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what has the NFU ever done for us?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dolomite" data-source="post: 4846780" data-attributes="member: 46844"><p>Sold us down the river, made agreements on farmers behalfs that don't benefit us in the slightest. But as a non member (because of their failings) that doesn't wash with us so they have to have a agreement or contract. For example the pylon rates as agreed nationally by the NFU. They have bowed to pressure from the government all too often and exterior forces instead of holding fast and pressuring them. </p><p>Some may have benefitted from them. For us they have caused more harm than good. What's good for a big farmer isn't good for a small one, what's good for a hill farmer doesn't work on arable farm and what's good for the one region/ county isn't good for the rest. They fail to hold anyone big business or industry to account over failing i.e: red tractor or foreign meat being passed as British. The milk price is slipping again because the processors want to look after their profits. A few articles and strong words will do nothing and these bisbusiness just laugh it off. The NFU should be organising farmers to stand together and fight for our industry not stand by and watch us be walked over whilst commentating on it. What really bugs me is the constant failiure to get English farmers half the grants and benefits Welsh and Scottish get. We now have the small grant scheme but how many have Wales and Scotland had before us before we got this. </p><p></p><p>The list goes on.</p><p></p><p>Our thoughts on the NFU but some no doubt will disagree and rightly so. But for us they haven't done us any favours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dolomite, post: 4846780, member: 46844"] Sold us down the river, made agreements on farmers behalfs that don't benefit us in the slightest. But as a non member (because of their failings) that doesn't wash with us so they have to have a agreement or contract. For example the pylon rates as agreed nationally by the NFU. They have bowed to pressure from the government all too often and exterior forces instead of holding fast and pressuring them. Some may have benefitted from them. For us they have caused more harm than good. What's good for a big farmer isn't good for a small one, what's good for a hill farmer doesn't work on arable farm and what's good for the one region/ county isn't good for the rest. They fail to hold anyone big business or industry to account over failing i.e: red tractor or foreign meat being passed as British. The milk price is slipping again because the processors want to look after their profits. A few articles and strong words will do nothing and these bisbusiness just laugh it off. The NFU should be organising farmers to stand together and fight for our industry not stand by and watch us be walked over whilst commentating on it. What really bugs me is the constant failiure to get English farmers half the grants and benefits Welsh and Scottish get. We now have the small grant scheme but how many have Wales and Scotland had before us before we got this. The list goes on. Our thoughts on the NFU but some no doubt will disagree and rightly so. But for us they haven't done us any favours. [/QUOTE]
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