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How to stop the give away veg.
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<blockquote data-quote="Anymulewilldo" data-source="post: 9080261" data-attributes="member: 144597"><p>For the the supplier contracts are the issue with the supermarkets. </p><p>“you will supply us with xxx tonnes of (carrots/spuds/etc) at £xxx/t. You must supply this tonnage or face penalties. But if you get to harvest and we’ve got plenty of product we are in no way obligated to take your produce and can leave you high and dry with no penalties incurred even though you’ve grown them “under contract”” </p><p>I’ve told the story many times of my mate 3 years ago who grew 50 acre of carrots on contract, got to harvest and was told “oh we don’t need them at the moment” he rang every week through the winter and every week was told the same thing. He started lifting the crop in February and was selling them straight off the harvester as stockfeed. He kept me and a few others going right into mid May with them then still had to mascerate 18 acres back in. Funnily enough he now won’t touch grower contracts</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anymulewilldo, post: 9080261, member: 144597"] For the the supplier contracts are the issue with the supermarkets. “you will supply us with xxx tonnes of (carrots/spuds/etc) at £xxx/t. You must supply this tonnage or face penalties. But if you get to harvest and we’ve got plenty of product we are in no way obligated to take your produce and can leave you high and dry with no penalties incurred even though you’ve grown them “under contract”” I’ve told the story many times of my mate 3 years ago who grew 50 acre of carrots on contract, got to harvest and was told “oh we don’t need them at the moment” he rang every week through the winter and every week was told the same thing. He started lifting the crop in February and was selling them straight off the harvester as stockfeed. He kept me and a few others going right into mid May with them then still had to mascerate 18 acres back in. Funnily enough he now won’t touch grower contracts [/QUOTE]
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