4page Jeremy Clarkson Sunday Times Supplement on Farming 30/5/21

[Pilatus]

You might want to try and get a copy of todays Sunday Times for this !!!

 

[bluebell]

i for one, dont like this new form of making money from talking, writing making amazon films about farming ? started 20 odd years ago with jimmy farm on TV ? seems the latest fashion the luvvies now have todo make a tv series about farming ? The actual business of running a farm is not the main object its the money made off the programme, if looking at the returns from farming its pretty poor? but you get the perks being a celebrity such as tax breaks, somewhere nice to build a big house ?

 

[upnortheast]

In the summary I saw he did say he origonaly though farming was a doddle until he got involved. He was surprised how hard farming was. Constant battle with the weather, low profitability etc etc.

So if the message is it is bloody difficult producing quality food at a reasonable price, that is no bad thing

 

[Formatted]

i for one, dont like this new form of making money from talking, writing making amazon films about farming ?

Would your rather we use the horse and plough?

 

[Treemover]

In the summary I saw he did say he origonaly though farming was a doddle until he got involved. He was surprised how hard farming was. Constant battle with the weather, low profitability etc etc.

So if the message is it is bloody difficult producing quality food at a reasonable price, that is no bad thing

I agree. I think Jeremy has a good way of getting the point across. We dont have to agree with him, nor wonder about accuracy, but even though he does go for sensationalism to a degree, some of his points are worth the debate.

I agree with his statement of getting rid of defra. we have similar issues here in Ireland with our dept of agriculture. So having someone looking to cull civil servants isnt a bad thing. It will never happen, but if people make enough noise about some of the ridiculous stuff that comes out of these bodies, maybe they might be more realistic with some of the rules they enforce

 

[M-J-G]

i for one, dont like this new form of making money from talking, writing making amazon films about farming ? started 20 odd years ago with jimmy farm on TV ? seems the latest fashion the luvvies now have todo make a tv series about farming ? The actual business of running a farm is not the main object its the money made off the programme, if looking at the returns from farming its pretty poor? but you get the perks being a celebrity such as tax breaks, somewhere nice to build a big house ?

Jimmy was a disgrace and painted farming in a horrific light with his terrible welfare and terrible attitude.
I hope Clarkson doesn't do the same, I'd guess not.

 

[Jerry]

The trailer...,,,and no not one with wheels!

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Jimmy was a disgrace and painted farming in a horrific light with his terrible welfare and terrible attitude.
I hope Clarkson doesn't do the same, I'd guess not.

Jimmy was clueless but thought that he knew it all, whereas Clarkson will make a virtue of being clueless.

 

[renewablejohn]

Jimmy was clueless but thought that he knew it all, whereas Clarkson will make a virtue of being clueless.

I think this could really work. A clueless person (not personally clueless just farming clueless) like Clarkson could really expose how clueless DEFRA really are. Whereas we all know how clueless Defra are but because we have always known this we have now come to accept it as normal and nothing can be done about it.

 

[Scrow]

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

a share token for the article of anyone wants to read it.

it's long but interesting.
looking forward to watching

 

[s line]

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.co.uk

a share token for the article of anyone wants to read it.

it's long but interesting.
looking forward to watching

Thanks for that .A great read.

 

[redsloe]

In the summary I saw he did say he origonaly though farming was a doddle until he got involved. He was surprised how hard farming was. Constant battle with the weather, low profitability etc etc.

So if the message is it is bloody difficult producing quality food at a reasonable price, that is no bad thing

More or less said all that on the Jonathan Ross show the other night.

 

[bluebell]

got all that free publicity and was paid for it ? the money just keeps on rolling in ? then the books and tat come out for the chrismas market ? like these multimillonare luvvies writing books about bringing up babies and preaching how hard it is ? these people preach like their your mates ? what do they do or live in thats the same as their fans ?

 

[Nearly]

'When his land agent points out his flock is losing money in feed and vet’s bills he still can’t bring himself to get rid of them.'

Lose the agent?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

'When his land agent points out his flock is losing money in feed and vet’s bills he still can’t bring himself to get rid of them.'

Lose the agent?

Land Agent? Wouldn't the article mean Agronomist walking the crops with him?

 

[Nearly]

Land Agent? Wouldn't the article mean Agronomist walking the crops with him?

Probably some farm consultant taking a good wage out of the job.

 

[Raider112]

Probably some farm consultant taking a good wage out of the job.

Which could be the reason he isn't making any money.