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What does this farmer erected banner “Carbon Neutral by 2040” mean?

Pilatus

Member
Today I have just noticed a local farmer has erected the thread banner by the side of a busy dual carriageway.
In my ignorance what does it mean and is it achieve able???
 

Jackov Altraids

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Devon
It is meaningless.
What it probably indicates is that it will be 2040 before people will realise that ELMS,tree planting, rewilding and carbon offsetting has been utter horshite and that we[UK Ag.] were carbon neutral back in 2020 before they started to make things worse.
 
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MrNoo

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
It’s @MrNoo i bet now his solar farm build has started 😂

Not I, I'm afraid, nothing Carbon Neutral re solar here at the moment, 4x 360's running, a dozer and numerous rollers/dumptrucks etc They've probably burnt more diesel than I use in a whole year so far!!

Yet all you hear is about so and so moaning they cant fly off on holiday, cannot see air travel ever being Carbon neutral no matter how they dress it up.

I suspect if RT and the like keep bringing yet more and rules and regs there will come a time when some of the smaller owned farms will just mothball them, wild flowers etc and give up growing food. Chatting to a chap who has 300 odd acres, said it's his last year growing crops, all being put into some scheme, reckoned he'll be getting £70k/year. Bit of a no brainer (as long as he gets paid!)
 

Formatted

Member
Livestock Farmer
Are you all annoyed by this because you don't think the industry will be carbon neutral or you don't think a farmer should be advertising they'll be carbon neutral? This is an NFU campaign
 

Ffermer Bach

Member
Livestock Farmer
Not I, I'm afraid, nothing Carbon Neutral re solar here at the moment, 4x 360's running, a dozer and numerous rollers/dumptrucks etc They've probably burnt more diesel than I use in a whole year so far!!

Yet all you hear is about so and so moaning they cant fly off on holiday, cannot see air travel ever being Carbon neutral no matter how they dress it up.

I suspect if RT and the like keep bringing yet more and rules and regs there will come a time when some of the smaller owned farms will just mothball them, wild flowers etc and give up growing food. Chatting to a chap who has 300 odd acres, said it's his last year growing crops, all being put into some scheme, reckoned he'll be getting £70k/year. Bit of a no brainer (as long as he gets paid!)
Maybe everyone should lock the gates, throw away the key, grow nothing and put a big sign up, Carbon Neutral, after all, we all know all food comes from Tesco so nothing to worry about!
 
Are you all annoyed by this because you don't think the industry will be carbon neutral or you don't think a farmer should be advertising they'll be carbon neutral? This is an NFU campaign
Is this about an individual farmer going carbon neutral by 2040?
Is it about all NFU members going carbon neutral by 2040?
Is it about all farmers being carbon neutral by 2040?
 

MrNoo

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
Are you all annoyed by this because you don't think the industry will be carbon neutral or you don't think a farmer should be advertising they'll be carbon neutral? This is an NFU campaign

The Non Farmers Union, what a surprise, an utter shower of shite, still I’m sure it’ll all be RT run and assured so will be fine!
 

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