My apologies if I haven't seen it for all it is. As I said, I'm no farmer.
It still seems to me that the only way forward for those that don't agree with it is to do something else. Small acorns and all that.....
You've already said that M&S and Sainsburys together with grain feed merchants don't buy in to it. There's a fair chunk of influence there. Can they not all work together with farmers who want a change? Get all the small, niche and premium quality food retailers on board too?
the way forward is happening already Pete - farmers are leaving in large numbers as information about how it all works and lack of anyuse is more readily available and can be seen for the corrupt self serving scam it all is
information is power and these days its far more available
their numbers are falling, a lot of whats left are people like you who are really just after a discount on their insurance ! or wannabes future officers who can smell the gravy