Foregoneconclusion
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Tb reading of 5 IR animals on 22nd of April.
5 were repeat IR's
Bugger.
2 weeks later i rang APHA to ask why i had not been contacted.. vets did likewise.. no response.. well it was a friday..!
So following Monday i rang them again.. all hell breaks loose with panic almost at palpable levels during repeated 'phone calls and agitated admin staff we got confirmation that the behemoth of vaccuous policy was finally moving.
2 days later i got 2 envelopes... with only 4 of the 5 repeats on the list.. day after 2 more envelopes and accompanying rainforest of forms designed 20 years ago complete with really helpful web links in blue and underlined so i could see them easily and click on them.... then a further 2 enevelopes with re-interpreted test results and accompanying news.
Then Sat 4 more envelopes...with more guff and witless information like make sure badgers can't get at feed troughs/ water troughs, and make sure your buildings are badger proof..Both incredibly useful if i was 5 and don't graze my livestock...etc
so that is 9 envelopes in the space of a week... and a delay of 3 weeks in dealing with reactors.
Why are these folk still sending stuff out by post ..frequently with identical info ..
Valuer came this morning..
he was late because the AHLA had given him the wrong postcode.... despite me giving the hq clear instructions ..
As a Dairy farmer in Wales of some 25 years I am used to witless empty headed policy and the carrying out of said policy but this ridiculous avalance of papers and delay had elevated my irritation to previously unknown heights...
5 were repeat IR's
Bugger.
2 weeks later i rang APHA to ask why i had not been contacted.. vets did likewise.. no response.. well it was a friday..!
So following Monday i rang them again.. all hell breaks loose with panic almost at palpable levels during repeated 'phone calls and agitated admin staff we got confirmation that the behemoth of vaccuous policy was finally moving.
2 days later i got 2 envelopes... with only 4 of the 5 repeats on the list.. day after 2 more envelopes and accompanying rainforest of forms designed 20 years ago complete with really helpful web links in blue and underlined so i could see them easily and click on them.... then a further 2 enevelopes with re-interpreted test results and accompanying news.
Then Sat 4 more envelopes...with more guff and witless information like make sure badgers can't get at feed troughs/ water troughs, and make sure your buildings are badger proof..Both incredibly useful if i was 5 and don't graze my livestock...etc
so that is 9 envelopes in the space of a week... and a delay of 3 weeks in dealing with reactors.
Why are these folk still sending stuff out by post ..frequently with identical info ..
Valuer came this morning..
he was late because the AHLA had given him the wrong postcode.... despite me giving the hq clear instructions ..
As a Dairy farmer in Wales of some 25 years I am used to witless empty headed policy and the carrying out of said policy but this ridiculous avalance of papers and delay had elevated my irritation to previously unknown heights...
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