Farming is TOUGH here too !

Posted by David in England on July 12, 2006 at 07:47:13 from (86.137.16.168):

In Reply to: OT q's for David, King of England posted by monomechanical on July 12, 2006 at 07:18:49:

Hi Mono;
Farming has been getting tougher here for several years especially since they changed the subsidies for various crops to one Single Payment (which has been delayed for a year!!!)
Many farmers over the past 15 years or so, have had to sell off fields. The number of farm workers has dropped dramatically with the larger machinery used, and the cottage these men lived in have been sold off to city people. Today the old farm buildings are being sold off and converted into houses for city people.
Farming used to be good, and many were encouraged by the banks to borrow heavily. Prices to-day are rock bottom and many cant afford their repayments. A lot of farmers wives are now working in the towns to bring in a steady small income for basic neccesities! SOme smaller farmers are taking part time jobs like truck driving. Many are doing contract work for their neighbours with the tackle like hedge cutting, baling & combining etc.
In the 1960's the "norm" was farmer & 1 man per 100 acres (mixed farm). To-day the grain farmers with 1000 acres may have 1 man and use casual workers from Europe brought in for the harvest; and this farmer may struggle to make a reasonable living based on the huge ammount of capital tied up in the farming business.
Its called Agri-Business now and its TOUGH.
Cheers David

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• Re: Farming is TOUGH here too ! Mark in Mizzou 09:03:42 07/12/06 (0)
• Re: Farming is TOUGH here too ! BillyinStoughton 08:53:25 07/12/06 (0)

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