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Milk buyers could face a lotta questions


DAIRY fanners in the Ribble Valley are being encouraged to . quiz their milk buyers. A new Company Perform-.-


ance and Strategy Report pub­ lished in February by DaiiyCo aims to help farmers improve: their understanding of - and • relationship with - their milk buyer.


Researched by Bidwells .Agri­ . ■ '•


business, the report gives de- ■ tailed analysis otthe country’s- seven largest milk buyers, their business strategies and per­ formance. It also investigates . the potential for buyera in terms of milk price and secimty of de-


; mand, as well as helping farmers make informed decisions about their choice of buyer and their own future business develop-; ment plans.


■, DairyCo director Ken Boyns said: “The report includes a range of questions that produc­ ers may wish to ask their milk buyer to help them make better long term decisions about how


'they farm and where they sell their milk to maximise profit­ ability.-


' ' ( “It does not cover every issue


faced by the market or individ- ■ ual companies, but it does pro- ■


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cessful branded cheese and: spreads -business' but: lower ■. profitability iriits liquid dairies division? How is that company: planning to invest in its liquid dairies and doorstep service to improve competitiveness/profit- . ability, and therefore is looking : Tor more direct supply farmers?.: • Which coinpany is focusing


vide sufficient detail to identify-- positive challenges, allow'some comparison and increase under­ standing.” i Included in the report are in-; sights into:- f • • Which company has a sue- ,


’ A STRONG show o f high quality heifers went under the hammer at Gisburn Auction Mart’s Pedigree-


Dairy Cattle Show and S^e. • / Colin'Singleton again-took top


■ honours in a strong field o f 22 splen- ; did;heifers when ;Judge.;Mr John


Sanderson pulled his Weeton Brandy heifer to the top of the line. She went onto sell-to David Coulthurst, of


’Goosnargh. - V :• Reserve Champion .went to Lee Dorlkin with a Ladino Park Talent heifer with a superb udder, selling to Chris Bargh, of Osbaldeston. Mr


T. Green, of Wigan, bought the top price cow from David Hall, of Conis- ton Cold, a third calver giving a mas­ sive 46kgs.: ■ : In-Calf heifers sold to £1,600 and a good group of five heifer edves from P. Dakin sold to £290. Auctioneers . were Richard Turner and Son.


HEIFER SO GOOD: Gisburn championship winner Coiin Singleton with his Weeton Brandy heifer, judged the best in a strong field, (s) ..


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Calves in demand


CRAVEN Farmers dominated top prices at Girijum-Auction Mart’s mid-March Calf


-■ Sale.’::-'- ' :. Out of the 153 calves forward. Cowling’s


. Alan Bowker achieved overall top price with a pair of British Blue-X bulls at £500 each. Blue-X bulls averaged £369. Mr Bowker repeated his success in the


British Blue-X heifers, taking top price again wth a trio o f females at £385. Blue-X' heifers averaged £298. ■ ; Rylstone farmers J. Shuttleworth & Son realised top price in the Simmental section


; at £428. Simmental-X bulls averaged £380 ' .- and Limousin bulls topped at £400 (ave ,£250).


:. ■. Gisbum’s Frank Wrathall peaked at £302 in the Limousin-X heifers (ave £220) while Silsden’s Maurice Jackson reached a high of £172 in the Friesian bulls (ave £94). Auctioneers were Richard Turner and


Son. .


Firm trade at the monthly dairy show


A BETTER'than expected entry for early March met with a firm trade at the monthly dairy show at Gisburn Auction Mart. ' Taking top price was a second-calf cow


from T. Cowell, o f Wharles, giving 41 litres and sold to Hector Buckley, of Denby Dale. Top price heifer was £1,840 from Robert Crisp, of Calton, Skipton. A homebred heifer only one week calved, she sold to the same buyer. Eric .Arraer, of Woodplump- ton, took first prize in the heifer class and third in the cow class, both animals selling to Gisburn cattle agent Frank Wrathall. .An entry of eight in-calf heifers met a strong trade, with Geordy Parker topping the sale at £1,870 to Tom Shuttleworth, of Rylstone. Heifers calves made to £370. The show was sponsored by Clitheroe-


based leading aninial feed supplier Dugdale Nutrition.


Visit to Ireland for beef men


: A GROUP of beef producers recently.-: visited Ireland on a study tour.


on improving efficiency in order to rebuild reserves? • : • ■ Which company has a ■ strong balance sheet and ability:


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: to generate cash, and is looking to recruit more direct supply? : ; G ^ n 'J o n e s , NFU. Dairy


- Board Chairman, welcomed the, ■ report “For most o f the com- v parries covered in this report, . the milk they bi^ from farmers is their biggest single cost,' and therefore how successfiil they are will have a huge impact on


. the milk price they can pay their.: producers. .


: use'it to discuss and question ; the strate^ of their milk bryer,-;


:-or potential milk buyer, in a: : constructive way to make sure, profits for both parties are max- - imised.”


• - .The group o f producers who sup-


; ply to Dunbia’s beef abattoir in Saw- ley, Lancashire, travelled to Ireland.-.


. to learn more about the -VIA (visuiJv ; image analysis) grading ^ t em which ■ is in operation at the company’s alwtS:: toirinSlane.


:. Pat Kearns from the Department - ,


L 'jTWe would like farmers, and. : particularly their representa- F . trve^ to look at this report and


; . He added: ^Farmers in Ireland are. . extremely confident mth the sy^m.” ,: The group also spent some time at


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• of Agriculture in ROI was m attend- : ance explaining to the English beef->, producers: “The technology grades. carcasses on exactly, what it sees, :-, eliminating human error and ensur-': ing consistency.” -


the Irish Camam-oss Mart,-viewing:: prime Irish cattle, bfefore,a veiy inr >


: formative tour of the "Teagasc Gitmge -; Research Cenhe.'


' ; -The amount o f ongoing research ,


‘F projects across a ’range'of variants : F impressed the risiring producers and o f particular interest was the research :


•r. • The report and guide can ->


: be downloaded from the Dairy- Go website wviw.dairyco.org.idc ■


. in relation -to' rubber -versus concrete:: slats; which'are not -widely.used in England;


,1 , , , , -.'i--;- -•'., The set up of the Research Centre


-from Government. : ® Eager to see. how Irish beef pro-; :'ducers manage their farms the visit- : :■ ing group wrais taken to a beef, sheep • ' and arable farm in Ballinasloe, C o .. Galway..


demonstrated to the producers the importance placed on agriculture in - Ireland and the support it receives


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:> --The form grows its owm feed and uses it for the livestock redudng costs ' and increasing efficiencies.' The farm : management ^ t em was described as - f a “best practice model”. -r Gavin Davidson, managing director ii'-


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for Dunbia (Sawdey), who went on the stwfy tour, commented: 'The tour was fantastic.


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!'v> i“It allowed beef producers froin ' sboth sides of the Ailantic to share - knowledge and take learning’s from ':::^ each other; both showing the same at-' •


^titude,wfaichistosecureasustaii]able''' 'future for beef production. - 5:- “It is plaimed that a'group of Dun->;: - bia’s Irish beef producers inake a re^ - him visit later-in the year where they - -,


: can see,firsthand beef p'roduction in Engjand.” -


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HAIL TO THE CHIEF: local Scout leader Chris Mercer meeting former Chief Scout Peter Duncan during the 2007 World Jamboree, (s)


by Duncan Smith LOCAL Scout leader Chris Mercer


-has been se le c ted from Scouting’s 100,000 adult volunteers to represent the UK at the 22nd World Scoiit Jam­ boree in Sweden in summer 2011. As well as being a fantastic opportunity


for young people, the event is an amazing chance for adults to be part of The Inter­ national Service Team (1ST). The 1ST are the volunteers who make


the Jamboree happen. They make sure the international camp runs smoothly and their theme is “Contribute, Develop, In­ spire”, which is exactly what they will do for the 30,000 Scouts at the event. Just six leaders form across East Lancashire have been chosen to attend, along with others from across the UK. - A Jamboree is a huge international


Scout camp that happens every four years, the last one being held in the UK to mark the centenary of Scouting in 2007. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young people from more than 200 countries to get together for two weeks to share their different cultures and take part in hun­ dreds of different activities. ‘ Chris will be part of a team o f500 Scout


leaders from across the UK who have been selected to travel to Sweden and although he works as a chef in Clitheroe, when at the Jamboree he could be taking on any of the hundreds of different challenges that will kcM the “town of tents” running. • - Tn'e Jamboree will be boast a fully func­


tional hospital, a state-of-the-art TV stur dio, supermarkets, a bank and even an in­ ternet cafe, all in a normally empty grassy fieldinSweden. V


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■ Chris said: “I’m really pleased to be able to go to Sweden and help so many thou-, sands o f young people have such an amaz­ ing experience. •


-“I went to the.previous Jamboree in .-


2007 and a Jamboree is unlike anything elsej it’s even more international than the -


Olympics!” ( Chief Scout Bear Grylls said: “Con­


gratulations to all the: UK volunteere who, have been selected to go on this trip o f a lifetime. While lots of people.know that Scouting is all about adventure, they of- teii don’t realise that adult volunteers get


: to do just'as much as our young members Through their involvement.. ... ( “The World Scout Jamboree is a great


ur are p ctui^ Dahiei Kelly from Dunbia Ireland, (s) of the English beef producers on-the study


example of this so I wish all our volunteers all the best and I know they are going to. have an amazing time next year.”


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SETTING out from a car park by the busy A59, a group of Clitheroe Ram­ blers enjoyed exploring the Blub- berhouses area between Skipton and Harrogate.


Their route took them first along


the side of Fewston Reservoir to Fewston and then back to waterside, until reaching the picnic site at Stack Point, on the Swinsty Reservoir. Here they enjoyed the view and a


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drink before turning off through a wood, then following field paths to John o’Gaunt’s Reservoir, named after the castle nearby. - The ruins are apparently not of a


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-John o’ Gaunt. Passing by the ruins though, they.were not suqrrised at the confusion, as the remains did re-, semble a castle. The walkers stopped for lunch


overlooking the reservoir, unluckily in the only rain shower of the day.


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- paths back to Swinsty Reservoir. From there they crossed the dam and followed the edge of the reservoir to Swinsty Hall, from where a path took


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