Lamb Prices have crash this year and are down 30% on last year and reached the lowest price in six years. The supermarket prices don't reflect this though and their prices are only down by 6%.
To put that into what you pay in the supermarket its £13 per kg compared to the farmer receiving £1.36 per kg.
Is this fair?
Someone is making a lot of money somewhere without putting in any of the effort and as anyone who keeps sheep will tell you there is a fair bit of effort involved!
So from the 1st of August to the 7th across England there is a #NoLambWeek being staged. It's not going to change the world but it is a statement, hopefully farmers will stand together and not sell any lambs during the first week of August.
It turns out to be a bad year to get back into keeping sheep!
That is disgusting, no wonder farmers are struggling! We rarely have lamb, which we love, due to the price.
ReplyDeleteI did hear about no lamb week and fully support it
ReplyDeleteSadly, the multiple layers of middle men have set themselves up to make all the profit. Trouble is, the will never let go of their profits and government "solutions" only point toward the farmer and the consumer. On the other hand, how can greed be legislated?
ReplyDeleteSomething I fully support.
ReplyDeleteLambs making a bit more up here. But I agree with the principal, all the middle men get too much of the profit.
ReplyDeleteI never understand the swings and roundabouts of livestock prices especially with the weak Euro and strong Sterling. England import buyers must be getting far better value for the money buying lambs from Euro countries. Sheep supplies are said to be tight in Ireland and cattle prices are still very good.
ReplyDeleteAround here the going rate at SAM's the big box discount store is 8 $ a pound for a boneless leg roast. Same rate for lamb chops. At the regular supermarket it is about 12 $ a pound bone in. 40 to 50 $ for a good size leg of lamb. All of it is imported from Australia and NZ. In the fall after the 4H youth programs sell off at the local fairs you can buy it at about 5$ a pound. That's when I stock up and load the freezer.
ReplyDeleteI blame New Zealand. We should bomb them :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know about regulations in UK, so this might sound simplistic, but have you thought about selling the meat direct to the public ie cutting out the middle man?
ReplyDeleteI don't know about regulations in UK, so this might sound simplistic, but have you thought about selling the meat direct to the public ie cutting out the middle man?
ReplyDeleteWe have farmers in our family all based in Somerset, the prices they receive for all their produce is terrible, we all used to laugh about farmers complaining they are poor, but today the huge supermarket chains and food suppliers have taken all the profit out of farming, and for most the wage they get from their land will never reflect the work they do.
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