So what size does a farm become a super/mega farm?
When it becomes bigger than the one belonging to the commentator!
So what size does a farm become a super/mega farm?
Or it has a managerWhen it becomes bigger than the one belonging to the commentator!
It will go that way whatever .or do you have a plan to stop what's being going on since man first farmedA mega farm would be anything of over 50,000 acres cereals or 5000 cows, 5000 acres veg, we currently dont have any in the UK but as ive said before if subs go and land gets a bit cheaper thats the way it will definately go
A mega farm would be anything of over 50,000 acres cereals or 5000 cows, 5000 acres veg, we currently dont have any in the UK but as ive said before if subs go and land gets a bit cheaper thats the way it will definately go
What adjective would you use for Dyson's Beeswax and its 25,000 acres?
farms will gradually get larger in the current format yes but land/rent values are restricting expansion, take that away and you will most def get prairie scale arable places like Russia and aus, huge dairies of tens of thousands of cattle in the grassland areasIt will go that way whatever .or do you have a plan to stop what's being going on since man first farmed
nothing in the global scheme of thingsWhat adjective would you use for Dyson's Beeswax and its 25,000 acres?
Good luck to them. And well done for turning what was a happy way of life for many into drudgery for the few.
It's maybe more economically efficient if you keep one eye closed and just look at the immediate bottom line, but what about the social costs, the degrading of quality of life, the closing off of opportunity to share the countryside with others.
It's a poor do I reckon.
The little I have seen .very well run farmsWhat adjective would you use for Dyson's Beeswax and its 25,000 acres?
What social costs, and what degraded quality of life??
You could easily argue that a larger, well managed unit, with farm manager and staff offers a much better work life balance for the workers than a family farm working silly hours for no return. Assuming that a larger farm is 'drudgery' while small farms are a 'happy way of life' is false.
I dont have to travel far to find a dozen empty farmhouses and cottages, gradually all decaying.What social costs, and what degraded quality of life??
You could easily argue that a larger, well managed unit, with farm manager and staff offers a much better work life balance for the workers than a family farm working silly hours for no return. Assuming that a larger farm is 'drudgery' while small farms are a 'happy way of life' is false.
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If you're a Brazilian or Ukrainian farmer.
Those farm ARE getting loads of taxpayers cash, but that is the very incentive to get rid of as many workers and tenants as possible.I don't know your area Glasshouse. Around here there are silly rents or buying prices for any available houses. Houses that used to contain farm workers but now they are full of commuters for London or closer towns & cities.
I don't see how you keep the farms full of labour without chucking lots of taxpayer's money at them - that would only delay the inevitable and not be popular with the electorate. It is one thing to want to hold onto the past but we have to accept change.
I think I have stated in the past on another thread:I dont have to travel far to find a dozen empty farmhouses and cottages, gradually all decaying.
Gardens where children once played and helped grow vegetables, where they fed a pet lamb are empty and overgrown.
The school bus that used to stop just travels straight past.
I dont have to travel far to find a dozen empty farmhouses and cottages, gradually all decaying.
Gardens where children once played and helped grow vegetables, where they fed a pet lamb are empty and overgrown.
The school bus that used to stop just travels straight past.
This is a different problem, this is rich landowners getting rid of as many people as possible so they can pocket maximum subsidies..I think I have stated in the past on another thread:
the primary school I went to
1975 roll around 235
1985 roll 105
1995 roll 85
2005 roll 85
2015 roll 118
also worth noting is two nearby schools closing in the mid 90s due to declining school rolls/amalgamation