I was just going to say, if Somerset is anything to go by, the problem of soil erosion will be irrelevant soon as all the farmland will have been built on......

UK Farmers have been subsidised for far too long. EU Policy made it more viable not to use land (set-aside) than to actually produce stuff.
And the c-units don't even pay inheritance tax on their farms. They were massive money laundering systems

Now farmers are rushing to sell land for housing projects.

I shed no tears for farming folk.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (08 Dec 2020 9.49pm)

And you know precisely what about it?

Average income per FARM is £50k. Not per farm employee note.

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Still, it’s such an easy life

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In the last ten years, almost one person a week has been killed as a direct result of agricultural work. Many more have been seriously injured or made ill by their work.

Second most dangerous occupation in the country.

Agriculture and farming - 8.44 deaths per 100,000 workers.

Nearly 20 times more dangerous than the all industry figure.

Working farms are exempt from inheritance tax to prevent them being broken up. It isn’t a fiddle but it can be used by the super rich. Scottish land ownership is primarily through offshore trusts. Watch that accelerate as real farming is emasculated and replaced with shoots, and not the green types.

It’s really time people woke up. Watch the video to understand both the danger and the opportunity. Or read James Reebanks blogs.

Edited by Mapletree (08 Dec 2020 10.45pm)

Yes, she’s a farmer

UK Farmers have been subsidised for far too long. EU Policy made it more viable not to use land (set-aside) than to actually produce stuff.
And the c-units don't even pay inheritance tax on their farms. They were massive money laundering systems

Now farmers are rushing to sell land for housing projects.

I shed no tears for farming folk.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (08 Dec 2020 9.49pm)