It’s intresting stuff, but quite hard to quantify- has anybody used it and seen improved growth rates or reduction in straw usage? . I’d certainly be keen to try it
Cool, before becoming embroiled in a tedious and dull internet debate about stock fencing or the lack of it. I’ll bow down to your vastly superior logic.
He is clearly a very charismatic and interesting chap - but are his methods really applicable on a truly large scale commercial basis. Is he not quite reliant on unpaid labour for his system to work?
The fact that people keep going would suggest that it is, or at the very least subsides have allowed them to continue. And as unpalatable as it is if It can't be done, prehaps it shouldn't?
Really? So if you cut your cost of production you would voluntary offer up your stock at a lower price in order to reflect that?
I suppose farmers are price takers by and large, so in fact don't get much choice in the matter. I concede i may well be wrong.
Im not sure that Ollie slashing his fees would represent a gain in efficiency for him?. Either way from my limited understating of what happened in NZ its going to be the Ag supply sector that takes the first hit should the worst happen and agriculture be thrown to the wolves post brexit.
And...
I would agree that it must be frustrating especially in what is an uncertain time for agriculture, but as employee its incredibly demotivating to work for some one who begrudges paying you. Which is one of the reason I'm now looking to move out of dairying.
Really? The only time that food security has been an issue in recent history to my mind has been in wars of national survival, do you envisage one occurring in the near future?
I sincerely hope that the people who are in a position to influence govement and ensure the continuation of subsides in some form are doing a better job than you bossfarmer.
You've done a first class job of alienating what should a fairly sympathetic audience.
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