won't it fight with the assured stuff
Guy Smith's response to FW article on AIC rules.
- Thread starter Grass And Grain
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The non assured stuff will win as it be leaner, meaner and fitter as it hasn’t spent half it’s time sat in an office getting fat and lazy doing pointless paperwork which no one apart from the red tractor inspector wants to see!
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- Yorks
Just a chance all our work is getting noticed, and creating industry discussion.
AHDB cereals and oilseeds chair is reading into it. That's great to see. Starting to feel like a worthwhile campaign, getting debate going...
AHDB cereals and oilseeds chair is reading into it. That's great to see. Starting to feel like a worthwhile campaign, getting debate going...
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- Yorks
RT inspector has not once ever asked to see my growing crops. Just interested in checking my self-declared records exist.
tullah
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- Linconshire
No chance of that. Got to be fit to go crop walking.
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- Yorks
And a twitter thread, looking at how imports are safe, so why not just copy the imports protocols, and RT is just fluff in the process line, unecessary to reach import safety standards, RT being happy with those import standards.
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- Yorks
I actually think AHDB are going to inwardly digest what we've been saying. It's smarr to listen, and evolve your policies.
Don't know if NFU can bring themselves to change tact. We'll have to see. They've shown little sign thus far, although Tom Bradshaw gets the issue.
AIC and RT won't want Christmas, but any unwillingness to reform might cause the downfall of our AHDB. They must be mindful of this. That's a heavy weight to carry on your conscience inperpetua.
Don't know if NFU can bring themselves to change tact. We'll have to see. They've shown little sign thus far, although Tom Bradshaw gets the issue.
AIC and RT won't want Christmas, but any unwillingness to reform might cause the downfall of our AHDB. They must be mindful of this. That's a heavy weight to carry on your conscience inperpetua.
Tom Bradshaw might get the issue but it’s the Queen Bee that’s the problem in eliciting any change in NFU approach to RT.
Flatland guy
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- Lincolnshire
Yes, you are getting conned then buying supposedly RT feed but all ingredients could be imported!
warksfarmer
Member
Try Graindex
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- Lincolnshire
That's because the ahdb know their days are numbered otherwise.
Infact, I'd go so far as to say their days are numbered anyway. Too late to save face.
I dont understand NFU politics and internals - presumably their financial reserve belongs to the members, and if it's too large for its needs then the members could vote for a distribution.....
Why am I not surprised....
Iirc it was 1992 when I stopped our Nfu membership , ( after a lot of consideration) its certainly saved us an awful lot if money in that time, coupled with leaving the nfu mutual for insurance a year or 2 after , would certainly buy sports cars if that's what I wanted to indulge myself in but no, I'm not that sort of person....lol.
warksfarmer
Member
You can’t because you’d never get the vote approved because of the gravy train riders protecting their cash cow. It’s all a con.
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- Lincolnshire
Sounds very much like a massive circle-jerk with a free dinner and pile of cash thrown in.
You should try it, you’re a long time dead
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- Yorks
We've not heard a peep out of Minette have we.
Don't suppose she'll want to come out from under her duvet, just in case it's not a bad dream.
If you've been hell bent on supporting RT, you look a bit of a fool now it's been pointed out that you've actually been complicit in creating a situation which makes it easier for your competitors to access your home markets.
It's incompetent policy, and it was obvious. It didn't need a genius to work it out.
They've made the same mistake as NFU (see comments above). Wrong policy, and sleep walked into a mess, putting their levy payers at a competitive disadvantage.
Absolute opposite of what a development board should have achieved.
RT has not given one single advantage to UK farmers. Just extra cost, and diminished market access if you're non-assured.
Then when we look at the RT and SQC ownership structures, members of the SQC cooperative, board members at RT, this turns into conflict of interests.
There was a significant conflict of interest whilst Minette was sitting on the main RT board. The position which is a given to represent ALL the farming unions, not just NFU, is now held by Stuart Roberts. It took some considerable time to get Minette to accept the conflict and relinquish the position.
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- Yorks
I see.
Long term conflict of interest which has manifested itself into more profits for RT, more cost for farmers, and worsening market access.
Wonder if they still think they were doing the right thing, or if they've now realised what a disaster it's turned into.
I wouldn't mind if they came out and discussed it publicly, and got on with deciding what to do about it. But no. Nothing.
given he takes millions in salary and bonuses I can totally see why he doesn’t want anything to change !
I can’t recall the number exactly but it’s was over. 2mill for running a company that had lost 143 million that same year …… nice work !
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