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    chip reacted to abc's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    I think we are more or less on the same page in that we need farmland to remain in the hands of people who will actually farm it (ie...
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    Completely agree. The best case scenario is that he becomes again the player we all know he is and forces the standard of everyone else...
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    chip replied to the thread [News] Farmers.
    Or just decided to ignore it like putting 100000 pensioners into poverty. Maybe we should stop subsidising other things like steel...
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    chip reacted to abc's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    You miss the most serious point here. Land that is sold will not be bought up and farmed by a wannabee farmer because the purchase price...
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    chip reacted to cunning fergus's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    Is the right answer; and the EU is the very worst organisation for subsidies with the CAP being circa 50% of its budget. Without...
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    They only had 34% for them at the election. It's not really turning against them when the majority were never for them. They're doing a...
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    chip reacted to Super Steve Earle's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    The serious response is that I've watched a lot, read a lot and used to bank some of the farming community, welly boots, mud and all, (...
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    chip reacted to PILTDOWN MAN's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    I'll give it one more go. Firstly Brexit. Farmers were no different to the rest of us in voting patterns. They were however targeted...
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    chip replied to the thread [News] Farmers.
    I sort of agree with this. However, we have had 20+ years of encouraging diversification. Most of the farms around me run shoots, have...
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    chip replied to the thread [Politics] The Labour Government.
    And Robin Cook's ethical foreign policy is back...
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    chip replied to the thread [News] Farmers.
    No. This and the WFA aren't really about the money they may make, nor are they about addressing some abhorent inequality. The...
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    chip reacted to Doc Lynam's post in the thread General Photography thread with Like Like.
    Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, shot with my Seestar S50. 8 min exposure.
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    chip reacted to Bozza's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    It remains utterly shameful that the government is knowingly forcing large numbers of pensioners into poverty.
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    chip replied to the thread [News] Farmers.
    Addressing a packed room of MPs, Peers and NFU representatives, Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner committed to “enhance” Britain's food...
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    chip reacted to abc's post in the thread [News] Farmers with Like Like.
    Many countries around the world have massively lower production costs than the uk (no idea specifically about Chile) due to everything...

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