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We used to supply M and S with lambs. The nice lady came out and stuck a fire exit sign on one leg of our Dutch barn.
she was an RT director from 2014-2020I expect she sees a potential career in this area after NFU
Sainsbury and M&S don't use the red tractor brand but sell British.Yes we get audited by Tesco on top etc but without RT I would be concerned about the baseline requirement.
I have yet to see a supermarket sell anything British which did not carry the red tractor but concede that they are clearly happy selling non British non red tractor stuff. Conversely there are the non-British, red tractor assured vegetablesā¦
like I say not perfect but a basis to work from.
Hope so.As an aside, my audit is usually first/second week in Jan. Livens up post christmas blues. Anyway, this year I've not heard a thing. Have they actually copped it? Anyone else in this boat?
Wishful thinking but no. Ours was about 3 months later than normal but it did happen.As an aside, my audit is usually first/second week in Jan. Livens up post christmas blues. Anyway, this year I've not heard a thing. Have they actually copped it? Anyone else in this boat?
Maybe still "looking into" my question about non farmer members...Thanks for the reply.
You are right, a lot of what I said I'm not certain is absolute fact.
For a start, I don't know whether Frontier for instance are members of the NFU, or Sainsbury or Tesco, or my local feed mill, flour mill or agchem supplier such as Origin fertiliser who own Agrii. What about British Sugar or Central Wool Growers, are they members?
And if you dare admit that any of the above are members, what's their membership fee? Because some of these corporations also co-own the British Retail Consortium, (co owners of the dead tractor alongside the NFU), and membership fees in the tens or even hundreds of thousands, for a chance to influence policy at NFU, AIC, and the dead tractor, would be hard to turn down, compared to a few hundred smackers from the average hairy arsed farmer with a couple of hundred acres. You can afford to pee a few of them off in exchange for a Sainsbury or a Tesco subscription.
You see my point? The whole system looks absolutely rotten to me and set up to fleece the farmer and consumer. But then I can't say for sure because it's all kept very quite and under wraps. Without evidence on membership, it's difficult not to be suspicious of their motives.
Happy Christmas and have a good 2022 on the farm.
Talking to 2 folks today and they both said the same.Speaking to a farming friend in Oxford and heās not had an inspection for 18 months. Apparently RT canāt get the inspectors. Certainly doesnāt look good for them and as a sinking ship whoās going to hand over the fee knowing thereās a real chance itāll go under.
I suppose a group of us could offer our services , no need to fail anyoneBe ironic if the straw that broke the camels back was a lack of staff.
rt couldnāt afford our experience or practicality.I suppose a group of us could offer our services , no need to fail anyone
Talking to 2 folks today and they both said the same.
besides who would want the job knowing the farmer is going to give you a hard time over the pointless mess of it all and that there isnāt any long term job security
I was talking to someone today, they hadn't had an inspection for over 2 years. They're supposed to do it every 18 months.Speaking to a farming friend in Oxford and heās not had an inspection for 18 months. Apparently RT canāt get the inspectors. Certainly doesnāt look good for them and as a sinking ship whoās going to hand over the fee knowing thereās a real chance itāll go under.
Bizarre, I was talking to 2 chaps today about exactly same thingTalking to 2 folks today and they both said the same.
besides who would want the job knowing the farmer is going to give you a hard time over the pointless mess of it all and that there isnāt any long term job security
Bizarrely both the chaps I was talking to arrived in my yard and had to put there big coats on then proceeded to tell me how much better my rented farm was than theres which they ownedI was talking to someone today, they hadn't had an inspection for over 2 years. They're supposed to do it every 18 months.
If it had been the farmer underperforming, then we'd have been suspended, stickers revoked, not able to trade.
Bizarre, I was talking to 2 chaps today about exactly same thing
And if they find a discrepency from 18 months ago then what? Suspension ,grain would have been in the food chain already, and the by product of it even tipped back in a river by a water company in sewage2 yrs is too long, too much information to "collate" for most, I imagine ...
did all agree though that red tractor have a unclimbable mountain to attempt to scale to win back farmers trust in them.
Speaking to a farming friend in Oxford and heās not had an inspection for 18 months. Apparently RT canāt get the inspectors. Certainly doesnāt look good for them and as a sinking ship whoās going to hand over the fee knowing thereās a real chance itāll go under.