Farmers blocking the roads
- 9 February 2024 17:16383749Well good on them they are blocking the roundabout top of jubilee way tonight.
No farmers No Food.
victor matcham likes this - Andy B
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9 February 2024 18:46383750My son said he saw a convoy of about 20+ coming along the A2 as he came from work,i could also hear alot of horns blasting sounded like they was doing a lap of the town from where we are.The Gov and victor matcham like this - Andy B
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9 February 2024 19:23383751Standing out in the garden now,i can hear loads of Police sirens and loads of horns playing all sorts of different tunes even the Baby shark tune.My son just rang and said that his mate just sent him a vid showing as much as 100 tractors coming into Dover.The Gov likes this - Andy B
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9 February 2024 19:28383752The Gov likes this - 10 February 2024 08:25383753They have to try and stop this from happing we are not in the EU so we
have not need to do what they do. - Keith Sansum1
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10 February 2024 09:05383754Last poster
Who went into work whilst others refused as it was unsafeALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 10 February 2024 09:16383756Just to say I have no idea what the post is talking about, only to say I am still here
Button likes this - 10 February 2024 09:33383758Having worked on a farm for many years. It,s about time the farmers got a better deal. Supermarkets are taking the Piss out of farmers etc.
Bloody good luck to them about time they got a better deal.
I know many people who would not work the hours they do and get paid very little wages.Andy B and victor matcham like this - 10 February 2024 09:37383760You might be right sir I do not know much about farming and what the pay is ,and I agree with what you say about the big stores.or most of thm.
- Captain Haddock
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10 February 2024 12:53383764The Gov wrote:
No farmers No Food.
1. In 1846, Britain grew about three-quarters of its grain, while by 1914 that figure was less than one-fifth. Britain imported over half of its food supply in the years before 1914.
2. See the 1846 repeal of the Corn Laws where import tax on grain was dropped, DECREASING cost of food and hitting large landowners.
3. Since 1957 the proportion of total spending that went on food in the UK has halved (33% to 16%). This is due to mechanisation and “process innovations” that improve production techniques; for example, higher-yielding seeds or more efficient irrigation.
4. The average salary for Farm Owner is £48,472 per year in the United Kingdom PLUS the average ADDITIONAL cash compensation for a Farm Owner in the United Kingdom is £5,830, with a range from £1,452 - £23,418.
5. In 2022-23 average operating margins in the sector fell from 3.2% to 1.8%. Put another way, for every £100 of sales, the typical supermarket is making a profit of just £1.80. They would have made mre money investing in an ISA!
Do you really want to push up prices during a 'cost of living crisis' (sic)."The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 10 February 2024 13:06383765How much do you think farmers are paid for one Litre of milk ?
- Captain Haddock
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10 February 2024 13:25383766"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 10 February 2024 13:32383767So you think then Captain.
How much to you think it costs a farmer to produce one litre of milk ? - Captain Haddock
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10 February 2024 13:45383769+40ppl.
Same 'problem' in EU. https://www.foodunfolded.com/article/milk-production-what-really-drives-the-price-of-milk"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Weird Granny Slater
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11 February 2024 08:36383786Blaming farmers for food price rises is rather like aiming your pike at the clouds while the heavy cavalry is bearing down on you.'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Keith Sansum1
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11 February 2024 09:40383788Think this will become a wider problem.
Another issue that people will blame Govt forALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 17 February 2024 10:16383849Back today between midday and three.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/farmers-to-block-port-as-protests-continue-301941/ - 17 February 2024 15:09383851farming Britain on you Tube. Up at Tesco Today.
