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Hello and welcome to the Beef and Dairy Network podcast, the number one podcast for those involved,

or just interested in the production of Beef Animals and Dairy Heards.

The Beef and Dairy Network podcast is the podcast companion to the Beef and Dairy Network website and the printed magazine brought to you by Grazax.

If you're listening to the Grazax ad at the beginning of the show, I'd just like to say,

if you're choosing a free gift, I can personally recommend the shoehorn.

I use it now every time I put my shoes on and I very rarely have to butter my ankles,

something I would often resort to before the arrival of the promotional horn.

Later in the podcast, news of the British Beef Council annual dinner and band dance, but first,

this week saw the publication of a report by the Meet Industry Employees Association,

which says that around half of Abattoir workers have experienced mental health issues

with up to 30% of these cases falling into the very serious category.

To shed some light on this, earlier this week, I spoke to Eli Roberts, owner of Robert's Slaughter House in South Wales.

I began by asking him if there was something inherently depressing about the mechanized slaughter of meat beasts.

The local community better prefer the animals themselves.

I think that's very important.

You bear that in mind.

This is what I say to the boys who shouldn't get a bit down the dumps.

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