Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
I haven’t read it myself. Might be interesting to see what it is like.
Are we farming through a "boom period"?
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I haven’t read it myself. Might be interesting to see what it is like.
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
I'll get a copy & post it on after
- Location
- somerset
well, there is a vacancy ...........................Talkin the job up like that, he must be positioning himself for chancellor.
but hopefully, he won't get it.
lts a shame one of farming's best MP's, went and did a bloody stupid, idiotic thing, we need someone decent in guv.
Compared to what we are seeing, Parish was at least honourable, and resigned pretty quickly, the present lot, will have to be dragged screaming and kicking, out the door. Fully agree he was a stupid twatt, but it would seem to be rather a lot, of scandals emerging, with regular revelations, of sordid behaviour. To be honest, l wish he was still there.
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- somerset
good old e'bay.
not good old e'bay, £9.19 cheapest on there.
Yes I agree with you about Tim Farron, he's a good supporter of ag, best in recent years from the tories I would say was Rory Stewart but think he left the party, couldn't work with Boris
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
This may not be a popular thing to say on here, but most farmers will be the very last to see increases in our prices.
I‘m quite sure that across the political spectrum it will be assumed that rising food prices means that we’re getting paid more. Neither the politicians or the general public seem to realise that it’s the middle men, the processors and the retailers who are pocketing the difference, not us. They have increases in costs of course, but can pass it on whereas we can’t.
It’s not politically palatable to see food prices rise and with a few rare exceptions we can expect to remain at the bottom of the pile I’m afraid.
I‘m quite sure that across the political spectrum it will be assumed that rising food prices means that we’re getting paid more. Neither the politicians or the general public seem to realise that it’s the middle men, the processors and the retailers who are pocketing the difference, not us. They have increases in costs of course, but can pass it on whereas we can’t.
It’s not politically palatable to see food prices rise and with a few rare exceptions we can expect to remain at the bottom of the pile I’m afraid.
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Yes, this is the usually the case.
The Cereals Event Farmer Advisory Board were asked who it wanted to invite to the Event.
Useless was fairly unanimously voted NOT to invite him!
We were aware that he might turn up anyway.
However, so many times in the past, some Govt crisis has happened the day before and they don’t turn up, even when invited.
I suggested and would like to have invited @Janet Hughes Defra to it. But somebody more vocal, who is fairly well known and a definite NFU supporter from Lincolnshire was against the idea!
Bearing in mind how Dazed and Confused we seemed to be with ELMs, she probably could have and would have helped us have a greater understanding of it. Far more so that the on-mass Land agents were in trying to pedal their wares.
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- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Not technically true.
It was Barclays Bank that forced the situation. His father fought it with the help of a very good Law Firm and won. Then wrote the book about it called ‘To Hell with the Bank’.
Nonetheless, No smoke without Fire.
I had seriously hoped that coming from a farming background that had suffered serious adversity, that Useless might have been a good Sec of State for EFRA.
I have been very disappointed!
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- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
I personally think it is a boom time for farmers.
Wheat
Coarse grains
Oilseeds
Cotton
Wool
Beef
Lamb
all at higher levels this year than I’ve ever seen
demand is increasing
production will reduce from war, climate change, desertification, irrigation aquifers being depleted. . .
we have more access to information & advice than ever before.
We have the benefit of generations of wisdom behind us & the best of technology ahead of us.
We can pick & chose the best of the past & the future
yes, there ARE challenges, but I think we are better placed than just about any other sector of industry
having said that, I am speaking from our perspective. If you are reliant on the public purse & the goodwill of the tax payer - you might be fûched . . .
Wheat
Coarse grains
Oilseeds
Cotton
Wool
Beef
Lamb
all at higher levels this year than I’ve ever seen
demand is increasing
production will reduce from war, climate change, desertification, irrigation aquifers being depleted. . .
we have more access to information & advice than ever before.
We have the benefit of generations of wisdom behind us & the best of technology ahead of us.
We can pick & chose the best of the past & the future
yes, there ARE challenges, but I think we are better placed than just about any other sector of industry
having said that, I am speaking from our perspective. If you are reliant on the public purse & the goodwill of the tax payer - you might be fûched . . .
Chris123
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- Location
- Shropshire
What are you being paid for wool at the moment, it’s a pittance here. What breed of sheep is it off merino?
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
im not a woolgrower & don’t know exact prices, but I do know that fine wool prices are good & the product is in demand
coarse wool has never been worth that much here, hence the focus on fine wool
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Do you have a cartel situation in your customers?
Just asking, as it is very much what we face here.
I would say that the taxpayer shows us goodwill. It’s the govt and its advisors that are the problem here.
He certainly would not be a good candidate.. trust me i know him well...
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- Owaka, New Zealand
I'd say well through, we may be a few hours ahead of you but I'm watching the credits
- Location
- North Norfolk
Not just the Danes, also British dairy farmers who are Arla members get a share.Lucky Danes!
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Would be a bugger if you had spent more on inputs, on the strength of that prediction
I am struggling to see why good clever people continually take a huge risk to make it ever easier for people they don't even know by name.
Do all these useless eaters with something to say about farming:
"wrecking the environment"
"lamb's too expensive"
"beef kills rainforests"
even deserve to be fed at all?
My vote is they harness these slobs to either power a grist mill, or take their turn at whipping the others, if they're that concerned about efficiency.
They then may develop a sense of what it is to be effective contributors to society....