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The Disappearance of the All Round Farmer
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<blockquote data-quote="glasshouse" data-source="post: 4396098" data-attributes="member: 10610"><p>The biggest problem is the return of the monied investor in farmland.</p><p>Where i am, a hundred years ago, rich industrialists owned all the farms and they invested little as shooting was their interest.</p><p>The tenant farmers had to get by as best they could.</p><p>After ww2, most farmers bought their land from the landlords, invested in new sheds, drains etc, intensified and employed lots of people, while remaining "mixed".</p><p>In the last 15yrs, most of these farms have been bought by rich non farmers, who employ contractors.</p><p>Livestock does not feature in the spreadsheet put forward by savills etc, the land is cropped, cottages on air b and b, no one employed.</p><p>The farms are crying out for livestock, but nobody is listening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glasshouse, post: 4396098, member: 10610"] The biggest problem is the return of the monied investor in farmland. Where i am, a hundred years ago, rich industrialists owned all the farms and they invested little as shooting was their interest. The tenant farmers had to get by as best they could. After ww2, most farmers bought their land from the landlords, invested in new sheds, drains etc, intensified and employed lots of people, while remaining "mixed". In the last 15yrs, most of these farms have been bought by rich non farmers, who employ contractors. Livestock does not feature in the spreadsheet put forward by savills etc, the land is cropped, cottages on air b and b, no one employed. The farms are crying out for livestock, but nobody is listening. [/QUOTE]
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