc no.
So does an independent body Audit your self made farm assurance??
Also a bit much that your not a member of the RT farm assurance scheme yet are calling for even tighter rules/ red tape for the RT assurance scheme.................
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and the American meat may be just as good and the animals just as well looked after as the rest, don't ever believe that any of these schemes will always make the product or the welfare better because they won'tPersonally i agree wholeheartedly with you @runnyegg the RT is totally run by the supermarkets and is there to make them more money, there is a three or probably four tier meat production system. At the lowest end bargin bucket you have the American style where anything goes and produce it cheap and then try and make it safe in the factory or outlet. You then have the red tractor who are all about ticking boxes to convince the public the meat is safe which is a good system but is not really helping the farmer as it is abused by the unscrupulous. You then have the organic and RT plus level which is for the Waitrose style shopper and lastly you have the bespoke direct sell stylr such as @runny egg runs which is for the most discerning custermor but would not work for your average joe blogs but is where there is money to be made.