Give your views on AHDB

[whiterabbit]

Good comment Ollie 989898 I am assuming you filled in the review with the right answer, for anybody who missed the well published review( yes that was a joke) the December issue of the vegetable farmer will contain a place for growers to come on board with us , we already have 40 names signed up amounting to 35,000 acres and only need 67 to force a vote , I see another lady has jumped ship from the nfu and landed inside the ahdb compound god there will soon be more at this place than in goverment

 

[ollie989898]

Good comment Ollie 989898 I am assuming you filled in the review with the right answer, for anybody who missed the well published review( yes that was a joke) the December issue of the vegetable farmer will contain a place for growers to come on board with us , we already have 40 names signed up amounting to 35,000 acres and only need 67 to force a vote , I see another lady has jumped ship from the nfu and landed inside the ahdb compound god there will soon be more at this place than in goverment

I am not a farmer and have never paid the AHDB a cent so am in no position to fill in their questionnaire.

 

[whiterabbit]

That's a shame could do with people like you, I wish I hadn't paid them a cent instead of the 300,000 that has left my bank account

 

[whiterabbit]

Anybody who thinks the ahdb is working for farmers and growers should take a look at their latest accounts if you didnt feel sick before you looked at them you will afterwards ,some of the staff are on more than the prime minister and the pension pot for 2017 was 246 million, are these people having a laugh.

 

[ollie989898]

That's a shame could do with people like you, I wish I hadn't paid them a cent instead of the 300,000 that has left my bank account

They can employ me and I will revolutionise their organisation. I am automatically cynical of anyone who works for a quango or other government body.

 

[whiterabbit]

Just one problem Ollie they don't want revolutionising they are quite happy with what they have at the moment who wouldnt be , you might be able to get a job there helping them count our money though

 

[whiterabbit]

Has anybody seen the petition in the farmers weekly or does nobody read it anymore

 

[Grass And Grain]

Has anybody seen the petition in the farmers weekly or does nobody read it anymore

Don't read it. What is the just of the petition? And where do we sign up? (Or is this just for you veg guys).

 

[whiterabbit]

Grass and grain just send yes to [email protected] No its for any farmer or grower who is sick of having these people dipping into our hard earned income telling us how to suck eggs and taking home a salary that most of us could only dream of .

 

[Bestriding Spraak]

Most Growers I know think the AHDB is just a hopeless waste of money,
When will they realise that rising cost of energy and labour that half their so called research is a waste of Time because Supermarkets won’t pay enough per flower stem to break even and they spend 100s of thousands on this, it seems more self preservation than R&D to me.