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    Soil carbon is a highly flawed climate policy ?

    This is the concluding part.. https://www.pannelldiscussions.net/2021/05/348-soil-carbon-3/
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    Soil carbon is a highly flawed climate policy ?

    These two articles by By David Pannell ( from Australia) has certainly made me think https://www.pannelldiscussions.net/2021/04/346-soil-carbon-1/ https://www.pannelldiscussions.net/2021/05/347-soil-carbon-2/ The comments section is worth reading too as I believe these policies are going to...
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    Best fence posts?

    We will, later in the year, be bringing into the UK a new hardwood post, which will last a lifetime. The timber is coming from a 70,000 acre underwater forest in a lake which was created for a hydroelectric scheme. We have been harvesting this timber and knowing the poor quality of what...
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    The fourth industrial revolution in agriculture

    This extraordinary article came onto my Twitter feed earlier. If it has been posted before then apologies. https://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-fourth-industrial-revolution-in-agriculture?gko=75733&utm_campaign=4IRAgricultureTwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter A flavour of...
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    New Political Party led by farmers and other such local rural people

    So four months on from my original post ( please read if you missed it first time) are we just going to hope that the political muddle we are in as a country will just go away. Surely a party run by proven leaders be they farmers, businessmen, union leaders, head teachers or whoever, can do a...
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    Thanks , we are in West Africa . I will PM you but in the main a lot of equipment is the 60-100hp sized equipment in all sectors.
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    I take your point but none of these companies were represented in the part of Africa I am trying to bring UK agricultural expertise to. Greatly encouraged that a UK dealer messaged me today asking if he could be of any help so thank you
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    First day and it was a great show. Really enjoyed it and a great atmosphere. The point I was trying to make was that surely it must be in the exhibitors interests to actually get a sale to pay back some of their investment. I think there are some great dealers who really look after you but it...
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    Maybe I suppose. I have been on trade stands too and I can honestly say we always responded to every enquiry however unlikely they appeared as purchasers. Often some great sales came from the most unlikely enquirers
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    I want to buy in UK as I want to support UK agric and most don't have any dealers in the countries I work. I explained all this to those on the stands and that we would buy all spares through them and could open up a new possible market. If they were not interested they could have told me and...
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    I agree its not about getting it cheap but just getting best service but maybe this lack of interest from manufacturers and their dealers is just how it is now?
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    Are there any suppliers on here who would like to give us some reasons why communication is so bad and any tips on how to get a response? Would it be preferable for manufacturers to dispense with their dealers and sell direct more cheaply and employ their own service engineers? Seems a great...
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    It must be good for dealers and suppliers at the moment

    Agricultural dealers must be doing very well, and have few concerns over the future, if my experience of LAMMA is replicated by others. Is nearly three weeks too long to wait for a response from an enquiry at the show? Of the six manufacturers I spoke to and gave my full details to only one...
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    Lamma 2019, people's views on the day

    I very much enjoyed the show and well set out and nice to be inside. A very positive feel to the place too and I thought a good selection of kit ( other than the tractor manufactuers)
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