Who's joining me?

[bobk]

Hereford have put out a notice making sure farmers do not sell animals as farm assured that havent been on a farm assured holding for the required time so im guessing further up the chain(slaughterhouse) has complained .

Surely that's the sellers problem

 

[xmilkr]

Just had the red tractor inspection, I sadly haven't passed so won't be able to sell stock at the premium.

I failed on health plan, health and safety plan, haven't got a needle certificate and when the dog was wormed. The whole thing has become an utter joke. BVD testing is recommended now, so I'm sure it will be compulsory soon, and as I've said before they'll want everyone on high health schemes costing thousands.

So I won't rejoin, reckon it will save me £500 a year, a day of my life and I'll just sell cattle all live. I've been never been asked for red tractor on the sheep and it's never seemed to knock them.

Who's with me?

BVD. testing is recommended now, hope you take his advice and l hope this does become compulsory to get rid of this bloody awful disease.

 

[neilo]

I have about a ton of barley left that didn't go to the mills.
I will be advertising it on FB tomorrow.
This will be the litmus test ( Maybe an old grey whistle test) as to whether I can actually do without RT, and sell direct to livestock farmers.
I suspect I will be in for a week of torture.
Wish me luck.

Tell us when it goes live, then we can all crib about the price/ask if you'll deliver 150 miles away for the money/ask whether you'll hold it while we decide/just post 'following' on your ad.

 

[bobk]

Probably best save it for seed , Armageddon is hovering

 

[neilo]

I

I failed my last RT inspection because my wheelie bin ( dead pig bin ), wasnt lockable.
It’s been fine for the last year . Anyway, I managed to liberate a council style salt bin, washed it out, photographed, and emailed it to them . Passed!
What a shower of Cants they are !

It's good that they are dealing with the problem of folk creeping round stealing half rotten dead pigs from dead boxes. There must be thousands at it, and about time something was done.

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Left 3/4 years ago it’s rubbish

 

[bobk]

Left 3/4 years ago it’s rubbish

If you don't like paperwork, discount france , they love it

 

[Dry Rot]

Went through all the certification business with pedigree sheep about 20 years ago. Not RT but MV accredited and MLC recorded. The flock looked a proper rag-tag lot. Going to market, MV accredited sheep had to be on separate lorries. Haulier just unloaded un-accredited, drove round the block and unloaded the accredited, same lorry, different compartments. The old die hards said to take MLC recording with a pinch of salt and use commonsense. No substitute for the farmer's green thumb. Everyone telling us what to do and usually telling us wrong. Nothing changes.

 

[MRT]

is quit the sheep FA and they might just come down harder on our compliance with cereals FA out of spite.

Its like staying in an abusive relationship..

 

[bobk]

Its like staying in an abusive relationship..

A harem more like

 

[S J H]

Wasnt much point in having the inspection if you didnt have all of the above in place. Wasted the inspectors time and your own.

It would of cost me more if I'd had the vet out speciallly to sign a form.

You must have a different inspector. as I've never had the same rules year on year, so no point trying comply on the visit IMO.

 

[Sid]

Just had the red tractor inspection, I sadly haven't passed so won't be able to sell stock at the premium.

I failed on health plan, health and safety plan, haven't got a needle certificate and when the dog was wormed. The whole thing has become an utter joke. BVD testing is recommended now, so I'm sure it will be compulsory soon, and as I've said before they'll want everyone on high health schemes costing thousands.

So I won't rejoin, reckon it will save me £500 a year, a day of my life and I'll just sell cattle all live. I've been never been asked for red tractor on the sheep and it's never seemed to knock them.

Who's with me?

Who paid for the inspection if you have decided not to renew?


What happens if we all had an inspection, failed and therefore decided not to enrol?

How much would that cost RT?

 

[farmerm]

Hereford have put out a notice making sure farmers do not sell animals as farm assured that havent been on a farm assured holding for the required time so im guessing further up the chain(slaughterhouse) has complained .

well like I say, at a certain Shropshire market the sellers do not drop off any farm assured lambs or none farm assurance lambs, they just drop off lambs

 

[MRT]

well like I say, at a certain Shropshire market the sellers do not drop off any farm assured lambs or none farm assurance lambs, they just drop off lambs

Sounds like a market worth supporting

 

[bobk]

Who paid for the inspection if you have decided not to renew?


What happens if we all had an inspection, failed and therefore decided not to enrol?

How much would that cost RT?

Life would be a whole lot simpler

 

[farmerm]

Sounds like a market worth supporting

Until it gets sold for a new housing estate...

 

[MRT]

Until it gets sold for a new housing estate...

That does happen rather frequently..

 

[S J H]

Who paid for the inspection if you have decided not to renew?


What happens if we all had an inspection, failed and therefore decided not to enrol?

How much would that cost RT?

The amount they've cost me over the years, I couldn't really care.

But I'm paid up til march 2022 so will lose the massive premium in 28days of today's date.

 

[Bill dog]

It's good that they are dealing with the problem of folk creeping round stealing half rotten dead pigs from dead boxes. There must be thousands at it, and about time something was done.

I was only concerned at getting caught doing the bin liberation!

 

[MRT]

I was only concerned at getting caught doing the bin liberation!

Salted pork mmmm