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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:17 am ]
Post subject:  Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink ... rtage.html

Quote:
A combination of a weak pound, harsh winter and falling profits for farmers has meant that far fewer sheep are being reared in this country compared with a decade ago. This has had the effect of pushing supply down and prices up.

So nothing to do with other Welsh habits? ;)
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
Isn't that what makes the meat so tasty?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
cloaked_wolf wrote:
Isn't that what makes the meat so tasty?

What running away from Welsh men with velcro gloves? ;)
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
then we better start importing more NZ lamb, they seem to have an abundance of it …
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
MrStevenRogers wrote:
then we better start importing more NZ lamb, they seem to have an abundance of it …

That will definitely happen, even when you allow for shipping it will be cheaper.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
Amnesia10 wrote:
MrStevenRogers wrote:
then we better start importing more NZ lamb, they seem to have an abundance of it …

That will definitely happen, even when you allow for shipping it will be cheaper.

yup cheaper and without any subsidy and travelling around the world :shock: Its a good thing we have CAP in europe :evil: :x
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
CAP was meant to make Europe self sufficient on food. The subsidises distort incentives to grow certain crops and we end up with huge surpluses periodically.
Author:  LaptopAcidXperience [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
It's fuc*king ridiculous we have to ship lamb from one side of the planet to the other when we have the perfect conditions for breeding sheep here. I want British lamb, not fuc*ing NZ lamb, it doesn't taste as nice because of the travelling.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
It is sent here frozen so the journey will have no effect on the taste.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
Amnesia10 wrote:
It is sent here frozen so the journey will have no effect on the taste.


Put some meat in a freezer for three months plus and tell me that it tastes as good as the equivalent steak frozen for only one week.
Author:  LaptopAcidXperience [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Lamb prices shoot up after sheep shortage
Amnesia10 wrote:
It is sent here frozen so the journey will have no effect on the taste.


Is that supposed to be sarcastic, of course freezing will affect the taste and the texture and quality in general.

Not to mention it's unlikely the meat will have been hung as it's probably flash frozen in the slaughter house straight after slaughter.

This is bad thing whichever way you look at it, for the consumers as we're getting sub standard imported product at an inflated price, and especially for the farmers who ironically can't produce lamb cheap enough in this country.
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