National Beef Association on the wrong track ?
- Thread starter Old Tip
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I don’t know - I’ve never poured through it line by line.
But if you are a member you can find out here.
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www.nfuonline.com
OK will put it another way.
The constitution says that the NFU has 'affiliate members'.
I have, as an NFU member, emailed my regional office and asked what sort of bodies/ individuals would be affiliate members. Having had no reply, I wondered if you could shed some light ?
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Make sure you get the right email as don't forget they are now all working from home and may only check their own email and not the group email account.
Was a personal email. It landed ok.
gone up the hill
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You may still get a shot at the top job in the NFU yet Guy.
lloyd
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Still waiting for views on soya usage,
resulting in bio diversity being greatly reduced by
the destruction of the rainforests.
What's your views on this Guy?
resulting in bio diversity being greatly reduced by
the destruction of the rainforests.
What's your views on this Guy?
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- Devon
To be fair to the NFU, they do a pretty good but thankless task most of the time with very little help or encouragement from most members.
The Private Eye had it spot on with highlighting the disparity between the ability of an 'average' farmer, and in particular, livestock farmers, to engage with processes compared to the few bigger players.
This is the flaw that has created the parasitic behemoths that are Red Tractor and the NBA.
Both originated as a means of farmers to cooperate and have some defence against the cartels of supermarkets and processors.
Us farmers are guilty of sleepwalking into a situation where we have allowed the cartels to run these organisations.
The Private Eye had it spot on with highlighting the disparity between the ability of an 'average' farmer, and in particular, livestock farmers, to engage with processes compared to the few bigger players.
This is the flaw that has created the parasitic behemoths that are Red Tractor and the NBA.
Both originated as a means of farmers to cooperate and have some defence against the cartels of supermarkets and processors.
Us farmers are guilty of sleepwalking into a situation where we have allowed the cartels to run these organisations.
With data protection these days can’t see any way that they will tell you who the affiliate, if indeed there are any, members are.
Which is why, when I emailed my regional office, I made the point that I expected GDPR to preclude the naming of names, and instead simply asked for an indication as to the type of businesses or individuals who would be affiliate members. No reply.
REALLY simple question
does ANY money whatsoever from retailers, processors, Ag input or machinery manufacturers or agent EVER end up in the NFU account ?
a simple yes / no is all the reply to this post needs to contain
I agree there are real environmental issues with the soya protein - and to really complicate matters U.K. farmers use a lot of it and what’s more as most of it is GM or is grown with pesticides banned in the U.K. then it’s illegal to grow it here.
There are paid for adverts in BFG and sponsorship of conference. But this doesn’t influence policy positions.
lol. Consummate politician.
Will try again: Does the NFU have affiliate members ? Yes or no.
And not to mention serious and growing problems with human health from consuming soya products directly, soya oil being by far the biggest vegetable oil in the US and also the worst of all the industrial vegetable oils for human health. Soya is basically the work of the Devil and shouldn't be grown under any circumstances. But then they'd grow something else which would be just as bad.
Tarw Coch
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What are your thoughts on the fact that soya is grown primarily for its oil content and that the protein element used by farmers is merely using a by product ?
Mixedupfarmer
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- Norfolk
And cattle and sheep use little compared to pigs and poultry, but beef tends to get the blame.
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Exactly and don't forget it has a wide readership following it so perhaps we should return to the National Feedlot Association's ambitions and neutralising any talk of "derogations" for proper farming