Low mood in agriculture

Werzle

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Location
Midlands
Every one I speak to seems rather dispondent with the job.
Is it across the board/nationwide?
Beef job not helping plus the uncertain period we are going through at the moment.
I’m hoping @Cab-over Pete at the helm will steer us through (y)
Nationwide i reckon, i often wonder how much happier we would be if we turned off all our phones, tv's , computers and didnt read the newspapers for a while either. Too much bad news 24/7 is making us glum
 

Scribus

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Location
Central Atlantic
Nationwide i reckon, i often wonder how much happier we would be if we turned off all our phones, tv's , computers and didnt read the newspapers for a while either. Too much bad news 24/7 is making us glum

We are kept away from too much news that is actually bad, instead, we are fed a stream of vaporous froth and sensationalism by the very devices you list. Perhaps it is that we are tiring of.
 

Lewis821

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Mixed Farmer
Location
norfolk
Watching horizon “the honest supermarket” lastnight depressed the hell out of me! Labelling produce by how many times it had been sprayed, potatoes sprayed 32 times!!, really doesnt help the general public onside. When Im asked what i would of done differently in life it would be not get on a fecking tractor. With 28 years at work before retirement I’m not certain how things will pan out
 

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