Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme AND Protests

[Clive]

A detector of some kind?

not everything can be discussed online

 

[L P]

Well done the welsh for getting the story on the news

I guess the importance of the news picking it up is disproportionionate to the inconvenience caused, a few thousand inconvenienced for a few hours and a few million news viewers, statistics would say it will have support.

 

[Bwcho]

not everything can be discussed online

Noted

 

[Still Farming]

Welsh farmers protest as they say 'enough is enough'

There is growing frustration amongst industry, but the Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths insisted the Sustainable Farming Scheme would not undermine food security and that she was ‘listening'

www.farmersguardian.com

 

[steveR]

Seen it on Facebook,they are only using 1 lane ,cars can pass.

Looked like the Police were "policing" the outside Lane from the pics and vids I have seen??

 

[Still Farming]

Petition: Scrap the ‘Universal Actions’ and payment reductions in the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme.

The proposed ‘compulsory’ 10% planting of trees & 10% reverting productive land to habitat, will lead to an obvious 20%+ reduction in food produced in wales, jobs losses & businesses overall turnover in an already struggling industry, this will have a huge knock on effect to rural businesses &...

petitions.senedd.wales

 

[Tubbylew]

5% trees would probably be doable for most farmers in Wales .
The Welsh government are just pig headed and don't seem to want to compromise.

The trees are just a headline, the other 16 proposed universal actions don't look very palletable to me.

 

[Hilly]

Also coming to england

Already arrived long ago here in the Scottish Borders.

 

[glasshouse]

Welsh farmers protest as they say 'enough is enough'

There is growing frustration amongst industry, but the Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths insisted the Sustainable Farming Scheme would not undermine food security and that she was ‘listening'

www.farmersguardian.com

Listening my arse

 

[glasshouse]

Lots of farmers in scotland are losing land to the nutty greenwashing policies up here.
And there is still lots we dont yet know.

 

[wr.]

The newish discovery at the front made me laugth, then all the nearly new tractors.

I'm privellaged landed gentry & even I though what a nonsense.

'kin typical. Why shouldn't a farmer own a newish Discovery or a nearly new tractor? We work 'kin hard enough for them. Our local drug dealer can drive a top of the range Range Rover and he's the scum of the earth but a farmer has to be a 'kin peasant all his life.
I know you go as Devil's advocate and like to provoke a response which is good to give others their chance to air their views so this is my response and I thank you for the opportunity.
By the way, the tractors today received unbelievable support from motorists and bystanders.
wr. (someone who has never bought a new tractor or truck in my life)

 

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[Still Farming]

 

[mixedfmr]

True but tractors are instantly recognisable as being farmers.

There is a lot of anger at the moment. And truth be told, it’s probably better that some are contained within their vehicles than roaming the streets of Cardiff

Full support to you all. The public in general couldnt give a rats A--- about us and you have to bring things to a head with everything you can
I have missed hospital appointments before all booked months prior, TRAFFIC, ACCIDENTS ect, 10 minutes late and Im turned away, pointing to a sign saying ABUSED TO OUR STAFF WILL NOT BE TOLLERATED, I hardley opened my mouth, in a que. who do i blame ACCOUNTANTS/SOLICITERS/ MECHANICS/CHEFS ect, who caused me to be late. Train delayed in transit going to london appointment, late, canceled, would have been 2 hrs early, who do i blame?
Jnr Docs on strike, so senior consultants covering, apps canceled, thats if they get past the traindrivers strike.

Others look out for their cause, BUT US

I think UK wide we should come out to support each other, after all were all farmers. Maybe not scots yet as they may have had a better result so far

 

[glasshouse]

Full support to you all. The public in general couldnt give a rats A--- about us and you have to bring things to a head with everything you can
I have missed hospital appointments before all booked months prior, TRAFFIC, ACCIDENTS ect, 10 minutes late and Im turned away, pointing to a sign saying ABUSED TO OUR STAFF WILL NOT BE TOLLERATED, I hardley opened my mouth, in a que. who do i blame ACCOUNTANTS/SOLICITERS/ MECHANICS/CHEFS ect, who caused me to be late. Train delayed in transit going to london appointment, late, canceled, would have been 2 hrs early, who do i blame?
Jnr Docs on strike, so senior consultants covering, apps canceled, thats if they get past the traindrivers strike.

Others look out for their cause, BUT US

I think UK wide we should come out to support each other, after all were all farmers. Maybe not scots yet as they may have had a better result so far

In scotland Best to get retaliation in first

 

[DeeGee]

Doing the same here: only 50 acres less barley but just not worth all the hassle for about £150/ poxy tonne!

Basically growing a crop that nobody really wants and ripening the real risk of making a loss if the weather is dodgy at any time from March to September!

Been there and done it far too often, even when prices were just about good enough to make a margin. Now they are carp and I am 67 so its bye bye spring barley and good riddance!

Above should read ‘risking’ not ‘ripening’.

 

[Pistonbroke]

Send them to Mid wales they seem to have a free run there,80,90,100 on a sunday afternoon.
i'm only talking A road not motorway.

60 is the minimum, isn't it?

 

[Pistonbroke]

A night with Helena Bonham Carter

But I will settle for not giving away my data

News headlines still just quote the two 10% rules,no mention of the other crap. NFU response is similar,hope someone points it out before any face to face meetings with the scumbags

 

[wanton dwarf]

Good luck to the Welsh Farmers trying to save their industry

Shame on all the Ag "Authorities" & "Leaders" who have failed the industry over the past decade - just interested in their petty lives & pockets

 

[DeeGee]

IMO we should look into aligning ourselves with other justifiably disillusioned groups. Not saying do so as a knee jerk reaction, but through dialogue with those such as RMT union who are being shafted by big business in an attempt to cut down on ticket offices etc etc

Junior doctors who again are being grossly underpaid for what responsibility they carry. The steel workers of Port Talbot who face being sacrificed at the altar of ‘carbon emissions’ and increased profits for Tata steel which will not only cost thousands of jobs but will destroy communities in West Wales.

IMO we can gain a lot of mutual support from the public by ourselves supporting similar protests from other sectors of society that are undervalued and being exploited by both government and big business.

“Mae na nerth mewn union!” (Strength in unity!)