This is historic Phosphate level in the river back to 1993.
The red line was the old p limit, it has now been moved down again be legislation....
Water p level is lower in recent years than previously.
Complex game....
Lots of information on the Wye.
The bottom graph is the Phosphate level compared to other local rivers.....
The sac status means it has a lesser allowance....what happens here will be coming to a river near you soon.
Top graphic is olsen p testing (red bits) and legacy p which we are not...
Is this a celebration of trying to be poor?
If someone diversifies their income as has been suggested for over 10 years, how can it be attacked as a down side?
I am a farmer in Herefordshire,have been here 58 years.
Grew up with dairy, beef,sheep and corn and a few spuds.
Now grassland,corn,contracting,lettings,solar.
I was an AHDB monitor farmer 2017-2020
Did Worshipful Company leadership course 2010
Co chair Farm Herefordshire.
Just a farmer.
I am afraid that I do not wear rose tinted spectacles.
Cost of production within the uk will and does vary by quite some margin. This is not 'slating farmers', it is being honest about costs of production.
When competing on a large stage, there are few places to hide from that fact.
There are...
You asked me a question.
You also accuse me of slating farmers in the same post. You then suggest that I should sort out everything before slating farmers?
I suggest that might be slightly aggressive.
I have no interest in bare knuckle fighting as you might have read in my very first post...
I havent been involved in how we got here.... we are here and need to move forward. Maybe I am interested in getting involved in that as I think it is something worth doing.
I wouldn't poke my head over the turret if I didnt think change could be achieved.
Much better...
As I said in my initial post, from an arable perspective, match requirements as per imported goods, anything above through better practices should be value added.
Livestock, similarly, however it already has a plethora of 'membership value' chains within it which creates a...
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