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I'm not quite sure I understand what you're writing about. But if this is about why we both export loads of lamb and then import loads I believe that's a result of seasonality and also a lack of a UK market for certain cuts and offal.
http://beefandlambmatters.blogspot.com/2013/07/why...
http://beefandlambmatters.blogspot.com/2013/07/why...
w1bbles said:
The only lambonomics I know are that if you are mental enough to grow your own on a small scale the cost per kg is off the flipping scale. Ask me how I know. Taste good though...
Can't be that much to buy a baby sheep? Stick it in a field and watch it grow. It's not like it needs a sky subscription to keep it entertained. Muzzer79 said:
Here’s me thinking this was going to be a thread about inventive finance schemes to enable us to buy a Lamborghini 
Sorry!Lamb. In New Zealand you can’t buy New Zealand lamb but here it’s everywhere. There they can buy Aussie or Welsh lamb. In Wales you can find Welsh lamb if you look for it (farm shops) but most is exported. Why is this was the question?
It's like watches. In order to be "Swiss Made", a watch has to be assembled in Switzerland, even though the bits come from the far east.
New Zealand Lamb is actually parts of Japanese sheep which are assembled in New Zealand.
Likewise Welsh Lamb, but that comes from Shetland, because whilst they like sheep, the Shetlandaise have little interest in lambs, capybaras or elephants.
New Zealand Lamb is actually parts of Japanese sheep which are assembled in New Zealand.
Likewise Welsh Lamb, but that comes from Shetland, because whilst they like sheep, the Shetlandaise have little interest in lambs, capybaras or elephants.
fiju said:
Can't be that much to buy a baby sheep? Stick it in a field and watch it grow. It's not like it needs a sky subscription to keep it entertained.
Yep. You're bang-on. However you need to add the following toys/things to the mix:Fencing
Livestock trailer
Shed
Hay
Feed
Lick
Watering kit
Pens for shearing and stuff
Drugs/wormer/sheep tools (dagging shears, shears, injection things, ball choppers, blue sprays, fairy dust)
Cost of slaughter and butchering for small batches
The occasional vet bill when a pedigree lamb gets shagged by a fence-jumping tup
Yep.
JohnnyJones said:
Muzzer79 said:
Here’s me thinking this was going to be a thread about inventive finance schemes to enable us to buy a Lamborghini
Sorry!Lamb. In New Zealand you can’t buy New Zealand lamb but here it’s everywhere. There they can buy Aussie or Welsh lamb. In Wales you can find Welsh lamb if you look for it (farm shops) but most is exported. Why is this was the question?
Basically. So there is a relatively small window when the meat is available from each country.
Edited by Vanden Saab on Sunday 20th December 22:43
fiju said:
Can't be that much to buy a baby sheep? Stick it in a field and watch it grow. It's not like it needs a sky subscription to keep it entertained.
Give it a go. Seriously though, sheep are possibly only a tiny bit behind horses in terms of illness, problems, wounds and creativity in getting stuck, impaled, lost or stolen.
Add to the mix that they will wander off. I watched some roll over the cattle grid and amble off into a field they were not supposed to be in.
Utter b
ds to keep. When I lived in a cottage next to a farm.
Farmer rings the door bell at 18:30. Asks if I can give him a hand moving his sheep from one field to another.
No probs I say - put my dinner down - expecting to be microwaving it about 20 minutes later.
7 hours later, I get home. And I'm wrecked - too tired to eat.
Field (a) is nowhere near to Field (b).
The bugger was up 3 hours later in his tractor. Cracking on with the next day's work.
I was toast for the rest of the day.
Farmer rings the door bell at 18:30. Asks if I can give him a hand moving his sheep from one field to another.
No probs I say - put my dinner down - expecting to be microwaving it about 20 minutes later.
7 hours later, I get home. And I'm wrecked - too tired to eat.
Field (a) is nowhere near to Field (b).
The bugger was up 3 hours later in his tractor. Cracking on with the next day's work.
I was toast for the rest of the day.
Will my back garden do? Fully fenced and has some lawn and plants.
It can use the shed to sleep in if it can find some space. It has lighting and a fridge/freezer should it get hungry in the night.
As there's only one baby sheep, I don't need a trailer. Not that I'll be taking it on shipping trips.
As the sheep will be killed after a year, no need to chop it's balls or give it haircuts or injections. No fear of it being raped in South London unless a lunatic finds its way into my garden.
And lastly, I can butcher it in the garden when the time comes.
I don't see the problem? Hypothetically speaking obvs, I'm not actually going to buy a sheep.
It can use the shed to sleep in if it can find some space. It has lighting and a fridge/freezer should it get hungry in the night.
As there's only one baby sheep, I don't need a trailer. Not that I'll be taking it on shipping trips.
As the sheep will be killed after a year, no need to chop it's balls or give it haircuts or injections. No fear of it being raped in South London unless a lunatic finds its way into my garden.
And lastly, I can butcher it in the garden when the time comes.
I don't see the problem? Hypothetically speaking obvs, I'm not actually going to buy a sheep.
fiju said:
Will my back garden do? Fully fenced and has some lawn and plants.
It can use the shed to sleep in if it can find some space. It has lighting and a fridge/freezer should it get hungry in the night.
As there's only one baby sheep, I don't need a trailer. Not that I'll be taking it on shipping trips.
As the sheep will be killed after a year, no need to chop it's balls or give it haircuts or injections. No fear of it being raped in South London unless a lunatic finds its way into my garden.
And lastly, I can butcher it in the garden when the time comes.
I don't see the problem? Hypothetically speaking obvs, I'm not actually going to buy a sheep.
How big is your garden? It needs to be rather large or the sheep will eat it faster than it grows. It can use the shed to sleep in if it can find some space. It has lighting and a fridge/freezer should it get hungry in the night.
As there's only one baby sheep, I don't need a trailer. Not that I'll be taking it on shipping trips.
As the sheep will be killed after a year, no need to chop it's balls or give it haircuts or injections. No fear of it being raped in South London unless a lunatic finds its way into my garden.
And lastly, I can butcher it in the garden when the time comes.
I don't see the problem? Hypothetically speaking obvs, I'm not actually going to buy a sheep.
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