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September 2013 – The potentially devastating side-effects of Pig idea
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been hounded by journalists looking for the NPA’s view on the Pig Idea’…
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September 2013 – Do we need to worry about Mycotoxins this season?
The simple answer to the question posed above is I don’t know yet. At the time of writing, I have…
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Peter Crichton’s commentary for August 23, 2013
As anticipated, it looks as though the shout price system originally introduced by Tulip in 2009 may soon be phased…
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Peter Crichton’s commentary for August 16, 2013
A sigh of relief this week that none of the shout price buyers dropped their prices following Tulip’s lead to…
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Peter Crichton’s commentary for August 9, 2013
Despite shout prices moving in the opposite direction a couple of weeks ago, the gap between the DAPP and shout…
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August 2013 – It’s not a case of them and us
It’s easy to become embroiled in our own little world with all the problems associated with being a farmer, and…
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Peter Crichton’s commentary for August 2, 2013
Tulip’s decision to drop its shout price by a further penny was met with dismay by many sellers at a…
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August 2013 – Some retailers’ behaviour makes my blood boil
At last the sun is shining, herd health is looking pretty good and prices are, for once, heading in the…
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August 2013 – Keeping it all in balance
Occasionally I like to remind producers to examine their weaning performance in order to optimise subsequent growth rates. We have…
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Peter Crichton’s commentary for July 26, 2013
Very much of a stand-on day for sellers with the DAPP virtually unchanged at 168.81p and all of the shout…