Ross121
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Is that the NFU official line?Don’t keep any sheep
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gone up the hill
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- Devon
That is an utter UTTER COP OUT!Don’t keep any sheep
And quite frankly for a senior NFU office holder ( or ex office holder ) i would have expected a much better/sensible answer! ( esp from someone like yourself who is held in such high regard within NFU circles both at local and national level @An Gof ) !
You tagged me in on something I have no financial interest in, namely sheep. I replied “Don’t keep any sheep” I apologise for my inadequacy in mastering the English Language by failing to preface it with the word “I”
Now be a good chap and go and bother someone else.
Now be a good chap and go and bother someone else.
Hilly
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Me thinks you purposely left i out for a rise.
Categorically no, just being lazy and abbreviating the reply. Can see how it was misconstrued though. Such an interesting language, English. The use of one letter can convey a whole different meaning and send GUTH’s blood pressure soaring
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Utterly utterly shocking the arrogance that you have given your position within the NFU!
Sadly it shows why hard working farmers are being sold down the road by the NFU at both local and top level.
The founding farmers of the NFU would be turning in their graves if they knew office/ ex office holders like yourself had such distain/ could not give a sh!t for other farmers because you were not in that sector of AG so were not affected an gof.
What a bloody sad and sorry state of affairs that an office or ex office holder of the NFU thinks like you do an gof!
Like the smart arses that couldn't jump fast enough to join farm assurance when it came out first ?
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- Devon
I don't think its fair to direct that at An Gof but it does seem increasingly evident that the NFU is getting further from the grass roots farmer.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Diplomatic !
Steady on mate, you know that they know that you know they know best
gone up the hill
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- Devon
He posted what he thinks himself and that was : I do not give a sh!t about the sheep sector because i do not farm sheep.
And the above is from a very senior NFU office or ex office holder who has held in the past jobs/ positions within the NFU that would represent sheep farmers..
Words really fail me and no way anyone either pro or anti NFU could defend AN Gofs comments tonight on this thread!!
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- Devon
But on here, he is An Gof, not an NFU rep.
I do share your despair in that I rather expect the response would have been the same from a NFU rep.
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- West Wales
See where as I took this as “ I don’t keep any sheep” so I am not the right person to answer this. Which is a fair comment.Don’t keep any sheep
@guth would you advise on sugar beet if someone asked you the question?
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Stop making excuses for NFU people like AN Gof.
The new LIS recording system is being set up for both sheep and cattle and will be one and the same for both species of animal so yes i would expect someone like An Gof who has had roles/ jobs at very senior level within the NFU which involve representing sheep farmers to comment on the new recording system being introduced!
But for him to reply it is nothing to do with him as he does not have sheep is just plain unreal and a cop out!
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- West Wales
That’s the first time I’ve defended someone from there and I have no idea who An Gof is or what role they held… I was simply saying that I read it a completely different way to you did, as I’m sure many others would have.
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- Shropshire
The livestock information/EID/NFU thing is almost fraudulent in how corrupt it is. An absolute effing disgrace, and the ONLY thing in this industry that makes me truly angry.
There was 2 extra, but one regular less! So RS just had 19 numbers!
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- Devon
I rather fear I am becoming rather paranoid at times but then you see this and other collusions between NFU, AHDB, AIC and RT, I rather think I was blind not to see how they have extorted from farmers for years.