He'll certainly get their vote. Until they realise that China also puts themselves first and is unlikely to take more than a fraction of the extra promised. By then he will be well into a second term in office.
He promises 'jam tomorrow'. In contrast, we are promised rewilding and trees and increased regulation, costs and inspections with a huge proportion of land taken more or less out of production.
Look into American farming and trade policy/food aid abit deeper and you will realise that this kind of thing is what causes famin and world hunger. More isn’t needed to be produced, famin and starvation happen because of policies like this. This is bad for all of us they artificially keep prices low and pay their farmers subsidies. This in turn keeps prices too low for 3rd world countries to invest in proper agriculture with infrastructure despite having excellent growing conditions. They then pump out their surplus as ‘food aid’.
I honestly think this whole thing is best thing to happen to U.K. agriculture since the war. If farmers can just stop being so blinded by the past and what they are comfortable with then the opportunities are absolutely huge. I am SO excited and am feeling very lucky that I am young at 28 to crack on with a totally different Model of business.
totally agree, but by asking farmers to produce more, he is only saying, what all farmers strive to do, is encouraging them to do exactly what farmers want to do !! Of course they love him, he is telling them, what they want to hear !
thanks for saying that, we are blinded by ag policies dating back to WW2, and it is a new horizon for farmers, my generation are getting towards the end of our active farming lives, and, tend to view change with trepidation, it is for the younger farmers to bite the bullet, and make the most of it.
I do not believe that the US is going to dump produce. There is no guaranteed market for the $50Billion of trade Trump promises. It is just a deal that gets rid of barriers to that trade. Trade which will probably offset imports from Australasian sources but only if the price is right and the demand is there. It is an 'opportunity' for US farmers rather than a certainty. There is certainly no mention of selling at low subsidised prices to China and I'm sure that China would not hesitate putting a stop to that.
They are not kept low by European farm subsidies. If not for the subsidies and tariffs, a high proportion of EU and UK farmers would not be able to compete with imports and would go out of business or bust.
Google the suicide rate among US farmers. If its so good why are so many taking their own life?
We have to wait and see what trade deals are done. It’s pretty easy to eliminate UK ag if you increase environmental restrictions here whilst cutting down the the rain forest.
just been talking to someone near you, some of his ground has been virtually continuous corn since 1942, other ground very close to me, come out of arable rotation, and been corn for 25 years, Now telling me that it is marginal corn ground, 1 year in 5, he reckons to have a good crop, the other years, between 2/3 ton. Very surprised at that, as for 25 years he's been telling me he averages 3.5 ton sold, which I never believed anyway. Some of the 25yr corn ground, I used to farm, in a rotation with grass, the last three yrs, I farmed it, I av 4ton wheat sold, as in payed for 4 t/acre. Thinking on how they are going to pay us for looking after the soils, etc, his ground is basically baggered, he won't put manure on it, because someone might make a mess, and threaten his sfp, and manure is no good anyway, had to stop growing rape, as can't control f/beetle, slugs are rife, due to non breakdown of stubble, and chopped straw, puddles of water lie on top of the ground, after rain. He would be really hurt, if you told him, he was farming badly. And, if you look at subs to improve soils, he would be a prime candidate !
