Richard Budd
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Although not a fan of Countryfile; tonights episode had a great piece on farmers mental health, and got me thinking about the implications of audits and the pressure on farmers mentally. When I returned to our own farming business 12 years ago, I would observe my father getting himself increasingly stressed getting ready for the annual farm audits, he knew that one infringement with a new auditor could leave his supply of fruit to major multiples in jepordy, this culminate in him not sleeping the day before the audit sometimes - he is a born worrier. Me returning to the farm and us sharing the burden was a huge help to him mentally in the run up to audits, and he now enjoys his senior status to wonder in say hello and then disappear and go farming for the day, as I complete the audits.
I do not believe for one minute that the scenario I have described above is uncommon, and I doubt very much whether Red Tractor has thought about the ethics of its continual increase in standards - they should mental health in our industry is bad enough already and Red Tractor have a duty of care to the industry it tries to regulate.
I do not believe for one minute that the scenario I have described above is uncommon, and I doubt very much whether Red Tractor has thought about the ethics of its continual increase in standards - they should mental health in our industry is bad enough already and Red Tractor have a duty of care to the industry it tries to regulate.
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