British Farming Union on TFF

[Henarar]

There’s a strong danger it will end up as a big echo chamber if you do that. Fine if that’s what’s wanted, but it is a danger.

Why when any uk farmer can join

 

[Sid]

No just join and you or any other farmer can see

£10 to listen to farmers having a whinge...can goto market for that

 

[Henarar]

£10 to listen to farmers having a whinge...can goto market for that

Depends how far market is, 10 quid don't get you far these days

 

[Sid]

Depends how far market is, 10 quid don't get you far these days

Very true but doesn't stop the spectators
Buy a neighbour a breakfast for a lift.

 

[Hilly]

Depends how far market is, 10 quid don't get you far these days

Dosent even get you a cooked breakfast in some mart cafes now .

 

[Highland Mule]

Why when any uk farmer can join

Some may have reasons not to join, and plenty don’t have the skills to access an Internet forum.

 

[Henarar]

Some may have reasons not to join, and plenty don’t have the skills to access an Internet forum.

if they don't want to join thats fine and up to them, the internet access is a good point though
that said it don't mean its going to be an echo chamber

 

[Henarar]

Dosent even get you a cooked breakfast in some mart cafes now .

I don't bother

 

[ollie989898]

I'm still not clear as to why manure spread 5m from a watercourse is worse for the river than if it's 10m from the watercourse. In either case it's not in the watercourse. Anyway, bigger fish to fry for the BFU.

I agree, the 5 or 10 metre thing strikes me as being arbitrary BS but then I am not an aquatic ecology PhD holder so what do any of us know.

 

[ollie989898]

I don't want to see imported grains banned from feed mills, just want us to have equal access, which will help everybody except RT

Exactly. If mills and processors are using huge quantities of imported grains for which RT does not exist, then domestic grain should be accepted on the same terms.

 

[Hilly]

I don't bother

I dont now .

 

[Raider112]

£10 to listen to farmers having a whinge...can goto market for that

Or you can pay several hundred quid and not have the opportunity to whinge at anybody.

 

[Henarar]

Exactly. If mills and processors are using huge quantities of imported grains for which RT does not exist, then domestic grain should be accepted on the same terms.

so why are our so called representatives NFU/AHDB working against the UK farmer along with RT for the benefit of import, its pathetic.
the whole lot need giving the sack and a bag to put it in

 

[ollie989898]

so why are our so called representatives NFU/AHDB working against the UK farmer along with RT for the benefit of import, its pathetic.
the whole lot need giving the sack and a bag to put it in

The AHDB doesn't need to exist, NIAB TAG I would argue have more technical nous now anyway and have a fully commercial subscription model for which producers may pay a fee if they want access to the excellent technical information they generate.

The NFU is just an excuse for a lot of salaries, some posh offices and a way of selling insurance.

 

[Henarar]

The AHDB doesn't need to exist, NIAB TAG I would argue have more technical nous now anyway and have a fully commercial subscription model for which producers may pay a fee if they want access to the excellent technical information they generate.

The NFU is just an excuse for a lot of salaries, some posh offices and a way of selling insurance.

NFU could kill the BFU before it even gets off the starting blocks but it won't, hopefully that will come back to bite them in the arse

 

[teslacoils]

NFU could kill the BFU before it even gets off the starting blocks but it won't, hopefully that will come back to bite them in the arse

Yup. It could consider amending its constitution so none of its board past or present could sit on any other organization. It could refuse sponsorship from any end user. It could scrap relations with the AIC. And it could work with other organizations who, at the end of the day, should be working to put the farmer first like AHDB and start batting for us.

Sorry, that's the last NFU bash from me. I don't need to slag them off. We all know what the situation is. There was whining about "well why not do something else instead" and we've done that. The NFU is entirely irrelevant to me as a forward thinking, dynamic modern farmer who's business depends entirely on actually farming.

 

[Optimus]

Some may have reasons not to join, and plenty don’t have the skills to access an Internet forum.

You think would most folk would be able to access internet an how to use it by now.its been around for 25 years at least.

 

[Sid]

Some may have reasons not to join, and plenty don’t have the skills to access an Internet forum.

Was talking to a farmer amd his wife , him in his 60s who told me they now have a website.

She then corrected him saying no it's an email address.

 

[serf]

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[Raider112]

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They aren't competitors though, BFU are there to work for farmers interests.