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<blockquote data-quote="Grass And Grain" data-source="post: 8151113" data-attributes="member: 23184"><p>My takeaway is a very marginal increase in net profits, or a decline in net profits if trying to do the intermediate or higher levels (if you don't already practice the prescriptions).</p><p></p><p>Yes I could have worked that out for myself. In fact I'd done back of fag packet calculations to come up with similar conclusions.</p><p></p><p>AHDB shouldn't have spent any more than a few hundred pounds working this out and presenting the info. Farmers can get a quick assessment by just glancing at the AHDB article, so maybe that's fair enough AHDB work </p><p></p><p>Thinking positive, it might do us a favour long-term. DEFRA now have an initial assessment and advice from AHDB to their levy payers, which suggests SFI isn't going to be worth bothering with, and can in fact give you a negative margin, unless you are already doing those practices.</p><p></p><p>The real dissatisfaction of this thread should be aimed at DEFRA. Independent assessment by AHDB shows participation in some SFI standards is going to have a <strong>negative effect on net farm profits.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Nice one DEFRA</strong>! I really am quite perplexed DEFRA could conjure up such a complex and hopeless SFI. They can't surely expect anyone to take up SFI when the farmer is going to be worse off. So their target uptake will be over optimistic, and hence any environmental benefits will be minimal due to the poor uptake.</p><p></p><p>SFI is a wasted opportunity.</p><p></p><p>They couldn't have got it so badly wrong if they had tried. Disaster.</p><p></p><p>Personally I'd sack the whole lot of them and get a few straw chewers from tff to redesign. That is, unless, the intention was for low uptake, save DEFRA budget, or get the uneducated peasants to subsidise government climate change mitigation responsibilities.</p><p></p><p>I've just proof read the above text, wondering if it was too harsh. Conclusion, post this post unedited, it's not too harsh. That's sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grass And Grain, post: 8151113, member: 23184"] My takeaway is a very marginal increase in net profits, or a decline in net profits if trying to do the intermediate or higher levels (if you don't already practice the prescriptions). Yes I could have worked that out for myself. In fact I'd done back of fag packet calculations to come up with similar conclusions. AHDB shouldn't have spent any more than a few hundred pounds working this out and presenting the info. Farmers can get a quick assessment by just glancing at the AHDB article, so maybe that's fair enough AHDB work Thinking positive, it might do us a favour long-term. DEFRA now have an initial assessment and advice from AHDB to their levy payers, which suggests SFI isn't going to be worth bothering with, and can in fact give you a negative margin, unless you are already doing those practices. The real dissatisfaction of this thread should be aimed at DEFRA. Independent assessment by AHDB shows participation in some SFI standards is going to have a [B]negative effect on net farm profits. Nice one DEFRA[/B]! I really am quite perplexed DEFRA could conjure up such a complex and hopeless SFI. They can't surely expect anyone to take up SFI when the farmer is going to be worse off. So their target uptake will be over optimistic, and hence any environmental benefits will be minimal due to the poor uptake. SFI is a wasted opportunity. They couldn't have got it so badly wrong if they had tried. Disaster. Personally I'd sack the whole lot of them and get a few straw chewers from tff to redesign. That is, unless, the intention was for low uptake, save DEFRA budget, or get the uneducated peasants to subsidise government climate change mitigation responsibilities. I've just proof read the above text, wondering if it was too harsh. Conclusion, post this post unedited, it's not too harsh. That's sad. [/QUOTE]
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