Why do we import Bacon

[Derrick Hughes]

Bacon and Chicken
Surly we would be better feeding our own grain and sending the muck back to the soil
Is it just Superstores or are there other reasons

 

[Steevo]

Can the Danish produce it cheaper than UK?

One thing I will say....supermarkets have ruined bacon! Never again will I buy it from anywhere other than a local butcher.

 

[Ball acre]

Co-op ditches Danish bacon to move to 100% British - Pig World

www.pig-world.co.uk

At least they are trying. Went to a farm shop a while back and they had Danish bacon for sale! Won't be going back.

 

[Doc]

Why do we import anything? It’s usually either not produced here, cheaper or better and there is a market (demand) for it.

 

[Werzle]

Food firms/hauliers looking to stitch farmers up today rather than face uncertainty in prices and supply /demand with imports . Welcome to our world boys 24/7.

 

[Werzle]

Im loving the talk of empty shelves too

 

[bluebell]

more people by the day ? yet now we produce barely 50 percent of what we eat ?

 

[farmerm]

It is very simple, we only import anything because a buyer sees a market for a product that they can imported at a price, quality or quantity that is not available in the UK.

 

[JeepJeep]

Stopped buying Supermarket Bacon... It was habit we picked it up like lots of other stuff , thats what we got. Product of the EU.

Get it now from the Local Butchers , It's twice the price but twice the Bacon. Far Superior. Cooks Better and Tastes better.

 

[czechmate]

Bacon and Chicken
Surly we would be better feeding our own grain and sending the muck back to the soil
Is it just Superstores or are there other reasons

It’s a good question
Maybe you will know the answer in a year or two?

It baffles me why all out fat limmi bulls end up in Italy

 

[Derrick Hughes]

It’s a good question
Maybe you will know the answer in a year or two?

It baffles me why all out fat limmi bulls end up in Italy

I take chicken muck from two poultry farms .
I use that instead of bought in fertilizers
Just got me thinking , why dont our arable farms keep poultry and do the same, instead of importing chicken

 

[Steevo]

Stopped buying Supermarket Bacon... It was habit we picked it up like lots of other stuff , thats what we got. Product of the EU.

Get it now from the Local Butchers , It's twice the price but twice the Bacon. Far Superior. Cooks Better and Tastes better.

I find it's similar price £/kg.....but butchers bacon is twice as thick and doesn't shrink.

No idea whether it's British though - plenty of butchers nowadays seem to import/source from a wholesaler.

 

[Steevo]

I take chicken muck from two poultry farms .
I use that instead of bought in fertilizers
Just got me thinking , why dont our arable farms keep poultry and do the same, instead of importing chicken

The poultry game is pretty cut-throat from what I hear....small margins across large volumes. You need to know what you're doing and be on the ball.

@Daniel would know a bit more.

 

[czechmate]

I take chicken muck from two poultry farms .
I use that instead of bought in fertilizers
Just got me thinking , why dont our arable farms keep poultry and do the same, instead of importing chicken

I see what you are saying. I did have neighbors who grew “chicken feed” wheat and there is lots of uk chicken.
But yes, this moving stuff around the world is mental. It’s only so the rich can get richer...

But, what you gunna do?

 

[JP1]

Bacon and Chicken
Surly we would be better feeding our own grain and sending the muck back to the soil
Is it just Superstores or are there other reasons

UK sow herd circa 400,000 now, before F+M 800,000

 

[Clive]

I think lamb, pork and beef imports should be banned on environmental grounds - there is simply no good reason for this stuff to be transported thousands of miles

 

[czechmate]

I think lamb, pork and beef imports should be banned on environmental grounds - there is simply no good reason for this stuff to be transported thousands of miles

Is it thousands of miles to Denmark?

And for clarity, do you also include the export of lamb and cereal for example Clive?

 

[czechmate]

Just a question, who is going to do the shitty jobs like intensive hens and pigs when you don’t have many Poles any more?

 

[milkloss]

I take chicken muck from two poultry farms .
I use that instead of bought in fertilizers
Just got me thinking , why dont our arable farms keep poultry and do the same, instead of importing chicken

Shooting season and skiing?

Just a question, who is going to do the shitty jobs like intensive hens and pigs when you don’t have many Poles any more?

Yes, exchange rate has put an end to them wanting to work in the UK.

 

[glensman]

I think lamb, pork and beef imports should be banned on environmental grounds - there is simply no good reason for this stuff to be transported thousands of miles

You didn't think that one through.