Many years ago when we were dairy farming in the UK a girl volunteered to feed our calves at weekend, I ashamedly admit I layed into her on a regular basis, it all worked out well though and I ended up marrying her, still married 35 years later.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch
feeding calves female wise, is a damn site better than riding horse wise.There’s no such thing as a free lunch
At least 3-4 times the machinery cost/head, I would say it is much higher than that, a lot of the machinery cost in the UK is unnecessary, I have friends in the UK constantly complaining they cannot make a profit yet they feed silage all summer, what's the point in that, the cows can get the grass themselves for a much lower cost.
I thought so at the time, not so sure now!
like the NZ farmers pre no sub era, one gets used to subs, and spending them. Supply demand sets market price, the big problem for UK farmers, is that the major buyers, have calculated that sub, into the price they pay for our product. The interesting point about the new ELMS' thing, is it removes the need to produce product, to claim it, then that would lead to the price, solely on supply and demand. I have no doubt some very clever accountants are working hard to find a solution, for their clients, s/mkts, big processors etc, definitely not us farmers. How it will pan out, nobody really knows, the world is becoming politically more unstable, covid has caused a host of unexpected problems with supply, 1 ship blocking the suez canal, creates a huge backlog, wonder how many terrorists are watching that, with interest, brexit buggering about with food chains, all these things make the future difficult to judge. Then chuck climate change on top, and you could end up with a huge mess. The only thing that cannot change, is people have to eat.
Surely SFP then BPS removed the need to produce produce to claim it whilst with ELMS we will actually needs you to produce some environmental "product" in order to claim it.... Whilst price is indeed driven by supply and demand, the removal of farming subs in the UK will do nothing to change the availability of imported product or demand for exported product, as such the removal of UK farm subs will really provide little pressure on prices. We are going to be increasingly exposed to shocks in global markets, but as consumers and as vendors.
Would be interesting to see if subsidies were removed and for farmers to be compulsory paid at the same average hourly rate as local or central government employees.....
it will be 'welcome to the real world' time for many, and there is sweet f all we can do about it, but despite quoting world prices, all the major buyers need UK product, they use imported price, as a way to talk down home product price. But the status quo, has altered, covid, brexit has seen to that, it has altered delivery times, and costs, whether by ports unable to fully function, because of illness or lockdown, trouble at borders, with customs, or covid restrictions. Even the ship stuck in the suez canal, is causing huge backlogs. That means the 'just enough' system, operated by many businesses, relying on daily deliveries, will not function, as before. While europe would have coped with brexit, it is becoming very clear it cannot cope with brexit AND covid, and nationalism is rearing it's head, on the continent, as indeed many other countries throughout the world, and that is dangerous. Perhaps the biggest unexpected benefit of brexit, for the UK, is that we have to go 'global' and extend our trading routes, across the globe, and have to rely on 'good terms' with our new partners, while EU, will only look inwards. Brexit was a political mistake, and should never have happened, but it did, and unfortunately, with covid, has opened a box of worms, that cannot be closed. The results are impossible to forecast, but you can be certain, all those major buyers, are re-assessing their delivery policies.
Already are gov employees but without goldplate pension and good hourly rate!Would be interesting to see if subsidies were removed and for farmers to be compulsory paid at the same average hourly rate as local or central government employees.....
You would be limited to a 39hr week and capped at the hourly rate of cleaning staff.Would be interesting to see if subsidies were removed and for farmers to be compulsory paid at the same average hourly rate as local or central government employees.....
What household bills can be paid from pre tax profit ?
If the removal of BPS means that some farms are unviable and given over to trees or whatever and stop producing food then it will have an effect on food price, supply and demand, less supply same demand and the price will go up.
Food will go to the highest bidder, in global terms we are a relatively wealthy country, we won’t have a problem outbidding many others if there is a shortage.
