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 […]
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Tag Archives: Slaughter
£93.70 to kill a pig
1 September, 2011 
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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.
Read moreAbattoir costs rise, again
17 August, 2011 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 […]
Read moreAbattoir acts to discourage private slaughter
30 September, 2010 13 Comments
I am having a grumpy day on the pig side of things. The post has just arrived, including a letter from our abattoir Scotch Premier in Inverurie. The letter says they are finding private pigs take too long to process compared with regular pigs due to difficulties removing their hair, the rare breed characteristics, their […]
Read moreNipper is definitely going in the pot
20 June, 2008 4 Comments
I went out to feed the pigs this morning and all was well until I went into the porker’s pen. I’d barely opened the gate when Nipper, one of Daisy’s offspring and 24 weeks old, charged over to head butt and bite me. I drove her off with the feed bucket but it’s confirmed our […]
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