We set our competitive schedule prices on a weekly basis and we never vary them for one farmer over another. Our heavy lamb contract is also available for certain specifications. We pay our farmers 14 days after processing, with no money retained for any purpose.
We have a consistent policy of basing procurement on forward contracts and at any one time the bulk of our daily requirements are contracted.
We are committed to a genuine partnership with our farmers. The contract provides certainty to farmers allowing them to plan ahead.
We are committed to our partners and are always looking at ways to ensure optimal reward for both sides of the partnership. We hold supplier meetings during August each year before lambing for existing and potential clients. We contact our current suppliers prior to the event each year and invite them to bring along anyone who has not supplied Blue Sky Meats (NZ) Ltd before and is interested in supplying in future.
Meetings for 2017 have now finished.
We are proud of the strong partnerships we have forged with southern farmers, many of whom have been supplying to us since we began in 1987.
We procure the majority of our lambs and ewes under a contract system, as this provides the most certainty to everyone in the supply chain and optimises our ability to market product.
To apply to contract lambs and ewes, fill out the Stock Booking Form below. We will then contact you to confirm that we have received your application and make any further arrangements.
For more details on requirements for supplying lambs and ewes follow. If you have a question that is not covered here contact our procurement team.
Contract space is allocated in the following order:
The only exception to these rules will be a supplier, regardless of level of shareholding, who has clearly not met their contractual obligations in past seasons.
To obtain a contract, complete and submit the application form. To be considered for a contract, applications must be returned no later than Friday, December 1, 2017. There is no guarantee that any contract application received after that date will be accepted.
Our heavy lamb contract has been popular in the past. Here are the conditions stock must meet:
1. New seasons lamb only | |
2. Price | $6.20 per kg |
3. Weight range | 20 - 26 kg carcass weight |
4. Timing | December to May |
5. Numbers | Minimum 50 per line |
6. Grading | Y, P, and T and grades acceptable |
7. Regular Suppliers | Contracts must be entered under suppliers names only. |
8. Other numbers | Suppliers MUST contract AND supply two other animals (lamb only) for every one in this contract |
9. Penalties | 10 cents/kg penalty across the whole line for every 10% reduction in the number per line that don't meet all the conditions (including weight and contracted total) |
10. Payment | No money withheld |
11. Closing date | Friday 1st December 2017 Confirmation on contract information |
The following benefits apply to shareholders who commit all their ewes and lambs to the company and to non-shareholders who make the same commitment and whose total numbers are greater than 1000, subject to there being sufficient space to handle them all.
We appreciate it is impossible for 100% suppliers to be accurate with contract dates for all stock. If you are a 100% supplier please only apply for specific dates and numbers that you are confident of meeting up to about 90% of your total kill. It is critical that you answer the question concerning total numbers so that we can plan for the extras. Contract numbers will be no greater than numbers actually supplied last year.
Can be done by | |
|---|---|
Owner | 20 cents per head credit on lamb. No credit on ewes or rams |
Blue Sky Meats | No credit or deduction is made |
Third Party | No deduction is made |
Cartage is paid by Blue Sky Meats (NZ) Ltd.
Stock is paid for in full, including all premiums, 14 days from slaughter date. No money is retained by the company at any time.
The following policies apply:
We will continue to remove bellies on plant at no cost to the supplier.
We now operate a presentation schedule on all stock. Each mob will be graded based on presentation, with an allowance or deduction applied per head in accordance with the following table:
Grade | Lamb | Mutton |
|---|---|---|
A. | $1.50 | $1.00 |
B. | $0.00 | $0.00 |
C. | -$1.50 | -$2.00 |
To obtain a confirmed contract, suppliers will be required to complete our Farm Assurance details. Farm Assurance documents will be forwarded with the contract details in late October/early November.
Click here for your Farm Assurance booklet.
Regardless of whether a cover comb is used or not, all stock must have been shorn for at least three weeks before slaughter. The application form includes a question regarding shearing dates of ewes. This is to ensure that allocated contract dates fit in with the three-week shearing requirement.
Costs associated with unacceptable inoculation damage (usually from inoculating in the back) will be recovered from the supplier.
We’ve forged strong partnerships with our local farmers, many of whom have been suppliers from the beginning.
To supply us Bobby Calves this coming 2018 season, please complete and return this application form. For more information on supplying us Bobby Calves, contact our procurement team here.
Bobby Calves are picked up from the gate from the start of August.
Owner delivery times will be updated in the spring once bobby processing commences.