In a phrase....Patriarchal attitude.
The attidude is that grassfarmer is too stupid to make a decision, "the group knows best", and grassfarmer will participate whether or not he likes it.
I happen to think that individual farmers themselves know what is best for their individual farms.
NFU support the CWB....government run, compulsory, heading for poor countries, bargain prices. shiploads exported, value-added discouraged.
Surely you have to agree that this kind of thinking and planning is not only going nowhere, (that's proven. Check your CWB cheques!)but it is old and tired and needs to be replaced.
The closer u get to the consumer, the more $$$ jingling in your pockets. Markets have become so specialized. Communication is fabulous. Custom food is a bloody reality grassfarmer. We need to adjust our marketing to 2007.
I remember when the "leaders" in the Hereford business advocated everyone should buy short, blocky, faddy, dumpy bulls. Were they right? Maybe to a specific area. But for general breeding stock? No, dwarfism developed.
The guys who saved the day were the cattlemen who stood back from the pack and said, "I think this is a wrong move"
YOU seem want to eliminate the guy who stands back, and instead you'd like a flock of sheep!
Get real, grassfarmer. At least try to summon up a convincing argument.
Parsley
The attidude is that grassfarmer is too stupid to make a decision, "the group knows best", and grassfarmer will participate whether or not he likes it.
I happen to think that individual farmers themselves know what is best for their individual farms.
NFU support the CWB....government run, compulsory, heading for poor countries, bargain prices. shiploads exported, value-added discouraged.
Surely you have to agree that this kind of thinking and planning is not only going nowhere, (that's proven. Check your CWB cheques!)but it is old and tired and needs to be replaced.
The closer u get to the consumer, the more $$$ jingling in your pockets. Markets have become so specialized. Communication is fabulous. Custom food is a bloody reality grassfarmer. We need to adjust our marketing to 2007.
I remember when the "leaders" in the Hereford business advocated everyone should buy short, blocky, faddy, dumpy bulls. Were they right? Maybe to a specific area. But for general breeding stock? No, dwarfism developed.
The guys who saved the day were the cattlemen who stood back from the pack and said, "I think this is a wrong move"
YOU seem want to eliminate the guy who stands back, and instead you'd like a flock of sheep!
Get real, grassfarmer. At least try to summon up a convincing argument.
Parsley
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