"We can offer a strong, competitive and attractive commercial package."
Alex Norval Assistant Livestock Procurement Manager
The Farm Stock philosophy of creating strength and adding value through co-operation hinges on support from as many livestock producers as possible but recognises that this can only be achieved by a strong, competitive and attractive commercial package.
The current producer package includes:
Full Fieldsman Services from a highly experienced team who are kept up to date on prices and demand on a daily basis and who are able to then advise on the best outlet for different classes of stock on the day they are marketed.
Fieldsmen will draw stock where required and provide advice on finishing stock to meet market demand.
Access to a wide range of UK abattoirs for prime, conventional and organic sheep and cattle.
Advice on marketing calendars and access to niche markets and festivals for specialist classes of livestock.
A highly competitive commission rate of 2.125% for primestock for member which compares very favourably with rates of up to 5% charged by other routes to the market. This very low commission rate is made even more competitive by Farm Stock's capped rates of £1.83 per sheep and £25 per cattle beast which typically result in average commission rates for both sheep and cattle well below 2%.
Payments by BACS direct into a nominated bank account within 7 days of kill.
100% guaranteed payment for all stock marketed through credit insurance. A charge of £0.20 per lamb and £2.00 per cattle beast is levied for this guarantee.
Completely transparent abattoir returns and self-billing sales invoices showing all weights, grades, abattoir deductions, haulage and marketing charges.
Farm Stock operates its own colour coded Lamb Grid devised to give producers as much feedback about their grades as possible, allowing members to benchmark.
Regular single farm reports summarising all weights, returns, grades and outlets benchmarked against Farm Stock averages, providing a complete and comprehensive record of all stock traded and a useful management tool to compare individual farm performance against other producers.