Virus affect on trade

[beltextexel]

Just wondered if people see the virus affecting the Hogg/cattle trade of the next few weeks/months?

 

[Hilly]

People still have to eat the same ?

 

[curlietailz]

I reckon the biggest factor will be staff off sick and self isolation ..... companies in the supply chain will have a shortage of staff and won’t be able to process or deliver the product causing a bung up in the system

I reckon there will be food shortages and bare shelves because the lorries and warehouses and packing plants just don’t have the staff

 

[Hilly]

It might not get that bad , not much happened yet.

 

[roscoe erf]

be like Brexit

 

[Hilly]

be like Brexit

Damp squid

 

[Steevo]

Damp squid

squib

 

[Gator]

Will the markets shut?, seem to shutting everything else

 

[roscoe erf]

Damp squid

all squids are damp except that sick squid I owe you

 

[roscoe erf]

Will the markets shut?, seem to shutting everything else

only the damp squid market

 

[Werzle]

Just wondered if people see the virus affecting the Hogg/cattle trade of the next few weeks/months?

Might if the firms cannot get the staff in to kill and cut up and i expect they will try to use it to there advantage. My hunch is sheep trade will remain strong and cattle trade will just keep bumbling along.

 

[Clive]

just maybe if this gets bad a new appreciation of food security may emerge on the other side ?

 

[z.man]

Already seems to be a bit going on,availability of prime stock (sheep)has markedly increased due to worried sellers, rumour has it some prime markets are going to have sales but vendors will have to just drop stock and move on and heard this morning one large abattoir is talking about closing (chills must be very full) but I was also told that a local Lidl had no fresh meat left on the counters ?

 

[Johngee]

Maybe customers won’t want to travel to a supermarket to buy meat and will buy more from their local butcher?

 

[JP1]

just maybe if this gets bad a new appreciation of food security may emerge on the other side ?

Possibly although today's takes from the 10 minute 8am Radio 4 news headlines before the main political interview managed to get these salvos in despite Coronovirus , possible recession, Trump and other main ticket items

• There is a shortage of skilled tree planters in the UK to meet Government climate change planting objectives
• UK will find it impossible to meet climate change net zero objectives without tackling airflights and removing red meat from diets

I'm tired of shouting at the radio now and folks think you're mad driving about shouting inside your car

 

[Timbo]

Talk that Fat markets will be a case of 'drop & go' . Already seeing it at abbatoir.

 

[Pan mixer]

The word down here in the greater metropolitan area is that there is no demand from restaurants - therefore the price of pigs has to go down? Nothing to do with the record prices for hoggets of course, no off-setting of one sector against another, no, that never happens......

 

[andybk]

Possibly although today's takes from the 10 minute 8am Radio 4 news headlines before the main political interview managed to get these salvos in despite Coronovirus , possible recession, Trump and other main ticket items

• There is a shortage of skilled tree planters in the UK to meet Government climate change planting objectives
• UK will find it impossible to meet climate change net zero objectives without tackling airflights and removing red meat from diets

I'm tired of shouting at the radio now and folks think you're mad driving about shouting inside your car

turn the BBC sht off , and listen to LBC , the early shift (4-7am ) is highly entertaining

 

[andybk]

Talk that Fat markets will be a case of 'drop & go' . Already seeing it at abbatoir.

as long as the dealers dont see it as a licence to print money ! We all remember F+M when most of us got shafted

 

[Timbo]

as long as the dealers dont see it as a licence to print money ! We all remember F+M when most of us got shafted

This is the potential issue.