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lloyd

Member
Location
Herefordshire
Sorry, I'm being childish. We used to get a top up payment for growing peas beans etc under the old sfp. Think it stopped in the late 2000s. Wasn't large. I think the proposed one in NI is c£300/ha.
NI want to cut down on their dependence of imported soya so
are trialling this .Where is the voice of the NFU ? Or could
somebone direct me to how they stand regarding soya imports.
If this country is serious about cutting down on energy consumption
and global warming ,whilst eliminating the need for GM imports then
they should be on this hard and fast .Dont offer us some derisory
amount pay the rate that makes it sensible.
 
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Humble Village Farmer

Member
BASE UK Member
Location
Essex
NI want to cut down on their dependence of imported soya so
are trialling this .Where is the voice of the NFU ? Or could
somebone direct me to how they stand regarding soya imports.
If this country is serious about cutting down on energy consumption
and global warming ,whilst eliminating the need for GM imports then
they should be on this hard and fast .Dont offer us some derisory
amount pay the rate that makes it sensible.
NFU are not interested in the environment. They are funded by big importers of soya and other GM material going into UFAs feed mills. Those importers will want that to continue and therefore, to maintain their income from these importers, the NFU will want that too.
 

Hindsight

Member
Location
Lincolnshire
No an area payment on the land growing protein
crops ,much better value than carbon credits .
£200 an acre should cover it and yes I'm being deadly serious.
It would cut down the UK's dependence on manufactured nitrogen
and at the same time be a massive achievement in reducing the
demand for destructive imported soya.

Tried before. Early 2000's didn't work as the end users didn't want Pulse protein. Farmers didn't want to grow pulses - wanted to grow rape.

 

lloyd

Member
Location
Herefordshire
Tried before. Early 2000's didn't work as the end users didn't want Pulse protein. Farmers didn't want to grow pulses - wanted to grow rape.

I'm sorry but that's very defeatist.
Things have changed in the way soya is perceived
since the early 2000s .End buyers (supermarkets )are starting to take more
notice of the whole production cycle.
The local feed mills already buy OSR on a price final basis for
animal feed inclusion so the market is already there.
Why import GM soya other than it's relatively cheap for the percentage
of protein ?
 
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PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
Also TSP was a lot higher than @PSQ s £775 i think it was headed towards £900 but wasn't paying too much attention.
I took the prices from the AHDB fertiliser price page yesterday, which was still showing the April price. Its since been updated with May prices:

If only there was a TFF thread for people to post up to date prices, instead of yammering like fishwives? ;)
(guilty, your honour)

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marco

Member
NI want to cut down on their dependence of imported soya so
are trialling this .Where is the voice of the NFU ? Or could
somebone direct me to how they stand regarding soya imports.
If this country is serious about cutting down on energy consumption
and global warming ,whilst eliminating the need for GM imports then
they should be on this hard and fast .Dont offer us some derisory
amount pay the rate that makes it sensible.
It's been going a good few years in the Republic and some countries in Europe as well. It started with quite a few big feed merchants saying they wouldn't be able to include all the beans into rations. It was a chicken and egg situation. There wasn't a big supply of beans so they didn't add them to the ration. Now that the supply is there they are well able to use them all.
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
No an area payment on the land growing protein
crops ,much better value than carbon credits .
£200 an acre should cover it and yes I'm being deadly serious.
It would cut down the UK's dependence on manufactured nitrogen
and at the same time be a massive achievement in reducing the
demand for destructive imported soya.
We have put in 50 acres of forage peas this year for wholecrop. The hoops you had to jump through to claim on them as a N fixing legume was ridiculous. Needed a 6m margin all the way round field for example. Gave up in the end.

Nice and green for zero bagged N.❤️

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