Wow..the price of meat!

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COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Totally agree with you on meat prices, BUT we are rearing our first batch of pigs, and feed prices are going up and up, Plus the government have brought in laws, so we can not feed any kitchen waste/peelings etc which used to balance the price out of the hard food.

We buy horse carrots etc to bulk out their, our first one is going on a non-returnable holiday;) on the 30th of this month, and we workd it out we have to charge £4.50 per kg when we sell half a pig....

I am looking for someone local where I can buy half a lamb..

If I am going to pay higher prices, I would rather it be spent direct with the breeder/rearer or local butcher rather than the supermarkets...

I totally agree I would rather pay higher prices at the good farm shop/local butcher/direct producer... But laws regarding feeding of kitchen waste have been in for a while. the 2001 f&m outbreak was attributed to infected pig swill (While I understand small farmers are unlikely to be a source, any unsuspecting person feeding unknown waste could be a source) I saw the news reports of F&M in 2001 in the window of a tv shop, and stood, unbelieving in the street for 15 minutes staring at the screen. We were taught in vet school (where I still was) it was a dead disease, so to see an outbreak made us question whether there would be a future in farming at all)

Sorry, I may have ranted there, but just want to say there is a reason behind most animal health rules (and yes, common sense, you would think would prevail, but pig swill was commonly omnivorous, so therefore a risk)