what exactly are the opportunitites and upside unless you dont currently have a farm and want to get a cheap one off someone who has been forced to quit? all i can see is £60/cow coming off the figures quoted in the first post, yes some of my neighbours may drop out and i may get an opportunity to expand but i dont necessarily want that, may be forced to though the only way the figures could stack up is for 400 cow herd type scale with no outside labour and thats a lot of work/ requires investment in large efficient set up
But you are using figures from the current position with farmers using their current systems. Unless you have a fortune teller up the A9 how do you know what the trade will be. Most people can’t predict the fat price from one week to another let alone 4 Years in advance.
I agree with a lot of what you say but there is opportunity out there that doesn’t involve getting a cheap farm off some poor bugger who went bust.
The way I see it is the government has given you 4 Years to come up with a plan and get ready for what will come. Good opportunity for sons and daughters or ourselves to go and have a look at what others are doing in Scotland and the rest of the world.
That’s 4 Years to come up with a new idea and start to transition towards it. it’s bloody lucky we have a 4 year safety net and who is to say that you will not receive any support after then.
The truth is you, me and everyone else has been dealt a hand and now we have to play it as best we can