livestock producers- Red Tractor question ?

Sid

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Livestock Farmer
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South Molton
hypocitical milk man! may i say our best performing beef cattle are from non assured holdings!
Milk is something that come from the diet amd conditions of the animal in the last 24 hours not from the whole life of the animal, same as eggs, or slightly longer term wool.

Would you expect land to be assured to 1000's of years to grow assured wheat?

I would expect it to be assured from when it is sown at least.
 

Full of bull(s)

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Livestock Farmer
Location
North Yorkshire
hypocitical milk man! may i say our best performing beef cattle are from non assured holdings!
And the best grossing cattle sold either live or dead, prime or cows, don’t need to be FA. Buyers include Pearson, Worsley,Penny, Fitton, Jewitt, Owain Llyr Buying bulls and cows in excess of £2000/head, clean cattle over £1800 or £2.80/kg. The premium is in the cattle not the assurance
 

digger64

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Milk is something that come from the diet amd conditions of the animal in the last 24 hours not from the whole life of the animal, same as eggs, or slightly longer term wool.

Would you expect land to be assured to 1000's of years to grow assured wheat?

I would expect it to be assured from when it is sown at least.
dont give them ideas please
 

thorpe

Member
Milk is something that come from the diet amd conditions of the animal in the last 24 hours not from the whole life of the animal, same as eggs, or slightly longer term wool.

Would you expect land to be assured to 1000's of years to grow assured wheat?

I would expect it to be assured from when it is sown at least.
when i buy store beast i can can see the quality and welfare in them thats all the assurance i need.
 

Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
dont give them ideas please
I don't want to .
when i buy store beast i can can see the quality and welfare in them thats all the assurance i need.
Its not you the assurance scheme are there to reassure.
The issue also is that the consumer don't pay a premium for the assurance.
both have drug residues etc sometimes
Yes but withdrawal periods for milk are shorter than meat.
That is exactly my point.
Metacam is 5 days milk but 3 times longer for meat.
 

Henarar

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
Milk is something that come from the diet amd conditions of the animal in the last 24 hours not from the whole life of the animal, same as eggs, or slightly longer term wool.

Would you expect land to be assured to 1000's of years to grow assured wheat?

I would expect it to be assured from when it is sown at least.
organic conversion should be 10000 years
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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