Page 29 of FW got me a little hot under the collar.(sorry cant post link)
As someone who is roughly the same age as Mr Naylor, I certainly don't share his (and it seems every other National bodies) view that all old farmers are rubbish. he even contradicts himself, by suggesting old famers are only 5% less productive. Even if that is statistically relevant, its hardly much of a drop is it.
They would not be old farmers if they were rubbish, what he forgets is that those that still exist in their 60's have seen many many of their contemporaries disappear over the years. They are the survivors.
I have a lot of respect for old farmers. far more than young flash harrys, many of whom, whether Naylor likes it or not, simply borrow against owned land, to fund what appears successful carreers. A kid from Dry Drayton wrote three weeks ago how he'd be able to beat the end of subsidies by 'administrative savings' and reducing his ditching frequency. Hardly radical.
Why should Mr Naylor be allowed to write about the state of his neighbours farms or kids he sees leaving university, simply needs to mind his own business. Guarantee he'll be old one day, and wont like some kid telling him to step aside because he's not radical enough...........
As someone who is roughly the same age as Mr Naylor, I certainly don't share his (and it seems every other National bodies) view that all old farmers are rubbish. he even contradicts himself, by suggesting old famers are only 5% less productive. Even if that is statistically relevant, its hardly much of a drop is it.
They would not be old farmers if they were rubbish, what he forgets is that those that still exist in their 60's have seen many many of their contemporaries disappear over the years. They are the survivors.
I have a lot of respect for old farmers. far more than young flash harrys, many of whom, whether Naylor likes it or not, simply borrow against owned land, to fund what appears successful carreers. A kid from Dry Drayton wrote three weeks ago how he'd be able to beat the end of subsidies by 'administrative savings' and reducing his ditching frequency. Hardly radical.
Why should Mr Naylor be allowed to write about the state of his neighbours farms or kids he sees leaving university, simply needs to mind his own business. Guarantee he'll be old one day, and wont like some kid telling him to step aside because he's not radical enough...........
