[Margaret Pilkington]

If that is truly what you see then so be it.
I know that it will make no never mind to you, but I know some farmers who cannot give up farming because they know nothing else. It is their life...it has been their life for generations.....they are not rich, they have no new tractor or Land Rover....but what they do have is debt.
If we treat those who provide a staple that is in most houses in the land so,poorly, then when they all see the light.....that there is more to life than working 24/7.....that tying their family into debt that can only be paid off if they sell off the land,property and beasts....leaving them with very little. When they do this there will be no home produced milk.....we will be left importing it and we most definitely will pay a higher price for it then.
I am asking you if that is what you would work your whole life for?
You believe all that stuff that
some of the media will tell you. Yes there are SOME farmers who are better off.....but to make such a sweeping generalisation is not just wrong. It is short sighted and foolish.
You start threads with contentious and misleading titles, throw some links from dubious sources into the mix and think that this is good for posting. You need to find a better balance for your threads.....and some of your posts too.
This will be my last post to this thread.