Private eye nails it

[glasshouse]

 

[Hindsight]

Needs to have the reports about TESCO profits running alongside as a corollary .

 

[Cvx1170]

They capped it because they can't afford it

 

[glasshouse]

They didnt mention tenant evictions

 

[gone up the hill]

They capped it because they can't afford it

You say that but they have a 400 million underspend on paying out farm subs last year due to capping the BPS payments too high and not enough people doing the the SFI scheme as expected. ( in part no doubt due to the dire options and very poor payment rates for grassland farms )

Reason they capped it was political, the Gov do not want to be seen in an election year doing anything that might push food prices upwards..

But its fine for Tesco to make 2+ billion pounds profit in one year.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

You say that but they have a 400 million underspend on paying out farm subs last year due to capping the BPS payments too high and not enough people doing the the SFI scheme as expected. ( in part no doubt due to the dire options and very poor payment rates for grassland farms )

Reason they capped it was political, the Gov do not want to be seen in an election year doing anything that might push food prices upwards..

But its fine for Tesco to make 2+ billion pounds profit in one year.

You are absolutely spot on and yes there is a pot of money that they are trying to get rid of, however as with the FETF you have to invest a lot to access it.
I believe many may not be keen to invest at the present time.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Westminster is positively supportive of agriculture, compared to the devolved administration here in Wales.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Westminster is positively supportive of agriculture, compared to the devolved administration here in Wales.

Yes, are they still pressing ahead?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Yes, are they still pressing ahead?

as far as I am aware, but even if they altered the sustainable farming scheme, there is still no badger culling, so TB is rife and increasing, as well as the whole of Wales going into a NVZ with 170 kg/Ha limit for Nitrogen (and I believe it is 250 kg/Ha in England, and Natural Resources Wales only advising 8% of Wales needing to be in a NVZ). So looking a bit grim I think.

 

[Lazy Sod]

Can somebody repost the original up the right way please. I can't turn my desktop on it's side, nor twist my head to read it.

 

[B'o'B]

Can somebody repost the original up the right way please. I can't turn my desktop on it's side, nor twist my head to read it.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Westminster is positively supportive of agriculture, compared to the devolved administration here in Wales.

Well remember the English have lost their sfp, we still have ours

 

[Lazy Sod]

Thank you, B'o'B.

 

[gone up the hill]

You are absolutely spot on and yes there is a pot of money that they are trying to get rid of, however as with the FETF you have to invest a lot to access it.
I believe many may not be keen to invest at the present time.

It would make more sense given the extreme weather conditions the last few months which has seen every sector of the industry suffering badly for them to take the 400 million and give every 2023 BPS claiment a one off extreme weather payment.

 

[Levelsman]

It would make more sense given the extreme weather conditions the last few months which has seen every sector of the industry suffering badly for them to take the 400 million and give every 2023 BPS claiment a one off extreme weather payment.

That would be too simple for them to work out!

 

[puppet]

You say that but they have a 400 million underspend on paying out farm subs last year due to capping the BPS payments too high and not enough people doing the the SFI scheme as expected. ( in part no doubt due to the dire options and very poor payment rates for grassland

They probably have a £4bn underspend. We used to give £8bn to EU and CAP returned £4bn. OK some other stuff for infrastructure projects but we were a massive donor to the EU. Where has the balance gone?

 

[Jackov Altraids]

They capped it because they can't afford it

You say that but they have a 400 million underspend on paying out farm subs last year due to capping the BPS payments too high and not enough people doing the the SFI scheme as expected. ( in part no doubt due to the dire options and very poor payment rates for grassland farms )

Reason they capped it was political, the Gov do not want to be seen in an election year doing anything that might push food prices upwards..

But its fine for Tesco to make 2+ billion pounds profit in one year.

You are both right.
They can't afford the rest of the farmers to make similar applications to the ones already agreed.
They have also started going around rural areas expecting to rely on our votes and they've been met with;

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[J 1177]

It would make more sense given the extreme weather conditions the last few months which has seen every sector of the industry suffering badly for them to take the 400 million and give every 2023 BPS claiment a one off extreme weather payment.

It would make too much sense hence why they wont do it

 

[DaveGrohl]

I keep seeing UK farmers produce 60% of our food. And I keep wondering.

I was sure I’d seen on here a few months ago that actually we’re only producing 50% and that the other 10% is labelled as UK produce because it’s imported and undergoes further processing.

Sixinchesofsoil website says;
There are approx.178,000 farmers working in the UK who manage 71% of the UK's land, providing half of the food we eat, we import the rest.

Why would they state half unless it was accurate? Anyone got any good info on this?

 

[Treg]

I keep seeing UK farmers produce 60% of our food. And I keep wondering.

I was sure I’d seen on here a few months ago that actually we’re only producing 50% and that the other 10% is labelled as UK produce because it’s imported and undergoes further processing.

Sixinchesofsoil website says;
There are approx.178,000 farmers working in the UK who manage 71% of the UK's land, providing half of the food we eat, we import the rest.

Why would they state half unless it was accurate? Anyone got any good info on this?

United Kingdom Food Security Report 2021: Theme 2: UK Food Supply Sources

www.gov.uk