The Multiplier Effect
- Thread starter delilah
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Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
The livestock farmer will buy some of that £200 wheat to feed their stock so the arable farmer will get their hands on it in the end anyway 
farmerm
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- Shropshire
The livestock farmer will spend most of it within 10 miles of home, the arable farmer will spend much of it on overseas holidays, ski trips and German cars..
The livestock farmer will spaff it all on new Valtras. 
Whilst pretending he can't afford to pay £12.50 for straw.
Think I bought an International once that had a Multiplier gearbox.
Whilst pretending he can't afford to pay £12.50 for straw. Think I bought an International once that had a Multiplier gearbox.
Seriously, I guess in general livestock farms are smaller ? And smaller farms IMO are better for the local economy ? 30 x 70 cow herds employing and spending Vs one 2000 cow herd ?
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
The livestock farmer will spaff it all on new Valtras.
Think I bought an International once that had a Multiplier gearbox.
I think that was likely an amplifier gearbox. Torque Amplifier?
I think the real burning question is this...
If you give any farmer £1, how much will he spend on lime?
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
The simple answer is not as much as he should
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Ever was it so.
should it not be worded " of greater economic benefit to the uk as a whole " ?
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- Lincolnshire
£1 given to anybody will “benefit” the economy in some way, except maybe to somebody who sticks it in a savings account.
I’ve said it before but I think the day is approaching when they just tip an 8 wheeler load of cash in the market square every month. It would at least save all the paperwork.
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Bit of tinkering with tax relief could do that, less tax relief on German (other country’s make them too) tractors, more tax relief on things like sheds and concrete which rely much more on a British workforce in manufacture and construction.
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Would I be right in thinking you’re not looking fir opinions, teacher knows the answer and is seeing who can fugue it out.No. Specifically the agricultural economy.
(but a mark for the question
Not at all. Reason for the thread:
We are told that one of the aims of ELMS is to 'increase productivity'. If we take it that 'productivity' is just a polite word for 'profitability', then where will the greatest impact be achieved ? Giving the £ to the livestock farmer, or to the arable farmer ?
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
So the government is telling us that elms will make us more productive and therefore more profitable?
I must admit I’m sceptical but would be happy to be proved wrong
I must admit I’m sceptical but would be happy to be proved wrong
They do. It's called Quantitative Easing.
ollie989898
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You forgot spending the cash on weird steaks no one knows the name of and boiling chicken in peanut oil or whatever the fudge that was all about.
ollie989898
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The livestock farmer will spaff it all on new Valtras.
Think I bought an International once that had a Multiplier gearbox.
Valtras you say?
Well, I think we can safely say most of TFF approve of that.
Bring back SCP then... very low stocking rates and win-win.