36 years ago as today we spent £1600 on new muck spreader

solo

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Location
worcestershire
There was a FHDS (farm and horticultural development scheme?)grant scheme available in the late 70’s and early 80’s I seem to recall. It was before my farming career. Just earwigging as a junior in those days.:D Quite a lot of shiny metal arrived here in the early 1980’s on the back of it I guess:)
 

Hilly

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Prices from the past seem to upset me. Dad often talks about how they bought this and that for what now seems very little.

As I always say to him. It may have been tough but at least you could buy it.

I guess my tales of the past will be something like.. "when we were going to buy a new tractor and loader back in 2018 it was 70odd thousand, so we didn't"
Could be worse, you story could go like this, I bought a new tractor for 70+k and in three years it was only worth 20k , or even better i bought a good secondhand one 10 years ago for 20k and now its worth 22k and i have put 10k hrs on it. Take your pick.
 

David.

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Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
There was a FHDS (farm and horticultural development scheme?)grant scheme available in the late 70’s and early 80’s I seem to recall. It was before my farming career. Just earwigging as a junior in those days.:D Quite a lot of shiny metal arrived here in the early 1980’s on the back of it I guess:)
I can still remember my grandfather being outraged that "The Gov't had bought (some near neighbours) a new tractor" under FHDS; a scheme that his principles would not let him take part in:rolleyes:.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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