12 ■ Clitheroe Advertiser and- firms,' March %6th,' 1981.


The fine little ’un that does a great big job.


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.... *


• Ideal for one- man operatiofi. .


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.'■ cent' fall in real farm:, incomes over the. ;iast four years. It has now been prop­


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. should ■ be prevented from applying in the UK by.,reducing the value of the special ag­ ricultural exchange rate by .6 per cent. It is no wonder that farmers in this coun­ try, the majority of whom are forced 'to rely on livestock enter­ prises because of our climate and land, are bitterly angry about these proposals. British farmers do


■ Vh per cent and, to add insult" to injury, this


. sed and. outraged. Above all, we are


riot readily take to the streets or cause civil disturbance to air their grievances. We prefer to make our case in an orderly, democratic way. But this does not mean we are quiet and complacent. On the contrary we are distres-


alarmed that, if urgent action is not'taken to restore.' a measure of profitability to this, the country’s largest' prim­ ary industry, the whole rural economy and much of the urban economy .will be drag­ ged down with us. ; And that would be a


catastrophe for every UK citizen.


osed by :the EEC Com:' m is s io n ' .th a t . farm prices' should '.only ' be' raised by :an’ average of


THIS is not quite the


best- time to be "asked. to compile an: article on farming in the Ribble Valley in rela­ tion to European, policy,.— the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), writes the area’s- Euro .MP, Mr' Edward Kellett- Bowman. .


qu , ;


: munity league table." It was. clear-'-at the AGM that livestock farming had become the poor relation' of the industry... There


• Falling farm incorn-'' .


ings — 1980 was 30 per cent above 1979. • High cost of bank borrowing — because


• High bank borrow-,


(understatement. of 1981. Farming incomes - in UK. have slipped by 50 per: cent in' the ' last four years,-with only Denmark any lower .'in-the Com-


’. The- National Farmers’ Union has just held its AGM in London where' Richard Butler, the NFU: President, said “1980 has been a diificult year.” - This was. probably the!


imunity competitors .-have to, carry..- -.


. right.' The facts show that the CAP has served ag­ riculture well in- Europe and even our farmers say it needs adjustment, r a th e r - th a n rad ic a l reform.


"'-


.were many fewer com­ plaints from the cereal ' farmers. . What are the. main complaints?


es — due to the fact' that prices for- their products have risen . less fast than costs.


.


:couraged- to become highly efficient. The re­ duction of imports of food­ stuffs from outside the Community (because we


• are growing more) has helped the balance of pay­ ments. However, some changes


'■mained within: bounds. The industry has been en-'


teed all in the Community , a secure supply of food at prices' which have re- •


The CAP has guaran­


: - Now, let us look at the • Ribble Valley against this' national backcloth. It should be clqar to anyone who looks around our area that, putting it mildly; we, are on the dirty end of a not very clean stick!; What can be done to adjust the1 balance?' ' - ■ Some people might- blame’ the CAP and feel; that total reform of the CAP would put matters


'who contribute to costly . lakes- and mountains pay — but it would not' apply fairly in the UK.


consumption and yet-may be .called upon to pay a super levy, on any in­ crease, of production. The . objective is reasonable • enough — to make' those''


. tOCAFTH’ -fAAMJMG


FORDO** :


A message from NFU president Richard Butler


Euro farming policy


•There remains .. the New Zealand- lamb - problem which :is- slightly nullified by-, the- -seasonal/aspect, but I hold to my long held view on this point. - It is preferable * to give New ■Zealand cash from Europe rather than allow her .to


trating than the last! It is arranged that our lamb will -have, -access-. to Europe, including France.


'pay the expenses of any unwanted surplus. Purists - have criticise'd me because , they claim that the Coiri- munity should be. treated as a unit.


. ,


. turns”- ;and“quotas.’’ • The first,' sometimes known .in ■ the UK- as .-“standard- quantity;” is a volume of output which qualifies for full EEC-guarantee. Sub­ sequent: amounts earn progressively less, at least from' EEC funds. . The latter, (quotas) are


Here we get into “quan-


in. the CAP are required: Recently I put my name ,


of the MLR. • Livestock herds,


' Pound — having strug-'; gled through the years


' than the 15.3 per- cent applied for. • Fear of a revalua­ tion of the Green


: .'accept a revaluation just when we have an edge on buying in raw - materials from over-


;. when the pound.; was: " weak'-it, would be. almost suicidal to '


seas. • Higher internal inf­ lation than our Com-


(except, sheep) have been steadily reducing. . • The prospect that . CAP prices will be less


:protest against the sale of subsidised butter to the Soviet Union.


to two motions, for resolu- • tion. The first called for an end,'to unfair aid by governments in the Com­ munity which give their' farmers unfair advan: tages. The second was a '


’ ation of butter at 82p a lb. in the shops and butter to Russia at 47p a lb.! Dairy F arming:. We .


• so that: the competition is fair.! The housewives are furious at the.absurd situ-


have the ludicrous situa-: tiori whereby we in the UK produce only 70 per cent of our dairy product


motions indicate agricul; tural problems for British farmers and for British : .consumers. ,.The farmers; want to see Community ' governments: play. straight


Oddly. : enough, these : f


; answer. Marginal Land: Any


^permitted acreage or volume of production allo­ cated- to the -individual farmer qualifying’ for full guarantee. We;have been asking too, much of the CAP in the •• milk. areal Quantums which can be converted into- national q u o ta s , may be. the


.— land: on which you cannot g row barley. There is always the argri-; ment about producing large, lowland farm; type products elsewhere, but I believe that the UK gov­ ernment should make fuller use of the “Least Favoured-Areas Direc­ tive.” This country- can then claim 50 per cent-of any grants to marginal; farming . from the Com­ munity. Sheep Farming: I hope


that the coming lamb, season will be less frus­


tu re seems to be muddled in trying to define exactly what, it is.. I prefer Sir Henry 'Plumb’s definition '


valley, by definition, must have less fertile slopes. The Ministry of Agricul­


•: For years' I have advo- . "cated that each'member- state should be' permitted', to produce ' to its own - /level, of consumption arid


system .-of /C.birimunity preferences . is* needed, particularly in the area of animal' feedstuffs.-. How­ ever, this will be chal­ lenged under GATT and those who -do not realise- the-; full economic cost of giving market to imports and thus inhibiting Com: munity -products.- Profit-is usually made on . the last tin sold rather' than the -first!


•send h e r ' productswhich are only added to- expen­ sive surpluses here.. -' ;■ Home Market arid Ex­ ports: Both these should improve under the prop­ osed intensive. marketing system. .This is ..the only way to .counter the cam­ paigning, “foreigners. ” Importing Food: A


■ -


, the regions. ' (iv) manage the Community’s external - trade in agricultural ■products.


Subsumed in (1) is the provision of raw- materials for the food processing, but this function is barely acknowledged. It is much more useful


' . (iii) guarantee, the :economic well being of"


tion of food. . (ii) maintain the in-' comes of the farming community.


expect it to. fulfill - at least four functions: (i) promote, produc­


The CAP: We


Leslie aims to step-up


milk sales


THE need for .A more aggressive approach to sailing1 milk to the housewife'on .the doorstep is ■called for by Mr Leslie Simpson, chairman of


the Lancashire NFU, . -The former Sabden policeman, who now farms.-


■


-like- to see more of the men who deliver milk. to the nation’s doors haying , a financial stake in. the business. •


150 marginal acres H ig h H o u se Farm, North- town, Padiham, would


.;. Les (52), believes milk needs to be sold, not just delivered. “Direct contact between ■ roundsmen and customers could help overcome price resistance because housewives; do riot' want to carry milk home from the supermar-


:


,ket,” he says. ' “I don’t doubt that'the


dairies do a good job, but


. if more self-employed men ■delivered the milk, rather than those working for a big concern, more \yould


be sold.” - - • Les hopes that both the


■


NFU and the Milk Mar­ keting^ Board will-examine


the system which has served the industry so


weir since the--1930s and he also looks to a.nairrow-


;. ing of the ' gap between the prices of liquid and manufacturing' milk — . cheese, , butter,. skimmed


to treat the CAP in terms of its functions as listed above than'to discuss the “sacred” principles of unity of market, shared financial responsibility and Community' prefer­ ence. None of these exists more than partially. The problem in a nut­


shell is that there is one single instrument to fulfil these .functions — the price: review, -which: will show just how serious the Member States are in trying . to put matters right.


■tough competition. How, ever, now we find ourse­ lves in a fight not with farniers, but with govern­ ments. in Europe who have . been ; using the Common Agricultural Policy for their own ends.'


; “Lancashire, farmers have never run away from


-since January,’ Les is now even more involved with all aspects of agriculture. He believes that farming is facing up to a very challenging year.


milk. As county chairman


would be an incentive to­ wards maintaining door­ step sales.


This, he contends, , ■


SLOGANS sa{ Fed up with c | gripes about of food a gi| American f | served up til


when so many cl appear obsessed [ so-called “mount! “lakes” of surpl stocks in Eurol more thought s[ given to fool strategic resourcl


Perhaps it ifl


year, but agriculture is a trump card in the nation’s recovery -and we must plan ahead to help secure the future' of British ag­ riculture,” he says. Les is proud of the sig­


Europe holds certain staple quantities over a| the Community’! day appetite. Bu:| time that these I were labelled as|


No one den|


nificant part the- Lanca­ shire NFU played in per­ suading the Government of the need to increase farming returns and give increased support for hill farming. A new deal- had also


A ri sJ


■ Simpson, and the late Mrs Simpson, who ' farmed at New House, Winmar- leigh. He worked on the family farm until 1952 when he joined the Lanca­ shire police. He was a probationer at Darwen then moved to Ashton- under-Lyne.


been won for “green top" producers and the Lanca­ shire branch wants to ensure minimum upset as a . result of longer-term Government proposals. Les is the youngest of three sons of Mr David


IF YOU are loci ward to atteml year’s Royal Li Show, but worril missing the “wt| the century” Prince Charles : | Diana Spencer 29th — the secoil the attractiorl show — then i | more. For the orga|


advice: “Don’t f farming wit I mouth full.”


: “Farmers and growers felt the lash. of inflation and lower returns long before it fell on industry and commerce in general. ■ “We dp not. expect a. great deal of joy this


; He then became a de­ ta ched policeman at Sabden, but in 1961 the lure Qf the land proved too strong and he took on the tenancy of Lower Barn Farm, Sabden. Ten years later he moved to High House Farm. • Les' and his wife, Brenda, have three chil­ dren — Stephen (23), Philip (21), and Beverley (17).


the show have with a leading l l company for colof be placed all showground. So, as show


successfully revf year after a : | break, will be f Witton Pai-k, B| fi-om July 28th and will be pacl all the favourite [ plus a number | ones.


Mr Ben Harwcl there is no r | anyone to consiij ing at home. The prestigioil


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