The Lie of the Land

[J0Al1]

CH 4 - 9pm last night?

Who watched it and what were your thoughts?

I only saw the last 30 mins and have to agree with everything the farmer said. Especially the bit about shooting foxes!

It's so sad that farming is fading out.

[pwntifex]

[J0Al1]

[Gpz 900R]

Only caught bits of it sadly, what the farmers were saying was that cattle farming is disappearing at a rapid rate in the uk, again it's city folk meddling in the countryside and way of life,the two lifestyles are totally different,after all you wouldn't ask a farmer to come and design a city centre shopping mall. What is also less publised is that when the hunting ban was introduced the government also introduced policies and schemes to try and get farmers just to manage the country side rather than farm it, were as one rightly pointed out, we have strict laws regarding animal welfare,the same can't be said for a lot of the countries where our imported meat comes from,talk about brushing the isssue under the carpet.Regarding the hunting ban which ever side your on the spanish are still allowed to do bullfighting as it's classed as cultural heritage, where's the EU equality there ?

[h00dwink]

hmm, didn't watch the show.

although from what has already been said and knowing how poorly farmers are doing from prior economics lessons and news, it's been a really drawn out subject. when considering it's a lot of lineage's livelihoods at stake, you can argue from either side of the fence.

oh well;
farming in the traditional sence is going to die off. all we're doing is keeping hold of it for as long as possible. people want stuff as cheap and quickly as possible. traditional farming doesn't allow this.

not oh well;
adversely, british farming isn't just for the farmers way of life, it's good, high quality locally sourced produce, that also if of better quality than supermarket tat and it's part of british heritage.
how can you get rid of that just because it's not as cheap as supermarkets?
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[TheShaggyDA]

Of course farming is fading out. Unless humans stop breeding like wildfire, we are just going to be standing shoulder to shoulder and eating a paste. There will be no room for cows or fields, just algae farms.
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[h00dwink]

on a designated bit of land for a fox hunt, what the funk would a kid be doing fannying about?

i'm totally against foxhunting, but i don't like those sort of arguments.
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[Dan 4RR]

MonkeyPie - Do you live on a farm, know farmers etc?
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[Dan 4RR]

Curiosity, thats all.
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[400bandit]

I personally don't have a problem with fox hunting and most other types of hunting too. I sometimes go out shooting myself, mainly birds and rabbits (with an air rifle) and eat them too. I hate it when people say its wrong then go and buy their Chinese take away which I'm pretty sure is meat from another country with low regulations where the animal has been raised in a far worse way than the rabbit I just shot.

(going off topic a bit but don't get me started on veggies with leather shoes.... grrr)

Joe

P.s. I think it's a terrible shame that farming is dying out and I do think that things could be done to help it but like people have mention ed people want their food cheap and fast. I myself don't like the idea of becoming dependant on another country on something as important as food...
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[kiers]

I thought the hounds used in fox hunting just followed the scent of the fox and didnt actually attack it. in which case it causes no risk to children
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