of labour and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news forfarmers. is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i have ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we are facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that co
my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news for farmers. is it? it s it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i ve ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we re facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures and, of course. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start by talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic foods
my guest today is minette batters, she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm and the sun is shining, and in some ways you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher, you would think that would be good news forfarmers, is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think in my lifetime i have everfaced into anything like the cost inflation we are facing with our inputs now. we are seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%, these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i ve chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic food stuffs that they buy at the super
security, energy security. we have a great climate here, as you can see. we grow grass. we should be producing much more of what we are good at here. to continue with the impact, the fallout from brexit one more that is, as the uk has left the european union, we have also left the common agricultural policy and the government has used that opportunity to shift the way it supports agriculture in england away from giving farmers basic payments for every hectare of land they own and farm and saying, no, we will give you specific payments for particular land management practices, environmental management practices. is that good for farmers? it can be. it s not there yet, but it can be. for me, actually, what is missing is the scientific rigour that needs to underpin public moneys for public good. so, we committed to farming achieving net zero by 20110,
we should be producing much more of what we re good at here. to continue with the impact, the fallout from brexit one more and that is, as the uk has left the european union, so, too, we ve left the common agricultural policy and the government has used that opportunity to shift the way it supports agriculture in england away from giving farmers basic payments for every hectare of land they own and farm and saying, no, we ll give you specific payments for particular land management practices, environmental management practices . is that good for farmers? it can be. it s not there yet but it can be. for me, actually, sort of what is missing is the scientific rigour that needs to underpin public monies for public good. so, we committed to farming achieving net zero by 20110, beating the government target by