Meanwhile the Red Tractor AHDB circus continues unabated

[JP1]

Only 6 weeks in to his new post as CEO of AHDB , Graham Wilkinson finds time for a key trip (read jolly) to meet USDA in America

Back at the ranch , Red Tractor today laud an initial review commissioned by AHDB from the Birnie Consultancy on key beef and lamb assurance differentiators . a 77 page report telling us what we largely already know and "reviewed" by "experts" including, once again, Dr Jude Capper (you know the one who wants me to reduce CO2 impact by bringing down my slaughter age of cattle (regulated by abattoirs) by shoving cereals down their throats and bulling them far too young in an NBA report still residing with DEFRA .

We still have no clear picture as to the proper review and reform of the mission creep they all supported (NFU / RT / AHDB) nor any idea of AHDB policy, remit or evaluation of value for money

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Ahdb Confirms ‘world Leading’ Beef And Lamb

Ahdb Confirms ‘world Leading’ Beef And Lamb: Red Tractor data governance recognised by Farm Data Principles Ltd.

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https://projectblue.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/MI%20Reports/Farm%20standards%20review%20/AHDB%20BL%20Standards%20Report%20(Lot%20One).pdf

 

[JP1]

 

[Danllan]

Only 6 weeks in to his new post as CEO of AHDB , Graham Wilkinson finds time for a key trip (read jolly) to meet USDA in America

Back at the ranch , Red Tractor today laud an initial review commissioned by AHDB from the Birnie Consultancy on key beef and lamb assurance differentiators . a 77 page report telling us what we largely already know and "reviewed" by "experts" including, once again, Dr Jude Capper (you know the one who wants me to reduce CO2 impact by bringing down my slaughter age of cattle (regulated by abattoirs) by shoving cereals down their throats and bulling them far too young in an NBA report still residing with DEFRA .

We still have no clear picture as to the proper review and reform of the mission creep they all supported (NFU / RT / AHDB) nor any idea of AHDB policy, remit or evaluation of value for money

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Ahdb Confirms ‘world Leading’ Beef And Lamb

Ahdb Confirms ‘world Leading’ Beef And Lamb: Red Tractor data governance recognised by Farm Data Principles Ltd.

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https://projectblue.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/MI%20Reports/Farm%20standards%20review%20/AHDB%20BL%20Standards%20Report%20(Lot%20One).pdf

Oh dear this is most odd @JP1, what is the world coming to?

Something we agree 100% on, the farce that is Red Tractor and AHDB...

 

[JP1]

Oh dear this is most odd @JP1, what is the world coming to?

Something we agree 100% on, the farce that is Red Tractor and AHDB...

We're both levy payers and still in mushroom mode being fed horsesh!t and kept in the dark from what I can tell

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Nothing good will come of talking to the USDA, unless he is learning about how to support domestic agriculture. The USDA know how to do that and do it very well.

Unfortunately, unless the ahdb wake up to the reality, this will be seen by the USDA as an opportunity to break into the UK domestic marke, adding to further harm to UK agriculture.

We have 70 plus million well off customers in this country, all within a short distance of most farms. What's the obsession with exports when we are only 60% self sufficient?

 

[JP1]

Nothing good will come of talking to the USDA, unless he is learning about how to support domestic agriculture. The USDA know how to do that and do it very well.

Unfortunately, unless the ahdb wake up to the reality, this will be seen by the USDA as an opportunity to break into the UK domestic marke, adding to further harm to UK agriculture.

We have 70 plus million well off customers in this country, all within a short distance of most farms. What's the obsession with exports when we are only 60% self sufficient?

I also thought AHDB had some well paid export experts with specific responsibility in this area - why not leave them alone and stay at the Mothership and focus on some real issues much closer to home












Or have many of the "findings" on the domestic assurance review already been agreed / collated ?

 

[teslacoils]

I was excited to hear that the AHDB had decided that RT was better than Aussie and NZ schemes......now I expect they will be writing to their corporate masters to suggest that in light of this they should refuse to supply Aussie and RT beef and lamb.

AHDB finds Red Tractor outperforms Australia and NZ rivals - Farmers Weekly

Red Tractor's beef and lamb farmgate production standards are the strongest overall compared with equivalent schemes in Australia and New Zealand, an AHDB

www.fwi.co.uk

 

[yellowbelly]

Why have they lined him (I presume it's him) up against that wall?

Are they going to shoot him?

 

[Flat 10]

This does not bode well for mr wilkinson. I'd like to trigger a vote........

 

[JP1]

This does not bode well for mr wilkinson. I'd like to trigger a vote........

Temporarily they've persuaded the Minister to do consultations and surveys not an existential vote ......................

 

[L P]

This does not bode well for mr wilkinson. I'd like to trigger a vote........

You're voting to pull the trigger? I'm not sure that's woke or pc or whatever it's called... probably better to quietly do it without a forum of alibis. Could he just do a Tacon U turn and survive?

 

[yellowbelly]

Temporarily they've persuaded the Minister to do consultations and surveys not an existential vote ......................

....yeah, 'cos they know what the outcome would be.

I assume they implemented the changes after the veg & potato boys stuck it to 'em.

 

[JP1]

....yeah, 'cos they know what the outcome would be.

I assume they implemented the changes after the veg & potato boys stuck it to 'em.

Will Jackson 'phoned me and I told him I wanted an existential vote and all I got was "I'm new in, watch this space" etc etc

I cannot believe that one of the "experts" the AHDB appointed to review that latest Birnie report was Jude Capper - to me after the infamous NBA report and her track record I find it incredulous as a levy payer I'm still paying for this

 

[Grass And Grain]

I'm wading through the Birnie Report.

I'm looking to see if they've got a figure for what percentage of the NZ lamb reaching our shores is from an assured farm. Haven't found it yet.

 

[Clive]

What’s even more puzzling about the LinkedIn post is that he says he is visiting USDA to talk about market access for our meat and dairy. But all trade arrangements in USA are dealt with by the State department (equivalent to our FCO but a million times more powerful). So, yet more questions…..

 

[Grass And Grain]

N Zealand scheme seems to be a 36 month inspection frequency, although says some processors may ask for increased frequency.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Quick Google shows about 1/3rd of NZ beef and sheep farms are assured.

 

[yellowbelly]

Quick Google shows about 1/3rd of NZ beef and sheep farms are assured.

More importantly it shows that two thirds aren't.

 

[Grass And Grain]

More importantly it shows that two thirds aren't.

So is all the NZ lamb coming here assured? Or just 30% of it.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

What’s even more puzzling about the LinkedIn post is that he says he is visiting USDA to talk about market access for our meat and dairy. But all trade arrangements in USA are dealt with by the State department (equivalent to our FCO but a million times more powerful). So, yet more questions…..

Words fail me. They are on a downward spiral of incompetence.