FARM UPDATE 192 RED TRACTOR RANT, OIL SEED RAPE TO THE CRUSH, FLOODING
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Good morning Andrew, far from ranting I think you are doing the country a massive service by speaking out. I hope you can expand on what you have said today. I think UK farmers should look to France for inspiration, UK farmers roll over too easily and you and the country should stand up for UK farmers.
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Yes very well said
Thank you. Did you see that video of the French ‘unloading’ that lorry of wine by pushing it off?!
The story of British Agriculture since WW2 is littered with the carcasses of Farmer Cooperatives... Getting british Farmers to stick together is akin to herding cats... or pushing a wheelbarrow full of frogs......depending on which analogy you prefer...
What a FARCE! Foreign products mixed through quality British produce just shows how big a farce red tractor is, I don’t buy buy foreign Beef, pork, poultry I buy local . As for supermarkets they have far to much leverage. I come from a farming/ construction background and an old work colleague whom done a lot of drainage over his Career mainly field drains ditches etc, said in years to come there will be serious flooding simply because they aren’t allowed to maintain ditches etc . Farmers doing the right thing would get fined £££ from agencies such as SEPA, (Scottish environmental protection agency)
After all these failings with Red Tractor the majority of shoppers have no idea that the label is there or if they do what it means.
yep! Mind you, I think most RT logos appear on meat, I don't eat meat!
I agree with all the comments. Big admiration to you for keeping so calm. Certainly not a rant. The industry needs a spokesman like yourself who can keep calm but get the point across.
The vast majority of the public don't even know about the red tractor. If they do, they certainly don't look out for it.
Thank you for your thoughts and representing so many of us. I get more disillusioned with each annual ordit - something new pathetically added each year. What3words of grain loading area, no smoking/ naked flame sign on spray shed etc it's like they annually have to justify their existence and fee!! It's far from voluntary, its simply become belittling and an annoying invasion of our business!!
I’ve brought the what3 words of grain stores up, it’s ludicrous
Well said Andrew its good to know that you are speaking out, the supermarkets have had things there way to long its about time they are put in there place. Makes me smile when the supermarkets say they want to be carbon free, when they are importing food form across the world when we have British farmers growing more healthy food than is being imported. I always thought that the red tractor was for British produce , they shouldn't be allowed to use it on imported foods. I only hope the government start listening to the farmers and start putting more help there way.
You get the message across so well, great asset and spokesman to the farming industry. Thank you
Your efforts in difficult times are appreciated.The worry IS worth it. We, the British people, need to eat & hope to be able to continue to do so until something other than starvation carries us off. We need food, we don't need fascists, red-tractor manipulators, Environmental Agency goons or other fools, many of whom will bugger off as soon as they've bled us dry. Please keep farming. We need your products & will need them all the more when the import supply chains fail, as they will as soon as the profiteering associated with importing gets difficult.
Excellent video who would know these things if it wasn't bought to our attention Well done and Thank you.
Thank you for explaining the Red Tractor situation to us non farming viewers.
Thanks for watching. The whole thing is a scam and public are being deceived into thinking all food with a 🇬🇧 is British, but it’s far from it.
You're a good man Andrew. As usual with all of these schemes that morph into an empire there always ends up with too many people in an office
A great update, but a sad one, demonstrating the range of problems farmers have to deal with. Thoughts and best wishes to all those affected by the floods…
Evening Andrew , Agree with other comments , I’ve spent my career in Ag ,first a farmers nephew then a fm manager , then 30 yrs in the trade … Your a great voice for our trade and I too get very frustrated with the bad press that constantly pours from the media. Keep ranting ! Your doing a great job 👍
Cheers Christopher, it’s an uphill battle.
spot on ! lets abolish farm assurance altogether , it was supposed to be voluntary but isnt ! if we all stand together we can get rid of this forever ! plenty of other safe guards for food safety and environmental issues ! love the videos Andrew.
No reform, bin rt and start again with a farmer led basic scheme. Join the bfu farmers. Great channel Wardy.
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No rant Andrew, simply one man speaking for thousands of farmer's about the utter nonsense and bureaucracy that we farmer's have to deal with. The sad thing about it is that nothing will change. Because as we know the supermarkets have total control over all the food bodies be it red tractor or as in Ireland bord bia. I wish the best outcome with your input of changes to red tractor.
It’s an uphill struggle
It is but someone has to kick the ball to get it rolling I just hope thousands of farmer's start kicking it forward with you💪💯
Thank you Andrew, at last a truly voice for independent farmers. I battle to sell finished stock except at a livestock market where the prices are dictated by buyers that are buying for supermarkets ! You cannot sell finished cattle and lambs to any of the major slaughterhouses- as they are controlled by the supermarkets!!!!! Red Tractor is a joke and not suitable for the small livestock farmer. The government will not take on the big 5 supermarkets- all they are doing is applying pressure on them to reduce food prices. Please fight on please 🙏
It’s an absolute joke and just not right. 😡😡
Brilliant Andrew. So articulately put about Red Tractor, the industry slept walked into this situation for decades. I think the now deceased Sir Mainland Mackie was the original thinker behind QA, which is a good thing in principle, but can only work in practise if there is a financial benefit to the ag sector. I said that at an SNFU regional meeting in the mid '90s and was called a laddie in the press the following day by the also now deceased Joe Watson.
Ag sector in UK needs a good shake up and to explain its situation far better. I've just read Liam Halligan write in the DT about how he can't understand why food inflation is still so high in the UK, he needs to be told.
We fell out with red tractor years ago then had to rejoin 4 years ago when we finished some young bulls, we sold them on the dead through the local market and were told if we weren’t farm assured we would only get cow price per kilo as the supermarkets wouldn’t buy them. This is an example of how they’re controlling us, we don’t need to be paying their membership to fatten or look after our cattle and sheep we’ve been doing it for generations and despite what these people think we know how to do it and most of all do care about our animals and the quality of the food we produce.
It’s constantly the supermarkets and the government telling us how to do our job, if we told them how to run their shops or the country I know what we’d be told.
Well said Andrew we need people like you standing up for us keep on this one please.
Will try, thank you.
Great video Andrew very interesting about the Red tractor scheme and awfully to see how bad the flooding is
Andrew , you’re absolutely correct on every point you made , it’s a totally ridiculous playing field heavily weighted in favor of every country that imports food into the U.K.
If livestock farm could not show bought feed from assuranced supplier's
Would loss Red Tractor .
But supermarkets can do what suits them
No water where John Price cleaned the River Lugg out in Herefordshire. Thanks for a brilliant video. Please shake up red tractor
Morning Andrew Totally agree about red tractor not fit for purpose too much box ticking and cost for no reward keep up the fight for us farmers
Great video Andrew, once again when things get too big control is lost. I'm old enough to remember when we entered the EEC which was in my opinion great but unfortunately things got too large and we lost control of our own destiny. As for rules and regulations people in charge in this country love implementing these, but unfortunately like most things it's gone too far and the farmer is the one carrying the can.
I slightly disagree as I think it's all about control but not us in control, it's massive corporations and government that get the control and usually with little to no accountability.
The eec as you said was great for business's but as ever these things morph.
Thank goodness we have people like you prepared to fight our corner and take on the super markets. Clearly the red tractor set up is now being manipulated and not for the benefit of the British farmer.
Thanks for the rant
And representing most farmers,👍
totally agree with you about red tractor andrew
Thanks for the rant on everything that affects us, in this Country. I totally agree with what you say. Supermarkets have a lot to answer for, and have done for many years now. They have too much control over what the farmers are paid for their hard work. Also, as you've said before, other Countries use chemicals which are banned here and then their produce is shipped in, mixed with ours, so we don't know what we are eating. We always try to buy British produce, using our local butcher, who knows exactly where the meat comes from. The public are partly to blame, because they want to buy food as cheaply as possible, withouf any thought of what 'nasties' it may contain. So thank you Andrew, for bringing all these 'wrongful acts' to our attention
Just remember the public are under huge financial strains too: mortgages, rents, energy prices, child-care costs.... Many people have never felt so poor: they need cheap food & may have to risk the 'nasties' such foods will contain. If Red Tractor is to have any merit it must come to demonstrate value in the product to the consumer, not merely be a tool of the middle-men to depress prices paid to producers.
You put that very well, Red Tractor is way overdue for an overhaul, as can be seen We all agree with You, Well done 👏. The situation with OSR alone is a complete farce !,
I whole heartedly agree with what you say Andrew regarding Red Tractor. It is a good idea, but it has become an onerous paper based beast and needs to get back to basics.
Keep up the ranting you are a ambassador for doing the job right but not all farmers do
And the environment agency are like it was when we had grain intervention stores
Coming out of the EU as not done any good for us
Look at the Fishing industry
Baffling how this situation has come about and how British producers are continually being backed into a corner by our own government and assurance schemes. Well said Andrew, keep getting the word out there and we can hope one day common sense and logical decisions will prevail
Well done Andrew.
Good on you. Exactly right.
Well said that man, something needs to be done, between you and olly your doing this country a massive service so keep up the good work and it’s never right that driver was going to the docks to pick up rape seed and take it to the same place. Lovely to see the dear running on the track. I feel for you and all that water mate it’s a nightmare. Really enjoyed this update 😊
Thank you. I was with Olly today, good few hours.
Well said Andrew your rant was well worth the time listening. I hope you and uk farmers as well as agri contractors ( NAAC members) can create a whole new scheme fit for purpose that will allow uk growers to thrive and not be disadvantaged against cheap and often inferior imports. We are probably the best in the world at producing high quality safe food .
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Great vid as always wardy. I totally agree with your sentiments. All the best and keep them vids coming.
Here here Wardy, need more men like you, red tractor has too much control over uk agriculture, we can only take so much before men start to quit. Brilliant job putting it out to the public, one can only hope it gets sorted. PS great job.
Your are 100% correct on red tractor Andrew . We can’t feed our own grain or bed with our own straw in ni unless iam also red tractor grain assured yet I can buy everything from the merchant just show a weigh docket and I have now idea where the product has came from yet that’s ok madness. If it’s not for profit where do all the fines farmers get go ? . All milk in Northern Ireland is now red tractor yet not all dairy products on the shelves are red tractor stamped , the price on the shelves mean more to the public than red tractor if that many even know what it means . If we are 1 no conformance short the lorry doesn’t lift the milk and very minor things at that like a photo of a clean cattle trailer. Super markets have too big a say all to do with money.
Keep pushing Andrew, the governance of this country is due for change in so many areas it is daunting.
Change to what? The other arse cheek?
We need more accountability from those in gov and these massive controlling corporates.
I can understand sewerage going into waterways in the light of the amount of rain, flooding in recent days but releasing shit in summer and all they may get is a fine! That fine is passed on to you and I in our bill. They pay nothing! No accountability at all and probably promotion.
Thanks for the Rant and representing us Andrew , I think Red Tractor is not fit for purpose anymore something needs to be done .
Good Sunday rant Andrew. I wonder how many of red tractors guarantors knew the Green aspects were being pushed through, voluntary at the moment I know? I recently failed my audit because I hadn’t got a written policy for what to do if activists arrived on the farm. So I wrote a policy to myself and my wife and sent it to red tractor. Pathetic! It’s all about passing the buck and “ jobs for the boys” As you said it’s just crept in more and more over the years.
UK farmers need you speaking up, well done please keep going, I enjoy watching you 👍👍
Well said Andrew! Somebody that knows what they’re actually talking about. I think the health & safety module should be replaced with mental health coping strategies on farm after being shafted by everybody and anybody - makes you want to quit and hinders so many new comers to the industry.
Can we have a red tractor referendum? I vote out!
Doesn't matter what it is, it starts with very good intentions but slowly morphs until a point where you think, "How did we end up here?"
Why the hell should health and safety come into it? I thought that's what the hse was for?
I actually didn't know that there were many organisations involved with red tractor but its the farmer that pays and the supermarkets that have control again. Correct me if I'm wrong but that's the way I see my last statement.
Red tractor have no business knowing what tons etc of the farmer. Seems hijacked to me by the supermarkets, buyers, plus supermarkets can gauge their offer of a price, is the way I see it again? Correct me if I'm wrong please?
As you said Andrew about osr from abroad. We still export grain too which will be red tractor and so farmers would have paid basically for nothing as it's not going to be recognised in any other country? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Re the ea.... their role has completely reversed since the nra by the sounds of it from what they do, or don't do, to who's where, boots on the ground, in the office. A whole sham that lot.
Next statement not related to farmers, farming but its another example of accountability, non accountability. The government introduce smart motorways but as i understand it, in the event of a collision or even death. It goes through insurance, even if cameras are not working. Ie streamed up, etc. it's not the government that's held accountable even though they bought these policies in. There's other examples I could give.
@roberthiggins6401 re exports, you’re dead right. And the rest of your points.
Great insight into RT! No one has ever taken the time to explain to me the structure! Thank you!
I voted remain too Andrew and have tried not to be remoaner but the situation gets worse year on year. I will keep off party politics to avoid negative comments. Your rant is reasoned and valid, keep up the good work. I can't see Red Tractor being able or willing to reverse so I will look for any new scheme which NFU bring out
I voted 'leave' & now regret it. I was taken for a fool - which perhaps I am, but I could not see how being in the 4th Reich helps us here in N. Scotland where the fishing has been hammered by the EU. My problem is that there seems no way to revisit & reverse my bad decision. That is not a party thing as no one across the whole political spectrum is offering anything other than fantasy-fascism as far as I can see. I will apologise for my mistake here: sorry.
I voted leave and I started to regret it afterwards but now I'm actually glad we're outish. We wouldn't be any better off if we were still in. Look at the state they're in, in many ways too.
I work for a large farm/food production company with several sites around Lincolnshire/U.K. and suppliers nationwide and it’s amazing the amount of influence that supermarkets have over bodies such as the BRC, lion standard, organic certification, particularly Tesco, no such thing as independent bodies all open for corruption and collusion, I wonder how many people who have worked in senior positions have gone on to work for big supermarket groups? No wonder these schemes cost so much for producers with that many groups and sub divisions.
Totally right and we get none of that value coming back to us.
Great rant about the The Red Tractor scheme Andrew, I honestly never realized that foreign imports didn't have to follow the same criteria as domestic crops. That is shocking, UK public I'm sure are unaware also. Time to get noisy and bang the drums. Thanks for the explanation.
It’s been going on years yet we keep having to jump through more hoops just to sell our crops, ludicrous.
Hear! Hear! Excellent video Andrew, it really is quite depressing thinking about where British farming is right now. I hope that something does change as sitting here right now I’m wondering if the worry and stress is really worth it.
I feel the same way.
I understand it's hard for you all but it definitely is worth it, don't let the b..turds get you down!
Well said Wardy. I have my RT inspection for ACCS & AP on Friday, should be interesting
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Well spoken wish you well
Hi Andrew, Very interesting video. A very good friend of mine is a sheep farmer. He came out of the Red Tractor scheme some time ago and therefore doesn't have the inconvenience or cost of the audit. All his cull ewes and lambs go through his local market with no trouble at all and he hasn't experienced any drop in price for his animals. I agree with you, the scheme isn't fit for purpose as it is now and needs to be overhauled. As for the Government and their help..........................
I great video Andrew, and I think you are so correct in what you say about red tractor.
I am not red tractor myself on my small farm, but I could do all the work bring up my cattle, and then the next farmer who I sell to could sell them as red tractor if he was registered as he only has to keep them for 90 days.
So really the public are not really being, sold a true red tractor product.
Good afternoon Andrew when I on the lorry all way's seen the Dredger doing the river Trent back in the 80's & 90's they do not do it any more that's way keep getting all the flood's only bit off common sense that's all the county gone to the dog's. Hi take my hat off to you doing a fantastic job as all way's any take care see you soon.
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Good morning Andrew can I share this page please Robert
@robertirving5293 feel free, with as many times as you like.
Well done Andrew you put things out there that others don't realise what you and other producers have to go through
Well said Andrew 👏 👌 👍🙂
Good to here Red Tractor are being kicked into touch. We had a non compliance for not having 6 months slurry storage. It's not law yet. If it becomes law then we will do something, but until that time they don't need to interfere. Grr. Rant over!
Red Tractor summed up very well by you Andrew. Wardy for PM..!!!
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Wonderful speech andrew, not a rant, we need more people like you, keep up the good work
morning andrew i was in your place this week doing that run down to erith then docks to erith 4 times and yes the grain was from poland
Hello Stu. 👍😄
Thanks for explaining about the current situation with red tractor Andrew. I’m from a non farming background and seen it mentioned on a few channels but not been able to understand it all till your video. Best wishes for getting it sorted.
Gosh all of your field looking more like a lake😮 well done Andrew all of the hoops you're all expected to jump through here, I'm glad you're letting everyone know just how it really is.
I think both Red Tractor and The Environment Agency are no longer fit for purpose. Storm Babet has caused extensive damage to large areas of the country both in urban and rural areas which if the EA had done there job this could have been avoided. Imports cheaper than home grown can't be right and the carbon footprint cannot be lower?? Don't stop banging the drum to ensure the UK agricultural community is heard in the corridors of power. Thanks again for a candid view of the state of the agricultural industry and lets hope the land can recover from the storm and your sown crops survive.
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Good afternoon. Red tractor seems to have turned into dictorship and the supermarkets are the dictors. every farm will have differnt H&S policys and the HSE oversees it same as construction.. i do see a big change in farming hopefully led by the farmers i think farm shops and barter between farmers. as ex road worker who did gully/drain cleaning op we had to deal with SEPA/EPA and they were clueless about dredging. i ve attended my fair share of flooding and seeing houses destroyed
Nicely said Andrew, i am in the fresh food produce sector and this mass balance sector and along with H&S is a total load of bull sh1t to be brought into by the super markets and like the grain sector we would be held to ransom by the supermarkets if we did not comply! If there is more that i can do to help this puss back i would be more than happy to help.
A mass walkout from Red Tractor is required. There is no need for a assurance scheme when imports are allowed in.
Well said Andrew, supermarket's have got everyone's on as little profit as possible ur rants or mint 😅😅
I could tell you were close to tears there Andrew.
That's a hell of a lot of water and presumable a large percentage of your drilling is underwater, not looking good for it surviving. Bloody worrying!
You are such a great ambassador for farming along with Olly and Daniel, fenland farming adventures.
Another good video Andrew. Has a non-farmer but a machinery enthusiast I didn't really understand what red tractor was and how it started so thanks for explaining 👍
well said wardy, any chance your rant can reach a wider audience so the general public can learn how they are being conned. I've just had my red tractor audit, a gruelling 3.5 hours of which some of it was irrelevant 😒🤥☹
3.5 hours of your life which you’ll never get back or see the benefit from.
Brilliant edition ! Who is actually head of red tractor? Absolutely agree flat line price for corn and a premium for redtractor assured
I think Red Tractor has run it’s day, it ether needs a massive reorganisation or to be dropped totally, eat safe, eat British ♥️♥️
Well done for speaking out on red tractor, and saying what alot of us think. They have a monopoly, which there is no alternative at the moment.
Just to clarify, I got this information off farmer forum and seems to be correct, you probably already know this, AIC created and governs UFAS, the majority of mills are UFAS because RT livestock schemes say purchased compound feed must come from a UFAS (or equivalent scheme) accredited mill. UFAS is the only scheme available in the UK AFAIK.
It's really cosy for AIC and RT. RT rules mean mills must pay up for AIC UFAS membership. AIC rules mean farmers must essentially be RT/SQC to sell their grain to a UFAS mill. The majority of mills are UFAS.
AIC sit on the RT technical advisory committees. AIC are also one of the half dozen members of SQC (which is a co-op).
However, AIC do allow Gatekeeper grain (lab tested) from overseas, but not from UK farmers. We asked AIC if us Brits could supply Gatekeeper lab tested grain, but they said "no you can't", but they couldn't come up with any credible reason why not. If not illegal there is no way this should be allowed to continue. I'll believe it when I see it when we can get out of any scheme and sell our produce as Gatekeeper lab tested grain on the world free market.
I know some of what you say. The whole thing is a con and it’s another case of we need to stick together. Imports are mixed with ours, I don’t care what any merchant says.
Well said Wardy
Absolutely right.
Andrew what a great update I am no longer farming as now retired but was at my peak 30/40 years ago so interesting listening to how farming is now compared to in my time all that red tractor stuff was never about in my day thank god .would it be possible to show us them waterlogged fields in your midweek update to see what they look like I have never seen fields in my time with so much water on them hopefully a drier week ahead .
Think I posted this on a previous post by mistake
As a producer of arable crops, like yourself, I could sell my wheat as wholecrop to a dairy farmer, no passport required. I could supply wheat to local pig farmers with their own milling facilities, no passport required. I could grow rye and maize for an AD plant, no passport required. There are markets for non assured crops but obviously won't fit everybody's situation.
Thanks Andrew for the time and info you give us, I think you would make a great successor to Minette.
Thank you!
I do hope red tractor gets sorted out. If not dismantled. It’s a blight on farmers profitability now. 👌
Brilliant content as always and I thoroughly enjoy the more detailed look at farming that you bring. Is there any chance you could do a video at some point that follows a lorry coming into your farm to load grain step by step? As I'm curious on all the processes that you have put in place such as the sampling to ensure that you have a backup in-case you get a deduction.
I’ll do it in the winter when I’m looking for content. 👍
Some say Argentinian beef comes in the back door in Ireland, and comes out the front door sold as Red Tractor..... some say.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
I wouldn't be surprised either.
Whistle blowers should be respected but all to often they're vilified and are dragged through the mud! Why? That's what a good honest society should do of they see corruption or things not being done that should be or vise versa but I'd bet many don't as they know the consequences! It's bloody mad!!
Good comments on RT. I think it’s about time it was scrapped, at the end of the day, most consumers want cheap food and aren’t interested in how or where their food comes from
Liked the non-rant, it really puts things into perspective. Talking of which, I know you had ~60mm of rain, 20 odd years ago I was in a place where they had a typhoon which dropped 800mm in 24 hrs. Now the floods from that were in a totally different league. Something I really don't want to see again, I know people who's ground floor was completly submerged and their 1st floor was under 2' of water as well.
We get the same thing here Andrew, not happy .😢
Well done for your rant about red tractor.hopefully something can be done as it’s out of control.i shudder to think how much mental stress it causes for effectively nothing.luckily don’t have to tolerate it any longer as whole farm in government schemes and from what I hear from land agents there are lots and lots of farmers doing this
I could not agree more Andrew, just two points first the general public think by buying something with the flag on it ,it is red tractor when we both know it isn't, also with regards to supermarkets I worked most of my working career in animal feed, and we had be audited by supermarkets to sell feed to farmers due to traceability but we had to be audited by all the big names without that we would not be able to sell feed all to do with the red tractor, what a crazy system we have,
What farmers need is the old local drainage boards run by people who knew there area and what needed doing to protect land and houses not some desk sitting educated person who as no idea of local issues and needs. Red tractor was supposed to be a badge earnt by farmers for caring for there produce and animals once again it’s being run by people who have no loyalty to farmers only there supermarket masters
It's a truly terrible situation.
It makes me think that farmers may have to start some direct action against the system as it stands. I believe the Dutch did something like that in the recent past. When supermarket shelves start to empty many will take note.
But the public won’t realise it’s the lack of government support and current direction which is causing it.
Hi Andrew, great rant. I assume supermarket’s will help with carbon footprint by switching off some lights during 24hrs opening and by buying local to reduce food miles. If all else fails you could sell land for HS two and a half, oh but it’s not coming our way
I think we know the answer to that!!
Well said Andrew keep up the good work
This is typical UK making additional rules and regulations that are simply not required. No wonder we have such low productivity across all our sectors. We can’t compete on global markets with these additional rules that aren’t enforced on imports.
Red tractor needs to go back to its roots, it’s got out of control, with too much supermarket influence
My God, the weather is terrible !! Here in Spain we have no water that is the problem for us …
Stand as one abandon red tractor stand together , if farmers stand together red tractor collapses but when one scab crosses the line it falls and red tractor wins
Why on earth are the government letting the british farmer fight for themselves when surely they should be helping. Knew you would speak about the subject as Olly did last night. Hats off to you both .
Good morning Andrew, well i must say i enjoy a good waffle, you do it so well, it still comes down to the strong arm of the supermarkets, red tractor hasen’t done it’s job for a long time,
You mentioned the members! no mention of the FUW representing the welsh producers! or was that a miss on your part, on a lighter note, if it greening they want thae why not a “Deere”😂
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On the RT website it’s only the 6 I mention which are the guarantors. protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/zQqAC6Y4KFVVpipSwtX?domain=redtractorassurance.org.uk/
Great video Wells said you should come to Ireland and see all the red tape we have to deal with, it is becoming a nightmare The new rule for this year is I have to walk every feet on my farm 20 times a year and measure my grass and upload it to a online system so they can see how much grass I grow and if they can cut me back on fertilizer for next year It's a way of making you cut back on animals if you can't grow grass going forward So we have to get smaller. We can't move our business forward, I don't want the next generation to get into this business there's easier ways to make money
Very sad but have to agree
Huge amount of water hope it all clears for everyone 😮
I find it absolutely ridiculous that supermarkets have a say in what happens in farming, since when we're they experts in your farming practices.
Wardy for PM
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