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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7713522" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>you are looking at it, from the wrong end, nothing to do with farming, that finishes when you sell the animal.</p><p>It's what happens after that, and that is marketing, mass production, of anything, is the cheapest form of manufacturing, each 'bit' being exactly the same. Buyers need a product, they can rely on, to meet their spec, housewives buy product, relying on it being the 'same' all the time.</p><p> Cant really get the right words to explain it, as it was explained to me, by the manager, of a large sourcing operation, if all same spec, in 1 order, from 1 source, that is the cheapest way to purchase, for him, and his customers. As soon as he has to ring several operations, to bulk a order up, to same spec, price goes up- haulage, handling etc, that extra cost, is not absorbed by him, or his custom base, or even, in beef, the abattoir, it is the producer that pays. Might not seem much per animal, but multiplied by millions, it adds up to very large sums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7713522, member: 86168"] you are looking at it, from the wrong end, nothing to do with farming, that finishes when you sell the animal. It's what happens after that, and that is marketing, mass production, of anything, is the cheapest form of manufacturing, each 'bit' being exactly the same. Buyers need a product, they can rely on, to meet their spec, housewives buy product, relying on it being the 'same' all the time. Cant really get the right words to explain it, as it was explained to me, by the manager, of a large sourcing operation, if all same spec, in 1 order, from 1 source, that is the cheapest way to purchase, for him, and his customers. As soon as he has to ring several operations, to bulk a order up, to same spec, price goes up- haulage, handling etc, that extra cost, is not absorbed by him, or his custom base, or even, in beef, the abattoir, it is the producer that pays. Might not seem much per animal, but multiplied by millions, it adds up to very large sums. [/QUOTE]
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