Welsh livestock market granted calf export license
Published February 20th, 2007
Carmarthen livestock market is the first in the UK to be granted a licence to auction calves for the export market.
Auctioneer Bob Jones-Prytherch & Co is currently the only auctioneer to have applied for a licence to hold such sales.
Chris Dodds, secretary of the Livestock Auctioneers’ Association said DEFRA regulations meant that dedicated days had to be found for calf export sales.
Another requirement of the licence is that calves must be segregated from other stock from when they leave the farm to boarding the export ferry, making it awkward for many auctioneers.
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