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Rob R
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Ty Gwyn
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Rob R
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Ty Gwyn
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Rob R
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Ty Gwyn
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Cathryn
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Rob R
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Mistress Rose
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Tavascarow
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Tavascarow
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 31902 Location: York
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 15 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Tavascarow wrote: |
Rob R wrote: |
Who cares if we produce less? I've just read the Farmers Weekly and in that there are calls for growers to cut back acreage by ten percent because we're producing too much to hold up prices, likewise the pig producers are wibbling over oversupply and several articles on the dairy industries problems (we now have 1/3 of the number of dairy farms in Yorkshire compared to 2000 (the year and the number). Farmers have spent too long listening to these predictions of massive demand, trying to cut fixed costs by producing more, succeeding mainly in cutting profits. And that's before you even consider the environment. |
Most farmers don't have a say. They haver to produce more to pay interest on loans & lease hire.
You know modern farming is a thankless treadmill & I'm sure many of those sucked into the system hate what they do & want to get off & back to a better system, but how do they when they are faced with mounting debt & falling profit?
& this is getting worse as land prices rise.
Question? If we are over producing why isn't the system changing.
Answer. Because big industries (agro chem, machinery, banks, large retail) have a bigger say than individual farmers who get no support from their 'union'. (IMHO). |
It's not easy but everyone does have a say, but producing more & more doesn't always mean receiving more income, as supply and demand kicks in and brings the price down. If you've paid out an extra few thousand to increase/improve your shed space, like many dairy farmers have done over the past couple of years, and then the price has dropped, as it has, then you're still paying for that now.
Some people are producing less though, having looked at the books and realised that the added cost of producing more isn't necessarily going to cover the cost of doing so. |
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Mistress Rose
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Rob R
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Tavascarow
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