Randall parker llanidloes

[windymiller]

Beef processing to end at Llanidloes abattoir

Randall Parker Foods says the change at one of Wales' biggest abattoirs is based entirely on cost.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[dairyrow]

serious lack of investment and vision there. It's been up for sale isn't it?

 

[Still Farming]

More travelling and effects on climate change sad

 

[tepapa]

So what happens when they've managed to close all the abbatoirs and banned lave export?

 

[David.]

It's not much of a story I dont think, last I heard they were really only contract killing a few on a small line alongside the main sheep one, dont think it is bread and butter to them. Shall endeavor to find out bit more anon.

 

[Treg]

Get in there & buy it !
Use the money that the extra transport costs would be to buy it.
If you don't there's no competition for st Merryn & your price will go one way .
This is our industry, we need to be the ones taking control & moving it forward .

 

[windymiller]

They were contract killing over 30 months for dunbia, and all Celtic pride stuff, and a few odds and sods, 3 or 4 days a week I think. from what I under stand, they are just mothballing the cattle line. Bit of an arse, we'll have to take our home kills to Thomas' Wrexham now.

 

[windymiller]

Haven't heard they're for sale though.

 

[adda]

Haven't heard they're for sale though.

i think about 12 months ago their was strong talk of abp going to buy it but nothing come of it

 

[Northeastfarmer]

i think about 12 months ago their was strong talk of abp going to buy it but nothing come of it

They will in the end

 

[cull cows]

They will in the end

They always do.thats why the beef jobs fccked

 

[unlacedgecko]

They will in the end

They always do.thats why the beef jobs fccked

Form a consortium and buy it then. Regain some producer power over processing.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Form a consortium and buy it then. Regain some producer power over processing.

I prefer bringing them into the world not sending them out....I only want a fair price for the produce not to be ripped off

 

[hendrebc]

Get in there & buy it !
Use the money that the extra transport costs would be to buy it.
If you don't there's no competition for st Merryn & your price will go one way .
This is our industry, we need to be the ones taking control & moving it forward .

What would a plant like that be worth?
Would be an ideal one to buy doing both sheep and cattle.

 

[Treg]

What would a plant like that be worth?
Would be an ideal one to buy doing both sheep and cattle.

Don't know until someone asks, they sound happy to carry on with sheep so I would suggest a partnership, farmers own cattle side & they carry on with sheep side.
There were 2 groups mentioned in the piece, Celtic foods & another firm? Maybe a consortium running it with farmers owning a percentage?
Have you any Welsh co ops that could expand?
Give Welsh NFU a kick up the backside & see if they can get a few groups together?
AHBD , I think they take enough off us they should be looking into things like this for us or as I've suggested before take a extra £1 /cow to fund buying into processing.

 

[cull cows]

Form a consortium and buy it then. Regain some producer power over processing.

Yes because it’s that simple isn’t it

 

[Treg]

It's not easy but look at the Mull of kintyre cheddar thread, what their doing we should be doing. The costs of not stepping in & taking over some of the processing will be alot less than the costs to the industry if we don't.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I prefer bringing them into the world not sending them out....I only want a fair price for the produce not to be ripped off

I’d suggest you do your beef sums on £2.50 dw then.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Yes because it’s that simple isn’t it

I’m not an idiot. Of course it’s not simple.

But doing nothing other than endlessly whining on a farmer dominated Internet forum won’t change anything.

A farmer consortium may buy the plant and make an astounding success of it. Or they may fail. I don’t know.

But they certainly won’t make a success of it if they don’t even try.

 

[hendrebc]

How would you go about starting? The NFU and FUW are pretty hopeless how did farmers fresh start? I'm pretty sure they are a farmer cooperative but think they only do lambs?