There are moments when all the effort that goes into producing top quality Berkshire pigs and pork pays off. I’ve just had a phone call from a customer who bought his first butchered half pig from us last week. He said he’d been sitting thinking about how delicious the pork was, so he’d decided to [...]
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‘No, they’re not cheaper’
2 September, 2010
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I wish people were capable of doing simple mathematics when comparing pig prices instead of launching into tirades about me trying to “rip them off” because someone else’s pigs are perceived to be cheaper than ours. I’ve just had yet another telephone conversation with a potential customer that went down this exact route. Logic was [...]
Read morePiglet is deteriorating
29 March, 2010
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The second sick Berkshire piglet has stopped suckling. As it was already showing signs of dehydration I’ve been giving it 50ml of Lectade Plus every half hour or so but I suspect we’re going to lose it, too. I’d just like to find out what the cause of the illness is so I can see [...]
Read moreWhy do we bother selling pigs?
23 November, 2009
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As visitors to the blog will have noticed, we have a notice at the top of the first page that says we have six Berkshire weaners available for sale. This morning, I received an email in response to that notice. Was it from a genuine, prospective customer?
Read more‘You should be doing this…’
24 August, 2009
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One of the consequences using this blog to highlight some of the things that we do and some of the difficulties we encounter is that many people feel obliged to respond along the lines of “you should…”. The response to yesterday’s post about the croft finances dipping into the red was a typical example of [...]
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