- Low cost annual membership and procurement fees
- Professional "one stop" service, moving members livestock efficiently and profitably
- More predictable pricing
- Bad debt insurance & transport arranged
- Decrease input costs through bulk buying
- Annual profit share based on throughput
- Monitoring of farm profitability through benchmarking
- Farm walks, meetings, newsletters
- Special 'In-Conversion' and 'Dairy' membership packages
OUTLET |
COMMENT |
RESULT |
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Conventional Group or Mart - who market large volumes of conventional and small volumes of organic stock |
Organic livestock used as additional throughput for conventional group or Mart to strengthen the groups conventional position. |
No negotiating power in organics = No benefit to organic farmers if add on to conventional marketing. |
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Direct to Processors |
Processors want your organic stock now - but will always seek to increase their profit margin, not yours. |
No negotiating power in organics = No benefit to organic farmers by marketing alone. |
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Organic Group - Focusing Solely on Organics - Caledonian Organics |
Organics is a small sector and so cannot afford to be fragmented into many groups - consign as one organic group in Scotland and you have the chance to control your future market price. |
If one organic group can consign over 75% of Scotland's Organic Beef and Lamb = Massive negotiating power = 100% benefit for organic farmers. |
For more information, call 01224 711063 or email jenny@caledonianorganics.com
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