Comments on: DAIRY FARMERS DISAPPEARING http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/dairy-farmers-disappearing/ A place to chat about all types of birds and also exchange bird feeding and other wild bird advice Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:21:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Trish http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/dairy-farmers-disappearing/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Trish Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:10:02 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/?p=3284#comment-335 IGood to hear from you. I agree with a lot of what you say. It is strange when we import 50% of our food that farmers are having such a bad time - you would think we would be welcome and our advice wanted. I so agree with you about livestock numbers. red tape, low return and a lot of other reasons are to blame. I live on the Yorkshire Wolds and bracken and brambles aren't encroaching here, but it's sad (more than sad) if they are encroaching. It will change the look of England won't it? I know that people like walking, so do I. The right to roam does not seem to have any advice about cattle and other livestock. I was talking to someone who goes walking and she thought that all cattle were friendly! She had walked through a suckler herd of cows. I explained that suckler herds are not handled like diary cows are handled and that they will be playful, curious and very strong if they decide to gather round you. Thanks for getting in touch. I happen to live on a farm, but as this website is about birds I don't mention it much. It's just sometimes the countryside, farming and wildlife collide and I have to mention things. Trisha IGood to hear from you. I agree with a lot of what you say. It is strange when we import 50% of our food that farmers are having such a bad time – you would think we would be welcome and our advice wanted.

I so agree with you about livestock numbers. red tape, low return and a lot of other reasons are to blame.

I live on the Yorkshire Wolds and bracken and brambles aren’t encroaching here, but it’s sad (more than sad) if they are encroaching. It will change the look of England won’t it?

I know that people like walking, so do I. The right to roam does not seem to have any advice about cattle and other livestock.
I was talking to someone who goes walking and she thought that all cattle were friendly! She had walked through a suckler herd of cows. I explained that suckler herds are not handled like diary cows are handled and that they will be playful, curious and very strong if they decide to gather round you.

Thanks for getting in touch. I happen to live on a farm, but as this website is about birds I don’t mention it much. It’s just sometimes the countryside, farming and wildlife collide and I have to mention things. Trisha

]]> By: Kayjays http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/dairy-farmers-disappearing/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Kayjays Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:18:00 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/?p=3284#comment-332 It's good to see that awareness lies outside the farm gate. Every sector of farming is in crisis in the UK. Many factions are at work to undermine the industry, this government in the lead. Look in the fields and compare livestock numbers now with those you saw a few years ago. They've become a luxury too expensive to keep..... Then see how the bracken and brambles already encroach across once grazed areas. The right to roam? You'll need to take a machette with you before long! It’s good to see that awareness lies outside the farm gate. Every sector of farming is in crisis in the UK.
Many factions are at work to undermine the industry, this government in the lead.
Look in the fields and compare livestock numbers now with those you saw a few years ago. They’ve become a luxury too expensive to keep….. Then see how the bracken and brambles already encroach across once grazed areas.
The right to roam? You’ll need to take a machette with you before long!

]]> By: John http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/dairy-farmers-disappearing/comment-page-1/#comment-284 John Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:52:59 +0000 http://birdtablenews.com/?p=3284#comment-284 You're not scaremongering. Actually a cursory look at the world and a bit of common sense reveals a lot of problems such as what you mention. It's also of no surprise to our politicians - looking at the laws they are currently passing must we assume it's purely coincidental that the laws will work well in the circumstances you mention. For a very good grounding on many topics as well as some food for thought, I recommend Chris Martenson's course. All that info for free - isn't the internet great! http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse Thanks for your site - I found it while trying to work out how to feed "our" blackbird while avoiding the pigeons and magpies hoovering up everything! You’re not scaremongering. Actually a cursory look at the world and a bit of common sense reveals a lot of problems such as what you mention. It’s also of no surprise to our politicians – looking at the laws they are currently passing must we assume it’s purely coincidental that the laws will work well in the circumstances you mention.

For a very good grounding on many topics as well as some food for thought, I recommend Chris Martenson’s course. All that info for free – isn’t the internet great!

http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse

Thanks for your site – I found it while trying to work out how to feed “our” blackbird while avoiding the pigeons and magpies hoovering up everything!

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