Down on the farm programmes.

[DrWazzock]

Another skewed view of what real farming is all about.
Seems to be lots of them on channel five. They aren’t farms, they are animal rescue centres. Funded by charity or big disposable income from elsewhere. Unsustainable economically and environmentally. Sentimentalising the job and moving public perception evermore in the wrong direction.
Somebody was crying over a big elderly boar and moving it on to a refuge. Needed to be sausages really.
The gap gets ever wider.

 

[7610 super q]

Gave up with the one last night, and flicked over to watch Mud, sweat and tractors again ( The Jersey tomato grower always brings a tear to my eye ). Maybe these farming zoos whilst being unrealistic, create a nice cosy image for the public ? Not many would want to see factory farming and abattoirs IMO. Tin hat on.

 

[Paddington]

Saw a few minutes of this, I assumed it was a BBC programme from the presenters cooing and fawning, Our Yorkshire Farm is far better.

 

[Agrivator]

Another skewed view of what real farming is all about.
Seems to be lots of them on channel five. They aren’t farms, they are animal rescue centres. Funded by charity or big disposable income from elsewhere. Unsustainable economically and environmentally. Sentimentalising the job and moving public perception evermore in the wrong direction.
Somebody was crying over a big elderly boar and moving it on to a refuge. Needed to be sausages really.
The gap gets ever wider.

These rescue farms never seem to mention what happens to their animals in the few months before they die.

 

[thewalrus]

Need to stick on “tractor ted”

 

[Sid]

Was watching Kate Humbles latest offering yesterday and saw our old vet Ben helping out with farrowing

Best bit of the programme tbh

 

[delilah]

A moving short film, to watch without prejudice.


https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2018/10/09/73-cows/

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Another skewed view of what real farming is all about.
Seems to be lots of them on channel five. They aren’t farms, they are animal rescue centres. Funded by charity or big disposable income from elsewhere. Unsustainable economically and environmentally. Sentimentalising the job and moving public perception evermore in the wrong direction.
Somebody was crying over a big elderly boar and moving it on to a refuge. Needed to be sausages really.
The gap gets ever wider.

I thought old boars went for pork pies (boar taint)

 

[Bald Rick]

I thought old boars went for pork pies (boar taint)

I thought old bores just post regularly on TFF ....

 

[DrWazzock]

A moving short film, to watch without prejudice.


https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2018/10/09/73-cows/

Wow. There’s enough material there to fill a PhD. Slippery slope in my view. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[Swarfmonkey]

More trash directed by Alex Lockwood.

If I described him as an “unhinged rabid militant vegan” it would be quite the understatement.

 

[delilah]

lol. So much for my plea for without prejudice.

Perhaps it's just me, but when I watched it I didn't see it as a 'vegan' film at all, but rather a film about a guy dealing with expectations/ family/don't let the side down etc . The vegan bit was incidental to me.

 

[Clive]

why would a farmer watch others farming on tv ?

if you are reading this you are probably not the target audience

 

[DrWazzock]

What I honestly thought was she must have been damn good in bed to persuade him to give his suckler herd away and grow rhubarb.
WTF was going on there? Came to a cattle farm in the hills to learn English? Yeah right.

 

[DrWazzock]

why would a farmer watch others farming on tv ?

if you are reading this you are probably not the target audience

Nowt else on and we don’t have Netflix.

 

[kiwi pom]

Don't watch them, rather watch the farming channels on YouTube far more interesting.
Did try to watch Born mucky? once, had to turn it off.

 

[wanton dwarf]

why would a farmer watch others farming on tv ?

if you are reading this you are probably not the target audience

Because I'm not represented in the main stream media, I'm vilified and it's nice to see someone putting forward my culture, my way of life and I can take pride there are millions of other people who enjoy what I enjoy.

Also it's a bit like hedge farming ...

 

[Princess Pooper]

Caught 'Farm Life' this evening on one of the more obscure freeview channels - really enjoyed it, unlike the toddler in the Gator with his Dad cutting Kohl rabi at -1 degrees! Quite and unassuming, no gushing, included some decent bits about ferreting and that the Aga lamb named Henry by the kids didn't make it through the night. Organic of course.

 

[Hilly]

Rather offensive when then describe farming as the ‘simple life ‘ . Quite the opposite imo if done properly and successfully .

 

[Nithsdale]

Nowt else on and we don’t have Netflix.

Grab a beer and watch Pornhub like the rest of the adults...