Dealer pocketed farmer's payment for bullock he transported.

Did he send a letter looking for his money

What part of the world are ye all from that you won't make a fuss if you are not paid for cattle. Around me, people are very protective of there cattle and would feel a lot more embarrassed at being conned than making a fuss. I would be running that dealer out of any mart, pub or shop till he paid. I would have a path worn to his yard. Must be a different country up there.

I’d be the same, no way I’d let anyone away with that and I honestly can’t think of any farmer around me that would let someone away with that. You’d nearly have to wonder is it a true story at all, it just makes no sense to let something like that go.

Between the dealer and the factory I’d have them hounded morning noon and night.

You can wonder away, it happened. I talk to the man most days, i don’t like asking him about it. I’ve told him the advice given here but he’s reluctant to go down those routes, everyone is different i suppose. I’ll try to get him to make some progress with it.

When the processors used to quote in p/lb but pay in euro/ kg you had to multiply by 2.8 to get the price per kg. This ment that prices end up with franctional cent/ kg. Now instead of multiplying out the results and rounding at the end processors used to round the cent/ kg

A few processors used to round down. In one factory they used to round down the .6c/ kg so they would save 1c/ kg. I used to ring about it. Most processors would just pay it but with one PM I had a flaming argument one time over it. He said it was there policy, he was sticking to his guns until I told him to put me on to the plant manager. I always got paid, it would be 3-4 euro on an animal effected maybe 2-3 on a load.

I used to get the cheques out with 7-11 euro. It was as good in my pocket as in Larry's

Ya I cannot understand why lads let thing like that away. It your money. I have heard of a few instance where the processor agreed to pay transport and then deduct it from.rhe cheque. A lad told me he rang the procurement manager told him if it was not paid he park the car and trailer on the intake gate on a Friday morning at 7 am and wait for it to paid. Not sure If I would have done that 10 years ago. I probably would now.

Depending on timeframes I would say both the farmer and the dealer would have their herds locked down. If contagious then I would also expect the neighbouring herds to be locked down as would be the case with a TB outbreak.

If you think back to Foot and Mouth then it could result in an entire region being locked down. Really depends on the severity of the disease.

100% the farmer the animal would not be in the dealers herd.