That sounds perfectly justifiable and fair. Only thing is, what do you think would happen to milk production? Look how much is being produced at the current low price. Not the easy answer it seems is it?
Milk at 21ppl in 1994
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Old Boar
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In 1914 the price of a pint of milk, a loaf of bread and a pint of beer were all 1d.
In 1964 the price of a pint of milk was 4d, bread 6d and beer 11d
Now a pint of milk is around 46p, bread £1.20 and beer £3.
So the answer is simple - get the cows to produce beer!
In 1964 the price of a pint of milk was 4d, bread 6d and beer 11d
Now a pint of milk is around 46p, bread £1.20 and beer £3.
So the answer is simple - get the cows to produce beer!
Think that was the year my dad sold out of dairy
two-cylinder
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But to put things into perspective Gary, yields were much lower and so was productivity.
When I think how much land we put into beet in the 80's to achieve tonnage it seems a ridiculous amount in comparison with today.
Likewise how long it used to take to spread fertiliser, man handling and cutting individual 50kg bags into the spreader.
Same applies to filling the planter with hessian bags of seed!
Every job was much slower taking longer to do, and using more man hours prices needed to be higher.
I agree. There is no easy or pleasing answer. Many people were keen to see the back of quotas not so long ago though.
The fierce independence of British farmers has been our downfall again though. We are seriously each other's own worst enemies!
YorkshireAndrew
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That's what we should have done .