We need to go further and get another assurance to compete with rt, then see what happens.
Red Tractor Officially Scrap The GFC
- Thread starter Grass And Grain
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Good!
I did see that a noted East Midlands farmer had a good platform in the article, as well Steve, from Oooop North.
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Victory in the first battle of the whole RT war, keep at it everyone.
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- S. Staffs
Blenky is just an agent with no skin in the game, that’s why he wants to get on the gravy train jobs
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- East Sussex
NFU farming hero!! Love it!
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- Yorks
He might be a little out of touch with the other 99% of farmers.I saw in the Indie article, that Blenky is still bitching and praising RT and the concept of the GFC....
None so blind.... etc etc!
Someone said his views on GFC were so way out he wasn't even on this planet.
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- DD9.
Good for him, does anyone even care what his opinion is?I saw in the Indie article, that Blenky is still bitching and praising RT and the concept of the GFC....
None so blind.... etc etc!
He’s an office bod on a big estate.
He doesn’t speak for farmers, he speaks for large agribusiness.
If he likes the GFC concept so much, and there’s nothing stopping him doing his own GFC module, on his own, then he can presumably offer his Estate’s self certified GFC accredited produce to his customers and cream in all the cash that they’ll be throwing at him for jumping through the hoops and signing away his green capital up the supply chain.
Cant wait to hear how it goes. Lead by example and all that.
crack on Blenky, let us know how you get on.
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- Yorks
Ha ha, yea, don't think any of us will be too welcome.
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- DD9.
I lost my Twitter account, perhaps BFU can suggest to him that he just cracks on anyway and does his own self certified GFC audit, on his own and he can report back how much premium he gets from his customers for his estates produce. I’m sure his bosses will be right behind him and he can prove us all wrong.
- Location
- Yorks
Thing is, if a individuals or small groups do such things, they have a chance of a marketing edge and price premium.I lost my Twitter account, perhaps BFU can suggest to him that he just cracks on anyway and does his own self certified GFC audit, on his own and he can report back how much premium he gets from his customers for his estates produce. I’m sure his bosses will be right behind him and he can prove us all wrong.
Red Tractor though, is completely the wrong vehicle to use. It becomes the industry standard, and hence after a year or two it's both mandatory and boggy basic market access with no premium. In fact the whole of the RT scheme is that. We pay to have someone inspect us for things which the competent authorities would do anyway. Only difference with RT is they also compel us to do things like NRoSO and urea policing.
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- DD9.
Agreed, however the underlying principle of GFC from the short lived online link to the document was to ultimately hand over green credentials as condition of supply.
RT and the RT superfans insisted that this was not the case, there would be a premium, either funded by govt schemes or by private negotiation or a mix of both…. No sane person would believe that a premium would last (if a premium even materialised in the first place).
So, what better way for an RT super fan such as he to stick one over on the freeloading sceptics than by leading by example. Win win for him surely?
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- Northumberlandia
Ive been asked to attend one up north late April event location not yet confirmed & iam not a member but my local office knows too well my thoughts on RT so would like me to go.
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This is being posted ,emailed out to all members today, meeting s across the south maybe they are listening at last, can but hope, or being seen to do the right thing
This will be interesting, i might get asked to leave !! (No iam not a member of the NFU) i used to be.
I am not a member either.used to be also.
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- Northumberlandia
Told the Rep the day they have nothing to do with RT id poss rejoin.
Of course we cant see that happening.
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Well done everyone on hearing this new anyways onwards n upwards as they say,
RT next....
RT next....
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@Goweresque So, so wise. It's still foot to the floor to stop a backdoor way to justify their existence.
Attack is the best form of defence.