Comments by "jim 99" (@jim-es8qk) on "How Brexit ‘destroyed’ farming | Amanda Owen" video.

yes, milk prices were 14p in 2016 before the vote. Since the vote farmers are now being paid 50p a litre.
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It wasn't.
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@corneliusantonius3108 Well it won't be for long new environmental legislation is forcing 1/3 of livestock farmers out of business.
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@corneliusantonius3108 ...and thanks to the EU Dutch horticulture destroyed Gurnseys previously thriving flower industry.
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@kevhavard "Year to date 60,600 tonnes of fresh and frozen lamb has been exported from the UK, up 10.4% (5,700 tonnes) on the same period last year. Overall, the EU has seen an 11.8% (6,000 tonnes) increase in exports" AHDB 2022. We haven't lost any market, exports to the EU are increasing.
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it's not!! It's 70%
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It really didn't. Sheep prices shot up in 2016 after the Brexit vote, farmers made money. If her farm failed she is bad farmer.
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@40yearoldvirgil15 I will do.
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probably because she is a bad farmer. The sheep price in 2015 was 381p/kg in 2021 it was 576p/kg. Thats a 66% increase since the Brexit vote.
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it did, EU produce flooded our markets and crashed UK farm prices. Sheep were worthless here and baby calfs were shot because they didn't have a market.
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@corneliusantonius3108 yes, since we voted to leave farmers margins have increased. HUGELY. I use dairy farmers as an example, in 2016 farmers were paid 14p a litre. They are now being paid 50p.
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@corneliusantonius3108 Dutch farmers are not efficient. They have tiny farmers that only make money because they are hugely subsidied by the EU. Dutch farmers do not work. My money was paying for that.
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@corneliusantonius3108 The Dutch government are banning the majority of livestock farms because of the damage they are causing the environment. They can't be that good.
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@CodeCancerLab probably because she is a bad farmer. The sheep price in 2015 was 381p/kg in 2021 it was 576p/kg. Thats a 66% increase since the Brexit vote.
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@guleiro what does it matter? The price of her product has increased and she is making more money, someone is buying it and is willing to pay more money.
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@guleiro OK in 2005 when we had access to the single market lamb prices were 250p/kg. In 2021 when we left lamb prices were 576p/kg. She is a sheep farmer. Her farm is more profitable outside the EU. Simple math. Please keep up. Can you see why she should of made money?
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@kevhavard Lamb prices have been at a record high, she has all her family to help her. If she can't make money in the current climate something is very wrong.
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@guleiro The only reason Dutch farmers are so efficient is because of the high use of nitrogen fertilisers. Holland is a small country. You take nitrogen out of the equation food production falls off a cliff.
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@kevhavard They obviously do. If they didn't the prices wouldn't be so high would it? The prices are so high because demand is out stripping supply!!
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@kevhavard Apparently 90% of exported lamb is still going the EU.
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@guleiro If you stop using modern fertilisers it will inevitably cut food production. For a country such as Holland who replies on modern technology to produce food it is going to have a big impact, especially when EU food inflation is 18%.
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@guleiro ?
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@guleiro You are making no sense. I have given you the price per kilo of lamb. When we were in the EU in 2005 it was 250p/kg when we left it was 576p/kg. Exports to the EU since we left have increased, 90% of our exports still go to Europe.
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@timmurphy5541 exactly our currency has devalued. That is exactly why our lamb is very competitively priced in Europe now.
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@enigmatwist6548 in this case it does.
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@timmurphy5541 I work with farmers. Certain sectors of the industry are making record profits.
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Not pointing out while being in the EU it destroyed the UK agricultural market.
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