SEVENTY FIVE GREAT BRITISH POUNDS according to JCB ?? Are we paying for Mrs Bamfords new Padel courts?

UK Labour: “We’ll make planning applications easier, encourage farm diversification” Also UK Labour 👇 OCTUPLING planning fees Shafting farmers a day at a time. The headline is rightly #FamilyFarmTax but the amount of silent grenades being thrown. Are they trying to finish us?

If it looks like communism and smells like communism, maybe it is actually communism.

The promise was absolutely clear We as a country would dismantle the old production subsidies and would be offered this green transition The promise has been trashed 76% of the old payments have been taken away and now no alternative support exists for many farmers

Farming in the UK is now just everyone walking around in a daze since last October and asking "What the hell do we do now" , every single time this government makes an announcement...

National Farmers' Union Tom Bradshaw National Farmers' Union Tom Bradshaw - ‘if we need to close applications we will give you 6 weeks’ notice’

When will Defra UK and @stevereed stop pedalling the LIE that it is spending more on agricultural support than any govt in history? It is in real terms the smallest budget since we joined the EEC and 2yrs is the shortest commitment since WWII. Do better

The Labour government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill: A land grab. This includes compulsory purchase by public bodies & governments (local & national) to buy land (which includes the green belt, farmland or even allotments) at low agricultural value rather than full hope

The Labour government have increased the “£22bn black hole” to a £140bn black hole. Shameful mismanagement of the economy in just 8 months.

Labour has created all these QUANGOs in just a few months since July 2024. Will these be removed too?

The U.K. governments relationship with farming is borderline abusive Produce cheap Stop producing cheap Produce nature We will pay for it Oh no we won’t Apply for green transition No more public funds New taxes Get big Don’t get big Grow farms big But we’ll tax you if you do

I am starting to get quite angry about what's going on atm. We have those in power who have never risked a pound of their own money running a business & are doing their level best to harm business owners & farmers with umpteen daft policies & broken promises. #Reevecession

Half of UK horticulture firms consider their businesses to be at serious risk of failure. UK fruit/veg consumption at its lowest in 50yrs. Only 1:10 kids eat 5 a day. Cost of diet related disease to NHS is over £6 billion. This is a national tragedy youtu.be/FHdkgd8zNlI?si…

So as you can see here is one of my tractors when working hard it burns 400 litres a day so it costs £280 to fill it currently if they axe red diesel it will then cost me £580 - would be nice if I could double the price of my wheat but we simply can’t I really fear the future

So they are closing all the steelworks but opening a Universal Studios Theme Park. That seems to encapsulate the fools' paradise of UK politicians.

Natural gas prices have plummeted since the tariffs talk, if our energy prices do not fall very soon, it’s a clear indication of how much we are being fleeced and taken advantage of in this country.

“I buy avocados grown in Mexico and shipped to the UK.” “I buy tomatoes grown in Morocco and shipped to the UK.” “I buy Tofu grown in Indonesia and shipped to the UK.” "Red meat from local UK farmers should be reduced. It’s bad for the planet.” 🤷‍♂️

Ultra-processed food as a % of household purchases (Europe). The UK is the only country on this map to be over 50%. And look at the huge difference between UK and France/Italy/Spain.

The University of Nebraska has called out the misleading narrative on cow burps & methane on climate change: “They have not accounted for the capture part, they only account for methane being released. Carbon capture in soil and grass - helped out by cow grazing and manure - can

NO ORGANIC MILK? You might’ve seen it; Pret a Manger have pulled organic milk from some stores. Not because they wanted to, but because their supplier hasn’t enough to go round. That’s not a supply chain hiccup - it’s a warning light. The truth is, there is an organic milk