Channel 4 now

[Gedd]

Matt baker program offering a tenancy on a NT farm northumberland

 

[maen]

I didn’t think the NT wanted tenants?

 

[Jerry]

I didn’t think the NT wanted tenants?

Did not think NT liked farmers??

 

[Suffolk Serf]

It’s like “The Apprentice“ except that the applicants do have a clue.

 

[TomD]

Well it’s a odd way to chose a tenant but then again the national distrust work in odd ways

 

[maen]

Did I hear a 10 year tenancy?

 

[TomD]

It’s like “The Apprentice“ except that the applicants do have a clue.

Not all of them

 

[Gedd]

Did I hear a 10 year tenancy?

Yep

 

[Gedd]

Whats the betting the couple that want to turn it into a,wild life place get it

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Amazing the NT Land Agent said how important it was for the wildlife that the land is farmed. His name was James Hunt I think!

He needs to come down here and see 700 acres that is derelict and much better land than on the TV.

 

[farmerm]

Are C4 doing their usual hatchet job and undermining livestock farmers?

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Are C4 doing their usual hatchet job and undermining livestock farmers?

Not yet. The beavers are coming next week. Inevitably.

 

[upnortheast]

Looked like some capable folk on there.

 

[Hilly]

They go to hexham mart pay close attention to that bit ….

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Played rugby with Jamie a couple of times a few years ago

 

[JP1]

Quite a good start

Rather a shame only one can win the tenancy - at least four strong candidates (farming wise)

 

[upnortheast]

Well it’s a odd way to chose a tenant but then again the national distrust work in odd ways

PR job for the NT. Look how we allow young people to get into the industry. and probably a decent PR job for farmers, showing how capable & multi skilled they are.

Matt Baker is no fool, especially if he is not working for BBC. Reckon he knows how to tell a story that will appeal to us peasants & also the NT supporter types

They go to hexham mart pay close attention to that bit ….

Did you wave to the camera

 

[Hilly]

PR job for the NT. Look how we allow young people to get into the industry. and probably a decent PR job for farmers, showing how capable & multi skilled they are.

Matt Baker is no fool, especially if he is not working for BBC. Reckon he knows how to tell a story that will appeal to us peasants & also the NT supporter types


Did you wave to the camera

No, just watch closely, it could be interesting .

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

What is the most annoying thing I find about this programme is that there are all these enthusiastic young people who are all desperate to get on the farming ladder but the whole thing is really a charade.

In reality this looks a fairly difficult wet farm with a mix of buildings, but a lovely house. There is no mention of the economics of this operation.
How much rent?
Who claims CS or SFI?
How much tree planting and other conservation work has to be done and who pays for it?
Where does all the new shiny kit come from? Most new starters I know had an old loader tractor!
Whose are the 50 sheep that you need 10 people to round up and some big bales because they are in lamb?
The cattle looked good, but again are they there just for show? Not sure a tenant starting off would have the funds to finance them?

In reality how much would a NT tenant expect to earn/make profit in a year? They will need a pension or enough to have a mortgage on a house they own?

I would put the NT in the same category as NE in being impossible to deal with and not to be trusted.

 

[JP1]

What is the most annoying thing I find about this programme is that there are all these enthusiastic young people who are all desperate to get on the farming ladder but the whole thing is really a charade.

In reality this looks a fairly difficult wet farm with a mix of buildings, but a lovely house. There is no mention of the economics of this operation.
How much rent?
Who claims CS or SFI?
How much tree planting and other conservation work has to be done and who pays for it?
Where does all the new shiny kit come from? Most new starters I know had an old loader tractor!
Whose are the 50 sheep that you need 10 people to round up and some big bales because they are in lamb?
The cattle looked good, but again are they there just for show? Not sure a tenant starting off would have the funds to finance them?

In reality how much would a NT tenant expect to earn/make profit in a year? They will need a pension or enough to have a mortgage on a house they own?

I would put the NT in the same category as NE in being impossible to deal with and not to be trusted.

And the number of ex Beatrix Potter NT farms they cannot let as NE / NT have scythed the hefted flock numbers. How can you pay a commercial rent and make a living off a couple of hundred Herdwick ewes