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I'll sign it.
I don't think its as easy as that. Think it needs a form.
I'll sign it.
If someone more media savvy instigates it, I'll sign a form.I don't think its as easy as that. Think it needs a form.
LikewiseIf someone more media savvy instigates it, I'll sign a form.
If someone more media savvy instigates it, I'll sign a form.
I'd say "no to RT; sort it or we will vote to disband you" tbh.
I was told today that before the new Red Tractor rules come in next month the inspectors have to take a course and that hardly any have done so to date.
Honestly a "course" on what? The whole thing is just so ridiculous
You grow cereals iirc? You never consider the varieties on the recc lists, or their ratings for disease resistance, lodging, yield, etc?
You grow cereals iirc? You never consider the varieties on the recc lists, or their ratings for disease resistance, lodging, yield, etc?
How much weight do you really put in those things?
Honestly a "course" on what? The whole thing is just so ridiculous
I think a specific wild @ss guess is about where the recommend lists are at the moment. You pay your money roll the dice and sometimes come up with a pair on ones. Then it’s the usual excuses about how you happened to plant it on a day with “Y” in it in a month of the Gregorian calendar and didn’t spend £250/ha in fungicides hence why it only did 3t. Just look at how many varieties come and go from being the best things since bread was toasted and then quietly disappear.More than I would in a wild guess, and I treat it as likely painting a fuller picture than if we only had the marketing departments of multinational seed companies' word for it, which is where we'd be if we did away with AHDB.
Same.The OH had a phone call of the NFU saying that according to their records our farm ins is up for renewal and could they quote ... yes she replied and promptly gave all the details for her to quote ......
....and we have heard nothing back !
I think a specific wild @ss guess is about where the recommend lists are at the moment. You pay your money roll the dice and sometimes come up with a pair on ones. Then it’s the usual excuses about how you happened to plant it on a day with “Y” in it in a month of the Gregorian calendar and didn’t spend £250/ha in fungicides hence why it only did 3t
if the recommended lists are the only reason for keeping the Adhb then I am sorry they are fecked and better get the cv’s polished up
At least if I just pick a variety off the dartboard it’s on my own back, not thinking you are actually getting something that’s reasonable. I have had a lot of success with random stuff that the merchant happens to have around at the time. If someone is actually taking levy money for it then my expectations are much higher and varieties that disappear are not acceptable after a year or 18monthsThe trials do show up varietal weaknesses, albeit sometimes only after a year or two, but a lot of varieties never make it onto those lists to start with. If we lose them, do you think those multinational seed breeders will divulge any of that information to us? Or just sell whatever they can get away with to get a return on their investment?
Ooh, aah. 2555, that's not many is it? Recon we can get that.You don't need to find a way - it's set out in stone on AHDB website. It's 2555 levy payers for Cereals.
Levy information | AHDB
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008 requires AHDB to raise levies relating to each sector.ahdb.org.uk
All the forms and guidance are there, for instance:
https://projectblue.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/About AHDB/Levy information/B4Guidanceonrequestingaballot-cereallevy-1.pdf
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I personally think Tim and Roseanne need more time (they have been in their roles for less than a month) to put fixes in places before triggering this exercise.
But we do need action and I've said that to both of them.
Ooh, aah. 2555, that's not many is it? Recon we can get that.
As you say, they need to be afforded a bit of time to sort RT.
It will be a single issue ballot for me. Sort RT and I'll vote to retain AHDB C&Oilseeds.
Don't sort RT, and I'm out.
Yes no point in letting things drag on!I really don't think "they" should be given more time.
Not long in their roles?
I'm sure AIC/RT et all wouldn't give US more time to comply with new regs they have dreamed up.
Strike while the irons hot.
Before 2555 votes becomes watered down to say 5000 votes/industry bodies need to 2nd it to be able to enact a vote for example.