@ArableSam@ProagriLtd Thanks - keen to learn more.
We’re an equine feed producer, who actually doesn’t use straw ourselves but our market is heavily driven by it.
@ArableSam@ProagriLtd No doubt this year working the straw back in can only be a good thing looking at the quality in general.
It will be interesting to see what imos t this has on straw availability in what is expected to be a short year.
@ArableSam@ProagriLtd It’s certainly a method, but I expect there are more effective ways to achieve more.
In the feed industry, we don’t yet have an accepted method for assessing carbon on producing straw.
@ProagriLtd We can all blame the supermarkets, but what are the NFU doing about it? The union needs to be stronger. It needs to educate the public. Stop telling people about subsidies and be positive about food, quality and the environment.
@ProagriLtd@AgindustriesUK Finally, if the UK can't make it work with transport and energy costs this high, what hope have we got? Self sufficient is good.
Rant over :)
@ProagriLtd@AgindustriesUK I find this fascinating as a feed manufaturer/retailer, albeit more forage than combinable but the fundamentals are the same.
Everyone needs to show some progress on this, no-one is a saint
@ProagriLtd@AgindustriesUK Farmers - see past what you're being told you can't do and get Red Tractor or FEMAS. It will open your routes to market. The issue lies at the price things are being sold as elsewhere, not the cost of assuring it.
@ProagriLtd@AgindustriesUK The gatekeeper scheme only helps the big merchants, which is fine, but at some point responsibility has to be taken for their role in the UK market. Gatekeeping material will always be a higher risk because of the extra steps, especially on the scale of batches at 1000 tonnes.
@ProagriLtd@AgindustriesUK AIC/NFU - Assurance is perceived as expensive and inaccessible. Getting started with FEMAS/Red Tractor is seen as a brick wall for a lot of farmers. A lack of farm administrators capable of implementing schemes doesn't help. Those doing it well aren't cheap.
@ProagriLtd@DougWanstall@Tesco@sainsburys@asda@LidlGB@AldiUK@Morrisons Spot on, but at the same time, there needs to be solidarity across all UK farming to ensure the retail buyers don't have the option.
There's a long history farmers undercutting the neighbouring farm. Let's hope the NFU can bring everyone together on this.
@AndyHeathcote@SonyUK I did purchase the A6000 on the basis of getting £100 cashback and now it's showing as £50 on their site, screenshot of the original price from Google's cash. #sonyscam