Do you live and work in an AGRICULTURAL county?

Bald Rick · Apr 5, 2024

I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case …

Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we started carting FYM ready to spread before ploughing down.
And within two loads they were out stopping the drivers asking why we were using such “big tractors and trailers) and today they’ve reported to the letting agent and Highways.

Turns out the house owners are incomers and retirees

The Sainted Isle is no longer an agricultural county … just a destination for moaners and tourists.

Your county?

spin cycle · Apr 5, 2024

fawkin Lundun round ere

not many ppl involved in ag these days so villages full of other trades

Danllan · Apr 5, 2024

Bald Rick said:
I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case …

Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we started carting FYM ready to spread before ploughing down.
And within two loads they were out stopping the drivers asking why we were using such “big tractors and trailers) and today they’ve reported to the letting agent and Highways.

Turns out the house owners are incomers and retirees

The Sainted Isle is no longer an agricultural county … just a destination for moaners and tourists.

Your county?

We have some who had no connection with Wales or the country before coming here, and are fine. Yet we have some others who've moved over from the Vale and Cardiff and who whine at the stench of slurry spreading - but, when asked, admit to consuming milk.

Boysground · Apr 5, 2024

Over the years i’ve had complaints about cow pats on the foot path fields by the same people that complained about the cows being fully housed (we now graze them) Apparently it is illegal to haul a trailer of muck through the village. The parish council have had a letter suggesting that bollards be put up on a road to stop tractors, it had to be pointed out that an ambulance or fire engine would then not be able to get past. Also a suggestion of banning farm traffic from the village we are in, a bit of a problem as the village is a dead end and i am at the end!

TBH most people are fine and sensible, it’s just a few that play up.

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Bald Rick · Apr 5, 2024

Boysground said:
Over the years i’ve had complaints about cow pats on the foot path fields by the same people that complained about the cows being fully housed (we now graze them) Apparently it is illegal to haul a trailer of muck through the village. The parish council have had a letter suggesting that bollards be put up on a road to stop tractors, it had to be pointed out that an ambulance or fire engine would then not be able to get past. Also a suggestion of banning farm traffic from the village we are in, a bit of a problem as the village is a dead end and i am at the end!

TBH most people are fine and sensible, it’s just a few that play up.

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May be ”just a few” but these are the fkkers who have the council on speed dial and worm their way on to parish councils (who, fortunately, have limited powers)

suffolksmallholder · Apr 5, 2024

Bald Rick said:
I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case …

Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we started carting FYM ready to spread before ploughing down.
And within two loads they were out stopping the drivers asking why we were using such “big tractors and trailers) and today they’ve reported to the letting agent and Highways.

Turns out the house owners are incomers and retirees

The Sainted Isle is no longer an agricultural county … just a destination for moaners and tourists.

Your county?

You gotta larf! If you didn’t you’d be in serious trouble.
By ‘letting agents’ I’m assuming these houses are rented?

Suffolk, the bread-basket of the UK.
Most local tractors are currently asleep due to the rain but some turkey/chicken muck is on the move.
I’m looking forward to trying my new Marshal rotary muck spreader

farmer92 · Apr 5, 2024

Whole country is f**ked

Wesley · Apr 5, 2024

Bald Rick said:
I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case …

Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we started carting FYM ready to spread before ploughing down.
And within two loads they were out stopping the drivers asking why we were using such “big tractors and trailers) and today they’ve reported to the letting agent and Highways.

Turns out the house owners are incomers and retirees

The Sainted Isle is no longer an agricultural county … just a destination for moaners and tourists.

Your county?

I thought you Welsh burnt out the incomers or have you all gone soft these days?

Bald Rick · Apr 5, 2024

Wesley said:
I thought you Welsh burnt out the incomers or have you all gone soft these days?

Might return to mr Vesta tbh…. Every passing year there is more aggro from the intolerant.
Yes, we put mud on the road when it’s unavoidable but we always brush the road but they still complain

But I was wondering how other counties are fairing

uztrac · Apr 5, 2024

Norfolk incomers seem to be anti pig & chicken,Then anti sugar beet & potato harvesting periods because of soil on the lanes. Leased 4x4's are not capable of getting a wheel or two onto the grass verge !!!!

Bobby Spray · Apr 5, 2024

My experience of people who populate parish/community councils are those people are ***ts.

Boysground · Apr 5, 2024

Bobby Spray said:
My experience of people who populate parish/community councils are those people are ***ts.

That reminds me, i must check the minutes of the last meeting to see if my name came up again

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Princess Pooper · Apr 5, 2024

Boysground said:
That reminds me, i must check the minutes of the last meeting to see if my name came up again

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I thought we must be the only ones that did that! They never say anything to our face though!

Bobby Spray · Apr 5, 2024

Princess Pooper said:
I thought we must be the only ones that did that! They never say anything to our face though!

I've got that tee shirt as well. Best one was when they wanted me arrested for cutting down some scrub trees. Then came to my door wanting help on stopping forestry vehicles crossing my land and going into the local village ruining their peace. I'm in the CC minutes every month.

Bury the Trash · Apr 5, 2024

Boysground said:
That reminds me, i must check the minutes of the last meeting to see if my name came up again

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I suppose you wouldnt have time but maybe get on the PC ours is still pretty good as theres a few farmers as P.councillors, dont know how many more years it will be like that tho because they are getting older of course and will there be as many famers/younger ones at all?

Goweresque · Apr 5, 2024

One advantage of farming on the urban fringe (which I sort of am) the incomers are less worried about tractors and farming activities than Amazon vans driving like maniacs, pikeys buying a field close by (always a good little dig if someone's cutting up about anything farming related, just casually drop into the conversation, well I might have to sell up then, and who knows might buy all the small paddocks next to the village......), fly tipping, rat run traffic etc etc. Kind of concentrates their minds on which is the lesser of 2 evils.

Bury the Trash · Apr 5, 2024

Bald Rick said:
I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case …

Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we started carting FYM ready to spread before ploughing down.
And within two loads they were out stopping the drivers asking why we were using such “big tractors and trailers) and today they’ve reported to the letting agent and Highways.

Turns out the house owners are incomers and retirees

The Sainted Isle is no longer an agricultural county … just a destination for moaners and tourists.

Your county?

AD trtactor traffic distorts our normal modern farm traffic unfortunatly, running through avillage / on roads that werent built
for such weight and width.
increased other traffic is spoiling them at least as much extra houses being guiult all the tyime but no improvements to local byroad road infrastructuer

yellow belly · Apr 5, 2024

smell from a digester now and big tractor although tractor size has not change since the big estate go an fw60 at 4 m wide on duels in 1986
it used to be the tip and before that sludge from a chip factory or a pig farm

my village used to be a base for iron ore extraction 250 people worked for united steel
so we have not been agricultural

back in those day one farmers grannery was accessed by auger with the trailers parked on the high street
snow got cleared to keep the mine open never had a day of school all but 3 of use walked to school and home at lunch time

times move on food get cheaper relative to earnings and the village is 5 times bigger

serf · Apr 5, 2024

Personally I don't like the smell when these AD plant put the digestate out , not sure if it from maize that's the worse

but it's just not like " normal muck spreading" smells and is more like industrial waste than manure/slurry spreading and having to sleep breathing that in all night

JockCroft · Apr 5, 2024

It's not just incomers.
Few years ago had a shooter in taking Roe deer that were browsing swedes, Got a sharply toned phone call from someone in the district who is one generation out from an active crofting family. Didn't think it was right shooting in a field.
Two years ago a couple stopped a lad trying to get an injured doe that was running around field but not able to jump fence. It had been hit by a car.
Oh and they don't like sheep getting in their unfenced grounds, even though they back on to Common Grazing's.

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