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Final batch of pigs leave the croft

12 November, 2012 by Stonehead 2 Comments

We took our last two Berkshire pigs to the abattoir today, a job made more complicated by the death of one of the porkers, a last-minute change of abattoir and a last-minute change of butcher. Still, we got everything organised in the end and were up early to load the pigs today.

Berkshire pigs, Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Abattoir, Agriculture and Forestry, Berkshire pigs, Crofting, Livestock, Pigs, porkers, postaweek2012, Smallholding

A Berkshire boar snuffling in the grass and mud.

Culling our Berkshire pigs

6 August, 2012 by Stonehead 91 Comments

The combination of ever rising costs and customer expectations of ever falling prices means we’ve started culling our herd of Berkshire pigs. Prices were up again when I paid the bill at the feed merchants today, necessitating a dip into our household savings and that’s unacceptable even though we have three porkers going through at […]

Berkshire pigs, Pigs

Abattoir, Agriculture and Forestry, cull, knacker, Livestock, pig, Pork, postaweek2012, Slaughter

Invoice for the slaughter and butchering of two pigs.

£93.70 to kill a pig

1 September, 2011 by Stonehead 13 Comments

The invoice from Millers of Speyside for slaughtering and butchering our most recent batch of Berkshire pigs arrived in this morning’s post. The slaughter charge was £48.00. The QMS levy was £2.52, plus VAT.

Berkshire pigs

Abattoir, agriculture, Berkshire pigs, costs, Crofting, Featured, Pigs, Pork, postaweek2011, Slaughter, Smallholding

A Berkshire porker loaded ready for the trip to the abattoir.

Two pigs for the abattoir

25 August, 2011 by Stonehead 2 Comments

I took two finished Berkshire pigs on their trip to the abattoir today. It was a reasonably quick, straightforward trip for a change as the weather was good, there were few tractors or trucks on the rural roads I use and the Land Rover was running well. As an added bonus, the abattoir changed the […]

Berkshire pigs

Abattoir, Berkshire pigs, Crofting, Livestock, Pigs, postaweek2011, Smallholding

Abattoir costs rise, again

17 August, 2011 by Stonehead 12 Comments

When I booked two finished Berkshire pigs in with our abattoir, Millers of Speyside, this morning I was told I’d be sent an email with new paperwork to complete. When the email arrived, the paperwork included a new schedule of charges for private slaughter. I wasn’t expecting a rise, so I was more than a […]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding, Pigs

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