Recent content by Richard Budd

Put it back to arable as it was before

Not totally sure, sure as hell don’t make a lot of sense

Unlikely to be possible unfortunately - also take a very long time as some single furrow contraption

Part of an estate we have taken on has been deep ploughed over the winter (circa 350mm) ready for vines, this is now looking as if it is going to fall out of bed and we are going to farm it along with the rest of the estate. Problem is the top soil is currently buried, my thought is to...

I presume someone has/is appraoching NFU???? I (maybe wrongly) just get the feeling that with the way government policy is forming with trade deals if Red Tractor wasn't limiting opportunity before, going forward it certainly will, we need to be freeing this industry of red tape and not...

When you say massive Clive, how massive, too massive for a serious and very public crowd funding, that NFU and RT happened to learn about....to get them worried enough to actually start listening??? If you catch my drift....

Social media in the past 48 hours has been alive with the Australia free trade deal, it is now fairly obvious that this government believes that British Ag should compete on the global stage without the protectionism that it has enjoyed prior to Brexit. So with this in mind, should Red Tractor...

I am not sure now they could police ELMs considering their currnet audit is 85/90% paperwork. However, the way that Moseley spoke yesterday it had obviously been an aspiration of his.

Red Tractor seem to be extremely good at dodging the main point that until British Food across the board attracts a premium for being RT assured its taking away from British Agriculture. Now if RT assured food attracted a meaningful premium I doubt this debate would have got off the floor...

So only 4.5 million turnover, so a serious legal challenge if possible would send them bust???

Think we are going to have to fight hard for this....but I truly believe we have too

That is utter rubbish Moseley. Farmers make up the biggest part of the licence fee payers, so are well over 50% of monies

How much is RT paying Nick Shorter??

We are 36 mins in and nothing from Christine Tacon

This is outrageous, we know what BRC think!!