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<blockquote data-quote="CornishTone" data-source="post: 7859541" data-attributes="member: 4147"><p>I spoke to a chap the other day who spent 20 years in the RPA and recently came home to run the family farm (poacher turned game keeper.. or the other way round).</p><p></p><p>He is convinced ELMS and all its spin offs are being set up to fail. Government want rid of the hassle and cost of paying farmers. If they make the scheme unworkable and financially unacceptable, uptake will be low enough to wash their hands of it. They can then put what ever aspects of it they want into legislation rather than make it voluntary. If they use the stick, it's easier to make the industry pay them through fines!</p><p></p><p>He also reckons Red tractor is already being lined up to work as a sort of privatised regulator to keep whoever's left in line with increased access to market schemes.</p><p></p><p>Just one mans opinion of course but, a man with something of an insight into the inner workings of the machine. I've no idea if he's right... I hope he's a crazy conspiracy theorist but think of all those small family farms going up for sale, ripe for tree planting and prime carbon offsetting territory for the big corporates to wipe their arses on! Fewer farmers and more trees! Boris and Carries wet dream!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CornishTone, post: 7859541, member: 4147"] I spoke to a chap the other day who spent 20 years in the RPA and recently came home to run the family farm (poacher turned game keeper.. or the other way round). He is convinced ELMS and all its spin offs are being set up to fail. Government want rid of the hassle and cost of paying farmers. If they make the scheme unworkable and financially unacceptable, uptake will be low enough to wash their hands of it. They can then put what ever aspects of it they want into legislation rather than make it voluntary. If they use the stick, it's easier to make the industry pay them through fines! He also reckons Red tractor is already being lined up to work as a sort of privatised regulator to keep whoever's left in line with increased access to market schemes. Just one mans opinion of course but, a man with something of an insight into the inner workings of the machine. I've no idea if he's right... I hope he's a crazy conspiracy theorist but think of all those small family farms going up for sale, ripe for tree planting and prime carbon offsetting territory for the big corporates to wipe their arses on! Fewer farmers and more trees! Boris and Carries wet dream!!! [/QUOTE]
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