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Dick Dasterdly

Jan 25th 2014 7:23 am

Re: What would happen?

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Originally Posted by crookesey (Post 11095879)

In the UK there are a lot of small holdings that could be put to shame be Tom and Barbara's efforts in The Good Life. They all appear to have up to 12 sheep, 4/6 pigs, circa 12 hens and a cockerel, many also fatten up a few bullocks.

I understand that EU grants are payable to these 'farmers', living on the edge of the countryside I also notice quite a lot of movement of stock from one small holding to another. Far be it for me to make accusations but could these guys be 'stocking up' for an EU grant inspection? :sneaky:

No, having personal experience of this myself and the amount of scrutiny involved to prevent it, I would say it varies between extremely rare and non existent in the UK.

Can't speak for the rest of Europe mind and countries like Spain, Italy and Greece.

Know what I mean like ? :sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

IamStu

Jan 25th 2014 10:40 pm

Re: What would happen?

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Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 11093578)

New Zealand produce lamb with no subsidies and send it to us at a cheaper price than Welsh lamb....

Good point RM.
Also the "Fair trade" markets are kept at bay in favour of us having to spend more for our "home grown".
I can't remember the full details (though I will post them if you wish), but the farm trade is akin to a monopoly with fixed prices across the board.
Something similar to what the hire car firms were recently slammed to rights for in Spain.
However, in the case of the farmers, they have full government support! A legal racket if you like.

As for being able to afford to eat. Yes indeed and with more change in the pocket.

rugbymatt

Jan 25th 2014 10:45 pm

Re: What would happen?

The bottom line is that we all eat too much meat.

stuboy

Jan 25th 2014 11:29 pm

Re: What would happen?

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Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 11097238)

The bottom line is that we all eat too much meat.

I would refine this argument and say we all eat too much crap meat.

Too much processed crap. One decent steak or Chicken Breast every couple of days is sufficient protein for most people. Much better than eating processed ham, sausage rolls, pies etc.

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