I agree with that. After 10 yrs of HLS I hated the things. Half the village walked on them and the weeds spread out from the hedge .
Insects on the brink
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I agree. The current model works on 1 ha of pollen & nectar and 2 ha of winter seed for every 100 ha of land in the scheme if you want to Farm Wildlife & Pollinator package.
glasshouse
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You cant have them near humans
A company called the environment bank, was set up by a chap near me, and the idea was to link private sector who need to offset their environmental impact and set up a 10-30 year private contract with farmers. So for every bit of damage done by building a new supermarket for example an area of X was contracted out to a farmer.
I think this is a way forward but councils and government have thought they can do better I suppose.
I think this is a way forward but councils and government have thought they can do better I suppose.
I would love to see a higher level of support for any farmer who says they will use zero insecticides
Extra money to cover the extra risk seems fair to me whilst offering clear value to the environment to square such payment wit the tax payer
why on earth don't we see simple common sense policy and instead just pay that tax payer money to quangos and industry leaches to keep telling us there is a problem ??
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- Essex Coast
100% with you on that Clive, I would happily take the risk with occasional BYDV if there was public money to help.
Then another payment to reduce or cut completely N use and all sorts of environmental problems would be solved..
is such simple, basic common sense, win / win for everyone
If only I could be Micheal Gove for a day !!
glasshouse
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Just double the bps payment if you are organic.
Sorts everything, including obesity
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- Suffolk, UK
more scare monger stories.. Insects were here before us and will still be here long after us ( the rate we are going ).
Yes, there are declines in species, which is not great, but to say what they are saying is nuts.
Just another story to hammer the agr sector..
Yes, there are declines in species, which is not great, but to say what they are saying is nuts.
Just another story to hammer the agr sector..
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and there is the absolute truth.. Our species is massively over populated. Our elderly are living longer, our medical advances keep us alive longer, people popping out children despite not being able to afford it..
So long as one of us in the UK consumes the same amount of the earth scarce resources as do 100 people in less developed countries, we have no right to take that line. It's not the number of people, its how those people - us - live their lives.
glasshouse
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The biggest loss of topsoil is to house building
pretty sure house builders don't dump it in rivers and the oceans though ................ after adding a few nitrates and residual pesticides that is
It's seriously naive to think Ag has no issues and is nothing but good for the environment, it makes us look very silly as farmers to claim otherwise regardless
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- West Suffolk
I think we should all pack up and let our fields go wild. Then we can import food from countries where we can’t see what’s going on. We’ll feel much better for it, I’m sure.
Unfortunately this is how our elite (bit of an overstatement) politicians think.
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Or we could just learn to farm more responsibly/ sustainably. We want to have a product to shout about that is worth a premium over imports?
glasshouse
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Its still being lost to food production.
that's true but its no where near as big an issue or contribution factor too the impact of global food production vs damage to the environment