SilliamWhale
Member
Yes, but the carbon system means that they can easily pay more than generously for the land they buy to plant trees.
It hasn't sunk in to most livestock farmers, particularly ruminant animals, that the agenda is to get rid of them from the UK to allow the UK to claim to be 'carbon free' with trees and re-wilding being not only prioritised but actively promoted instead of grassland fields and meadows that dominate the landscape in many areas today.
The penny will drop with farmers eventually, when the pips are squeezed sufficiently. We are currently in a sort of agricultural 'Indian summer' but this will come to an end rather soon and the reality of Brexit and the policies of both major political parties are seen through. Farming and food production plays an insignificant part in their grand plan. Indeed they both aim to virtually phase grassland farming out, only they daren't say so out loud in so many words.
What are you going to do then?