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"martin" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:29:26 +0100, Jane Ransom
wrote:

In article , martin
writes

Many farmers received substantial compensation for foot and mouth

Farmers did *not* receive 'compensation'.
They were paid the market price for the animals that were forcibly taken
from them and destroyed.


Dont want to get into this debate really. But one farmer locally was a
big player in the F&M disaster - lost all his stock on several farms ( he
was not a farmer at all really , more a stock seller).

he got lots of dosh - over a six figure sum - and I hear he went to
Australia on the proceeds.

Now I know some real farmers came out of this very badly.
I also remember being very vigilant on my own land when I came home from
travelling to work through an infected area so that I didn't cause any
problem for the local organic milk farmer up the road.
Luckily he didn't get it.