What one thing could the Government do to help UK farming?
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ollie989898
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Bin ELMS, bin all deathra policy. Shut down the ADHB. Totally redesign the TB testing regime.
tullah
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- Linconshire
Cut out the requirement for all bat, newt, historical and Archaelogical surveys etc. In fact anything that's a drain and nuisance.
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- DD9.
All the govt depts that went on furlough and continue not to respond in a reasonable time should just close, the wheels have kept turning without them. Taxman never stopped, so not like the rest of them couldn’t keep going.
Spot on , furlough will curse a generation , if not eternity
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- Montgomeryshire
They can’t do that. EU rules apparently…. or that was always the excuse given.
Nope. They can, they always could, there is a paper somewhere I will try and find it.
edit: Haven't read it again but from memory this explains that there is nothing stopping UK purchasing policies being enacted.
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmenvfru/469/46902.htm
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If we do get a proper famin that could happen it would have to be in this country not just in arid parts of the world.
Free up Agriculture, stop roll over, stop grants that keep business just alive to produce cheap food. Review contracts ie egg and pig. Maintain the same standard on all imported food (either reduce standard of home produce or increase stand if important ~ I think they call it levelling up!)
Give farmers their head, if some go bust so be it. It’s called capitalism!!
Give farmers their head, if some go bust so be it. It’s called capitalism!!
limited to just one thing, i would go either, they cut payments and remove regulation from farming completely, or just pay out on the first 60-100 ha of any farms area inflation linked at BPS levels, and just limit regulation to that area of land, with cross compliance type rules.
as a by product you can, cut all funding to other non farming recipients of farming's budget, as it only pays out to farmers, then cut DEFRA down by 95%
the reality is they will never remove regulation, they love regulation so option 2.
as a by product you can, cut all funding to other non farming recipients of farming's budget, as it only pays out to farmers, then cut DEFRA down by 95%
the reality is they will never remove regulation, they love regulation so option 2.
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- Montgomeryshire
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- Summer set
The 1 thing I would like the gov to do is basically change their attitude, not only in ag but other engineering/ manufacturing industries too!
Go back to actually making producing things rather than being a service industry.
Go back to actually making producing things rather than being a service industry.
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Resign!
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- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Remember, I have posted on other threads, our Civil Service hates our country!I know. Every other country in the EU managed it.
glasshouse
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- lothians
Cut the duty on red diesel to zero
Put a sect 75 restriction on all houses used for agricultural workers
Put a sect 75 restriction on all houses used for agricultural workers
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- Devon
The correct answer would be something along the lines of dismantling the AHDB and replacing it with a marketing board for each sector run by marketing professionals under farmer guidance and reverse the huge power imbalance between producers and retailers.
Fair returns and proper market pricing would solve most of the countries problems.
Fair returns and proper market pricing would solve most of the countries problems.
oil barron
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- Aberdeenshire
Support / remove regulation for new small business food processors. A healthy food processing sector is the best thing for agriculture giving competition for primary agriculture produce.
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- NSW, Newstralya
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I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.
The best way to achieve a strong, viable, vibrant, progressive, independent industry, that isn’t reliant on welfare or handouts