Odd Shape Vegetables

YFlyer

Vegetables that appear to be unsuitable for shops, where do they go?

Mol88

Animal feed ,composted or left in drill in field

YFlyer

Mol88 wrote: »

Animal feed ,composted or left in drill in field

Should be grand for companies that make meals and soups. I'm sure soup kitchen charities wouldn't say no. I buy them.

Waffletraktor

If they can they leave unwanted veg in the field and cultivate in to cut losses.

Mol88

YFlyer wrote: »

Should be grand for companies that make meals and soups. I'm sure soap kitchen charities wouldn't say no. I buy them.

Everything has a cost vegetables are a tight margin business your not going to export nutrients off field to have to buy them back in in n p k the sad reality is they are worth more to the land.and I'm not trying to be smart alot of people think it's a waste of food but there is nothing free in this world sounds harsh but last time I went to doctor or dentist or needed new shoes I had to pay for it.the true cost of food production is high.as a old man once told me you have to put on what you take off

YFlyer

Mol88 wrote: »

Everything has a cost vegetables are a tight margin business your not going to export nutrients off field to have to buy them back in in n p k the sad reality is they are worth more to the land.and I'm not trying to be smart alot of people think it's a waste of food but there is nothing free in this world sounds harsh but last time I went to doctor or dentist or needed new shoes I had to pay for it.the true cost of food production is high.as a old man once told me you have to put on what you take off

Yes I understand getting humic and fulvic back into the soil. There must be excess animal manure available from neighbouring farms?

Lime Tree Farm

YFlyer wrote: »

Yes I understand getting humic and fulvic back into the soil. There must be excess animal manure available from neighbouring farms?

https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/ruralenvironment/environment/nitrates/2019/derogationforms/Nitrates%20Derogation%202019%20Terms%20Conditions.pdf

Mol88

YFlyer wrote: »

Yes I understand getting humic and fulvic back into the soil. There must be excess animal manure available from neighbouring farms?

Cost money to transport.most animal manures acoounted for long list of paperwork with importing and exporting manure from different holdings.people moved away from vegtable growing for a very good reason.low margin high debts no market.sad reality.growing veg organically is all right for the first ten years then yields drop off and why would a farmer take animal manure from his land and give it to some one else.same as you giving me money l.as I say nothing free in this world

Lime Tree Farm

An excellent explanatory handbook.


https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/ruralenvironment/environment/nitrates/2019/NitratesExplanatoryHandbook070619.pdf

Mol88

My phone don't do off so can't get into link

YFlyer

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/ruralenvironment/environment/nitrates/2019/derogationforms/Nitrates%20Derogation%202019%20Terms%20Conditions.pdf

Thanks.

Lime Tree Farm

The links lead to Dept Of Agriculture stringent rules and regulations regarding Nitrates Derogation and the Handbook on Agriculture Rules/Recording of Imported and Exported Farmyard Slurry. You will have been already provided with Hard copy from the Dept.

YFlyer

Can livestock manure be transported off farm if sent to an anaerobic digestion facility?

tractorporn

Mol88 wrote: »

Cost money to transport.most animal manures acoounted for long list of paperwork with importing and exporting manure from different holdings.people moved away from vegtable growing for a very good reason.low margin high debts no market.sad reality.growing veg organically is all right for the first ten years then yields drop off and why would a farmer take animal manure from his land and give it to some one else.same as you giving me money l.as I say nothing free in this world

Not to mention that along with all that FSAI guidelines state that you cannot grow veg for instant consumption ie veg that won't be cooked, for 12 months after the application of animal manures.

aphextwit

Thingy-shaped turnip.

(all credit to Blackadder in fairness)

eusap

Tesco sell "Wonky" veg which is cheaper than straight veg

I seen a video recently of Food Cloud and one of the Veg growers in north dublin, where Food Cloud got a team of Volunteers to go through a field of Carrots after the harvester had been in and they gathered boxes of wonky Carrots for charitys/food kitchens etc....