U.K. dairying and “Climate Change”

Bald Rick · May 16, 2021

“Meat and dairy consumption must fall if Britain is to meet its 2050 net zero target”

No doubt we will see strenuous attempts to achieve this perhaps even by legislation.

So the question is:

How are you, as dairy farmers in the front line, going to react?
What do you think will be coming down the line?

vantage · May 16, 2021

Get the facts, then tell them to use the same ones, problem solved.

More to life · May 16, 2021

look at it from the governments point of view, it's near impossible to implement

Bald Rick · May 16, 2021

vantage said:
Get the facts, then tell them to use the same ones, problem solved.

If only it was that simple.

The PM wishes to see Britain at the forefront of leading the world on “climate action” and unfortunately she firmly believes that a reduction in dairy consumption will reduce methane to an acceptable level.

Beef farmer · May 16, 2021

Bald Rick said:
If only it was that simple.

The PM wishes to see Britain at the forefront of leading the world on “climate action” and unfortunately she firmly believes that a reduction in dairy consumption will reduce methane to an acceptable level.

I'm very open to an offer per cow to reduce numbers.

Bald Rick · May 16, 2021

Gave up reading this as I couldn’t cope with the writing style ...

Can dairy adapt to climate change?

Amid polarised debate, Emily Kasriel asks how dairy farmers see the role of their industry in climate change – and finds a mixture of doubt, denial and commitment to change.

www.bbc.com

Bald Rick · May 16, 2021

Beef farmer said:
I'm very open to an offer per cow to reduce numbers.

£500/head?

pappuller · May 16, 2021

Bald Rick said:
“Meat and dairy consumption must fall if Britain is to meet its 2050 net zero target”

No doubt we will see strenuous attempts to achieve this perhaps even by legislation.

So the question is:

How are you, as dairy farmers in the front line, going to react?
What do you think will be coming down the line?

More cows......

pappuller · May 16, 2021

Bald Rick said:
£500/head?

Per year ?

Bald Rick · May 16, 2021

More to life said:
look at it from the governments point of view, it's near impossible to implement

Housed herds
Every farm to install renewable energy
Injected slurry
No maize
Manipulated diets (see first line)

And that’s just off the top of my head

Beef farmer · May 16, 2021

Bald Rick said:
£500/head?

Per year.
More angling for a lump sum pay out.

puffy · May 16, 2021

One of the main problems with dairy is methane and there are studies showing a 90% reduction in methane if cows are fed seaweed. Does anyone know of any feed manufacturers putting seaweed in their cakes or blends yet? We've tried and failed to find anyone doing this. We were in talks with a company called Mootral who claim that their supplements reduce methane by 30% but we're organic and when the Soil Association looked at the ingredients (which are GM free) they said we couldn't use it. Is anyone using anything else?

vantage · May 16, 2021

Bald Rick said:
she

Is not quite as clever as she thinks she is, more able brains are available.

nonemouse · May 16, 2021

vantage said:
Is not quite as clever as she thinks she is, more able brains are available.

But she’s got herself in a position to seemingly set government policy without anybody ever voting for her

nonemouse · May 16, 2021

Current plan here, keep milking a little longer without major capital spend and hopefully get some form of outgoers/retirement payout. What would really set me up would be if I can get planning for a couple hundred acres of solar panels.

Beef farmer · May 16, 2021

nonemouse said:
Current plan here, keep milking a little longer without major capital spend and hopefully get some form of outgoers/retirement payout. What would really set me up would be if I can get planning for a couple hundred acres of solar panels.

Payout per cow, circa 400 quid year index linked for 20 years, 5 500kw windmills and 500 acres of panels. Wild bird meadow the rest and watch the world starve, but in a renewable way

More to life · May 16, 2021

Bald Rick said:
Housed herds
Every farm to install renewable energy
Injected slurry
No maize
Manipulated diets (see first line)

And that’s just off the top of my head

Only slurry injection looks likely to me.

Bald Rick · May 16, 2021

Beef farmer said:
Payout per cow, circa 400 quid year index linked for 20 years, 5 500kw windmills and 500 acres of panels. Wild bird meadow the rest and watch the world starve, but in a renewable way

Must be nice to dream ...

Think it’ll be driven by legislation sucking any little joy that remains in the job out of us

Seriously though, I do think we have to wonder what is coming at us. An example being how Wales has pushed through NVZ against all rational

More to life · May 16, 2021

Beef farmer said:
Payout per cow, circa 400 quid year index linked for 20 years, 5 500kw windmills and 500 acres of panels. Wild bird meadow the rest and watch the world starve, but in a renewable way

The world won't starve they will just cut down more rain forest.

Headless chicken · May 16, 2021

Almost zero chance of any new livestock sheds now in Ceredigion due to NRW

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