2800 Acres To Be Rewilded

[kiwi pom]

Had a listen to Harrys Farm over weekend. Sounds though him and his neighbours opting out of growing crops.

Why work when you can get benefits


I wonder are all these schemes going to overtake having your land contract farmed as the new money making/tax avoidance schemes for landowners who don't want to do much?

Are contract farmers losing acres?

 

[kiwi pom]

The forum seems a little split on this topic, there's some dislike over all this alternative land use, but there are also those who say it should be up to the landowner to decide.

I think there should be rules around land use to ensure it is used for the thing it is best suited too.
Think I'm about the only one with this opinion though

 

[Kidds]

you put the solar on the roof of a new houses, job done.

well position solar on a roof ideally integrated into the roof fully, in a well-built home, (if its, a well designed and built home), can provide the majority of that home's energy on average for the year. so, its heating, hot water, and electric. and there is no need for it to have oil or gas heating.

Well designed and well built homes in the UK?

 

[teslacoils]

The forum seems a little split on this topic, there's some dislike over all this alternative land use, but there are also those who say it should be up to the landowner to decide.

I think there should be rules around land use to ensure it is used for the thing it is best suited too.
Think I'm about the only one with this opinion though

There is a fairly robust planning process tbh. However, stewardship schemes, rewilding, and tree planting are outside the scope of it.

 

[michael N123]

Some of it’s just stupid

remove the sheep plant the trees to close together so most won’t grow then pay people to strim round them

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[kfpben]

One of them wouldn't be Ewhurst Park by any chance?

No not there. Not sure where that is?

 

[kiwi pom]

If that solar park will only produce enough electric for 130,000 homes, how can you have targets of building 300,000 extra homes a year? wheres all this land coming from to build on, then build the giant solar parks to power them ? Answers please?

The land is coming from the hundreds of landowners trying to get their land passed for houses or other projects that will vastly increase its value.

Do you think there should be controls on what good food producing land should be used for?
Do you own or have you sold land for building yourself?

 

[kiwi pom]

Well designed and well built homes in the UK?

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WTF is that? That can't be real

 

[Northernlights]

2800 acres of arable and they turned in a loss of £1k over two years
Must be p*** poor farmers

Probably run at a loss to offset against income elsewhere.

 

[Top Tip.]

you put the solar on the roof of a new houses, job done.

well position solar on a roof ideally integrated into the roof fully, in a well-built home, (if its, a well designed and built home), can provide the majority of that home's energy on average for the year. so, its heating, hot water, and electric. and there is no need for it to have oil or gas heating.

I think that would only apply to a tiny proportion of homes, that are super insulated.

 

[Swarfmonkey]

No not there. Not sure where that is?

Over Basingstoke way. The owners are well in with that Rewilding Britain lot.

 

[Post Driver]

WTF is that? That can't be real

 

[egbert]

‘Enormously exciting’: farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England

Lower Pertwood in Wiltshire aims to restore declining plants, insects and endangered species

www.theguardian.com

jeezus...pass the sick bucket.

The article is so full of disinformation and outright nonsense that it's almost comical.
I couldn't give a tinkers curse what these people do with their land, I just wish they'd stop pretending they're so feckin clever and self righteous.

 

[egbert]

2800 acres of arable and they turned in a loss of £1k over two years
Must be p*** poor farmers

ah...but when you dig into the numbers, most of the loss is written down machinery values.
It's like they wanted to show a big loss!

 

[Northernlights]

I think that would only apply to a tiny proportion of homes, that are super insulated.

I believe solar panels today are ten time more efficient today than they were ten years ago. With that rate of increase in future they will do a lot of heating even if some escapes.

 

[Ceri]

I'd like to have confidence in that but you must remember that food cannot be too expensive globally or else there's riots. Whatever happens food will be cheap somehow whether thats subsidies for Inputs, outputs or direct to the smarkets. Farmers are very unlikely to see much wonga out of it in any case.

f**k me we may as well jus give up now then….

 

[GEMS]

WTF is that? That can't be real

Every house has its own private garden .

 

[Swarfmonkey]

I believe solar panels today are ten time more efficient today than they were ten years ago. With that rate of increase in future they will do a lot of heating even if some escapes.

Not even close

"In 2002, panels averaged 13.6% efficiency. That range increased to 19% to 21% by 2021, with most homes installing panels with a median rate of 20.1%. Today’s solar panels average 16% to 20% efficiency. Anything above 20% is considered a high-efficiency panel."

Yup, they've not even doubled in efficiency in twenty two years.

 

[JimAndy]

The forum seems a little split on this topic, there's some dislike over all this alternative land use, but there are also those who say it should be up to the landowner to decide.

I think there should be rules around land use to ensure it is used for the thing it is best suited too.
Think I'm about the only one with this opinion though

who decides what the land best suited for ?

 

[glasshouse]

The forum seems a little split on this topic, there's some dislike over all this alternative land use, but there are also those who say it should be up to the landowner to decide.

I think there should be rules around land use to ensure it is used for the thing it is best suited too.
Think I'm about the only one with this opinion though

Its not about land use, its about public money