Dairy hardship fund

[supercow]

How would this work?? Fund for all dairy farmers or only the ones under a specific milk price? I bet it will be about 1 or 2k which wouldn’t even cover our March fuel bill!!! At least they are taking the state of the dairy industry into account. Not easy to single out dairy as struggling as the whole country is in a state!

 

[Johnnyboxer]

BossFarmer will have an opinion

 

[coomoo]

A dangerous road for agriculture to go down considering everybody is hurting

 

[jackrussell101]

Last time the EU did this even the aligned supermarket contracts got it

 

[jackrussell101]

@Bossfarmer

 

[Milkcow365]

A dangerous road for agriculture to go down considering everybody is hurting

Oh aye says you on 30p

 

[coomoo]

Oh aye says you on 30p

Can see the headlines tho @Thomas-milmain

 

[lazy farmer]

Can see the headlines tho @Thomas-milmain

You could either send it back or give it to charity if it is blanket paid. If at all.

 

[Beef farmer]

You could either send it back or give it to charity if it is blanket paid. If at all.

Or use it to buy more cows.

 

[Milkcow365]

Can see the headlines tho @Thomas-milmain

You imagine dumping 7 days of milk then getting less than 20p av for the rest, you could be looking at eating from a food bank! You’ve no idea what they will be going through. I think it’s a good thing if it stops animals going hungry and perhaps people to! But must be given to the right farmers.

 

[coomoo]

You imagine dumping 7 days of milk then getting less than 20p av for the rest, you could be looking at eating from a food bank! You’ve no idea what they will be going through. I think it’s a good thing if it stops animals going hungry and perhaps people to! But must be given to the right farmers.

The village where I live there’s a lot of people not earning as normal currently sharing veg, eggs baking in the local phone box it’s a real difficult situation.

 

[pappuller]

You imagine dumping 7 days of milk then getting less than 20p av for the rest, you could be looking at eating from a food bank! You’ve no idea what they will be going through. I think it’s a good thing if it stops animals going hungry and perhaps people to! But must be given to the right farmers.

It needs to be channeled in the right direction, we have had our A litreage reduced for Apr and will no doubt get a kicking on our B litres but I would happily pass on any handout provided it goes to producers who have had to dump milk or have only been paid teens of pence for all litres, ie county milk producers. Or on deferred payment terms

 

[Wombat]

We've had bad weather since last Sept, where is the arable and beef fund???

 

[supercow]

I know last time we got a hardship fund the direct folk on 35 pence got it too!!! They probably used the money as toilet paper and ya minions used it to scrape by one month. These guys issueing the hardship fund which in reality is a pretty small amount considering the outgoings have no idea of the costs involved in dairying. Feel for the guys having to dump milk and getting low prices, I have certainly been there and got the t shirt

 

[supercow]

It needs to be channeled in the right direction, we have had our A litreage reduced for Apr and will no doubt get a kicking on our B litres but I would happily pass on any handout provided it goes to producers who have had to dump milk or have only been paid teens of pence for all litres, ie county milk producers. Or on deferred payment terms

Unfortunately very few dairy farmers think like you. They would think let the next door neighbour give money away we will keep it. But producing a product below cop that’s what we r programmed to do. I think it will Ben a blanket payment. What I do think they should do is work out volumes and pay farmers a pence per litre, say .5 pence a litre for 1 month

 

[jackrussell101]

Every other business in other walks of life are not getting a bailout... just access to the business interruption loan... or the 80% self employed help IP to £2500 a month...

 

[jackrussell101]

We've had bad weather since last Sept, where is the arable and beef fund???

My arable next door neighbour has literally had some of his crops flood away this winter but he won't get a bailout...

 

[jackrussell101]

@gone up the hill

 

[supercow]

Every other business in other walks of life are not getting a bailout... just access to the business interruption loan... or the 80% self employed help IP to £2500 a month...

Not quite the same. Other businesses aren’t gettinf income but thier costs are minimal. Dairy farmers costs are the same with in some cases no income. Very, very hard to compare dairy to other industry

 

[Bossfarmer]

this crisis fund is all well and good as long as it goes to the right farmers, if your going to give it to guys on 32ppl you may aswell just top everyones sfp up across the board as beef/cereal/sheep farmers need it far more than a guy making between £600/1000 cow net profit