i would agree about the grants farmers wont be spending money the same if the subs get cut they will go into survival mode plus suppliers will put the price up for those that do have money, corners will be cut, livestock farms will become understaffed and welfare will become an issue, it seems to me the gov are happy to do this as they can claim to be maintaining the budget, but it wont actually all be used
this is a sad situation and one noone wants to see
It will, they will waste half of it on administration
My old neighbour never had the dairy just the ice cream and a herd of suckler cows. The milk came from elsewhere in the county and the flavourings, lumps of toffee and colours came from Italy by the pallet load in big plastic buckets. Everybody loved it because it was “local.”
AgriWash?My old neighbour never had the dairy just the ice cream and a herd of suckler cows. The milk came from elsewhere in the county and the flavourings, lumps of toffee and colours came from Italy by the pallet load in big plastic buckets. Everybody loved it because it was “local.”
It chimes with what my uncle used to say. Be a producer or a retailer but trying to be both is madness. You will lose focus and spread yourself too thin.
We used to grow and retail spuds but just getting an artic load tipped in the yard would have been more profitable.
Most folk I know who have made money have concentrated on a specialist niche. The bloke who bought a van and a pressure washer and went round disinfecting big free range chicken sheds between batches has probably done better than anybody. It’s straightforward, it doesn’t require oodles of capital, there is steady demand ...... and nobody else wants to do it:
Turn the lot into one big arable field, they will give you Grant's then to turn it back , problemo solved
That reminds me of when I was in Northamptonshire in the autumn. Bloke with a beat up old van, ibc filled with water, Genny and a pressure washer going around washing out wheelie bins outside houses.......My old neighbour never had the dairy just the ice cream and a herd of suckler cows. The milk came from elsewhere in the county and the flavourings, lumps of toffee and colours came from Italy by the pallet load in big plastic buckets. Everybody loved it because it was “local.”
It chimes with what my uncle used to say. Be a producer or a retailer but trying to be both is madness. You will lose focus and spread yourself too thin.
We used to grow and retail spuds but just getting an artic load tipped in the yard would have been more profitable.
Most folk I know who have made money have concentrated on a specialist niche. The bloke who bought a van and a pressure washer and went round disinfecting big free range chicken sheds between batches has probably done better than anybody. It’s straightforward, it doesn’t require oodles of capital, there is steady demand ...... and nobody else wants to do it:
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Well.lets hope the cost of delivery is part of DEFRAs efficiency drive as well!
No BPS plus WTO will mean no profit for many farming sectors We will have to adapt fast or fail.
Can't comment on WTO but I'm think in 2024 I will still get 50% of BPS, and a mid tier application can account for 40% so I'm 10% worse off. Exchange rate could see that off currently.
Cut cloth to fit.
