Incomes challenge to farm leaders

AS a farmer I am as mad as hell because we are producing better quality products than we did 20 years ago, yet we are getting less money for them.

Incomes challenge to farm leaders

We respect other people’s prices for labour and goods and it’s about time our prices were respected. Our farm leaders should be enforcing our prices - they are our unions. They should be putting in place an income protection policy for their members.

By their inaction, they are driving farmers’ morale to an all-time low. They are showing no initiative or imagination, no willpower and no skill when it comes to protecting our income.

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