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    Really?
  2. Richard 1234
    I have a one its not in bad shape cuts nicely. They are not a bad machine if you can get it running well. Good luck with it
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    Aspen cans

    Richard 1234 replied to kav's topic in Aspen Fuel

    Save them for bonfire night
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    My last few days off was at the start of the kids holidays and I was out working until 2pm and we were supposed to be leaving at 12ish got in trouble for that! Problem is if I had not done it I would have been thinking about it all the time we were away. I find switching off from work a big problem there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day at the moment.
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    Agreed the NFU has never really helped the small farmers according to my dad it's always the big boys that make their voice heard.(the most to gain I suppose) I may get there in the end that's why I'm working bloody hard now as you never know my business my "click" and start paying out after years of blood sweat tears and money being pumped in! If it does I will find that piece of land I want but I may have to go to France to find it!
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    If the subsides are so good why are farms going out of business? The system is flawed without doubt and I don't know how it would be fixed. I do know my dad doesn't claim them anymore as they are not worth it for him and what his is doing now semi retired. To get good rates you need thousands of acres meaning you would need a couple of million just to put a deposit down to get started. Then have money for machines. The numbers don't add up unless you have land in those amounts that is already paid for. I've been looking to get a small holding 10-20 acres and the numbers just don't add up. It does make me sad as I would like to live on a farm again but won't be able to. I won't take the risk I suppose as is need to take a massive mortgage to do it and a small farm would not pay for itself let alone make any money to live on
  7. Richard 1234
    Are you for real?
  8. Richard 1234
    Is providing food not an essential service in itself?
  9. Richard 1234
    I do see your point and it's not black and white. The subsidy may not be a price subsidy in theory but in practice it turns out to be the case. And I also agree that the very large landowners are not the ones who need the subsidy it as you say the people at the bottom that need the subsidy not the huge estates
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    That's exactly my point why do you care how much someone else has? As for these others that are left to rot which ones? Coal? Ships? I don't make the rules. Why shouldn't you reap the reward for taking huge risks?
  11. Richard 1234
    Why would you try to chip that?
  12. Richard 1234
    Wow that's a huge number of unemployed and under employed.
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    I'm not arguing facts the fact is a small minority pay most of the income tax so it's not really we but a few of us.(not including me) As for how much he sold for I really don't know the final figure after taxes it was ten years ago so prices were nowhere near today's prices. Yes it was a lot of money but then it was 45 years of graft from him and my grandad( they bought the farm when my dad was 14) and spent 30 years paying for it and came close to losing it more than once. Why do people not like to see people do well in this country?
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    That"we" don't pay the full price
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    Do you have the same kind of subsidies in the U.S. for farming? Just wondering not trying to argue as I have no idea
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    The poorest in the country don't pay tax(income tax anyway) big business and billionaires pay most of it!! https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-tax-liabilities-statistics-tax-year-2012-to-2013-to-tax-year-2015-to-2016
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    I see that but how do you propose giving the backing to the small farmers(sub 500 acres) they would simply go out of business without them. The big landowners may simply give up and let the countryside go to ruin as they will not want to farm(produce) without the subsidies. And what about the general public do you think they want to pay the true price of the food they eat? I for 1 don't think they would like to pay full price. To look at it another way if the price of food was to double(or more) how would the poorest in the country cope?
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    Yes mate that's right my dad has sold 300 or so acres and has 200 left. The subsides don't go far I do know that. How tenant farmers manage I don't know
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    I don't know the figures but they are not small the £28000 the people are talking about aren't making them rich I do know that much. Point I'm making is if the farmers did not have the subsides the cost of food would shoot up miles. Benefit street would really need their benefits then!!!
  20. Richard 1234
    Do you know how much it costs the farmers to start work every morning?
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    He Facebook thing I think
  22. Richard 1234
    I lease for all of the above reasons! No headaches with truck breaking down! I find that having a new vehicle enables me to charge more as well as you look a lot more professional! I've just ordered a new Nissan navara and to be fair I could have picked a cheaper pick up, as a leather seat l200 double cab was about 10 grand cheaper, however I don't drink and smoke anymore and I want to spend that money on something nice for me! It's true you get stiffed a bit on handing the keys back but you can also benefit from the low price as you are buying at a pool car price. It depends how much you want to spend as well at the end of the day, I like having a reliable and smart truck and I'm willing to pay for it!
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    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
  24. Richard 1234
    Would you prefer communism? If you do move to China (I used to live there and if you think there is poverty here you should look at poverty over there!!)or North Korea and see how well it works out for you!!
  25. Richard 1234
    My work tools (mowers etc) that I use when I get where I'm going.

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