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| David G. Bell |
25-04-2003 01:08 AM |
UK farm profitability to jun 2002
On Friday, in article
"Torsten Brinch" wrote:
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 09:11:09 GMT, "Gordon Couger"
wrote:
The only winning statagy I see for the farmer is lowering the cost of
production.
I think the experience in UK over the last several years is that
efforts to lower the cost by cutting down on ag. inputs have largely
been neutralized by increasing prices, particularly on fuel and
fertilizer. Cutting labor costs looks to have been more successful.
There's so much that we could do which runs counter to the buyer
expectations of increased quality at a lower price...
Blessed assurance, Red Tractor sign,
Oh what a promise of profit is thine.
Grow to perfection, follow their rules,
What do they pay us, why are we fools?
This is my story, this is my song,
Working for nothing, all the day long.
Working for nothing, all the day long.
Perfect submission, all for the best,
Tesco and Asda are happy and blest;
Plenty of produce, pay half the price.
Good for the buyer, for us not so nice.
(Oh, what the hell, x-posted to rec.music.filk)
(Note to non-agricultural readers: the Little Red Tractor is a symbol
for British-grown agricultural products, grown under various assurance
schemes which, it was claimed, would lead to higher farm-gate prices.
These claims have less than universally proven.)
--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.
"Let me get this straight. You're the KGB's core AI, but you're afraid
of a copyright infringement lawsuit over your translator semiotics?"
From "Lobsters" by Charles Stross.
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