Manxfarmer65 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 They've been doing halal for years. They have to in order to shift the excess meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 well i must say i am absolutely outraged at this news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 The reason we overproduce lamb is lamb garners the most Government subsidies, the taxpayer pays even when it is sold under market price to UK merchants, hence the cheaper cost of Manx meat in the UK. A bit like wood pellets on the hoof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxfarmer65 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Any idea how much they are paying the chairman of the board of directors? Surely he has got to be the least qualified director of multi million pound turnover company in the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Manx farmers produce more meat than is required on the island. So it has to be exported into a very crowded market place. There are only a limited number of meat processors in the U.K. Now. They have great economies of scale , processing more stock in a day than the Iom does in a month. Manx farmers expect to be paid the same as uk farmers. In fact Manx farmers feel they should be paid more than uk farmers as their costs of production are higher. If their product was of a higher quality than uk rivals I would have some sympathy. But the truth is, it isn't. Most people in business expect to get paid what their customers are prepared to pay, and if that doesn't exceed their production costs, they go out of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxfarmer65 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Manx farmers produce more meat than is required on the island. So it has to be exported into a very crowded market place. There are only a limited number of meat processors in the U.K. Now. They have great economies of scale , processing more stock in a day than the Iom does in a month. Manx farmers expect to be paid the same as uk farmers. In fact Manx farmers feel they should be paid more than uk farmers as their costs of production are higher. If their product was of a higher quality than uk rivals I would have some sympathy. But the truth is, it isn't. Most people in business expect to get paid what their customers are prepared to pay, and if that doesn't exceed their production costs, they go out of business. Exactly. And that is the fundamental problem with Manx agriculture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 The whole lot needs looking into. Investigated properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 DEFA refuses to rule out Meat Plant closure http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/defa-refuses-to-rule-out-meat-plant-closure/ Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2bad Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Not by any stretch of the imagination. You have a very active imagination though, what with you paranoid schizo thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The whole lot needs looking into. Investigated properly. It does With Brexit, can food production now be subsidised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Brexit shows that food production is vitally important. Imagine if the EU said "No, no trade with Britain at all" - we'd have to rely on our own food sources, and those from non EU sources (and not transiting through the EU). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Those domestic food producers can sell to anyone they like. Manx farmers won't sell their food to you for less - even if you are starving - if they can sell it elsewhere for more. If that was the sort of thing they would do, why would millionaire landowners like Anderson take money from the taxes of nurses, teachers, binmen etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 DEFA refuses to rule out Meat Plant closure http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/defa-refuses-to-rule-out-meat-plant-closure/ Good. I think 'recognising the strategic importance' pretty much does rule out closure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I assume that the reason live animals are shipped away is for a better price? How many cows do you get in a truck, and how much does it cost to put that truck on the boat? Unless there is something seriously wrong it would seem almost impossible for it not to be cheaper to kill them here, you must get at least 10 (and that's not much space for the live ones) times as many dead cows in a truck as live ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I assume that the reason live animals are shipped away is for a better price? How many cows do you get in a truck, and how much does it cost to put that truck on the boat? Unless there is something seriously wrong it would seem almost impossible for it not to be cheaper to kill them here, you must get at least 10 (and that's not much space for the live ones) times as many dead cows in a truck as live ones. Export subsidy [free money from Tax trough] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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