French to use neonics in sugar beet seed.

[Farmer1001]

How will this affect UK growers ?

 

[Breckland Boy]

It will mean the end of our sugar industry.
Sugar % is in the 15's at the opened UK factories. Yields are down too.
Can't see our government doing a u turn and allowing the return of neonics.

 

[Hindsight]

How will this affect UK growers ?

Mr Eustace and the Conservative government decision now. Ball is in their court. I am sure the UK industry will ask for an emergency approval for the 2021 crop. There is adequate time at the moment for the seed supply sector to treat seed. The longer a decision is delayed the more difficulty for a smooth seed treatment and supply. Will be interesting to see what happens.

 

[Farmer1001]

Mr Eustace and the Conservative government decision now. Ball is in their court. I am sure the UK industry will ask for an emergency approval for the 2021 crop. There is adequate time at the moment for the seed supply sector to treat seed. The longer a decision is delayed the more difficulty for a smooth seed treatment and supply. Will be interesting to see what happens.

I see absolutely no chance of a U turn on this from the UK government.

 

[Hindsight]

I see absolutely no chance of a U turn on this from the UK government.

Why not?

 

[teslacoils]

French lead way on EU wide neonic ban.
French give derogation for their farmers.
UK fails to follow suit.

It's almost as if it were planned. But I'm a cynic.

 

[R J]

Ban all french imports !

 

[Farmer1001]

Why not?

Because the current stance for Ag policy is not (edit) logic based but populist based.

 

[An Gof]

NFU Sugar Chairman has been saying no chance of a derogation in UK for some time. Pretty much given up on the idea from what I could tell and possible view that pursuing it would not be a good use of political capital.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Yep^

It’s alright you’ll be able to support the French sugar industry further if you buy your sugar at Sainsbury’s.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

British sugar need to advertise their sugar as more environmentally friendly!

A tv ad directly telling the public how it is.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Not just the French either -

“This follows similar derogations in other EU countries such as Belgium, Spain and Poland”

 

[teslacoils]

Hmm

Methinks only one country will be left holding the shitty end of the stick.

 

[An Gof]

Hmm

Methinks only one country will be left holding the shitty end of the stick.

Could be two, I doubt Austria will give a derogation for neonics.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Could be two, I doubt Austria will give a derogation for neonics.

TBF probably Holland and Germany wouldn’t either?

 

[Wombat]

Hmm

Methinks only one country will be left holding the shitty end of the stick.

as always

 

[neilo]

I see absolutely no chance of a U turn on this from the UK government.

Why not?

I seem to remember DEFRA was asked to apply for that same derogation in the Spring when other countries were doing so, and they refused.

It’s alright though, as we’ve taken back control and handed it to a government that values our ag industry so highly...

 

[czechmate]

I don’t quite understand this?
This was known some two months ago
So much so, my son works on a uk farm that grows beet and I was having this conversation with him before their combines were rolling.
Where he is, the beet is a disaster (as it is here in France this year) so surely the uk will follow suit.

 

[Barry]

Some European countries also had a derogation on oilseed rape

 

[An Gof]

Some European countries also had a derogation on oilseed rape

Like Poland