Yes , but NE don't pay out .... ask anyone in mid tier
I am refering more to his strategic importance in having the ear of Government.
Yes , but NE don't pay out .... ask anyone in mid tier
I am refering more to his strategic importance in having the ear of Government.
But we've known for years that organic farming has a higher carbon footprint than sound conventional farming.
Oh for fudgesake. Why am I even bothering...
I am organic and I don not see a need for production to drop. I currently produce per hectare, more grass than is grown on average on conventional farms. Except I capture 3kg of carbon per L of milk I produce too. Oh, and my Cost of production is close to half the average.
No. Don't be silly.
And does your wheat / barley / potato crop match conventional yields ?Oh for fudgesake. Why am I even bothering...
I am organic and I don not see a need for production to drop. I currently produce per hectare, more grass than is grown on average on conventional farms. Except I capture 3kg of carbon per L of milk I produce too. Oh, and my Cost of production is close to half the average.
No. Don't be silly.
How much is carbon / ton ?
3kg/l is higher than I was expecting. Are the official numbers out yet?Oh for fudgesake. Why am I even bothering...
I am organic and I don not see a need for production to drop. I currently produce per hectare, more grass than is grown on average on conventional farms. Except I capture 3kg of carbon per L of milk I produce too. Oh, and my Cost of production is close to half the average.
And does your wheat / barley / potato crop match conventional yields ?
3kg/l is higher than I was expecting. Are the official numbers out yet?
Since when did sense come into it?Organic might ok for the London champagne Socialists with plenty of money. But the working middle class with a family to feed might think differently. We have food banks as people can’t afford food and there’s talk of more organic.
Thanks for the update. Sounds exciting.Not yet - There is a a meeting with a group of farmers here tomorrow. I am hoping I can get some preliminary figures from the sciencey people who are coming. The main project with zone mapping etc ends in a year or so, which should provide some better data, especially on what areas and management captures carbon best.
The 3kg/L will drop in the next audit (march-march) as we have laid quite a lot of concrete and increased output significantly. I expect it to end up at around 1.5kg-2kg, but that is mainly due to being more productive than expected. I have some ideas in the pipeline that might make us a bit better, but it's just stuff I'm playing with so I don't know what will happen.
Considering a surprising number of farmers don’t approve of the NFU, what makes you think they would all follow Guys lead should he make such a call?Guy smith should declare that all english farmers are going organic
There would be s panic
Among the fert Chem lobby
I’m organic, @Poorbuthappy came around the farm for a visit back in August.And does your wheat / barley / potato crop match conventional yields ?