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QA on a suckler farm

  • 23-05-2020 6:46pm
    #1
    trg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭


    Folks, we only kill 1 or 2 cull cows a year. Often nothing killed.

    Regarding the Bord Bia QA I'm wondering is there any material advantage to it? Truth be told it might be laziness on my part but work life, family life and farm life all escalating and this record keeping has slipped so I'm wondering now if it's worth it. What do ye reckon?


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  • #2
    dh1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭dh1985


    trg wrote: »
    Folks, we only kill 1 or 2 cull cows a year. Often nothing killed.

    Regarding the Bord Bia QA I'm wondering is there any material advantage to it? Truth be told it might be laziness on my part but work life, family life and farm life all escalating and this record keeping has slipped so I'm wondering now if it's worth it. What do ye reckon?

    Similar set up here as yourself and I think QA is pointless as it stands. Cows dont qualify and extra paper work and inspections. Leave well alone would be my opinion


  • #3
    trg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭trg


    dh1985 wrote: »
    Similar set up here as yourself and I think QA is pointless as it stands. Cows dont qualify and extra paper work and inspections. Leave well alone would be my opinion

    Thinking the same. Might let it slip. Handy to have it done for cross compliance is the only thing


  • #4
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,591 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    While technically processor's pay nothing for QA cows when there are plenty of cattle they penalize them.

    For a suckler farmer it depends on what stage he sells his cows at and where. If finishing and spending ti the factory then yes he should Benin QA. If he sell in the mart finished there may be more competition for them even if a finisher intends to feed them further as QA days on another farm count towards the 70days.

    However if you sell as store's it more than likely makes no difference.

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #5
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭893bet


    It has its advantages for cross compliance maybe? Forces you to keep things up to date?


  • #6
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Suckling here as well. I wouldn't want to drop out of QA, main reason is you have more selling options. Secondly as Bass says, it helps keep everything in order.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #7
    jfh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭jfh


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Suckling here as well. I wouldn't want to drop out of QA, main reason is you have more selling options. Secondly as Bass says, it helps keep everything in order.

    I'd agree, with herd watch it's simple enough to be compliant


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