sheep meat + brexit

serfspup

I thought bretix may actually have been benificial to sheepmeat sales to europe as the french would eat more Irish lamb ....BUT.....
half the sheepmeat imported by the EU goes to the UK
when they leave will NZ still retain its 280,000 tarrif free quota?


http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/307229/brexit-nz-beef-up,-or-sacrificial-lamb

ganmo

Well it's only the treaty's with the uk that are going to change not every trade agreement.

Yea the nz lamb going into the uk is going to be a concern but hopefully we'll be above it on the shelves

Siamsa Sessions

Huge number of sheep/lamb from across the border get processed in the Republic. Will Brexit make it harder to "import" these animals? If so, this would reduce overall supply in Republic.

Might Brexit actually be good for sheep?

Username John

The is a similar thread on the uk farming boards, and the sheep farmers there seem very worried.
As France is a big export market for them - will they lose access to that?

Hard to know what will happen... lot of ifs and buts...

EDIT : sorry, I see the OP mentioned the French thing already...

sheepfarmer92

Well if brexit is going to happen i cant see how these northern/uk lambs can be still slaughtered down here, i know back a few years ago i worked in icm navan and half their kill was northern lambs every day, surely the low price at the minute has a lot to do with these uk lambs coming into our markets and is more of a cause than the currency markets?

ganmo

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

Well if brexit is going to happen i cant see how these northern/uk lambs can be still slaughtered down here, i know back a few years ago i worked in icm navan and half their kill was northern lambs every day, surely the low price at the minute has a lot to do with these uk lambs coming into our markets and is more of a cause than the currency markets?

There is no if anymore.

There is a lot going to happen in the north and the election will have a big bearing on what happens with them.