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<blockquote data-quote="Fiveospades" data-source="post: 8201379" data-attributes="member: 75910"><p>So many words have been written about RT ,but here a few more for what it is worth.In many cases if you do something that costs you money for no return it is seen as a bad business decision and you cease to do it to protect your business. Unfortunately many of us cannot trade efficiently without RT assurance, (I cannot deliver my sugar beet crop to British Sugar without it) and outlets to the grain trade are limited also if not 'assured'. Same old story is that total solidarity amongst farmers is lacking and too many just shrug their shoulders and go along under protest with the scheme. Some even think it is marvellous and welcome it particularly if you are on the board of directors etc.</p><p>Every time I am assessed I ask the assessor to make RT aware that the scheme has become a farce and many of the questions are so far removed from sensible crop production it is laughable. My previous assessor agreed (he was a retired farmer). If we are to have a scheme of some sort it should only be based on safe and sustainable crop production that gives the primary producer benefits for the time and expenses that it costs us.</p><p>I am only a small farmer but assurance costs me close to £1000.00 a year for membership, training for NROSO, sprayer Mot, waste disposal, signage, and time spent writing and recording things that the end users of my produce are not remotely interested in or to the best of my knowledge never ask to see or verify.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiveospades, post: 8201379, member: 75910"] So many words have been written about RT ,but here a few more for what it is worth.In many cases if you do something that costs you money for no return it is seen as a bad business decision and you cease to do it to protect your business. Unfortunately many of us cannot trade efficiently without RT assurance, (I cannot deliver my sugar beet crop to British Sugar without it) and outlets to the grain trade are limited also if not 'assured'. Same old story is that total solidarity amongst farmers is lacking and too many just shrug their shoulders and go along under protest with the scheme. Some even think it is marvellous and welcome it particularly if you are on the board of directors etc. Every time I am assessed I ask the assessor to make RT aware that the scheme has become a farce and many of the questions are so far removed from sensible crop production it is laughable. My previous assessor agreed (he was a retired farmer). If we are to have a scheme of some sort it should only be based on safe and sustainable crop production that gives the primary producer benefits for the time and expenses that it costs us. I am only a small farmer but assurance costs me close to £1000.00 a year for membership, training for NROSO, sprayer Mot, waste disposal, signage, and time spent writing and recording things that the end users of my produce are not remotely interested in or to the best of my knowledge never ask to see or verify. [/QUOTE]
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