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Yes I quite agree. The price differential between lamb and pork astounds me.That's what it should be ex farm!
Yes I quite agree. The price differential between lamb and pork astounds me.That's what it should be ex farm!
Its been like that a long time .Yes I quite agree. The price differential between lamb and pork astounds me.
The other part of the problem is cheap imports especially from places with lower welfare standards.The problem is both Poultry and Pigs are not Farmer organised and have no control over the market. Both groups of Farmers are the biggest investors in their chain and to boot Farmers supply cheap. Labour to tend others people’s livestock.
From what I understand is NPA has made a good job of encouraging Farmers to be efficient, Produce more pigs and become better qualified. I do not think the topic of ‘becoming more profitable from the market’ has been a topic.
The milk price would not be rising under the same regime. So marketing?
Thats not easy either .At this rate you'll be better off keeping about 30 pigs and flogging boxed pork to people you know.
Nice one. Only another 50p to go to get somewhere sensible.1.90 for gilts this week.
Ive had. Long hard day can give me a quick summary ?I don’t think I’m breaching any confidences by publishing extracts from last week’s NPA piggy points
Please note the House of Lords debate on the pig crisis THIS Thursday from noon - maybe tune in to BBC Parliament channel for the first time
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Ive had. Long hard day can give me a quick summary ?
ContractsWhat is it with Spain?
Our pig industry is pretty well vertically integrated too - even though I am not myself, unfortunately only producing a half of what our country needs in terms of pigmeat means that a well organised importing system can source the cheapest anywhere and undermine our prices very easily.Contracts
Vertical integration like in the poultry Business at least here in Germany.
They raise what's ordered essentially, and the costs are also very low plus they became a major exporter to east and southeast Asia
Most of the belly cuts from here go to the UK for bacon etc but that doesnt mean that its german meat.Our pig industry is pretty well vertically integrated too - even though I am not myself, unfortunately only producing a half of what our country needs in terms of pigmeat means that a well organised importing system can source the cheapest anywhere and undermine our prices very easily.
Good to hear views from elsewhere though.