Why is the NFU president going along with the idea that cattle are polluting the atmosphere??

[Clive]

Someone must know who these hidden corporate members are? Anyone know their agenda?

It keeps coming up , so if we know who they are and what they want we should be able to counter it?

IMO the NFU should expel ALL none farming members with immediate effect and they should take income from NO sponsorship or affiliate deals with ANY commercial business whatsoever ......... including the mutual

they are NOT a farming union if they accept money from (and therefore represent) supply, processor, manufacturer, and retail members

The fox has simply paid for access to the pheasant pen and stupid, self-serving people let him in !

UK farming currently is unrepresented

 

[wrenbird]

At the risk of sounding like Michele from ‘Allo, Allo’ I will say this only once (again, ad infinitum), COWS, ok, ruminants, ARE NOT THE PROBLEM, that’s it, end of, no qualifying statement needed, no further explanation. If some smart so and so wants facts and figures to back this up, yep, we’ve got them, we can supply them until their ears bleed and they beg for mercy, but the main and only message that the Karl’s and Karen’s of this world need to hear from us is that our livestock are part of a completely natural cycle that has gone on for hundreds of thousands of years to the benefit, not detriment, of the planet.
Keep it simple, stupid, as some other idiot once said.

 

[Flasheart]

IMO the NFU should expel ALL none farming members with immediate effect and they should take income from NO sponsorship or affiliate deals with ANY commercial business whatsoever ......... including the mutual

they are NOT a farming union if they accept money from (and therefore represent) supply, processor, manufacturer, and retail members

The fox has simply paid for access to the pheasant pen and stupid, self-serving people let him in !

UK farming currently is unrepresented

I’m just puzzled that no one can actually say who any of these hidden members are.

I know they are supposedly hidden but surely someone can name at least one?

 

[Flasheart]

It's obviously made up of the Illuminati, Spectre, and Tony Soprano Farms Inc....

Austin Powers for President, James Bond for deputy and Johnny English for vice ??

 

[delilah]

Two kicks in the goolies in one day from the NFU. Even by their standards that's going some.

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...id-‘soundbite’-solutions.357640/#post-7828930

 

[Jimdog1]

IMO the NFU should expel ALL none farming members with immediate effect and they should take income from NO sponsorship or affiliate deals with ANY commercial business whatsoever ......... including the mutual

they are NOT a farming union if they accept money from (and therefore represent) supply, processor, manufacturer, and retail members

The fox has simply paid for access to the pheasant pen and stupid, self-serving people let him in !

UK farming currently is unrepresented

Which processors?

 

[Clive]

Which processors?

nfu won’t name but i would suspect most of them ! they like to sweep this income under the carpet - Guy Smith even denied it was possible once …….. until we directed him to the part of the NFU’s own website that offered such membership packages

why wouldn’t you try to influence them if you were allowed to join


im not a member so its none if my business but i would suggest members maybe should ask for full disclosure of a list of ANY none farmer members and fill disclosure of ANY sponsorship/ affiliate deals with commercial companies and the value of these deals and memberships. - a question to ask publicly at thr next NFU conference maybe ?? the relationship too the Mutual was worth 6million a year in the last accounts I saw IIRC alone


Think it will make the Tory parties current issues look acceptable !

 

[DaveGrohl]

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland

Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, Victor Chestnutt, has responded to the COP26 pledge by many world leaders to cut global methane emissions by 30% over the next decade.



He said: “Methane is a natural by-product from cows due to food digestion, therefore it’s very difficult to treat, and the UFU is still considering what this announcement means for local farmers.

To date, through improvements in animal production and nutrient management, Northern Ireland’s farmers have already done good work to reduce methane, but we recognise that there is room for further improvement.

“There has been significant research and investment in new technologies that will help us increase our methane reduction on-farm further, but more investment and a long-term commitment from government is needed,” he added.



‘It’s vital that our ability to produce high-quality food is not limited by these calls to reduce emissions.”

Measuring emissions​

According to the UFU president, all trade deals entered into by the British government must conform to the same world leading food production standards that are expected of UK farmers, and should include similar commitments, where emission reduction targets are concerned.



Chestnutt commented: “To continue making positive progress in methane reduction, other methane producers need to take action, and we need more accurate methods of measuring methane emissions to understand the true scale of the issue.

UK agriculture is a uniquely versatile sector, which supplies food, captures and stores carbon and helps to generate clean energy. It is a key part of the climate change solution. This is a message that we reiterated alongside our UK farming union counterparts during our visit to COP26.

“Our farmers are already contributing significantly to the UK target of ‘net zero’ by 2050. However, we recognise this can be improved further with the right policy backed by scientific evidence,” Chestnutt added.



The UFU represenative added that this is essential to continue making positive progress in combating climate change in Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole, supporting local farmers without lessening their ability to produce quality, sustainable products.

Trade deals​

The UFU has already indicated that Northern Ireland’s agri-food sectors have been completely undermined, as a result of the recent trade deal agreed between the UK and New Zealand.



Chestnutt explained: “Combined with the Australia agreement at the beginning of this year, government has granted access to a significant increase of imported food allowing it into our market, with no guarantees about how it was produced or if it meets our world leading standards.

To make the situation all the more dire, nothing of substance was gained for our farmers.

“The future of our unique farm family structure across Northern Ireland has become very vulnerable overnight, as it could be severely damaged by the market access government has granted to both New Zealand and Australia,” he added.



The UFU has said that it is extremely concerning for the red meat, dairy and horticulture farm sectors and for the public.



“Our consumers who take pride in supporting local farmers for the work that they do, producing high-quality, trustworthy, local food, looking after the environment and boosting employment in rural areas, have been sold-out too,” Chestnutt concluded.



The post UFU responds to COP26 methane emissions reduction pledge appeared first on Agriland.co.uk.

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Seems as if the UFU are as equally thick as the NFU. How the Hell have we got to the situation where none of our leaders can cope with relatively simple science???

 

[delilah]

He said: “Methane is a natural by-product from cows due to food digestion

I read those first few words and thought, oh good, here is someone who gets it, then it went rapidly downhill

 

[farmerm]

1) Methane does not persist in the atmosphere
2) Cattle emissions today replace emissions from their ancestors 8-10 years ago
3) There has been no increase in the global head of cattle in the last 20 years or more
If cattle numbers are not increasing then todays cattle can only be replacing "old" methane and not contributing to an increase in atmospheric methane.

Atmospheric methane is increasing because of fossil fuels not farming. Unveil this slander.

 

[le bon paysan]

A lot of atmospheric methane is being released by melting permafrost.

 

[DaveGrohl]

Indeed, even the announcemants from CRAP26 had ruminant agriculture as just one of a list, quite a way down at that. Wrongly too, shouldn't even have been on the list.

The media reported it differently. Morons.

 

[Still Farming]

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[JP1]

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Yes posted on two other threads already

 

[Treg]

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Good luck to her

Hopefully the NFU will have a reboot.