Yes I think I will cancel it, I can’t see any reason to continue lining rt pockets without getting anything back.When there is a glut of cattle, the buyers want FA.
Now there is a shortage, they don't give a toss about it.
The more farmers that give up FA, the better it will be for everyone................. so cancel your protection racket direct debit @Drillman
3p/kg less for cullsCull cows make more and that covers the cost of RT for me
We have only ever put one finished animal in to market and it topped, never been FA and don't intend toNever been FA for beef. We are always in the top 10% of prices in our local market for finished bulls, clean and culls. So I can't see the point, if we were 10/20p off the trade for equal quality then yes I'd consider it, but as it stands no.
It summed the job up a few years ago when we tried booking culls into an abbatoir, who refused them due to not being FA. A few weeks later the same abbatoir was buying our clean cattle out of the auction ring!
Not sure the Irish have always sold ‘Irish beef’ that was actually only produced in Ireland or in some cases was actually beef. What is the reason why UK beef prices have risen to levels not seen since the ‘Horsegate’ scandal, anything to do with Brexit and obstacles to the movement of meat from Eastern Europe into Eire?Guys, I encourage, even implore you all to toss FA over the side. Once enough of you have done so and hopefully adopted the daft “brown tractor” idea floated elsewhere on TFF, the last vestiges of trust in your product will disappear in the consumers eyes. Especially since Paddy’s slick food marketing machine Bord Bia, will fill the vacuum with mouthwatering promotions and advertising campaigns for Irish grass fed beef. Chelsea Mom’s will kill each other in Sainsbury’s to clean out the Irish beef, and the Kerrygold dairy shelf…..
When I originally joined (2 years ago) the local difference was about £100 a head. Only one buyer in our local market for the non - FA wouldn't bid against himself on all the accounts he bought for (up to 8 allegedly some weeks)3p/kg less for culls
When, not if trade falls in the future they will have your pants down for non FA fat cattle. I dont understand why people want to do away with FA now when its likely to help keep cheap imports out. It would have been better not being FA until now but i think its more important than ever now. Passing the livestock FA is a piece of p##s so i dont see the problem.We currently fatten all our cattle, the majority of which go through our local market.
Is there any point in continuing with red tractor?
market operators say there’s no difference in price. As the cattle sell on there own merits.
views please
Guys, I encourage, even implore you all to toss FA over the side. Once enough of you have done so and hopefully adopted the daft “brown tractor” idea floated elsewhere on TFF, the last vestiges of trust in your product will disappear in the consumers eyes. Especially since Paddy’s slick food marketing machine Bord Bia, will fill the vacuum with mouthwatering promotions and advertising campaigns for Irish grass fed beef. Chelsea Mom’s will kill each other in Sainsbury’s to clean out the Irish beef, and the Kerrygold dairy shelf…..
Pointless for everythingWe currently fatten all our cattle, the majority of which go through our local market.
Is there any point in continuing with red tractor?
market operators say there’s no difference in price. As the cattle sell on there own merits.
views please
I get annoyed that the market let this happen and its one reason we stopped sending animals there.When I originally joined (2 years ago) the local difference was about £100 a head. Only one buyer in our local market for the non - FA wouldn't bid against himself on all the accounts he bought for (up to 8 allegedly some weeks)