Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, March 28th, 1985 9


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Gales cause havoc in the Ribble Valley


A HIGHLIGHT in many a farmers’ year is the sheep sale at Chipping, when over a thousand animals come under the hammer to be bought by people from far and wide.


The annual sale,


organised by au­ ctioneer Mr Robin Addyman, on behalf of the Chipping Show Society, and held at Leagram Park, comprises top quality sheep from local farms. Coming from Chipping and Bleasdale, they are mainly hal f -bred mule and masham girnmer lambs. Last year there were 1,600 sheep on offer, and one buyer came from as fa r away as Hampshire.


Sales were held in


the 1950s, but there was a break until they were revived four years ago.


° n °ottu CATTLEMEN’S TRAUMATIC YEAR TUESDAY is an anniver­


sary. Most anniversaries are


happy events, but not many of the area’s dairy fanners will be celebrat­ ing. For April 2nd, 1984, was th e d a te when Europe’s Agriculture Ministers agreed to put a stop to the ever-growning butter mountain by im­ posing quotas on milk pro­ duction. The 'implication's of


getting calls from farmers anxious to know what it all meant. We were able to give them basic facts, but it was very frustrat­ ing not to be able to tell them more,” he recalls.


their decision would not be properly judged then — it is only in the suc­ ceeding months that the full trauma has struck home. Ernest Parker, the


NFU county secretary, recalls the uncertainty with feeling: “From the very first day we started


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riculture began working out detailed plans for the operation of the scheme, many farmers took their own action to avoid the threatened 17.5p per litre levy. Many animals were


As the Minister of Ag­


slaughtered before their time and the market was thrown into chaos. The long, hot summer, which would normally have been a problem was now wel­ comed. The lack of grass kept production much lower than usual and pro­ ducers began to feel they


had a little breathing space.


event occurred in July. Each, producer received forms to fill in if he wanted to query the quota he had been given. Mr Parker remembers it well.


The next momentous


multi-coloured, incredibly- complicated forms, could not have come at a worse time. Due to staff changes we were temporarily short of staff and sudden­ ly we were inundated with requests for help. We had to draft in extra staff and we somehow managed to cope, but it was only by a hair’s breadth that we got the- last application into the


“The arrival of these


Ministry by the closing date.” There followed another


period of uncertainty as local panels set up by the Ministry considered appli­ cations for extra quota. Some were fortunate, many were not. Those not happy with the decision had the right of appeal to a national tribunal. The Minister initially


not know th e ir milk quota. As Mr Parker puts it: “How on earth can anyone be expected to carry on a business when they do not know one of the crucial facts?” Amid all the gloom and


ca ses ru n n in g into thousands of pounds.


appointed 12 members and when they disap­ peared from view behind the mountain of appeals he increased the number to 30 and then to 90. In spite of this the ap­


despondency there has been the odd ray of light. F ollowing in te n se pressure, the Agriculture Minister, Michael Jopling, persuaded his European counterparts to accept that quotas should be in­ terchangeable. The producer selling his


peals’ procedure was only completed in mid-Febru­ ary and with tribunal de­ cision taking anything up to eight weeks to arrive many producers still do


was one of relief. “This problem was one which everyone recognised as ludicrous and I am de­ lighted that it has been cleared up.”


Mr Parker’s reaction


milk to the consumer and also to the Milk Market­ ing Board had two quotas. At first these could not be balanced against one another. This left many direct sellers facing a possible levy, in some


the last year has seen far­ mers complaining as usual. “We always try to be constructive. The NFU accepted that something had to be done about the milk surplus. We do not believe that quotas were necessarily the right answer, but once we were saddled with them the whole industry needed time to adjust. The indus­ try was not given that time and that, above all


Mr Parker denies that


else, has been the chief cause of all the turmoil.”


Parker takes a deter­ minedly optimistic view. “There are a great many problems already — we are also pur suing a number of cases for pro­ ducers who have been harshly treated by the tri­ bunals.


Of th e fut ur e Mr


lems over transfer of quota to solve and ten­ ant’s second-class status must be improved.


“There are the prob­


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“If we can find a sens­


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