Go on prove it, that your an actual farmer

[Sid]

Plenty drive around in 4X4s plenty have a few acres and a sheep.
How would you prove if stopped you are a bonafide farmer?

 

[JP1]

Plenty drive around in 4X4s plenty have a few acres and a sheep.
How would you prove if stopped you are a bonafide farmer?

I carry a print out from BCMS for all cattle on both holdings

In my car I carry a letter from my employer saying I am an essential worker and the steps we are adhering to in terms of biosecurity

 

[caveman]

VAT Certificate?

 

[Cropper]

NRoSo membership card, NPTC cards, BASIS membership, was going to say NFU but thought better of it!

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Plenty drive around in 4X4s plenty have a few acres and a sheep.
How would you prove if stopped you are a bonafide farmer?

I carry a print out from BCMS for all cattle on both holdings

In my car I carry a letter from my employer saying I am an essential worker and the steps we are adhering to in terms of biosecurity

BCMS and our RPA record are a start.....

 

[Hilly]

Plenty drive around in 4X4s plenty have a few acres and a sheep.
How would you prove if stopped you are a bonafide farmer?

Tell them to prove I’m not .

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

VAT Certificate?

Very few VAT registered businesses are working farms......

NRoSo membership card, NPTC cards, BASIS membership, was going to say NFU but thought better of it!

Every amenity spraying contractor would have them.....

It gets interesting when you really think about it.

 

[Henarar]

the cow sh!t under my fingernails

 

[ollie989898]

Was gonna say the smell and tired look normally a give away.

 

[caveman]

Very few VAT registered businesses are working farms......

My certificate has me down as a farmer.
Also have another older one describing me as a haulier.

 

[Clive]

Plenty drive around in 4X4s plenty have a few acres and a sheep.
How would you prove if stopped you are a bonafide farmer?

show them my overdraft !

 

[Sid]

show them my overdraft !

You have an overdraft? ?

 

[Sid]

the cow sh!t under my fingernails

Best sing happy birthday, 10 times while washing your hands then

 

[Clive]

You have an overdraft? ?

I do, not many real farmers don‘t I suspect

it goes from positive to negative through the year, it’s trading capital basically not hardcore borrowing , Even if I had spare cash the cost of money is so low I would invest any capital in places I can get far better return that cost of borrowing

 

[hoff135]

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[Sid]

When will it get to the stage you will have to prove that you are a farmer and have a need to be out.

Should Slipper farmers who rent their land out and have a few sheep be allowed out?

Arable farmers who have contractor farming agreements?

 

[Extreme Optimist]

Multiple bovine related injuries - broken nose, multiple broken ribs (imagine they can still be picked up on X-ray) broken knee cap, broken thumb and associated scars. Must be a farmer!!

 

[Macsky]

I reek of silage.

 

[Clive]

When will it get to the stage you will have to prove that you are a farmer and have a need to be out.

Should Slipper farmers who rent their land out and have a few sheep be allowed out?

Arable farmers who have contractor farming agreements?

contract farming no different to farming your own land, I treat every acre we farm for others exactly as if it were my own, I need to walk the ground and we need to make applications and complete operations same as usual

 

[Sid]

contract farming no different to farming your own land, I treat every acre we farm for others exactly as if it were my own, I need to walk the ground and we need to make applications and complete operations same as usual

But the person who owns that land are they allowed out?