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National Beef Association on the wrong track ?
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<blockquote data-quote="livestock 1" data-source="post: 7155842" data-attributes="member: 106502"><p>It’s nothing new. These associations seem to attract complete w@&@&@s who haven’t a clue what’s needed in the present and future economic climate for both producer and customer. The people who could be of some use to these things are usually too strapped for time to join and would convey some common sense. I hope they read this. </p><p>Personally I struggled with the 30 month rule to get cattle grown big enough to be all killed before then being on a mainly grass type system with land ranging from 1000 ft to well over 2000 ft with the majority of cattle grazing around 1500 ft. Also it has been apparent that the supermarket system has effectively put a lot of our customers off beef being clueless about taste and texture. As most of us farmers would agree the supermarket beef is not a patch on local butcher beef or beef killed from home. Fast grown beef killed early is a big contributor to this issue. </p><p>With this information that we now have and current relaxation and increased values of beef in the 30/36 and 36/48 month bracket it seems totally unbelievable for them to come up with such rubbish. </p><p>Also with the sub coming off suckler cow margins will come under more scrutiny than ever. We are focusing on improving grazing and mowing land here and are seriously considering some Blue Grey or Sim Luing or Galloway cattle that will be more suited to the land we have and will utilise grazing better leaving a greater margin. This rule will only work against this and as said earlier the timing is bad. </p><p>I take it this is just in its early stage and hasn’t been implemented yet? </p><p>The only advantage I can see is to set another pointless limit where processors can cut the price. They know fine well that not all beef will be ready before 27m and will have a percentage calculated already. Rubbing their hands together as we speak</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="livestock 1, post: 7155842, member: 106502"] It’s nothing new. These associations seem to attract complete w@&@&@s who haven’t a clue what’s needed in the present and future economic climate for both producer and customer. The people who could be of some use to these things are usually too strapped for time to join and would convey some common sense. I hope they read this. Personally I struggled with the 30 month rule to get cattle grown big enough to be all killed before then being on a mainly grass type system with land ranging from 1000 ft to well over 2000 ft with the majority of cattle grazing around 1500 ft. Also it has been apparent that the supermarket system has effectively put a lot of our customers off beef being clueless about taste and texture. As most of us farmers would agree the supermarket beef is not a patch on local butcher beef or beef killed from home. Fast grown beef killed early is a big contributor to this issue. With this information that we now have and current relaxation and increased values of beef in the 30/36 and 36/48 month bracket it seems totally unbelievable for them to come up with such rubbish. Also with the sub coming off suckler cow margins will come under more scrutiny than ever. We are focusing on improving grazing and mowing land here and are seriously considering some Blue Grey or Sim Luing or Galloway cattle that will be more suited to the land we have and will utilise grazing better leaving a greater margin. This rule will only work against this and as said earlier the timing is bad. I take it this is just in its early stage and hasn’t been implemented yet? The only advantage I can see is to set another pointless limit where processors can cut the price. They know fine well that not all beef will be ready before 27m and will have a percentage calculated already. Rubbing their hands together as we speak [/QUOTE]
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