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There is masses of land on short term lets, but would be hard to find a longer term tenancyMaybe so but here in Wales it's very difficult to find land without buying it.
There is masses of land on short term lets, but would be hard to find a longer term tenancyMaybe so but here in Wales it's very difficult to find land without buying it.
But haven't they paid into there pensionTeachers get a handsome pension, for a start.
Yes plenty of short term lets but at a price. Most of them unviable unless they're on your doorstep or there's some other extenuating circumstances?There is masses of land on short term lets, but would be hard to find a longer term tenancy
Not necessarily. It's more likely the young buck with a lot of debt, will go bust. The old codgers with farms bought and paid for, and little outgoings, will carry on.Remove the subsidy. The inefficient will go bust.
Can you show me anywhere where an ageing farmer has asked for a retirement fund . Only thing I have seen is get off your land you useless old sod we want itThis last generation of farmers had
Plenty of grants to build it all up
Plenty of grants to run it all down, they could sell their milk quota etc for a fortune
Then they had payments per acre whether they farmed it or not.
Now they want somebody else to pay for their retirement home, having seen their own capital assets multiply tenfold.
I'm lost for words. I really am. Do they know how ordinary people live?
It's a CLA proposal / policyCan you show me anywhere where an ageing farmer has asked for a retirement fund . Only thing I have seen is get off your land you useless old sod we want it
But haven't they paid into there pension
Can you show me anywhere where an ageing farmer has asked for a retirement fund . Only thing I have seen is get off your land you useless old sod we want it
It won't be an unusual situation for a tenant farmer to work all his life and get by making a living but not having made enough to buy a house to retire so will plod along farming scraping enough money together to pay the rent.No, I can't. The CLA is made up of estate owners who wish to get rid of old tenant farmers and take the land back in hand to farm themselves. I have seen that many times. They want the taxpayer to pay for the farmer to retire, encouraging him to give up his tenancy, clearing the way for the landlord.
All this time and effort spent trying to find new ways to milk the system. Would be better if they got on with something productive.
Who the hell wants to be dealing with teenage gangsters and drug dealers at 60+?
My wife worked in a secondary school for many years (admin) and has many friends who are teachers. Many of them have been given golden handshakes of one form or another and have retired in their fifties. Most of them are now doing supply work, often in the same school, and the supply rate is at least as good as a teachers salary but without most of the stress and pressure. I'm sure many farmers would gladly accept a similar proposition?The beauty of being a supply teacher is that you can pick and choose where you go. My Father in Law did it for several years when he came back from the Middle East and there were certain schools that he just refused to go back to.
It's a CLA proposal / policy
I believe there have been similar schemes in France in the past?