Beef rearing contract

[Bachgenywlad]

Looking at a a Beef rearing contract with Morrisons. What is the job really like is it worth it?

 

[Agrivator]

Looking at a a Beef rearing contract with Morrisons. What is the job really like is it worth it?

The alternative is to stay independent, sell your cattle to whoever you wish, and stack shelves in Morrisons in your spare time.

 

[goodevans]

I would imagine anybody who entered one 12 months ago would be sitting pretty smug at the moment

 

[Bachgenywlad]

The alternative is to stay independent, sell your cattle to whoever you wish, and stack shelves in Morrisons in your spare time.

The problem is last two years the beef job has been stop start, one week they want them, next they dont, summer months the worst. With tge dairy boys getting bigger, they are being forced to sell their calfs to Meadow quality and the like, so making the calfs dearer in the auction. Biggest bonus is you have a guaranteed market for the beef. Really wanted to know if the schemes were as good as they look on paper??

 

[BRBX]

Spoke to someone on it said they didn't pay for cattle until they sent finished in which would free capital , b&b set up really so numbers game

 

[Dkb]

My opinion would be to go for it as it can’t be much worse than not doing it. I’d be looking for any alternative to my current beef system at the moment if I were depending on it.

Cattle here are really only used to keep on top of grass that the sheep can’t and to graze off a bit of land which is surrounded by houses and I wouldn’t feel happy putting sheep into with the amount of dogs that are around it.

Numbers are small enough and I’ve been thankful of that the last 2 years.

 

[Bachgenywlad]

Probably one of the better companies to deal with,would they go through woodheads then?

Buttellar have a scheme through Morrisons. Thinking very hard about it as you dont pay for cattle till start selling, so if you have cattle worth 30k, you wont star getting your money back until you jave sent 30k worth of cattle through them, so basically yoy feed and bed them, vets etc , but you sign up for guaranteed p/ kg and weights etc at start. .......??

 

[thorpe]

Buttellar have a scheme through Morrisons. Thinking very hard about it as you dont pay for cattle till start selling, so if you have cattle worth 30k, you wont star getting your money back until you jave sent 30k worth of cattle through them, so basically yoy feed and bed them, vets etc , but you sign up for guaranteed p/ kg and weights etc at start. .......??

looking at some of the blue heifers out of grass rats and jerseys id be very cautous ref growth rates weght grades do you have to accept the calves they send.

 

[Bachgenywlad]

looking at some of the blue heifers out of grass rats and jerseys id be very cautous ref growth rates weght grades do you have to accept the calves they send.

Not sure yet. Need to make further enquiries. That was my only concern.