- Location
- Bedfordshire
If Will Jackson was at this meeting, why couldn’t he make a yes/no decision? Pathetic really, what do we as levy payers pay his salary for? Will, justify your position.
Red Tractor sector board passes leadership vote of no confidence
- Thread starter graham mc
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I become less impressed with Mr Jackson with every time his name appears, when he is dealing with RT and similiar issues that are even a tad contentious. Pretty damned useless would be my summation based on my personal interaction and what is reported....
Is is position actually tenable.....?
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- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Who is pulling his strings......?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
One day (and I can’t wait) this whole Nfu, Ahdb, red tractor, house of cards is going to come tumbling down. Slowly slowly catchy monkey!
It’s already tumbling but it seems various people on the payroll of these organisations are desperately trying to keep things standing while making fools of themselves in the process.
SilliamWhale
Member
Absolutely the right thing to do. The idea that the GFC could well have gone through should have frightened the life out of every farmer it would have been horrendous, we would have lost so much.
Well done to Phil Stocker and his team for making sure accountability and integrity is at the front of any dealings. Time to consign Batters, Mosely and Tacon to the rotten bin.
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
I’ve just adopted a lamb
From FW:
An AHDB spokesperson said: “AHDB chose to abstain from the vote. Our view is that such a vote of this nature needs clear consideration and discussion within AHDB in the context of recent public statements by the Assured Food Standards board that recognises the need for change as well as the wider context on the role of assurance of which a review is currently being conducted.”
So they will be discussing this within AHDB- let’s hope they take into consideration the views of their levy payers too.
they are acutely aware of what levy payers want
maybe start a poll on tff asking how we would expect them to vote just to be sure ? !!
- Location
- Essex
Phil Stocker on farming today.
He said only a very small part of the market for lamb uses red tractor.
He went on to say "farm assurance is a good thing" but forgot to add "but only if it benefits the producer".
He said only a very small part of the market for lamb uses red tractor.
He went on to say "farm assurance is a good thing" but forgot to add "but only if it benefits the producer".
- Location
- Northumberland
I think that’s perfectly true. I’ve no problem with (truly) voluntary schemes where the farmer can see a premium over the costs/hassle of being a member.
Problem with RT is that it has always promised/claimed a premium for its FA yet farmers have seen no benefit.
I should qualify this really...I become less impressed with Mr Jackson with every time his name appears, when he is dealing with RT and similiar issues that are even a tad contentious. Pretty damned useless would be my summation based on my personal interaction and what is reported....
Is is position actually tenable.....?
"Pretty damned useless would be my summation", from the levy paying producer's perspective.
Just put it down, out of it's misery, its has no use/ no function to fulfil/ it is a drain on the industry/ it's not compatible for imported products, it's a white elephant/ it has no positive role to play only a detrimental one as a powerbroker over producers.
- Location
- Essex
Pity it doesn't benefit their levy payers
SilliamWhale
Member
Are British legal standards higher? And besides the idea of a "higher standard" is a contentious one. Putting a no smoking sign on a spray shed where no one smokes doesn't for example raise the standard of anything
- Location
- East Yorkshire
higher standards are fine if you get rewarded in money terms. if not legally produced is fine wasn't this why high welfare was all started as people were willing to pay for it
- Location
- Herefordshire
Absolutely.
- Location
- Herefordshire
The only thing it has done is deny access to markets for non assured levy payers.Dim Jim goes on about RT giving access to markets which is total bo##ocks.Before RT everybody had access to all markets.
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