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The joys of selling pork

23 May, 2011 by Stonehead 12 Comments

I’ve been inside waiting for a phone call from the abattoir’s delivery driver to say the lorry was parked up on the other side of the valley and waiting for me to collect our boxes of butchered Berkshire pork. The phone did ring, but it wasn’t the driver. It was my sales contact at the [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Crofting, customers, Pigs, Pork, postaweek2011, Smallholding

Weaning approaches, cancellations begin

2 April, 2011 by Stonehead 3 Comments

Daphne’s litter of Berkshire piglets will be five weeks old on Monday. Three weeks after that, on 25 April, the litter will be weaned. Two weeks later, the weaners will be going to their new owners. Or rather, should be going to their new owners.

Berkshire pigs

Berkshire pigs, consumers, Crofting, customers, Livestock, Pigs, postaweek2011, Smallholding

If it’s what customers want…

12 March, 2011 by Stonehead 3 Comments

Several potential customers have expressed surprise that we won’t take firm orders for Berkshire piglets from Daphne’s recently farrowed litter. I’ve explained it’s early days for the litter and I’m not prepared to allocate pigs until weaning. Apparently that’s not a valid reason for refusing to take customer orders. They want their piglets and they [...]

Pigs

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

‘I was hoping to get them cheaper…’

11 March, 2011 by Stonehead 9 Comments

I have to confess some of the customers who buy our Berkshire weaners leave me baffled and scratching my head in disbelief. They contact us because they’re “looking for decent pigs”, want to “do something to help the traditional breeds” and want “strong, healthy pigs”. Fair enough. I explain why we believe the Berkshire is [...]

Pigs

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

Customers demand unrealistic assurances

4 January, 2011 by Stonehead 10 Comments

We continue to get customers who expect us to offer assurances that litters of weaners will be available on specific dates, in specific numbers and of specific sexes. When I explain that it is not possible for any livestock operation to give those assurances, especially months in advance, the customers retort that they will find [...]

Pigs

Berkshire pigs, Consumerism, consumers, customers, Livestock, Pigs

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