Will UK Ag up it’s production

[Kevtherev]

 

[Ffermer Bach]

In 30 yrs time NZ might have to carry out SFI compliance too.. i the meantime keep going kiwi's... China needs your cheap products...

if Jucinda has her way, there won't be an agriculture in NZ in thirty years time, but there will be lots of pine trees sequestering lots of carbon!

 

[kiwi pom]

In 30 yrs time NZ might have to carry out SFI compliance too.. i the meantime keep going kiwi's... China needs your cheap products...

SFI?
Something to do with forestry?

 

[steveR]

And beer

Keep planting that malting barley lads....

 

[Bury the Trash]

Yes going to push production right up this year ....to the max ...

love it

 

[Yale]

This coming year we will be cutting inputs which could lead to a drop in our production.

As I see it pockets will be squeezed and livestock prices will slip because of the perceived expense of red meat (despite it being an essential part of a diet regarding micronutrients).

So I will reduce my exposure to risk and hunker down.

Already sold 100 breeding ewe lambs to slaughter and may still let a few more go.

 

[glasshouse]

In 30 yrs time NZ might have to carry out SFI compliance too.. i the meantime keep going kiwi's... China needs your cheap products...

Whats that

 

[glasshouse]

Its always doom and gloom where ever you are but I think most are adapting and carrying on, with more compliance work taking up their time.
One difference I see here is, generally if a farmer gets fed up of farming, or doesn't feel they are making money, a For Sale sign goes up and someone else has a go. There's some leased ground but the whole landlord/contract farm thing doesn't seem to work here.
The UK seems to have a lot of land owners that don't want to farm but wont give the ground up either.
I don't think there's any money offered for "green" schemes.

Contract farming only exists becsuse of the tax regime and subsidies paid to non farmers
And becsuse certain individuals like to run about like headless chickens working for the square root of f all

 

[Huno]

Whats that

Sustainable Farming Initiative.. being designed by DEFRA to replace BPS area payments on general farmland.. not a great scheme idea thus far!!

 

[kiwi pom]

Sustainable Farming Initiative.. being designed by DEFRA to replace BPS area payments on general farmland.. not a great scheme idea thus far!!

You should buy a farm here if its too hard there
Warning. They are expensive and there's a list of things you need to comply with if you want to farm it. The difference is you don't get paid for complying.
Do you think there's no rules here?

 

[Huno]

Been there... great place to Farm.. All governments love their silly rules!!

 

[Tarw Coch]

You should buy a farm here if its too hard there
Warning. They are expensive and there's a list of things you need to comply with if you want to farm it. The difference is you don't get paid for complying.
Do you think there's no rules here?

The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence