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    Red Tractor : suitable detergent/disinfectant?🤷‍♂️

    After having been castrated!
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    Management payments

    My offer is still showing the £20/Ha rate, the offer came through this week.
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    SFI SSSi consent from Natural England

    It's going to be 2 months later than hoped, but I can still make it work. It won't be quite such a convenient end brake point at the end, but hopefully not a disaster for the options selected.
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    SFI SSSi consent from Natural England

    I’ve now got my SFI offer through!
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    SFI SSSi consent from Natural England

    Mine arrived back from NE midway through my meeting with NAO, but I didn't see the email until this morning. NE came in for particularly heavy criticism from multiple people over multiple issues during the meeting.
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    SFI SSSi consent from Natural England

    4 and a half weeks waiting to hear back from NE about my SFI and still in limbo. I’ve just tried to call RPA to see if there is any progress, but they are experiencing the usual “unusually high number of calls” so I’ve joined the queue to be called back. I’m taking part in a National Audit...
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    New John Deere RX

    I suspect anyone buying one in the UK it would be to suit their "wants" rather than their "needs".
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    Health & safety visit.

    H&S inspectors don’t need to worry about repeat business. A few years ago they would be helpful and offer helpful advice and only charge you if they found something really bad. Now they look to find a reason to make their visit “chargeable” by finding any fault. They are still happy to stand...
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    Red tractor stakeholder survey on governance

    That would, on the face of it make a muddle of the second review before it has even started. Are the people that fed into the first review going to be allowed to feed into the second review? If so their views will be double counted. The views from the first review are supposed to be anonymized...
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    Red tractor stakeholder survey on governance

    I note that the feedback of both the TFA and @AIMS appears to have been missed out from the Cambell-Tickell report. A search of the document reveals no mention of their names. I also not that the report says "1.7 In any case, we have found that the Red Tractor’s procedures were followed and...
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    SFI SSSi consent from Natural England

    I wouldn’t bet on it. They objected to their own planning application! https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/24/cornwall-natural-england-opposes-its-own-development-plans-19710536/
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    SFI SSSi consent from Natural England

    Same issue with my SFI application, an SSSI reservoir adjacent one side of the farm and a quarry adjacent the other end. Ironically the quarry was designated an SSSI as the rock face had an interesting geological fault, which is now long ago carted away!
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    AHDB announce Ministers have approved levy increase

    It was the AgriLeader event. https://ahdb.org.uk/AgriLeader-forum-2024
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    AHDB announce Ministers have approved levy increase

    If you go on YouTube and search for AgriLeader there are some videos.
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    AHDB announce Ministers have approved levy increase

    I went to this (and the 2 previous ones). It’s a good jolly, it’s not the type of event I’d normally go to, I’ve paid for it anyway (via levy) so I feel I might as well make the most of it. I have no idea how much the whole shebang, but it wouldn’t be cheap. I did meet some very interesting...
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    AHDB announce Ministers have approved levy increase

    I’m glad you feel you’re getting value for your levy. A proper consultation process would have allowed both positive and negative views to be given.
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    AHDB announce Ministers have approved levy increase

    I feel the AHDB "consultation" over the levy increase was a complete sham. I was never asked if I approved of the levy increase, or given an opportunity to give any feedback on the proposed levy increase. I remember being told a levy increase was being applied for, but that is not a...
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    Red tractor stakeholder survey on governance

    You must have a very vivid imagination!! 🤣
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    Red Tractor at it again with the WWF

    I have added a bit more to my post above. I think the feedback from the C-T questionnaire has made a difference since that statement was made by RT
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    Red Tractor at it again with the WWF

    https://redtractorassurance.org.uk/news/red-tractor-puts-new-standards-and-additional-modules-on-hold-until-nfu-completes-independent-review-of-governance/ Above is the latest statement from RT on GFC. They state GFC is only paused until the end of the 1st review, so no farmer input and no...
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