EU Proposal on calf transportation. NO MOVE UNDER 35DAYS

When will this come into effect?

It has only been passed at committee stage and has yet to come before the Parliament for a full debate in Jan next year including counter proposals. They will then decide what amendments (if any) are to be adopted and voted on.

Is the veal industry a closed shop or could it be open to new entrants?

Vision of the European veal sector.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://fefac.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vision_Paper_veal_Sector_final_Friday-15-04-2021.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCwMmqgcj0AhWUTsAKHVukDGwQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0x21EiUMlVibN36mPKgChG

It's all about ending livestock farming Patsy.

The turtle wins the race by a step at a time.

Downside s shooting calves like other countries

The present Ag Commissioner (Wojciechowski) is against the transport of a live animals. From a article December 2020 - "Speaking at a recent Protection of Animals during Transport (ANIT) Committee meeting, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski voiced his support for a significant reduction in the transport of live animals but fell short of calling for an outright ban".

I foresee the following - the continued sale/transport of unweaned calves to other farms/marts but they may push the age to 21 days old. There will probably be a time restriction of 6 hours journey time for same. Live calf exports to mainland EU will be banned but will probably have a 5 year lead in timeframe. The restriction on the transport of cows/heifers that are heavy in calf/on the point of calving I actually agree with and I thought that it was already in place in Ireland but it is only best practice guidelines. The transporting of cows within 48 hours of calving is already prohibited except to a Vet.

https://www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/99025/40d3b793-d013-48fd-ab9e-9eee5911a351.pdf#page=1

The best way to deal with that issue would be to ban the breeding of poor quality dairy bulls.

I think the element of choice should be removed from the equation.

Like what possible evidence would be available? Does he expect the calves to write a scathing review of their travel arrangements on TripAdvisor?

It's not waste - it's food, it maybe not your type of food but it is food to others. Someone, somewhere in the world is going to eat that carcase/parts of that animal, others will buy products made from calf skin like gloves, shoes, boots etc.

Live exports were only ever meant to be a bandaid. We need to produce better quality dairy bulls and build viable domestic veal market.

I looked into it about 12 years ago and spoke with a Dutch company and basically it wasn't viable in Ireland due to processing and transport costs. We don't have a tradition of eating veal on Ireland and the main market for us at the time was high end restaurants in London.

There used to be a poster on here (can't remember his name) that fed for Slaney Meats under the Rose Veal label - Rose veal is a different product to white veal. I remember him posting years ago that they quit due to (from memory) a sudden downfall in factory prices.

Dawg (@Gawddawggonnit) will have a better insight on veal as he is closer to the market. I do remember him posting (last year/earlier this year) about a local girl that rented some sheds locally to him to rear veal calves. From reading his post he admired her work ethic but she was flat out working hard to make a go of it.

Dealing with the reality of nature, I'm afraid. Sexed semen has only limited success.