Dairy farmers quitting the industry in high numbers.

Ffermer Bach

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Whether or not homeopathic medicine works is irrelevant as long as the desired outcome is achieved. I wouldn’t say I believe in it but twice in my wife’s life she has suffered from constant (weekly) reoccurring issues which lasted 6-12 months which the doctors could not cure and were talking about surgery as a last resort. 6 weeks of homeopathic treatment and was cured never to return.
I am on the fence with the efficiency of homeopathic medicine, however the cost of putting a few drop in the water tank is far less than the cost of a reactor, so that's why I use it.
 

pappuller

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M6 Hard shoulder
Dad was allergic to house dust mite. Had tried everything sleeping in plastic bed coverings. Constant hovering of bedding constant taking of medication. Constant streaming nose handkerchiefs everywhere even worse during pollen seasons. This had gone on for years. Lung function was failing. Work was becoming increasingly hard to keep up with. So iin desperation he Spoke to Ainsworths who said they could cure him. And they did. Within 12 hrs of taking the tincture his nose had stopped running and he felt sooo much more alive and hopeful. Symptoms have never returned. Unfortunately his lung function is still slightly compromised but he his still here being brilliant and working a little bit with me every day. He’s 76.
Take good care of him, having lost my mum suddenly In January my dad is like a rudderless ship but still enjoys coming to the farm twice a day to help with a few little chores
 
Take good care of him, having lost my mum suddenly In January my dad is like a rudderless ship but still enjoys coming to the farm twice a day to help with a few little chores
I know that feeling well. We lost mum 7 yrs ago. For two yrs he didn’t know what to do without her. Luckily he has since met a lovely lovely women who has given him purpose and direction again. 👍😊
 

som farmer

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somerset
with the money decent cows are making, can't really blame farmers, there's going to be a lot of expense hitting us with new regs.
Can't say l see an expansion of the organic mkt, with food inflation rising, only the die hard will remain.
But a lot of cows will have gone through kivells, in a short space of time, + private treaty, and other sales not announced. Thank goodness for marteye, lot go on that.
And the W Country is hitting silly time, 3.5 hrs to get back yesterday, and using the short cuts, usually a max of 1.5hrs, record was 5.5hrs via the coast.
But seems to be a good demand down here for cows.
 
If a lot of dairy, pig and poultry producers decide to shut up shop who is going to buy my feed grains that I am throwing £700/t Nitrogen on :bag:
Don't worry about a market for your "feed" grain - The millers will suddenly find a way to incorporate an ever larger proportion into their products.

My FiL was a foreman maltster and as he said he could "make an acceptable malt of anything if the price is right"...
 

In the pit

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Livestock Farmer
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Pembrokeshire
with the money decent cows are making, can't really blame farmers, there's going to be a lot of expense hitting us with new regs.
Can't say l see an expansion of the organic mkt, with food inflation rising, only the die hard will remain.
But a lot of cows will have gone through kivells, in a short space of time, + private treaty, and other sales not announced. Thank goodness for marteye, lot go on that.
And the W Country is hitting silly time, 3.5 hrs to get back yesterday, and using the short cuts, usually a max of 1.5hrs, record was 5.5hrs via the coast.
But seems to be a good demand down here for cows.
I think a lot of regs could be put on hold by the government to encourage more milk and ao reducing the price of it
 

som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
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somerset
Technically which regs do you think could go that would make enough difference for people to up production.
in fairness, its to late for many, they have had enough. At the moment, l wouldn't be thinking about investing huge sums, only a tenant. Our buildings are old, they work, but they are not 'new', like many retailers like them. There will come a time, when RT say's no, and the cows will go. One would think that, as dairy farms, and production decline, they would 'ease off', but they won't, they have their noses so far up there arses, they will keep churning out more and more stupid rules, and wonder why they are unpopular, and work is slowing down.
The only way out, is for processors to implement their own schemes, and sure that will happen, and in times of 'shortages', retailers don't give a toss where it comes from, as long as it comes.
 

kiwi pom

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canterbury NZ
Dad was allergic to house dust mite. Had tried everything sleeping in plastic bed coverings. Constant hovering of bedding constant taking of medication. Constant streaming nose handkerchiefs everywhere even worse during pollen seasons. This had gone on for years. Lung function was failing. Work was becoming increasingly hard to keep up with. So iin desperation he Spoke to Ainsworths who said they could cure him. And they did. Within 12 hrs of taking the tincture his nose had stopped running and he felt sooo much more alive and hopeful. Symptoms have never returned. Unfortunately his lung function is still slightly compromised but he his still here being brilliant and working a little bit with me every day. He’s 76.
I have no idea about your dads case or what he was given, what did they claim was in his wonder drug that apparently cleared a lifelong problem in 12 hours. Perhaps it was an actual drug, maybe a herb but that would mean it wasn't homeopathy. Does he take it all the time?
I am on the fence with the efficiency of homeopathic medicine, however the cost of putting a few drop in the water tank is far less than the cost of a reactor, so that's why I use it.
You seem to be suggesting that those few drops are somehow preventing your herd from getting TB?
Great idea, we can just get rid of TB throughout the world by increasing production and just adding it to the water supply. Why haven't we thought of that before? Can we add some of @Jdunn55 dads ringworm stuff too and cure that at the same time?

Conmen love people like you.
 

Wee Willy

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Tyrone
I have no idea about your dads case or what he was given, what did they claim was in his wonder drug that apparently cleared a lifelong problem in 12 hours. Perhaps it was an actual drug, maybe a herb but that would mean it wasn't homeopathy. Does he take it all the time?

You seem to be suggesting that those few drops are somehow preventing your herd from getting TB?
Great idea, we can just get rid of TB throughout the world by increasing production and just adding it to the water supply. Why haven't we thought of that before? Can we add some of @Jdunn55 dads ringworm stuff too and cure that at the same time?

Conmen love people like you.
If people are desperate enough they will pay anything for a cure. Very much like penis enlargement pills and hair restorer lotions.

As a bald male that goes by the user name "Wee Willy" ,I can verify this to be true.
@Bald Rick probably knows what I'm talking about too.
 

Ffermer Bach

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Livestock Farmer
All my problems are to do with WAG and to a much lower extent the Council. The weather, cows, machinery I can deal with, because the situation soon changes, Cardiff Bay , oh no!
my impression or feeling is Cardiff Bay only want to plant trees over the whole of Wales, they have no interest in producing food at all.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 66 35.1%
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    Votes: 30 16.0%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 7 3.7%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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