- Location
- Lincolnshire
Thats the thing, rents at £200, tractors at £150k combines at £500k, its still being spent so there must be a good profit somewhere.
Farmers protests spread to Germany
- Thread starter betternextyear
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Thats the thing, rents at £200, tractors at £150k combines at £500k, its still being spent so there must be a good profit somewhere.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
BBC only gives you leftie propaganda, lots happening all over that they fail to even report.Even our newspapers are little better,overseas news is scarce unless they are mocking Presidents Trump or Putin.
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Who listens to the bbc now days
the most watched programmes get 1/3 the number of 35 years ago when they had a monopoly
their programmes get less viewers year on year very few now worth watching including the news
the most watched programmes get 1/3 the number of 35 years ago when they had a monopoly
their programmes get less viewers year on year very few now worth watching including the news
Hartwig
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- Location
- Scheggerott, Germany
On tuesday the probably biggest protest ever will happen right in the center of Berlin. Farmers all over germany are driving in huge convois with overnight stays towards Berlin, trucking tractors on lowbed-trailers and countless farmers come by bus, train or car to support the protests.
It`s mainly because farming is becoming blamed for everything over time :
- being responsible for 7% of GHGs the dicsussion is that farming is the biggest problem for climate change
- government has reported a manipulated report about nitrate in groundwater to Brussels, this resulting in german farmers being blamed for having polluted the whole country
- slurry is pure poison
- glyphosate will kill everybody by cancer
- and so on and so on .....
The message is "Don`t talk about us - talk with us and listen to us !" - and that`s really all we want at the moment and the public can well understand that. Medias, NGOs and politicians report very bad things about farmers and we have no chance to react as medias are controlling what is reported and can spread lies without real consequences.
As usual there are always some being upset by the protests, but I feel there is a majority in the country feeling the same, feeling being punished by politicians and NGOs, feeling helpless. And when I drove my tractor in the convoi to the first, local protests, I`ve never in my life before seen so many people wave to us farmers with a smile, drivers in cars and trucks showing "thumbs up" to us farmers. THAT was great.
It`s mainly because farming is becoming blamed for everything over time :
- being responsible for 7% of GHGs the dicsussion is that farming is the biggest problem for climate change
- government has reported a manipulated report about nitrate in groundwater to Brussels, this resulting in german farmers being blamed for having polluted the whole country
- slurry is pure poison
- glyphosate will kill everybody by cancer
- and so on and so on .....
The message is "Don`t talk about us - talk with us and listen to us !" - and that`s really all we want at the moment and the public can well understand that. Medias, NGOs and politicians report very bad things about farmers and we have no chance to react as medias are controlling what is reported and can spread lies without real consequences.
As usual there are always some being upset by the protests, but I feel there is a majority in the country feeling the same, feeling being punished by politicians and NGOs, feeling helpless. And when I drove my tractor in the convoi to the first, local protests, I`ve never in my life before seen so many people wave to us farmers with a smile, drivers in cars and trucks showing "thumbs up" to us farmers. THAT was great.
- Location
- Central Scotland
Good luck,I hope your message gets through to your politicians. It needs to,its valid and not just in Germany. It wouldn't here, a no to staying in Europe and a no to Scottish independence certainly hasn't.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
We are being targeted in a similar manner here,and in particular by our biased bbc. I wish you well,and wonder when our " leaders" will get their act/s together to do a good big protest here in the UK.
Hartwig
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- Location
- Scheggerott, Germany
That's the point: it is not organised by any "leaders" here !! It's plain farmers protest organised by farmers on social medias and spread that way - no NFU etc. involved !!
What do you think will happen if you cry out for a protest here on TFF, giving a mobile number for WhattsApp and a link to a website containing some practical informations ?? That poor smartphone will break down with so many farmers want to join that group and get on. Then you need some kind of team for organising but so many are helpful then and support the organisers !!
Here we have it now that for example the big machine dealers send service vans with the convois to keep all the wheels turning, the Ag-merchants send lorrys packed with food and drinks for the farmers, etc. So, there are big structures that see themselves dying as farming is dying under this public pressure and they`ll be happy to help and support farmers in this democratic process - but the farmers have to stand up and start the protests !! Then many others will follow.
Even the police is helpful and many policemen show us "thumbs up" as they know that it will be a peaceful protest and no farmer will attac the police or make them any trouble like so many others protestors fom NGOs, XR, FFF etc. are doing !! And: we leave the places tidier then they were before - for that the farmers are even picking up some litter because we as farmers are feeling respect and responsibility for our environment and we are different from those protestors against climate change etc. leaving a terrible mess behind. THAT is important and makes the people think.
Politicians, policemen and most people in the country understand that it is serious if so many farmers leave their farms, their animals and their families alone and drive with their tractors to the capital citys.
What do you think will happen if you cry out for a protest here on TFF, giving a mobile number for WhattsApp and a link to a website containing some practical informations ?? That poor smartphone will break down with so many farmers want to join that group and get on. Then you need some kind of team for organising but so many are helpful then and support the organisers !!
Here we have it now that for example the big machine dealers send service vans with the convois to keep all the wheels turning, the Ag-merchants send lorrys packed with food and drinks for the farmers, etc. So, there are big structures that see themselves dying as farming is dying under this public pressure and they`ll be happy to help and support farmers in this democratic process - but the farmers have to stand up and start the protests !! Then many others will follow.
Even the police is helpful and many policemen show us "thumbs up" as they know that it will be a peaceful protest and no farmer will attac the police or make them any trouble like so many others protestors fom NGOs, XR, FFF etc. are doing !! And: we leave the places tidier then they were before - for that the farmers are even picking up some litter because we as farmers are feeling respect and responsibility for our environment and we are different from those protestors against climate change etc. leaving a terrible mess behind. THAT is important and makes the people think.
Politicians, policemen and most people in the country understand that it is serious if so many farmers leave their farms, their animals and their families alone and drive with their tractors to the capital citys.
Good message, good luck
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
They were in Hamburg last Thursday, they were hoping for 4 thousand, think it was 2.5K & the line of them was about 12km long.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Good for them , I wish them all the luck in the world .
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I bet the nfu will tell them not to.
You can almost guarantee that!!
renewablejohn
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- Location
- lancs
Big protest today by farmers in the centre of Berlin. Being well covered on Euronews. Be interesting to see whether it even makes the news on UK channels.
I bet you anything, it wont. The UK news outlets seem to be on a news blackout on anything that shows people unhappy with the EU, and who are protesting.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
According to our " media" it is eu good,UK very bad. I have just checked Reuters and it is also a zero.
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Farmers are revolting everywhere.
Thousands of tractors block Berlin as farmers protest against agricultural policy
Farmers says new environmental and animal-protection laws threaten their businesses.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
You sound like veganman.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Except here
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- finance glyphosate limousin
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