Walterp
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That Theresa May doesn't know what she's doing I already knew, but the rest of tonight's WAG/Farming Connect presentation at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli was news to me.
Everyone came along, of course, to qualify for the FC's Farm Business Grant, but that was not what we got. Instead, we gained a glimpse into the future.
Mainly thru' the medium of Welsh - headset translators were available, but you didn't need simultaneous translation to appreciate the slick and thoughtful programme: video presentations, split screen visuals, attentive aides and, most of all, a purposeful air - doing the same thing, but expecting different results, was being actively discouraged.
The message was clear, even if Einstein was quoted in Welsh.
Euryn Jones HSBC and Iwan Price CARA conveyed the message that raising output without raising costs was the way forward, although neither could provide clarity on whether European markets for all that additional output would remain available, or on what terms - see 'Theresa May etc etc' for the reason why.
Old news, you might say, but here's what struck me as new - no previous FC events have been held primarily thru' the medium of Welsh, which spoke to me of two unexpected consequences of Brexit (are there any expected consequences, we ask ourselves?) Like France, agricultural support is seen in Cardiff as much in a cultural context as a commercial one; and there was an air of national self-confidence that I have never seen before outside Neuadd Pantycelyn*.
Next up, I suspect, is a Welsh farm diversification grant similar to the French idea of 50% support for holiday accommodation.
I had not appreciated that those-who-must-not-be-named do not have a Farming Connect service (another point made quite forcibly, tonight). We are very lucky that there are people with the ear of Government that have our interests, rather than those of some hedge fund or other, close to their heart.
* The Welsh-speaking hall of residence in UCW Aberystwyth.
Everyone came along, of course, to qualify for the FC's Farm Business Grant, but that was not what we got. Instead, we gained a glimpse into the future.
Mainly thru' the medium of Welsh - headset translators were available, but you didn't need simultaneous translation to appreciate the slick and thoughtful programme: video presentations, split screen visuals, attentive aides and, most of all, a purposeful air - doing the same thing, but expecting different results, was being actively discouraged.
The message was clear, even if Einstein was quoted in Welsh.
Euryn Jones HSBC and Iwan Price CARA conveyed the message that raising output without raising costs was the way forward, although neither could provide clarity on whether European markets for all that additional output would remain available, or on what terms - see 'Theresa May etc etc' for the reason why.
Old news, you might say, but here's what struck me as new - no previous FC events have been held primarily thru' the medium of Welsh, which spoke to me of two unexpected consequences of Brexit (are there any expected consequences, we ask ourselves?) Like France, agricultural support is seen in Cardiff as much in a cultural context as a commercial one; and there was an air of national self-confidence that I have never seen before outside Neuadd Pantycelyn*.
Next up, I suspect, is a Welsh farm diversification grant similar to the French idea of 50% support for holiday accommodation.
I had not appreciated that those-who-must-not-be-named do not have a Farming Connect service (another point made quite forcibly, tonight). We are very lucky that there are people with the ear of Government that have our interests, rather than those of some hedge fund or other, close to their heart.
* The Welsh-speaking hall of residence in UCW Aberystwyth.
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