Farm Assurance Schemes.

[Henarar]

Sooooooo sorry for dragging this up!!!

the thing is it could be much more of a good thing for the farmers that pay for it, but sadly it isn't

 

[AndyHaycocks]

Thanks for all the responses guys and for going easy on me, lol.

I think that you guys have just said a lot of my thoughts. When buying meats of any sort, I prefer to buy local. If my butcher can tell me that the corn fed chicken he is selling has come off a farm within ten miles of his shop, then I will buy it whether it has the Red tractor logo or not.

I have looked at the criteria forms on line and all seems pretty basic stuff that anyone rearing livestock should be doing without hesitation anyway.

Think my way fwd will start without FA and see what doors open in terms of direct supply without it to begin with!

 

[Henarar]

Think my way fwd will start without FA and see what doors open in terms of direct supply without it to begin with!

Spot on

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Wonder what all the abattoirs wholesalers and butchers would do if every farmer in the country cancelled their farm assurance tomorrow...

 

[FarmyStu]

I have looked at the criteria forms on line and all seems pretty basic stuff that anyone rearing livestock should be doing without hesitation anyway.

Spot on

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Wonder what all the abattoirs wholesalers and butchers would do if every farmer in the country cancelled their farm assurance tomorrow...

What would the supermarkets do?

Keep quiet and just sell non-assured meat?

 

[milkloss]

Wonder what all the abattoirs wholesalers and butchers would do if every farmer in the country cancelled their farm assurance tomorrow...

You'd be surprised how much foreign meat could meet the standards I expect and then a whole new can of worms would be open.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What would the supermarkets do?

Keep quiet and just sell non-assured meat?

I'd guess they would...and the public non the wiser

 

[Northeastfarmer]

You'd be surprised how much foreign meat could meet the standards I expect and then a whole new can of worms would be open.

some of it may well meet our standards but I guess more won't....and is any of it FA...

 

[milkloss]

some of it may well meet our standards but I guess more won't....and is any of it FA...

I think the South American producers have or are producing beef with trace-ability specifically for the EU markets aready. As has been said on here the standards aren't hard to attain and don't just have to apply to UK produce.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

I'd guess they would...and the public non the wiser

IMHO this is where the FA schemes fall down most spectacularly, the general public have never heard of them.

If every shopper knew what Red Tractor was and what it meant, the demand for RT assured food would be much greater.

Once Brexit is complete, food labelling should become much more transparent and the UK will be able to use country of origin as a USP.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I think the South American producers have or are producing beef with trace-ability specifically for the EU markets aready. As has been said on here the standards aren't hard to attain and don't just have to apply to UK produce.

Looks like it


http://www.economist.com/news/busin...some-or-all-countrys-meat-meat-scandal-brazil

 

[neilo]

IMHO this is where the FA schemes fall down most spectacularly, the general public have never heard of them.

If every shopper knew what Red Tractor was and what it meant, the demand for RT assured food would be much greater.

Once Brexit is complete, food labelling should become much more transparent and the UK will be able to use country of origin as a USP.

That's assuming, of course, that Joe Public values buying British produce, compared to buying the cheapest they can. Brexiteer politicians have been busy saying it will be great for the consumer as food prices will fall in the shops as imports will be cheaper when no tariffs are imposed.

You can't have it both ways.

 

[gone up the hill]

IMHO this is where the FA schemes fall down most spectacularly, the general public have never heard of them.

If every shopper knew what Red Tractor was and what it meant, the demand for RT assured food would be much greater.

Once Brexit is complete, food labelling should become much more transparent and the UK will be able to use country of origin as a USP.

It should but it wont, supermarkets only care about one thing at the end of the day= buying as cheap as possible from anywhere in the world.