and here come the NFU....

[delilah]

winning the ball well in midfield.....it's a quiet news day so on the attack.....past the central defender Monbiot with ease, pointing out that this is the day in 2019 when the UK runs out of home produced food.......bearing down on goal.....surely they will tuck it into the bottom corner, in a week when everyone has been talking about the environment, by pointing out that home production is the best way to tackle climate change............they shoot......oh no ! blazed it over the bar by talking about Brexit!............52% of the crowd are heading for the turnstiles...or is it 48%....who cares.......relegation beckons.

 

[spin cycle]

bit like stoke city then

 

[Gong Farmer]

VAR shows they were offside anyway.

 

[Guy Smith]

The NFU is calling on the government to make a strong commitment to British farming to ensure a secure supply of home-grown food for shoppers after new figures put the UK’s self-sufficiency at 61%.
The call comes on 11 August, the day the country would notionally have run out of food if we had only eaten British food from 1 January 2019. The NFU’s ambition is for British farming to produce more food for a growing population while at the same time delivering on an ambitious plan to achieve net zero in agricultural emissions by 2040.
NFU President Minette Batters said:
“British farming has a great story to tell. From West Country Red Tractor assured beef to Welsh lamb, Cumbrian sausages to Kent strawberries, and Herefordshire apples to Wensleydale cheese – our farmers and growers are delivering some of the highest quality food in the world.
“But we also deliver so much more. When people buy British food they are buying into standards that protect and enhance our natural resources and iconic landscapes. They are buying into world-leading standards of animal welfare, and they are buying into the role farmers are playing in combatting the climate change challenge that is facing us all.

“But there is a lot at stake. This autumn is critical to the future of British farming and with it our ability to feed ourselves.

“We need a clear pledge from government that it will not let our current self-sufficiency levels fall below today’s 61%. Our self-sufficiency has declined over recent years and our political leaders need to take this seriously. While we will never be completely self-sufficient as a country it is vital that Britain takes its role as a food producer for its growing population seriously and does not rely on the rest of the world – with wildly varying standards of production – to feed our population which is likely to grow to 73 million people in 20 years’ time.

“For our part, British farming is entering a new era. We have set our ambition to be net zero by 2040 and with the right food and farming polices in place I believe we have the right roadmap to deliver.

“We are ready and able to drive productivity while using less inputs and in smarter ways, we are ready and able to plant bigger hedgerows, more woodland, and secure more carbon rich soils, and we are ready and able to contribute more to renewable energy combined with carbon capture and storage in our grasslands used for grazing."

“British farming is the backbone of the country’s largest manufacturing industry; food and drink. It contributes more than £120 billion to the UK economy and employs almost four million people.
“In the next few weeks we will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape our future. I hope today acts a wake-up call for all those in power to look at what can be gained and also what is at stake.”

 

[Guy Smith]

Make sure you take in the whole match, not just the edited highlights.

 

[czechmate]

bit like stoke city then

It brought back the memories of Ade Akinbiyi to me

 

[delilah]

Make sure you take in the whole match, not just the edited highlights.

I - like the rest of the listening public - can only take what I hear in the report.
All the report talked about was Brexit, no mention of the environment.
Fair play for being the main story on national news though.

 

[delilah]

bit like stoke city then

I went yesterday, hence the comparison

 

[kiwi pom]

The NFU is calling on the government to make a strong commitment to British farming to ensure a secure supply of home-grown food for shoppers after new figures put the UK’s self-sufficiency at 61%.
The call comes on 11 August, the day the country would notionally have run out of food if we had only eaten British food from 1 January 2019. The NFU’s ambition is for British farming to produce more food for a growing population while at the same time delivering on an ambitious plan to achieve net zero in agricultural emissions by 2040.
NFU President Minette Batters said:
“British farming has a great story to tell. From West Country Red Tractor assured beef to Welsh lamb, Cumbrian sausages to Kent strawberries, and Herefordshire apples to Wensleydale cheese – our farmers and growers are delivering some of the highest quality food in the world.
“But we also deliver so much more. When people buy British food they are buying into standards that protect and enhance our natural resources and iconic landscapes. They are buying into world-leading standards of animal welfare, and they are buying into the role farmers are playing in combatting the climate change challenge that is facing us all.

“We need a clear pledge from government that it will not let our current self-sufficiency levels fall below today’s 61%. Our self-sufficiency has declined over recent years and our political leaders need to take this seriously. While we will never be completely self-sufficient as a country it is vital that Britain takes its role as a food producer for its growing population seriously and does not rely on the rest of the world – with wildly varying standards of production – to feed our population which is likely to grow to 73 million people in 20 years’ time.


“British farming is the backbone of the country’s largest manufacturing industry; food and drink. It contributes more than £120 billion to the UK economy and employs almost four million people.
“In the next few weeks we will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape our future. I hope today acts a wake-up call for all those in power to look at what can be gained and also what is at stake.”

Oh come on Guy you've gone and buggered up a perfectly good NFU bashing thread
Could have at least waited until page 10.

 

[Treg]

The NFU is calling on the government to make a strong commitment to British farming to ensure a secure supply of home-grown food for shoppers after new figures put the UK’s self-sufficiency at 61%.
The call comes on 11 August, the day the country would notionally have run out of food if we had only eaten British food from 1 January 2019. The NFU’s ambition is for British farming to produce more food for a growing population while at the same time delivering on an ambitious plan to achieve net zero in agricultural emissions by 2040.
NFU President Minette Batters said:
“British farming has a great story to tell. From West Country Red Tractor assured beef to Welsh lamb, Cumbrian sausages to Kent strawberries, and Herefordshire apples to Wensleydale cheese – our farmers and growers are delivering some of the highest quality food in the world.
“But we also deliver so much more. When people buy British food they are buying into standards that protect and enhance our natural resources and iconic landscapes. They are buying into world-leading standards of animal welfare, and they are buying into the role farmers are playing in combatting the climate change challenge that is facing us all.

“We need a clear pledge from government that it will not let our current self-sufficiency levels fall below today’s 61%. Our self-sufficiency has declined over recent years and our political leaders need to take this seriously. While we will never be completely self-sufficient as a country it is vital that Britain takes its role as a food producer for its growing population seriously and does not rely on the rest of the world – with wildly varying standards of production – to feed our population which is likely to grow to 73 million people in 20 years’ time.


“British farming is the backbone of the country’s largest manufacturing industry; food and drink. It contributes more than £120 billion to the UK economy and employs almost four million people.
“In the next few weeks we will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape our future. I hope today acts a wake-up call for all those in power to look at what can be gained and also what is at stake.”

Thank you @Guy Smith , I think that's put across in a good way without bashing other countries or people's life styles ( which I would do ) .

 

[Chae1]

Well done for doing something and pointing this out.

The power outage on Friday should have pointed out what we all take for granted too. Was it organised by nfu?

We are at the end of the day just a little island.

 

[Guy Smith]

Oh come on Guy you've gone and buggered up a perfectly good NFU bashing thread
Could have at least waited until page 10.

Yes apologies, I was forgetting my TFF protocol. I should have waited for GUTH to come in with one of his heated anti-NFU rants and then Clive to have started another one of his attacks on our comms staff for not working at weekends - despite the fact it's Sunday.

As for Delilah criticising us for not being on 100% control of what the BBC put out - well sorry to disappoint.

But as for the positive remarks about it being a good positive story about the importance of UK food production. You are most kind. I will pass them on to our hard working and highly effective comms team.

 

[Bald Rick]

61% self sufficiency is appalling esp when Bozza rips our kecks down, gives us a dry rogering and generally messes everything up.
Be down to 40% or less within two years

 

[delilah]

Yes apologies, I was forgetting my TFF protocol. I should have waited for GUTH to come in with one of his heated anti-NFU rants and then Clive to have started another one of his attacks on our comms staff for not working at weekends - despite the fact it's Sunday.

As for Delilah criticising us for not being on 100% control of what the BBC put out - well sorry to disappoint.

But as for the positive remarks about it being a good positive story about the importance of UK food production. You are most kind. I will pass them on to our hard working and highly effective comms team.

There's something not right here.

That press release doesn't mention Brexit. The news headline story - and that is what matters here as it is what the public heard - only talked about food self sufficiency in the context of Brexit. Your team sheet bears no relation to what happened on the pitch. Why would that be ? Because the BBC twisted it off their own back? Or because they spoke to someone and that conversation turned it into a Brexit story ?

Genuine questions; as you are already aware those of us who criticise the NFU only do so in a spirit of wanting a better outcome.

 

[gone up the hill]

Yes apologies, I was forgetting my TFF protocol. I should have waited for GUTH to come in with one of his heated anti-NFU rants and then Clive to have started another one of his attacks on our comms staff for not working at weekends - despite the fact it's Sunday.

As for Delilah criticising us for not being on 100% control of what the BBC put out - well sorry to disappoint.

But as for the positive remarks about it being a good positive story about the importance of UK food production. You are most kind. I will pass them on to our hard working and highly effective comms team.

Well as you have dragged me into this I will have my say!

1 : The industry being carbon neutral by 2040?

Can you explain how the NFU intends this to work in practice and just how many billions will it cost the industry to comply with??

2 : You say that you want British farmers to grow more food?

Great and I agree with that, the problem is that the foods were are already producing are making much less than the COP for them let alone any profit, take beef for example, current prices are diabolical and totally unsustainable for either the short or long term, if current low prices continue then instead of producing more beef we will end up producing far less than we currently are!

3 : What are you doing about the totally unsustainable prices/ red tape that is strangling the beef/ sheep industry?? ( for example the 6 day rule that needs kicking into the long grass )

....

Untill you do something about farmers getting a bigger share of the retail price than they currently get then its very unlikely UK food production will rise much if anything and perhaps you need to focus on issues like that than the zero carbon issue by 2040 which we all know is totally unworkable in the modern age and no other country in the world has/ will try to enforce that nonsense on their farming industry!

And yes you should have the Comms staff working on Sundays, you need to join the modern world and media is 24/7 now, no reason why you cannot have your staff working shifts 24/7 instead of just 9 am-5pm Monday to Friday!

 

[SilliamWhale]

61% self sufficiency is appalling esp when Bozza rips our kecks down, gives us a dry rogering and generally messes everything up.
Be down to 40% or less within two years

I think you have a bit of an obsession developing...

 

[___\0/___]

Genuine questions; as you are already aware those of us who criticise the NFU only do so in a spirit of wanting a better outcome.

I think it's very obvious on to people reading these forums some people are and some aren't.

 

[Bald Rick]

I think you have a bit of an obsession developing...

Comes from being fingered on a regular basis.

 

[wanton dwarf]

I - like the rest of the listening public - can only take what I hear in the report.
All the report talked about was Brexit, no mention of the environment.
Fair play for being the main story on national news though.

I'll refer you to your niave post about the BBC being "Given" the right information to get the right results. The BBC want a story and they have a Liberal Left agenda. You will NOT get what you want out of the BBC, you will be given what they perceive is required.

The BBC reported UK farmers growing maize as the cause of the Somerset floods .. and it took the intervention of David Cameron the prime minister to actually get SOME of the truth out there. The BBC NEVER published the facts regardless.


The "Environment" & "Environmentalists" are obviously inherently based in Far Left parties.

And given the lies spread by "Environmentalists" such as in exporting "Plastic Recycling" only for it to be dumped in the oceans .. personally I would say a lot of these opportunists are environmental terrorists.

Those quoting the "Environment" have turned it into a dirty word .. synominous with corruption and massive double standards .. such as billionaires like Branson advocating "Space Tourism".

You only have to listen and watch the Spring Watch episode where a badger swam across a river to raid ground nesting birds broods to see and hear how biased the BBC is .. the BBC is full of Far Left propaganda & dogma, it is wholely unable to ever tell the truth.


Brexit I hope will bring about a renaissance where finally Liberal & Socialists dogma & propaganda is finally removed from the core of UK politics.

I cannot wait for the establishment to begin losing THEIR jobs en masse .. a good starting point will be the complete removal of EU LIFE funding. Get rid of these pointless and unproductive "Environmentalists" which cause pollution & environmental damage on a national & international scale.

 

[Wooly]

Make sure you take in the whole match, not just the edited highlights.

Could you edit out the Red Tractor bit as well ................. that will save UK farmers a heap of money and stress !!

Thank you.