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Question: What's stopping more farmers practicing silvoarable/agroforestry?
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<blockquote data-quote="N.Yorks." data-source="post: 7266121" data-attributes="member: 46426"><p>Ok, I'm hearing lots of 'Horse sh1t', 'tw*t', 'bunny huggers' on top of a sh1t load of can't, can't, can't..... all very negative. </p><p></p><p>Being serious now, I agree that AF won't be suitable in a number of circumstances however your comment "<em>It makes me very very angry that this brand of loved up 'I know better than the whole farming industry' baloney isn't called out from the top, and that there are those who're believing it.</em>"</p><p></p><p>So if the whole farming industry has got it right and knows what they are doing why is the industry still in the financial situation it is? See farm income figures below, figures ringed are income from the core agricultural business. An industry you infer that knows what it's doing. Doesn't it demonstrate in some circumstances there is a lot that can be done better.</p><p></p><p>Caveat: those figures are average and some farm businesses are doing well and are sustainable in many senses (financially/environmentally etc), so it's not all gloom, but clearly there are things that can be done that aren't being done now.</p><p></p><p>Obviously the price that people pay for food is an issue but what are your solutions for the future industry?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924001[/ATTACH][ATTACH]924001[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N.Yorks., post: 7266121, member: 46426"] Ok, I'm hearing lots of 'Horse sh1t', 'tw*t', 'bunny huggers' on top of a sh1t load of can't, can't, can't..... all very negative. Being serious now, I agree that AF won't be suitable in a number of circumstances however your comment "[I]It makes me very very angry that this brand of loved up 'I know better than the whole farming industry' baloney isn't called out from the top, and that there are those who're believing it.[/I]" So if the whole farming industry has got it right and knows what they are doing why is the industry still in the financial situation it is? See farm income figures below, figures ringed are income from the core agricultural business. An industry you infer that knows what it's doing. Doesn't it demonstrate in some circumstances there is a lot that can be done better. Caveat: those figures are average and some farm businesses are doing well and are sustainable in many senses (financially/environmentally etc), so it's not all gloom, but clearly there are things that can be done that aren't being done now. Obviously the price that people pay for food is an issue but what are your solutions for the future industry? [ATTACH type="full"]924001[/ATTACH][ATTACH]924001[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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