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The UK Farmers Union - is it time ?
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<blockquote data-quote="holwellcourtfarm" data-source="post: 7433069" data-attributes="member: 42914"><p>I'm open to the idea but...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How does one single union properly and effectively represent competing interests in UK agriculture? It's a very broad church. Just think of the livestock farmers who want cheap bedding and the arable boys who'd rather sell straw to the highest bidder, be that livestock boys or Anglian power stations. Or the NBA pushing the case for intensively reared beef being "inherently lower carbon footprint" when some of their members are extensive beef breeders.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What would it's purpose be? To lobby government? To represent farmers to the public? To influence academic research institutions?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To aid knowledge exchange?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To support in media work?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To help with legal actions?</li> </ul><p>That's just off the top of my head.</p><p></p><p>It's a bit of a "poisoned chalice".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="holwellcourtfarm, post: 7433069, member: 42914"] I'm open to the idea but... [LIST] [*]How does one single union properly and effectively represent competing interests in UK agriculture? It's a very broad church. Just think of the livestock farmers who want cheap bedding and the arable boys who'd rather sell straw to the highest bidder, be that livestock boys or Anglian power stations. Or the NBA pushing the case for intensively reared beef being "inherently lower carbon footprint" when some of their members are extensive beef breeders. [*]What would it's purpose be? To lobby government? To represent farmers to the public? To influence academic research institutions? [*]To aid knowledge exchange? [*]To support in media work? [*]To help with legal actions? [/LIST] That's just off the top of my head. It's a bit of a "poisoned chalice". [/QUOTE]
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