unhappy farmers

[Hilly]

what make/model did you buy ?

Volvo lm 841 , its in very good condition showimg 9k hrs but you would think more like 900.

 

[yellowbelly]

sold arable kit and out and put 5000ewes on .

Jeez, his sprayer driver is going to be busy (assuming he still works there).

 

[Hilly]

Jeez, his sprayer driver is going to be busy (assuming he still works there).

I no idea but i bet £50 hes still a sprayer driver and not a shepherd

 

[yellowbelly]

There doesn’t look like an attractive option available to vote for

Perhaps Clive should start a TFF Party

There's always plenty of us on here setting the world to rights, running the country will be a doddle compared to scratching a living from a farm.

Put me down for Minister of the Environment .......

1) I'll gas axe all the wings off every plane that lands in the UK and make us net zero overnight.

2) Reopen Selby coalfield and run Drax on proper fuel instead of mamby-pamby woodchips from Canada.

3) Line up all current politicians against the wall and shoot the lot.

4) The list is endless.....

 

[livestock 1]

there should be a non of the above option

A common sense party shouldn’t be too much to ask for

 

[livestock 1]

Perhaps Clive should start a TFF Party

There's always plenty of us on here setting the world to rights, running the country will be a doddle compared to scratching a living from a farm.

Put me down for Minister of the Environment .......

1) I'll gas axe all the wings off every plane that lands in the UK and make us net zero overnight.

2) Reopen Selby coalfield and run Drax on proper fuel instead of mamby-pamby woodchips from Canada.

3) Line up all current politicians against the wall and shoot the lot.

4) The list is endless.....

No he’s gone to the Green Party
All for the benefit of the environment of course
Flower power instead of Fendt power
How things change
He’s probably sitting reading this with his daisy chain around his heed smoking a joint

 

[BrianV]

The Fecking Tories have taken what was a simple system & imposed a system where every farmer in England will live in fear of an RPA inspection, I don’t care how clever you are just as there will always be a cow or sheep without a tag then just like Red Tractor they will always find something you have done wrong, thank Christ I’m 68 or else farming would not be for me.
One things for sure I will never vote Tory again in my lifetime

 

[topground]

Was putting a roof on for an ex big city banker, he was under the impression that all farmers made a good living and were relatively wealthy. When I explained the reality of livestock farming, especially tennant farmers he was quite shocked. He asked why we bothered doing it....

Certainly isn’t for the returns.
However having considered what makes me bother getting out of bed in the morning I have decided to carry on keeping my cattle despite a horrible winter.
If I didn’t have my cattle what would I fill my time with? I have watched others of my generation who have retired from other jobs. Most of them appear to have to play golf! No thanks.

 

[Henarar]

Volvo lm 841 , its in very good condition showimg 9k hrs but you would think more like 900.

Looks a fair bit of kit, you will struggle to break that, reminds me of the Allis chalmers we used to load lime with, fecking animal that was, it had no door or window and you couldn't get out of it with the loader up, I had a pipe blow one day and just had to get covered in oil till the loader hit the floor as I couldn't get out the way fecking running off me

 

[Spencer]

They work to live not live to work, which is what we are often told to aspire to.

This isn’t a dress rehearsal, do what makes you happy!

 

[tullah]

A common sense party shouldn’t be too much to ask for

I thought they were referred to as right wing.

 

[Spencer]

I thought they were referred to as right wing.

No such thing.. it’s always far right

 

[serf]

The Fecking Tories

Tories , where ...

 

[stroller]

No such thing.. it’s always far right

But never far left

 

[Spencer]

But never far left

No such thing on MSN

 

[Ffermer Bach]

The only thing, I would have issue with, in the film, is saying, subsidy levels to protect farmers jobs is a national issue. We had a leader here in Wales (Mark Drakeford) who's opinion was "they voted for Brexit", so they can do one. He also wondered how a Bangladeshi taxi driver in Cardiff would feel about farmers getting subsidies. I would not trust any aspect of agricultural policy to the Labour party. We had a TB advice visit from the vet (paid for by the Welsh Assembly) where Anwen gave advice about badger proofing the farm buildings, water troughs etc, and Mark Drakeford stood up in the assembly (the same week) and said TB was nothing to do with badgers.

 

[devonbeef]

i love my farm and my cattle but all my stress is caused by margins being to tight ,where i should pay somebody else because of to high a workload for my health ,i struggle on and do it myself, yes stock prices are higher but not the margin, replacements are far higher to buy in and everything is costing a lot more, bottom line is still food is to cheap, They have more in there pocket with wage increases more needs to be spent on food, or few will bother producing it,

 

[2wheels]

Certainly isn’t for the returns.
However having considered what makes me bother getting out of bed in the morning I have decided to carry on keeping my cattle despite a horrible winter.
If I didn’t have my cattle what would I fill my time with? I have watched others of my generation who have retired from other jobs. Most of them appear to have to play golf! No thanks.

get a motorbike, you will either enjoy it greatly or kill yourself on it. either way it solves the problem.

 

[serf]

But never far left

No , they are just called W s

 

[Devil's advocate]

The Fecking Tories have taken what was a simple system & imposed a system where every farmer in England will live in fear of an RPA inspection, I don’t care how clever you are just as there will always be a cow or sheep without a tag then just like Red Tractor they will always find something you have done wrong, thank Christ I’m 68 or else farming would not be for me.
One things for sure I will never vote Tory again in my lifetime

Must have a crush on Angela Raynor.