Well I agree the NFU should do more but it's wether that's what they want on a phone in !You do strike me as a bit of a troll on lots of your posts across this forum !Bollox. Stop blaming the BBC.
Well I agree the NFU should do more but it's wether that's what they want on a phone in !You do strike me as a bit of a troll on lots of your posts across this forum !Bollox. Stop blaming the BBC.
Not true, they haven't called me yet...Jake Freestone would do more than adequately.
But it may be that the BBC agenda doesn't want people capable of lucid arguments from our side of the fence, and so they actively seek out the incoherent ones
That’s because they select who they want on the programme with preconceived ideas and a preconceived conclusionI am always disappointed that when these things make it to national radio, the best our industry can put forward to seize the golden opportunity to set the record straight, is a shouty wurzel.
the problem is that in farming has thousands of experts that will go on a programme if asked by a researcherThat's two instances today of media amateurs being put on national radio. Quite why we still haven't learnt that it is a job for paid professionals is baffling. It's not as if we don't have the money.
thought colin ( shouty yokel ) was on after the yorkshire ladI am always disappointed that when these things make it to national radio, the best our industry can put forward to seize the golden opportunity to set the record straight, is a shouty wurzel.
So you had the opportunity yet declined it, how can you Moan?That's why I didn't answer the call !
And we can't blame the NFU unless they've been offered the chance to talk and declined. They can't think for every farmer.
I fail to see how the NFU can read the mind of a Jeremey Vine producer, responding to a topic that was at least ten days old at the time. And who's first port of call was to ring me, who is far from an expert on the particular subject. What can the NFU do about that?Yes they can. It's called doing your job properly.
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...ommunications-team.328028/page-6#post-7168444
What other industry the size of UK ag thinks it can get away with shoving amateurs in front of a microphone ?
Somebody much more knowledgeable than me probably required .like others have saidSo you had the opportunity yet declined it, how can you Moan?
I fail to see how the NFU can read the mind of a Jeremey Vine producer, responding to a topic that was at least ten days old at the time. And who's first port of call was to ring me, who is far from an expert on the particular subject. What can the NFU do about that?
What that producer wanted was an media untrained farmer to go head to head on the air against an actual, full time anti.
As farmers what we all need to do is think "Am I *actually* the best person for this? What would a corporate company do?"
And then refer the producer to the NFU, or TFA, or AICC or whoever. But at the very least understand that getting it wrong could be disaterous.
Don’t put yourself down. You really should answer next time. Be great to hear a real farmer rather than a scripted reply from NfuSomebody much more knowledgeable than me probably required .like others have said
No I read it, and I do get your point. And the NFU could definitely do more in this regard, but plastic bottles are very different to the entirety of British agriculture. And it's not going to stop a producer calling a random farmer and asking him or her just to have a go.Yeah I don't think you've read what I said about Jane Bickerstaff. Again, it's called doing your job properly.
I meant the man no personal disrespect.thought colin ( shouty yokel ) was on after the yorkshire lad
colin cloude be one of somerset’s best digger drivers and restores of old massey combined and tractors
he is quite a character
have had quite a few interesting nights in oak hill pub few years ago
Sadly when the engagement officer can only post once on here for his £90 k salary what hope do we have…I meant the man no personal disrespect.
But they do always seem to try hard to find a poorly briefed "stereotypical farmer" sounding type, to put on the spot.
Our industry should be all over this PR stuff, with media savvy representatives ready to counter such misinformation at a moments notice.
We need someone who pops up instantly just like Sara Keays used to do at the Tory Conference.