Quite.
But many (most?) British farmers, horn or corn, use it to subsidise food production, right?
Why?
Because at least in Wales the average farm would become the average farm sale.
Quite.
But many (most?) British farmers, horn or corn, use it to subsidise food production, right?
Why?
What do you call a deer with no eyes ?Quite.
But many (most?) British farmers, horn or corn, use it to subsidise food production, right?
Why?
For a feeling of morality?Quite.
But many (most?) British farmers, horn or corn, use it to subsidise food production, right?
Why?
No eye deer.What do you call a deer with no eyes ?
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no genitals ?No eye deer.
I've no fu***ng eye deer.What do you call a deer with no eyes and no genitals ?
Still no focking eye deerI've no fu***ng eye deer.
What do you call a dead deer with no eyes?
Wrong. That one still had it's genitalia intact.Still no focking eye deer
OKWrong. That one still had it's genitalia intact.
No idea.What have dead deer's got to do with SFP?
I still don't get it.Explain further.No idea.
I'm always surprised at these head-up-arse attitudes - in no other occupation do you find anyone describing a 'real' professional and a, err, what? An 'unreal' one?
The reality is that, like every other occupation, there are successful and unsuccessful farmers. That's the real distinction.
The bright people will always find a way to structure their businesses so as to increase their net worth over time (the true object of farming, I'd suggest) and that, rather than who gets to chase sheep in the rain, will determine the direction UK agriculture will take.
It'd be wiser to consider the use to which annual SFP receipts are put: some working farmers will be using them to pay a mortgage to buy more land, pay down debt or, even, build a nice extension to their farmhouse (including some that have 'liked' the post decrying 'non real' farmers, thus demonstrating that you can still be a hypocrite even when your eyeballs are rubbing your kidneys), whilst some will be using it to shore up a business that isn't going anywhere.
What the head-up-arse sheep-chasers really mean, of course, is 'deserving'. Like, err, them...
Question: who is the more deserving recipient? The claimant who uses his SFP to restructure his business, or the one who spends it to support an otherwise unviable business?
Or is it none of our business how anyone runs their business?
Ok.Can we then debate the point,
Question: what is the distinction between me (paying for my daughter's education from the SFP) and Hilly using his to build a nice new extension to his farmhouse?You missed out an option on deserving recipients.
The SFP claimant who has no business to restructure or support,just ticks the boxes and has a nice fat cheque to help with the kids private schooling,or whatever takes his fancy.
What activities would they beOk.
Do you think you will have to repay money from previous years, now that they understand the finer points of the scheme and after they have unravelled your activities?
Should keep an army of researchers engaged for a good few years. All paid for with what they will be witholding during the while.
And there was I thinking you wanted to discuss the thread topic?What activities would they be
My mates just got a job Hungary, the farm there is milking over a 1000 cows and taken on another.9000 acres to expand, at a cost of £1000 acre, they have received an 80% government grant for all works,
What do you do, poke scorn at your allies,
Have a good evening
Brawn and BrainsQuestion: what is the distinction between me (paying for my daughter's education from the SFP) and Hilly using his to build a nice new extension to his farmhouse?