Would you?

[yoki]

Purely hypothetical question at this stage but the way things are heading goodness knows when it may become a reality.

So leaving the practicalities of enforcement to the side, could you be "bought out" of farming if the stipulation was that you would never farm again in any way shape or form?

EU Backs Dutch Scheme to Forcibly Shut Down Thousands of Farms

Plan would see thousands of farms shut down to comply with EU climate goals, and farmers banned from ever working again to get a cash payout.

www.breitbart.com

 

[spin cycle]

yes

 

[Old Tup]

Purely hypothetical question at this stage but the way things are heading goodness knows when it may become a reality.

So leaving the practicalities of enforcement to the side, could you be "bought out" of farming if the stipulation was that you would never farm again in any way shape or form?

EU Backs Dutch Scheme to Forcibly Shut Down Thousands of Farms

Plan would see thousands of farms shut down to comply with EU climate goals, and farmers banned from ever working again to get a cash payout.

www.breitbart.com

Never farm again in the EU…..
Young family….120% of value….
Emigration somewhere that actually appreciates Farmers?
(solely referring to the Dutch situation)

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Nah. I like this house

 

[JLLM]

It's not the thread I hoped it would be.

 

[yoki]

It's not the thread I hoped it would be.

Other web-sites are available!

 

[crofteress]

It's not the thread I hoped it would be.

was sure I was going to see a pic of Carol

 

[Wood field]

Mrs and myself worked bloody hard to get this place , and to grow from 30 acres to 170 in the last 10 years
We try to farm responsibly and to the best of our ability, don’t get me wrong I am by no means an expert, but whatever the powers that be think , I reckon our place shows a huge amount of both wildlife and flora working side by side with the livestock
In brief , No they can kiss my arse

 

[Old Tup]

Mrs and myself worked bloody hard to get this place , and to grow from 30 acres to 170 in the last 10 years
We try to farm responsibly and to the best of our ability, don’t get me wrong I am by no means an expert, but whatever the powers that be think , I reckon our place shows a huge amount of both wildlife and flora working side by side with the livestock
In brief , No they can kiss my arse

Difference is in Holland you won’t have the choice…

 

[farmerm]

Whats the government going to do with the land after they buy it? Leave it to thistles and ragwort?

 

[Shep]

No! Been here since at least 1720, plenty of conflicts in the past have tried to drive us out/kill us.
A turd in a suit won't buy us out.

 

[milkloss]

If it came to compulsory purchase I would hope that a few stipulations could be made by the farmer. Those would include no building for a period of time, no farming of any sort for a period of time (decades) and an absolute limit on the release of emissions per year on the site (for eg no solar site, no battery site, no wind turbines etc)

if they want it they can have it but it will be useless to them.

 

[serf]

120% of value….

120%- fek that !

Inflation will have overtaken you before you'd signed somewhere else up the way it's going .....

 

[toquark]

We've worked like dogs to buy our place. A big part of the reason for buying it was to provide a degree of security and control of our immediate surroundings, a buffer from the outside world and to satisfy our shared dream to farm. Call us lifestylers, or hobbyists or whatever you want - I don't care, but notion that the government or anyone else should try and force a compulsory purchase on us is simply unconscionable.

Out of my cold dead hands.

 

[beardface]

What happens when we've all been bought our never to lift a fork again, then the food runs out?

 

[Jackov Altraids]

I think with ELMS, people are.
They just haven't realised it yet.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I think with ELMS, people are.
They just haven't realised it yet.

See @ajcc thread for details

 

[Landrover]

Yes, but there would have to be some discussion about the tax implications of this with the government, I could see them changing the rules to claw most of it back ! Or am I being cynical?

 

[uztrac]

Whats the government going to do with the land after they buy it? Leave it to thistles and ragwort?

The Labour party in the 1960's had a policy of nationalizing the farms of the UK,a bit like the soviet collectives.Yes,thistles,ragwort & now Blackgrass.

 

[Bignor Farmer]

120% no way!

300% possibly…

I guess a lot depends on what will happen to the land. Can I continue living there? Can I be the paid park keeper for the land?
Do they just want the land? Can I keep the buildings, diversifications etc?