- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Even us advocates accept that there is no one right way for everyone.
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TFF's ELMS Questions time ?
- Thread starter Clive
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Exactly, changing one mono crop for another is not the answer, we need more mixed farming
- Location
- Darlington
Absolutely, and support for existing woodland too.
midlandslad
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- Location
- Midlands
Very useful thread to assist in answering the DEFRA questionaire that they are wanting response to.
I'll be interested in David Kennedy's responses, as they will shape some of my own responses!!
The interview is happening tomorrow - questions all set now. Should be interesting !
it’s happening tomorrow afternoon
Yes, he is a very sharp cookie and a good speaker with an impressive handle on his brief.
Have you uploaded the interview Video please? If so, I missed it somehow!
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
I have just completed a DEFRA questionairre around land management plans (as a contributor to the CLA trials). The deadline for comment is tomorrow and it was notified today! What the hell is that timing about?
For interest this is the full list of the current trials giving an indication of the type of organisations running them:
Dissapointingly few farmer run trials in that list I suggest.
For interest this is the full list of the current trials giving an indication of the type of organisations running them:
Dissapointingly few farmer run trials in that list I suggest.
Environmental Land Management - Defra Director answers Farming Forum members questions about the new scheme
ollie989898
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If you need any more of a heads up as to who will be receiving the limited funds available you can see them on the list above.
Forget it. These organisations already have their noses well into the trough.
Forget it. These organisations already have their noses well into the trough.
- Location
- East yorks
The bigger they are the harder they shove their way in, regardless of how they try and appear
ollie989898
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They will have legions of ecology degree holders talking the talk for them and MP's/government quangos will be loving it. Throw in a few sentences with appropriate buzzwords and they will be drooling at the mouth. 'Enhanced public goods provided by increased ecological awareness and sympathetic management of habitat', all of which is lingo for 'doing fudge all and pocketing the cash'.
Hmm, just watched the David Kennedy interview. He says very little at the end of the day, and the only sign I could see about support for farming was his prpomise that the funds currently being spent on Tier 1 would be dished up for ELMS during the life of this parliament. It was vaguely reassuring overall, but I hope that, as he suggested, lessons have been learnt about the Byzantine complexities that put everyone off the current environmental schemes, so that the vast majority of farmers can get on board come 2024.
"Vaguely reassuring" is about as far as I would go... Support for farming is secondary to the DEFRA mindset which now has very little to do with food production or maintaining a rural economy.
Come the Autumn, we'll know more as Options start to become clear...
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Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
I concur. The charities, quangos and other State bodies will hoover up the lions share of the ELMS money. They'll create bodies whose aims will be to 'work towards rewilding' or 'assist stakeholders in improving the shared environment', all the usual b*ll*cks, and ELMS money will pay for all their salaries. Nothing much will get done on the ground, but lots of middle class graduates will get nice salaries and big fat pensions out of it.
If all 85k of us became advisors we could all advise each other and create a union?? Or is that just a step to far in 2021??? Haha
If you don’t sign up to elms will it count against you with processors etc. Or Is that more governed by red tractor which will probably follow a similar tack.