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    How long will Jim Moseley last at Red Tractor?

    Today the Red Tractor Beef & Lamb Board motioned a vote of no confidence in the RT executive. This evening the TFA ran a Q and A webinar with Jim Moseley. Couple of questions came in. One asked what RT could do to help level the playing field with grain imports. Another referenced the 3 year...
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    S Barley, How long between rolling and Manganese?

    As per title. How many days gap do you recommend from rolling to applying manganese sulphate. (Presume there's no frost forecast) Spring barley, emerged about 10 days, then had a sniff of Mn, then 7 days gap, then rolled. Now wanting to put more manganese on.
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    Red Tractor Officially Scrap The GFC

    Victory. Social media and farmer pressure, BFU, etc. we've all come together and pressurised change. NFU and AHDB originally backed the GFC, but changed their tune after the backlash. Tom Bradshaw and AHDB listened 👍. Thank you. And Farmers Weekly helped massively with excellent reporting. I...
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    AHDB recruiting farm assurance lead

    Interesting development:-...
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    Christine Tacon says GFC will go ahead

    Exact moment is 5.07 mins. Or listen from 3 mins in. This was R4 Farming Today 20th Feb 2024. Presenter asks if RT roadshows will be to discuss the GFC, or is that again on the back burner? Christine says "when we start moving forward on it again, and I'm not saying an 'if' it is a 'when'."...
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    EFRA Committee: Fairness in the supply chain. Get your points over to them

    They want written submissions from farmers. Have you been treated fairly? Bullied? They've stipulated terms, and it's take it or leave it? Is this a good opportunity to use this EFRA Committee submissions to push back at things like GFC? because retailers are using Red Tractor as a means of...
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    FG Interview with Minette about Red Tractor

    Watch video using link at bottom of this post. Right at the end, talking about CEO of Red Tractor, if the job came available, Minette says "who would want that job if it did come up". Not only that, but Minette, who's known for being a big supporter of RT, says she wouldn't want the job either...
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    AHDB study into imported grain standards

    The https://www.bfu.org.uk/ pushed for AHDB to do this piece of work. Project has now gone out to tender. Not sure what I think to the wording. Anyway, here it is.... https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/393981ef-6d21-4595-b149-0ce70cb1528e
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    RP28 Roofing over manure stores

    Anyone know if this is to roof over existing manure storage areas, or can it be for a brand new facility (not where an existing manure store is)?
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    Red Tractor at it again with the WWF

    Edit of original post:- Apparently this was released by RT back in October. I hadn't seen it. Does, however, show what we're up against. It isn't a farmer conspiracy theory that the GFC is linked to the WWF Basket. Original post..... Latest article published by Red Tractor. Looks like they're...
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    Poll: Cereals: How long since your last Red Tractor inspection?

    Would be interesting to find out how Red Tractor have been doing with their inspections. Honest answers please.
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    TFA press release about GFC and WWF Basket

    Well done TFA. Couldn't have said it better myself. We can't let retailers do this to us, and we can't let the GFC come into existence through a medium such as Red Tractor, where compliance becomes a condition of supply... with no remuneration mechanisms for the farmers. If anyone wants to...
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    Abi and Farmers Weekly, more Red Tractor revelations

    Governance at Red Tractor seems to be all over the place according to these reports. We've thought RT was out of control. Looks like it is? Question is, is a governance review going to be good enough? Does RT need scrapping? It doesn't seem to be working very well for farmers...
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    SAM2 followed by SAM3

    Is this feasible if we have a 1st March agreement start date. SAM 2 multi species winter cover of grass, legumes and herbs. Leave cover in place to provide the SAM3 from 1st March. Drill with wheat beginning of Oct. Also either use the the grazing/silage, or in my case, probably sell the...
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    BFU get a mention on farming chat show

    Well the message must be getting out there. BFU gets discussed in first few minutes of the show. See "Over The Pond" https://www.bektv.plus/videos/1702665856918-atp-20231214
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    BFU Flyer

    Hi everyone, @B'o'B has produced a new BFU flyer. Please fell free to share on the web, or get some print runs done and take to trade counters, farm events, etc. Single version for sharing. 2× A5 on A4 sheet for printing. Tff image uploads seems to be glitchy tonight. Click on the text for...
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    GFC disgrace: Here's what NFU, AHDB and RT have signed us up for

    I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it. Read on.... According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...
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    AHDB: answer to my question

    @AHDB this was my question and your response given below. The thread you replied to is closed for responses, so hence this thread. I'm not meaning for AHDB to undertake price negotiations. Maybe I wasn't very clear, I'll explain again. What I was suggesting is for AHDB to help producers set...
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    Abi Kay. Go Abi !!!

    So, this week Abi Kay Deputy Editor of Farmers Weekly wrote this article... https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/compliance/independence-of-red-tractor-review-under-threat Now Abi posted the below tweet. For those not on Twitter, here's what Abi wrote.... My name has been dragged through the mud...
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    BFU looking at Metacam cost

    Hi everyone, Please help, this is in farmers' best interests, as we are looking to ensure competition is working (or not!), and we aren't been overcharged. BFU have been approached to find out what farmers have been paying for Metacam (or generic alternative Meloxicam such as Loxicom). We need...
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