BFU

[Hfd Cattle]

i'm a member who are these people can't find any info on it could be me not looking hard enough but is it a secret already

The initial steering groups details will be available shortly.
The details couldn't be released until the first official meeting and full agreement had been passed ...which it was.
I imagine once the minutes have been written up then it will be on the BFU website .

 

[Hfd Cattle]

i'm a member who are these people can't find any info on it could be me not looking hard enough but is it a secret already

..an open invitation went out on the BFU thread for any interested persons to come forward and thats basically how it came about.

The last thing we want is any secrecy .

 

[Hfd Cattle]

How many are parting with 2 or 3 hundred quid to RT and are complaining about them .....but are reluctant to spend a tenner on an organisation that might well be able to bring RT to reality again .....amongst other things .

Just join up and help from within rather than criticise from without .

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Of course, like the NFU, it will require members to get off their arsed and get involved. Not just paying subs and the complaining the organisation doesn’t represent them.

Just saying…

To a degree.

If I pay a tenner to a fledgling organisation, I expect to do some leg work.
When I paid £400+ to a long established union, I expected them to have a good idea what my interests were.

 

[Treg]

£10 is a Portion of fish and chips.

Crikey where can you get fish & chips for that price

 

[texelburger]

Well I thought I had joined at the start but must have done something wrong as no payment went out.So as of last night I am now a member,yippee!
Thanks to all the people working hard behind the scenes to get this movement off the ground.

 

[Henarar]

Crikey where can you get fish & chips for that price

The BFU
Big Friendly Underwater-supply-shop

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Crikey where can you get fish & chips for that price

Child's portion ..must be

 

[warksfarmer]

Iv got a feeling, hope im wrong mind that the nfu will dig their heels in against the BFU incase it upsets their gravy train.

The NFU can’t do anything about it. They have no control over who joins a union even if the person is also an Nfu member.

Once BFU’s numbers are up at significant levels then the weakness of the Nfu will be fully shown. They’ve less than 15,000 farmer members presently so it won’t be long before the BFU is the biggest ‘farmer only’ union in the country.

Local MP’s are receptive already and as said roads into Westminster are in process.

The NFU will become the union for none farming members such as processors and supermarkets etc.

 

[J 1177]

The NFU can’t do anything about it. They have no control over who joins a union even if the person is also an Nfu member.

Once BFU’s numbers are up at significant levels then the weakness of the Nfu will be fully shown. They’ve less than 15,000 farmer members presently so it won’t be long before the BFU is the biggest ‘farmer only’ union in the country.

Local MP’s are receptive already and as said roads into Westminster are in process.

The NFU will become the union for none farming members such as processors and supermarkets etc.

I hope so i really do. Just i think there may be a teddies out of the pram moment with them.

 

[tje]

I hope so i really do. Just i think there may be a teddies out of the pram moment with them.

Of course there will be , might get quite nasty . The people of the NFU gravy train aren't going to go quietly , way too much to loose.

 

[teslacoils]

Tbh, if the NFU wants to adopt our ideas I'd have no problem with that.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

I hope so i really do. Just i think there may be a teddies out of the pram moment with them.

Might not be a bad thing .......

 

[beardface]

All I'll say is that at some point you will need to engage/include the corporate/processor side of industry. Otherwise the sum of your achievments will be zero in the political world as you'll struggle to gain the necessary connections and NFU will try hamstring BFU at every opportunity.

 

[ollie989898]

All I'll say is that at some point you will need to engage/include the corporate/processor side of industry. Otherwise the sum of your achievments will be zero in the political world as you'll struggle to gain the necessary connections and NFU will try hamstring BFU at every opportunity.

I very much doubt any BFU member will want any of the processors, retailers, corporates or supply industry companies as actual members. Once the BFU has the numbers on it's side, it can engage with these organisations and say: 'we represent the interests of X thousand farmers'. I am sure this will give the necessary leverage for any required connections.

The NFU can't do anything about the BFU. There is no law that says an industry can only be represented by one organisation.

 

[warksfarmer]

All I'll say is that at some point you will need to engage/include the corporate/processor side of industry. Otherwise the sum of your achievments will be zero in the political world as you'll struggle to gain the necessary connections and NFU will try hamstring BFU at every opportunity.

The whole point of BFU is that it will only ever be farmer members. There won’t be any associate members.

This is why the Nfu has failed so badly because it’s pandering to it’s none farming members who are the majority of its membership. It’ll have to change its name soon.

 

[wanton dwarf]

Once BFU’s numbers are up at significant levels then the weakness of the Nfu will be fully shown. They’ve less than 15,000 farmer members presently so it won’t be long before the BFU is the biggest ‘farmer only’ union in the country.

I hope the BFU will look into insurance for UK farms.

We need a better deal than what is offered by the NFU and insurance brokers.

 

[Clive]

Please Read


It's better if those wanting to join do so via the BFU website rather than TFF account upgrade please

although both work fine joining via the BFU site gets the £'s to them directly where as payment via TFF looses the vat, its also makes account admin load lighter for all involved !

BFU direct link CLICK HERE

 

[Adeptandy]

Joined

 

[Hilly]

I hope the BFU will look into insurance for UK farms.

We need a better deal than what is offered by the NFU and insurance brokers.

Their are alot more insures for farmers thsn nfu , i even found one with substantially more cover half the price and have been good with a little claim .