BBC Against the Grain

BBC Against the Grain - Episode 1

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@TommyApplecore 7 жыл бұрын

Honest, gobby, and willing to criticise the system that supported him, this man was a bit of a hero to me back in the day when he used to grace those Sunday morning farming shows on BBC1. I'm no farmer, but the absurdities of the Common Agricultural Policy were really rather obvious, and Oliver Walston (unlike most of the farming establishment) articulated them brilliantly and bravely. Memories of him doing so were part of the reason I voted for Brexit, and I'd dearly love to know what he thought of _that_ decision! For me, the first two minutes of this video sum him up perfectly. He's as straight as an arrow, and just as painful, to those on the wrong end of it! Thank you David Walston (his son?) for sharing his legacy with us. (He was a Sunderland supporter too ... how _good_ can one man be! :-)

@benneave4921 2 жыл бұрын

How’s Brexit working out for you?

@kevinharker1840 Жыл бұрын

it should have worked out brilliantly if our shithouse of a remainer government had acted on the will of the good people who voted for Brexit.@@benneave4921

@michaelwalsh9145 6 ай бұрын

What he failed to tell you is that most farmers didn’t have a fraction of the land he had and the subsidies are to keep food cheap for the consumer as it’s produced below cost.

@evidencebasedreason 5 ай бұрын

Worked out well for him with 100k acres and 16 tennant farmers. How's Brexit going now? Farmers going out of business left right and centre. Zero food security and relying on massively inflated costs to import food because you're no longer part of the EU. Fekin eejit!

@craigdavidson4378 Ай бұрын

@@michaelwalsh9145actually, later in the series, and in some other programmes he explicitly pointed that out, and how unfair it was. His honesty in his opinions are helpful - if trying to target the CAP was … mistaken. The U.K. can screw up *any* system due to greed..

@benpattinson1 4 жыл бұрын

“If those are prairies long live prairies” hear hear. Also rather amusing given that these were 80 and 100 acre fields he was referring to. I’m no expert in this but I did watch a Canadian farmer taking about sowing a 5000 acre “field” with 5 60ft direct drills. (Mike Mitchell, Saskatchewan. Different world obviously) Great series of videos these.

@ianpeterson1341 3 жыл бұрын

the majority of land in alberta and saskatchewan i sold by the quarter (160 acre) or in increments of that. also most farmers have atlest a 50ft drill, also you can't compare a farm that farms 55000 acres plus to someone how farms less then 1000. you also have to take into account of the yield difference, Mike Mitchell isn't getting 4 tons of grain an acre either less then 2 tons, they are playing a totally different game. the soil and climate play a huge roll, someone in holland or the uk if they farmed 500 acres but crop two or three times a year would actually be farming 1000-1500 acres compared to only croping once a year. so before you speculate you need to realize it too different styles of farming even down to the equipment and types of crops.

@bodg130 Жыл бұрын

I watched and taped all these on video when the series came out! Great series, loved it! Think I still have the video tape!!

@montystelevision3238 3 жыл бұрын

I loved watching this series and have been an Oliver Walston fan since seeing it. A very astute and no nonsence man.

@michaelwalsh9145 6 ай бұрын

He’s an absolute arsehole, funny how he never gave away his so called easy money from Brussels and don’t get me started on the numbers he uses for his employees probably never did a decent days work in his life and getting a back hander from the BBC to spout this rubbish.

@sirjackbauer 5 ай бұрын

Would love to know his thoughts on the current agricultural climate

@md88kg 10 ай бұрын

Good old days of Joseph , the Pharaoh's superintendent. People were GRATEFUL to have wheat heaps in those days.

@JohnNichols-u3j 11 ай бұрын

I bet his grandparents are really proud of him 😢

@michaelwalsh9145 6 ай бұрын

Yep an anti farmer mouthpiece for the BBC.

@syedadeelhussain2691 5 ай бұрын

British Buck wheat was grown in huge quantiites before WW2. Now the trend is to promote financial services in the citi and that has reduced share of agriculture in the GDP.

@Ev1lsp00n 5 ай бұрын

Supply & Demand: No Subsidies, land values and fert should go down. Wonder how he feels about this in 2022-2024.

@andrewstone5700 3 ай бұрын

Condolences to all, on the passing of Oliver.

@montystelevision3238 3 жыл бұрын

9:24 - THAT Computer!!!

@jpw1490 4 жыл бұрын

I like him i think he would make a great boss

@liamsmith1310 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely mate! I couldn't agree more

@michaelwalsh9145 6 ай бұрын

Yep, imagine calling your employees by numbers and the fools responding with their allocated number, I know what I would have given him if he gave me a number as an employee, only inmates have numbers.