- Location
- Warwickshire
Would the National Parks be so appealing to the general public if re-wilding took place?Or (and this will be incredibly unpopular but I’m saying it anyway)you re-wild all the hill land/areas completely reliant on subsidy and bring the livestock back to the east in order to bring back more mixed farming systems. You could encourage joint ventures between young livestock farmers with nowhere to go to partner up with solely arable farms to create a mutually beneficial system.
i think a lot of people are seriously questioning the viability of conventioral arable farming long term with its reliance on buying inputs, we certainly have for a while now.
The scenery would certainly be different and I'm sure that's one of the reasons tourists go there.
Hill farmers may be dependent on subsidy but they are creating a landscape as well as producing food.
Surely that's public goods?
Why can't Eastern Counties all arable farmers bring back livestock farming themselves?
Have they lost the skills?
Have they become lazy because we all know life is easier in a tractor seat.
No wonder direct drilling has become so popular with no FYM to plough back in