Not a good look for the industry

[stewart]

Farmers facing fraud charges after ear tags investigation

THREE members of a farming family are facing charges arising from the alleged fraudulent use of bovine ear tags.

www.westerntelegraph.co.uk

 

[JJT]

There's good and bad in every industry/ profession/ section off society. Why does one bad example have to label a whole industry. Or are you suggesting fraud is standard practice in farming?

 

[vantage]

Jeez, you read the Western Telegraph in NZ !

 

[stewart]

Jeez, you read the Western Telegraph in NZ !

Why not?

 

[vantage]

Why not?

Were you a Pembrokeshire resident at one time?

 

[stewart]

Were you a Pembrokeshire resident at one time?

No, but a very good friend of mine was.

 

[S J H]

Farmers facing fraud charges after ear tags investigation

THREE members of a farming family are facing charges arising from the alleged fraudulent use of bovine ear tags.

www.westerntelegraph.co.uk

Do you have individual ear tags yet?

 

[Hilly]

Farmers facing fraud charges after ear tags investigation

THREE members of a farming family are facing charges arising from the alleged fraudulent use of bovine ear tags.

www.westerntelegraph.co.uk

No it’s not a good look on the individual nothing to do with the industry !

 

[stewart]

Do you have individual ear tags yet?

Yes and have done for years.

 

[stewart]

No it’s not a good look on the individual nothing to do with the industry !

Fair comment, unfortunately it does reflect on the industry in general.

 

[Shep]

No it’s not a good look on the individual nothing to do with the industry !

After all the TV programmes about dodgy builders, I can't understand why people are still using builders to do their building

 

[S J H]

Yes and have done for years.

I thought you were just on a herd ear tag when I was there, do you have passports?

 

[Hilly]

Fair comment, unfortunately it does reflect on the industry in general.

I disagree it reflects on them involved end of .

 

[stewart]

I disagree it reflects on them involved end of .

To you and me it does, to the general public it reflects on the industry in general.

 

[stewart]

I thought you were just on a herd ear tag when I was there, do you have passports?

When were you here? Individual EID tags have been used for years now. Don’t use passports.

 

[kiwi pom]

I thought you were just on a herd ear tag when I was there, do you have passports?

All electronic tags for cattle now. Pretty big fines for cattle that aren't registered or aren't on the right farm etc.

 

[Henarar]

Fair comment, unfortunately it does reflect on the industry in general.

Absolutely, it makes farmers in NZ look terrible

 

[S J H]

When were you here? Individual EID tags have been used for years now. Don’t use passports.

I think it was 10 years ago now. Do you record individual movements online then?

 

[Goweresque]

I have no idea what the defendants have been up to, but my immediate reaction was this quote from Ayn Rand's prophetic 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged:

Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with

 

[kiwi pom]

I think it was 10 years ago now. Do you record individual movements online then?

Yep, all read on/off the truck, then it gets updated on line. I think its had its teething troubles and some are better than others at doing it, but in theory everything's at the click of a mouse.
Fines for anything that isn't in the right place.