Brexit Opportunities Minister calls for farming to be deregulated
News26 Apr 2022Abi Kay
The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has called for the farming industry to be deregulated.
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As above. Interested to see the answer to the above simple question. I think the current consultation is merely tinkering at the edges. I can only speak for cereal farmers but interested in responses from all farmers to get a sense of feeling as it seemed other sectors were disappointed with the...
Just a heads up there are 10 Nroso points available from the Inatreq learning centre, just completed it, very informative and well presented, so well done Corteva!
Didn't know Jurgen Klopp had a second job! ;)
https://www.corteva.co.uk/inatreq-learning-centre.html
got an email today from nfu asking me to fill in a survey re our current situation , thought fine will have a go 2nd or 3rd question was how many kg/ha of nitrogen do I apply to crops , .Thats me out as I pay rent for the land I farm at so much an acre count my yields in tons/acre and...
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As well as a busy programme of speakers, plus nine halls packed with the latest machinery and technology, visitors to LAMMA 2022 have chance to access valuable opportunities for professional development. As well as informal learning...
This isn't an April Fool.
If you are professionally applying plant protection products in agriculture or amenity, you will need to register by 22 June 2022. This is a new legal requirement, regardless of size of your business. The requirement is governed by the Official Controls (Plant...
Aye-up,
as per title.
Now I’m not having a go at you personally, so don’t trot out all the usual “ooh, I think I’m offended by your complaint”, but what a useless shower of shite on a Sunday organisation you work for.
The amount of time NROSO get my points wrong is amazing. I would have...
"You can see why U.K. Ag is stuffed really. Farmers come on here grateful they can maybe, with a fair wind and lots of luck make £5 an acre after betting the farm on mega high input prices.
Like the NFU with RT it seems like some kind of badge of honour to many farmers to be able to close the...
Moderators note: Original Title- “Martin Grantley Smith sacked” which was corected in posts 3 and 10.
from the AHDB. He’s been caught colluding behind the scenes with the NFU, RT and AIC. Emails obtained via FOI show this collusion against U.K. farmers.
So recently appointed deputy president of the NFU Tom Bradshaw who recent was tasked in leading a ”independant” NFU consultation into Red Tractor has been appointed to the Red Tractor board
it’s almost buying believe this, the conflict of interest is huge, frankly it’s corrupt
the timing is...
It's a bit early really, but we've just started selling tickets to this years show (22/23rd June 2022). Every year I tell everyone that they shouldn't hang about too long as we're going to sell out and this years no different. We've got room this year for a few more (post covid), but there's a...
Would you like to :
Save fuel.
Reduce the number of cultivation passes.
Reduce your reliance on weather.
Make harvesting easier.
Increase planting rate.
Make management easier.
We are achieving this on our own fields and I would like share it but would like to get some monetary reward from...
Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
Corteva Agriscience has launched a new platform for farmers and agronomists to earn CPD points while learning about its new cereal fungicide molecule. The Inatreq Learning Centre went live on 18 February and offers users a series of informative...
Just heard Bayer have called Force Majeure on their glyphosate contracts....!
It's going to be a rocky ride ahead.
With this and fertiliser prices it's looking quite attractive to fallow things next year.
In a master stroke moment of out of the box blue sky high level thought , I have solved the problem of the burden of farm bureaucracy that fills so many of us with dread.
There is some maths involved but hang in there …
DEFRA employees : 10,250
EA employees: 10,600 x25% : 2650
FWAG employees ...
Is anybody else having problems with these absolute loons?
Claiming I haven’t paid.
Claiming I haven’t achieved enough points, when I sent evidence when I paid.
Absolute joke.
Come on sort yourselves out, everybody else seems to function acceptably in spite of Covid.
Hi all
So - working with an organisation that has funding to do workshops for farmers/landowners in South East - looking at water quality/ soil management/ nature based solutions - nothing new in the topics now - but we want these workshops to be useful so - if you wanted a workshop that...
In the Somerset area
Looking for employment ideally 2-3 days a week (can be flexible as I have sheep of my own. 47 years old, Full licence with trailer, Tickets for Telehandler, Tractor, chainsaw,Brushcutter PA Spraying (no nroso) can lay a block and weld.
As a cereal farmer we all have to produce crops within the rules set out by government such as crop sprayer MOT, NROSO, Safe storage of grain, fuel storage, fertiliser storage etc etc.
We’ve had EA, Natural England, Defra and Trading Stadards inspections over the last 5 years.
We then have to...
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