glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Because large estates will divide up into ltd companies to avoid bps cap
British Farming Union on TFF
- Thread starter Hfd Cattle
- Start date
- Location
- Essex
Bfu will not be funded, sponsored or otherwise financed by anyone other than farmers, which is why the NFU cannot act in the interest of farmers.
Also landlords are not farmers.
Cropping and feed merchant are different entities.
- Location
- Derbyshire
Sometimes there are fundamental things that are wrong and need changing for the benefit of everyone. Red Tractor is the NFU's elephant in the room. (there are other elephants too; corporate membership, omov .....and I'm sure others can be added)
This is where I am hoping that the BFU will have the greatest effect.
Get the root causes sorted and there'll be no need to fanny round at the edges at splinter issues.
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
The nfu favours the large farmers who have time to attend meetings
That needs changed
its ok to disagree on points of view
thats how TRUE democracy works - the majority will be represented
tullah
Member
- Location
- Linconshire
With most of that. Why the Fbt to convert to AHA?
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
Short term leases were identified in ww2 as a key impediment to food production as rents were too high and no one invested in the land or did anything long term.
Thats why AHA legislation was introduced in 1947.
This removed the landlords right to evict and charge the highest rent.
Farming now needs more stability, just like 1947 and AHA can provide that.
- Location
- East Yorkshire
farmers have plenty of prime time space on sides of large roads etc. Can also use farm owned lorry or tractor trailers or even wheel covers on 4x4 its amazing what can be down without spending or wasting millions
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Where do we join up?
- Location
- Ashford, Kent
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puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
A fair few tried to out do their neighbours by joining Red Tractor and proclaiming superiority over the rest of us, that has panned out well for them hasn’t it! Any government here has only ever paid lip service to the farming industry and its representatives and will continue to do so until famine strikes. The majority public view of farmers is not great, they will be thrilled when you try to demolish the nfu because you desire stronger control of their weekly food spend and remove organisations you put in place to be less accountable for your goods.
The alternative continue for as long as we can hold out ,gradually losing critical mass producing produce at less than the cost of production, sounds great too that.
- Location
- Derbyshire
you are correct about the public view of farmers.
However, it is not the desire to have a greater control over their weekly food spend. The control of that has already been sewn up by corporates, oil companies and finance companies. (look at how the weekly spend is divided up)
If anything, breaking the corporate handles over our food production will help to give some control over Joe Public's weekly food spend back to the consumer.
- Location
- Essex
The control and domination of the food budget by the corporate food system is not doing the public much good either. In fact it's hard to see a situation where the customer will be worse off.
The supermarkets are willfully destroying perfectly sound businesses, for instance egg producers. In a few months time, eggs could easily double in price and at the same time be short, which will benefit absolutely no one and is completely avoidable.
puntabrava
Member
- Location
- Wiltshire
No you are right but a challenge can be spun to alienate the public further.
I've just spent a month in hospital, not once have I had any negative reaction when people have found out I'm a farmer, whether staff, patients or visitors, they have all been very interested and said how hard work it is
Farmer 83563
Member
.... only in political circles?!
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