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I don’t understand why you’re willing to take BRC’s word as gospel (vaguely worded as it is) but immediately dismiss the counter argument, made by @Levy Believer , that it did not happen that way?

How does a board approve something without a vote?

Sometimes I feel like I must be reading a different language to people who post like this. @Levy Believer has come on here and said "AHDB did not vote for this, and in fact have been vocally against it [in private]" I then read comment such as this, which say that AHDB has "acted in ignorance"...

Hi Clive, only just seen this, sorry. Firstly, I think it's important to point out that, according to @Levy Believer , no one from AHDB supported GFC. So no one went over the head of the sector councils/acted without a mandate - at least not in a negative way. How do I feel about finding out...

This point is actively being considered, you are right to be concerned.

I can’t help but feel that this debate is a little bit moot. Yes, @Clive said above that he once applied, and was rejected without an interview. This does not sound like it was handled properly, and IMO boards/councils need diverse opinions. I once saw a poster that said “if we both agree all...

The cloth has been cut, every year since the last levy increase. That’s a long time ago. IMO the levy increase is not about more of the same, it’s about more, full stop. I detailed my vision for it in the Twitter thread linked above.

I should also say, I have worked with the other council memebrs up for another term, and would vote for them again, if I were allowed (cannot vote whwn you're on the ballot). I cannot say the same for the new memebrs, only because I've met them once briefly. However, I do trust Tom Clarke, who...

worth asking what has happened to your email, might be a technical problem?

I did suggest to @Feldspar that he should apply for the position earlier this year. I don't believe he or @Clive did apply, so can't really complain about not being involved. [Not that either of them are, to be very clear]

I'd certainly be interested to hear why any of you would believe I'm a freeloader/NFU careerist/corporate shill, or anything else that would disqualify me from being a good representative on the AHDB Council? Just as a starter, for those not on Twitter, here's a thread I posted recently about...

I suspect what is happening is the NFU is telling them (correctly) that we won't grow at £37.50, and let BS take all the profit. BS don't like this, so are trying to cut out NFU and establish with growers that £37.50 is OK with them. I think this is in very bad faith.

This is a ridiculous email, and shows BS are in a bad place. It is definitely not NFU keeping us in the dark - this is not an announcement of a deal, it's BS trying to bypass NFU because they aren't getting their way. No way we should be accepting a lower price than last year when sugar prices...

Does anyone know a company who can move these tanks, in the 40-50m3 size range? We have had them from Yara before, but I don't know what hauliers they use. Also, ideally, they would be able to clean the tanks too?

Yes, we had upright blackened ears too.