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IIRC EUs farming regulations stem from 60s/70s and their only adaptations were intensification and market concentration. Some decade ago the sister of a small G

IIRC EUs farming regulations stem from 60s/70s and their only adaptations were intensification and market concentration. Some decade ago the sister of a small German farmer told me how EU laws were systematically pushing him out of the market forcing him to sell his ground to bigger competitors to avoid going bankrupt. You reap what you sow I guess

megablast 3y ago
Farmers have always been making excuses why they failed.
- nforgerit 3y ago
  No it’s backed by some reports i’ve heard and read in the meantime. There’s no excuse but bitter results of BigFarm corps lobbying and politicians who incentivize the wrong things.
  - ZunarJ5 3y ago
    It's neoliberalism 101. It's how it functions.
- zmgsabst 3y ago
  Dutch farmers are having their farms seized by globalists in their government right now. There’s a lot of corruption in farming.
- brvsft 3y ago
  Did you mistake farmers for bankers?
ClumsyPilot 3y ago
I am not sure EU is the culprit. Firstly, EU has some of the smallest average farm size in developed economies - below 50 hectares, USA is close to 500. Secondly, the concerns around machines dominate farming. For exanple many studies have shown effectiveness of multicripping - growing severage different crips together. This will never take off, because muticropping fields are unharvestable - harvesters are specialised for grains, potatoes, etc. While they are hacesting one, they would damage / destroy another. Machine have become much larger, more sophisticared and more expensive. So many farmers don't own all the machines, they rent them or pay someome to d perform a job on their fields. Lastly, if you eant a decent existance, you need to generate enough revenue from your farm. Farms below 50cha can hardly support a family with the revenue they generate. The only way to save small farms is for them to diversify income - I knew a few farmers that installed wind turbines, etc. However UK planning system makes it impossible to get permission for a win turbine. In the past 5 years there were like 2 permissions given for any time of wind turbine in all of UK

megablast 3y ago

Farmers have always been making excuses why they failed.

nforgerit 3y ago
No it’s backed by some reports i’ve heard and read in the meantime. There’s no excuse but bitter results of BigFarm corps lobbying and politicians who incentivize the wrong things.
- ZunarJ5 3y ago
  It's neoliberalism 101. It's how it functions.
zmgsabst 3y ago
Dutch farmers are having their farms seized by globalists in their government right now. There’s a lot of corruption in farming.
brvsft 3y ago
Did you mistake farmers for bankers?

ClumsyPilot 3y ago

I am not sure EU is the culprit. Firstly, EU has some of the smallest average farm size in developed economies - below 50 hectares, USA is close to 500. Secondly, the concerns around machines dominate farming. For exanple many studies have shown effectiveness of multicripping - growing severage different crips together. This will never take off, because muticropping fields are unharvestable - harvesters are specialised for grains, potatoes, etc. While they are hacesting one, they would damage / destroy another. Machine have become much larger, more sophisticared and more expensive. So many farmers don't own all the machines, they rent them or pay someome to d perform a job on their fields. Lastly, if you eant a decent existance, you need to generate enough revenue from your farm. Farms below 50cha can hardly support a family with the revenue they generate. The only way to save small farms is for them to diversify income - I knew a few farmers that installed wind turbines, etc. However UK planning system makes it impossible to get permission for a win turbine. In the past 5 years there were like 2 permissions given for any time of wind turbine in all of UK