National Beef Association on the wrong track ?
- Thread starter Old Tip
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- East Sussex
Are there minutes of this meeting? I wonder who the 'climate scientist' is 
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
I've been trying to persuade someone who's an NFU member to talk to their local branch contact about all this, because they have been upset by the NBA's actions, but the message that comes back to me is that their local NFU doesn't communicate beyond insurance.
No indication of any whatsap group or whatever was mentioned upthread for rapid feedback.
Are all branches equal within the NFU? Is there a, um, quality assurance system?
No indication of any whatsap group or whatever was mentioned upthread for rapid feedback.
Are all branches equal within the NFU? Is there a, um, quality assurance system?
Any NFU member can find out who their regional representative is on the national livestock board.
primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
Thanks. I'll suggest they do a bit more asking, then. This is somebody who isn't in the habit of making a fuss, so it is an upheaval for them. The dialogue isn't there from the organisation.
How
your branch office will know who it is.
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Google is your friend.
Archive
www.nfuonline.com
No one from the far SW, or Zummerset, Cornwall or Devon.
David Barton is the Cotswolds, but maybe the nearest.
(Have just put this in agricultural matters, but you all need to look at it so that you are forewarned on the imminent attack on your industry by the AHDB) .
The AHDB are launching a major PR offensive in Jan.
New consumer focused website. Social media blitz.
https://weeatbalanced.com/know-your-food/sustainability/
The central message is this:
In fact, all red meat and dairy only contributes around 5% of all UK greenhouse gas emissions.*
Last one out, shut the gate.
The AHDB are launching a major PR offensive in Jan.
New consumer focused website. Social media blitz.
https://weeatbalanced.com/know-your-food/sustainability/
The central message is this:
In fact, all red meat and dairy only contributes around 5% of all UK greenhouse gas emissions.*
Last one out, shut the gate.
Just got an invoice from the idiots, think it’s a bit obvious that I’ve cancelled my direct debit
Who, the NBA ? This is the AHDB putting the boot in.
Please tell me there is a way of cancelling payments to the AHDB lol.
yes there is
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
There’s a whole section on here devoted to AHDB where they post.
You could try pointing out to them there that the methane emitted by cattle is part of a carbon cycle, totally different to burning fossil fuels.
I don’t know wether they just post on the forum, wether they read replies or if they’d understand and change tack though.
do tell.
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
Just had a look, sadly I don’t think they’ll take the hint from that, you will have to do their work for them and explain why they are s squandering 1.5 million of levy payers cashjust done
details on how to do it are here in amongst thousands of pages of bloody rubbish
Blood sucking ahdb
68 million drained out of farming every year by the ahdb ,farmers must have plenty of spare cash
thefarmingforum.co.uk
Yeah that was just a knee jerk rant after seeing their post.
The bigger point is this: We have all been urging them on here for what, two years or more, to stop apologizing for cows and start doing their job properly. And this is the result; in a couple of weeks time they are launching a major public campaign telling folks that if they give up red meat and dairy they will cut their GHG emissions by 5%.
Shall we say it again: With friends like this who needs enemies ?
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
I don’t suppose they read too much of the wider forum though so the point probably needs to be taken to them in the ahdb section.
Unfortunately it’s probably too late for their upcoming campaign so that’s 1.5 million down the drain and the wrong message implanted in the publics mind.
Rather worrying, having a quick look at the ahdb section earlier, most of the replies to their posts seem to be critical