Warning: some elements of this post are a bit of a rant.
I think many if not all farmers assume that they need to grow their business. The mentality is that if you are not expanding, then you are standing still or even going backwards.
Where does this notion come from?
Take it to the logical...
See the EA and BBC are having another meltdown over some river bank maintenance... Need one every year or so.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66893750
Dave must be having orgasms... :rolleyes:
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Had an email from Farming Connect this week inviting me to a webinar about the scheme on the 25th at 7.30. I've never done one of these but I have registered and will see what happens...
5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try .
First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
I've got a 2017 D-Max, the 2.5L twin turbo, done 93k miles. A few months ago it started going into regen excessively, local garage had a look and couldn't find any faults in the sensors etc so last week the DPF was sent off for cleaning at a professional cleaning company and a new temp sensor...
I'm trying to apply for SFI with the online application and going for the hedge options as we have miles and miles of Cornish bank hedges.
Currently I have looked on RPA maps and the hedges are on there but in multiple sections to manually add up and often missing parts of hedges across fields...
None of them are what they could be ime. what are the differences, how can they be improved what is your experience /wish for them accepting that we are stuck with the actual use of them, that is..
So that if they so wished, to make their product better for the sheep (and the shepherd )...
Seen the latest proposals and I think it's better to be in than out , also learnt today mid tier will be incorporated in to SFI
So what are you doing , think I'll have a pop .
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Watching Harrys Farm this evening he mentioned a deadline for aplplication for SFI, as it is getting closer (he said August 18th) I thought that I ought to have a look.
It says apply from your normal RPA portal, off I go to that, press the SFI button, nothing there.
Is this just me?
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