Confessions of a farmer.......BPS payments

[Henarar]

Balance of BPS in account today I may need saving from myself as I'm considering splashing out on two brand new galvanised gates for the farm

steady on old son

 

[Red Fred]

Balance of BPS in account today I may need saving from myself as I'm considering splashing out on two brand new galvanised gates for the farm

I couldn't help myself- 2 new gates ordered this morning.

 

[Henarar]

I couldn't help myself- 2 new gates ordered this morning.

terrible have you thought what you are going to do for gates when subs go ??????????????????????
a bit of baler twine won't keep them in
or will it

 

[le bon paysan]

terrible have you thought what you are going to do for gates when subs go ??????????????????????
a bit of baler twine won't keep them in
or will it

Works for me
I do cheat and put electric through it mind

 

[Henarar]

Works for me
I do cheat and put electric through it mind

no more subs for you then when the EU goes to hell in a hand cart

 

[czechmate]

Bet the Mrs is impressed.... on your hols logged in to the farming forum

You never would ...

 

[Dave645]

Isn't that just doing to our suppliers exactly what we complain about supermarkets doing to us.
Image one big company gets the uk farmers fuel order, which then puts all the others out of business. Then the one big supplier can charge what it likes as it's got no competition.
In that case you might as well nationalise everything. One big farming company !!

The idea was set a price which is what a big buying group can do then, the suppliers can be any company that agrees to it, just like us farmers. The establishment set a price, we as farmers decide if we are willing to supply our produce at that or not,
Any company that agrees to the price, can take orders from farms. This method hasn't put farmers out of business yet. See it as the buying group offering contracts giving anyone willing to agree to the price a place at the table, if only one did your right we would only be one company, but do you think they would just walk away or grudgingly sell at that price just like we do now. As it's a national scheme it's unlikely they would set a price that's under cost of production........ like business so often do to us....... farmers shouldn't be scared of their power as consumers. And we are consumers. We farmers spend around 12 billion a year, just in the U.K. That's the farmers net worth to the uk's annual economy.

Even if the implementation I suggest is wrong, the underlying idea is right.