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Production and food processing
“Łuków” logo on a
packaging guarantees
high quality to customers
eral years. We have been regularly delivering
fatteners there, and it awoke our interest in
beef cattle and helped us to organize and develop
this profile of activity”, states Marek Zaborowski
from Miłków. Stanisława, his wife adds:
“As we were starting to breed bulls in the first
year of our activity, the support was particularly
significant. We were provided with proper training
and crossbreed bulls from Podkarpacie on
credit. We had also the possibility of receiving
credit from the bank for the purchase of feed
and other means needed for breeding. At present,
the cattle is delivered only for rearing and
bulls with the weight of 600-700 kg are taken
back. Livestock is paid well for by “Łmeat” which
additionally gives a bonus. In the last years, we
have been rearing 20 animals annually, and
from the next year on, we would like to increase
the quantity to 30 animals annually.”
Paweł Wieleba from Polichno has been cooperating
with “Łmeat” in the framework of the
high quality beef production for 5 years. He was
starting from rearing of 10 bulls and he has
been selling 20-25 animals in the recent years.
He is also going to enlarge his herd. Therefore,
he fertilized 10 cows with the semen of beef
breeds. In future, he is going to give up milk
production and swine fattening on his farm in
order to devote his activity exclusively to the
fattening of beef cattle.
“He is being encouraged by prices for quality
beef and the good cooperation with Łuków”, he
explains.
Piotr Kraśnicki from Korycin near Sokółka is a
thoroughly educated cattle breeder. He completed
the zootechnics studies and 4-month training
on a Swiss farm of cattle for fattening. Since
2003, he has only specialized in Limousin beef
cattle breeding, and his herd is made up of 86
animals – including 40 suckler cows which are
supervised in terms of fattening performance
and being registered in the flock books. Therefore,
all heifers are intended for breeding and
bulls for slaughter. He is also considering the
possibility of enlarging his breeding, but makes
his decision conditional on covering sucker cows
with direct additional payments also in Poland.
Delicious sausages and smoked meat
Finally, let us add that the offer of the meat
processing plant in Łuków includes, apart from
beef in the form of half-carcass and four cuts,
more than 250 products from all technological
groups. These are: smoked meat, sausages, giblets,
delicatessen, tanned meat as well as ready
meals and entire assortment range of pork and
beef in varying degrees of processing. Moreover,
various types of animal feed are produced here
as well. All products are of top quality, distinguished
by their unique taste and exceptional
nutritional qualities. Their highest quality and
safety standards have been confirmed by Certificates
of the Integrated Management System:
Quality and Safety of Food, conform with the
PN-EN ISO 9001:2001, PN-EN ISO 22000:2006
standards and certificates of conformity with
BRC, IFS, Mc Donald‘s standards. “Łmeat” possesses
export authorisations enabling export
to, among others, European Union countries,
Russia, USA, Canada and Japan.
Thus, the Meat Processing Plant in Łuków is a
good company – in every respect.
Antoni Radzewicz
Agency for Restructuring
and Modernisation of Agriculture
42
Autumn 2011