Yet more rain & with farmers protesting across Europe, will UK farmers be protesting soon too?

The rain continues to stop any field operations happening on the farm and with farmers protesting across Europe, will UK farmers start protesting soon too?

[@moonface222]

Harry, 3000 farmers met in Carmarthen last week to protest against the Welsh Assembly’s plan to take 20% of farmland out of production.

[@Metis1337]

Blame UK farmers who refuse to modernize their ways.

[@lksf9820]

@@Metis1337 how to do it and how to fund it?

[@leeboss373]

@@Metis1337 divvy

[@barbarahalkyard1901]

​@@Metis1337Not everyone is a millionaire.

[@all4synchronicity162]

Ther was talks and gathering in Balmoral direction too. But it never came to much. I'd like to know if there's any farmers asked the councillors what they are doing to reduce the geo engineers efforts to farming environment. The biggest is the weather manipulation, by man. 😳 Blessings from Scotland 🙏

[@henryrobinson2937]

Did you see the video of MP Andrew Bridgen in parliament talking about food and food security? The room was empty, government just don't care for farmers and food security

[@SPC22]

It's worse than that, they didn't attend, because they are paid (second job 'executive directorships') to follow a disastrous globalist agenda, along with government policy being orders from the WEF.

[@glendakirby5579]

Those in high office are controlled by those with names like Rothchild and Rockefeller. Their vast wealth calls the tune in all departments. If they say there are too many people on the planet, it is not long before we see action for population reduction, where ever it can be achieved. Farming is fairly essential when it comes to the necessities of human life, and when there is a world push for less food production ,and more trees , flowers and birdseed, where people food once grew, should it not raise concern? I have nothing against them, but not at the expense of food production. The people will not eat Schwabs bugs, we want good Welsh and West Country lamb, British beef that is affordable, and sorry Farmers but we want our Butchers back. Super market joints look as if they have been in a wood chipper. Covered in splinters of bone, and mutilated flesh. Chickens that have had their giblets removed for our convenience. We know they have kept them for other productions. Farmers should know that the people have been kicked around and forced to comply since WW2. It is time we all stopped complying, and withdrew our support from those who take brown envelopes to keep globalist boots on our necks.

[@TheDoosh79]

It was empty because Bridgen is a complete crank/wingnut.

[@torqueover]

How utterly wrong you are. If you cared to open your eyes you'd see that he's absolutely on the right track. ​@TheDoosh79

[@SPC22]

@@torqueover Don't bother mate, @TheDoosh79 really is a TOTAL Doosh.

[@user-fi8od2lw3b]

Good on you harry keeping public informed reality farming uk

[@davidfarmer2049]

YES BUT THEY ARE NOT "RIOTS" AS HARRY HINTED.

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

They are India@@davidfarmer2049

[@DW-dd4iw]

The crazy thing is that governments around the world keep telling us there will be food shortages in the future and yet, the same governments are trying to kill-off farming.

[@1089John]

No. The governments are paying farmers not to produce and also offering farmers alternatives to farming including buy the farms which are then sold to multinational food companies.

[@davey1602]

Yes, almost like it's not much of a prediction.

[@TheByard]

Farm land in Vietnam is being built over at an alarming rate, huge estates of high rise condos that are cheap as chips afterwards because they remain empty.

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

Yet there is too much wheat in Europe, so the price has dropped ...... 🤔

[@davey1602]

@@Lookup2Wakeup There has always been "too much wheat" in Europe because we're good at what we do, but most of it is in the hands of Russian oligarchs. I doubt you have noticed the price of bread these days.

[@wolfe1970]

UK farmers dont need to protest like the rest of Europe, yes we got it bad, but our issue is with the Supermarkets constantly underselling us, we need to blockade the supermarket distribution centers, not blockade the general public, public hate fuel protesters, i dont want them to hate farmers too, we need them on our side

[@joelaw728]

Block the supermarkets and then what? Everyone panic buys food and the shops hike the prices anyway. Protests disrupt the public because en mass is the only way anyone has any influence against the government. The public need to look past the end of their nose and realise why France has things like no monarchy, lower gas prices and lower retirement age

[@leeboss373]

A huge 86% of the public are behind the farmers protests in Europe.

[@leeboss373]

I’ve seen farmers in Belgium flooding supermarkets with manure😂

[@leeboss373]

A huge 86% support the farmers in Europe.

[@sarahann530]

Supermarkets need to put up prices to support farmers

[@billkeaveney1526]

Thanks Harry, it should be simple Farmers grow food.

[@jack14kd]

But that's the opposite of what they want.

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

​@@jack14kdAnd bring in more illegal immigrants to feed .... 🤔

[@VeritySnatch]

it wasnt the immigrants whop destroyed the economy for Putin it as the thick racists @@Lookup2Wakeup

[@sarahann530]

Farmers want more subsidies to do nothing

[@patshiels5429]

@@Lookup2Wakeupgive it a frogging rest if the sun stoped shining someone would blame the immigrants

[@raymck2115]

We have to do whatever we can to save our British and Irish farms, if we have to spend more keeping going, we must do soon, and more important. We need to listen to them as they all know we make a difference. Well done Harry for keeping us all informed how hard it is.

[@Hali88]

I am not saying I disagree, but I would genuinely would like to hear the reasons for keeping farms as they are. Agriculture is now a pretty small part of the British economy. Much of the farm income seems to come from subsidies. The delicious food obviously is a key reason, but are there others?

[@TekAutomatica]

​@@Hali88 have a look at what happened to Sri Lanka when they implemented WEF ideologcal agriculture ideas

[@raymck2115]

@@Hali88 I know what you mean but the worry is that we are fair to reliance on other countries to feed us and therefore they control pricing and if European crops fail, we would be in trouble. I am sure we could product more if we listen to the right people

[@Hali88]

@@raymck2115 71% of the UK's land is farmland. Unproductive bits of farmland could be used for something else - new housing, nature reserves, forestry, industry, leisure facilities - whatever is needed. The farmers would make good money from selling the unproductive land which they could reinvest. More efficient than the taxpayer paying farmers to do nothing with their unproductive bits of land imo.

[@Hali88]

@@TekAutomatica yeah the SL government said all farming had to go organic, organic farming can be good when done right but it is also harder and less productive, especially when you are new to it. I wouldn't totally blame the WEF for it though, it was very badly implemented.

[@stevee7467]

Weather and Politics. The two things in life that farmers have no control of.

[@googleisshittoss]

Weather? ..Not. It would seem they do have some control in Politics though, with protests now stretching from Canada to India (via Europe)

[@AlP94424]

No, but others have unfortunately and are using it for nefarious means

[@Qwertyuiopclub]

@@googleisshittossgo back to sleep…. Dozzy

[@andrewharris3900]

Farmers have no control over politics? But they somehow manage to get a vast amount of taxpayer money for growing flowers.

[@alanpatterson2759]

And he seems very pleased to do that! if crops don't fair well in fields like that will the flowers fair any better?@@andrewharris3900

[@nickreed7023]

Whilst I'm not or never have been a farmer, I do find this fascinating and informative! Cheers Harry 👍

[@gevetsrm]

I come from a farming family although my father left and went into haulage contracting when I was 12 years old (I've just turned 70) and I ended up in the construction industry. However, I still have a very soft spot for farming and find Harry's videos so informative and useful, much better than any news or newspaper reporting sources, thanks Harry.

[@jameslavender444]

@@brutusduran8592 I have little respect for Drs and Soldiers. The latter I thought would have woken up to this commie takeover.

[@LSD04]

Uk farmers should take note as this’ll be on your doorstep before you know it.

[@roberttaylor465]

Fair play to the french actually standing up to the government, maybe UK should take note

[@r016976]

What have the English farmers got to stand up for? £600 - £1000 per ha in grants on land that's unproductive? Delinked BPS payments meaning you earn money on land youve sold? 20-40%+ subsidy grants on machinery? The most resilient soil in the world? The only thing English farmers have to complain about is unfair international trading rules with other countries and supermarkets prices. But the farmers could easily make cooperatives or stop selling to retailers who pay low rates. Now is easier than ever to make selling groups.

[@andrewharris3900]

More subsidies for farmers and protectionism increasing food prices? No thanks.

[@jimmyjt16]

Our farmers are too soft just like nearly everyone else over here, we all just moan without doing anything about it.

[@midlandgeordie]

Farmers vote Tory,what else do you expect!

[@azaboy2]

Love Stanley’s contributions to your video 😆

[@NigelMarston]

When I'm King, food and energy security/independence will become this country's top priority. Thanks for the informative video Harry. Stanley's a good boy..!!

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

how about social cohesion? I think we could cope with almost anything with everyone pulling in the same direction, but we're defeated without the powers that be even lifting a finger while we're flooded with countless incompatible factions

[@NigelMarston]

@@Costa_del_Artlepool How are you going to achieve that then?

[@matthewhook3375]

@@Costa_del_Artlepoolyes, because mass starvation and freezing to death due to lack of food and energy security is well known to promote social cohesion…

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

If Nigel becomes king@@NigelMarston

[@smurf9857]

Another good update. I’m not the least bit surprised to hear that the Welsh Government has the most unworkable and ideological proposal. They have a track record of these sorts of proposals and another track record of poor delivery

[@russellpengilley5924]

It surprised me, I thought that it would be somehow easier to make a workable proposal with a smaller (and less varied?) group of farms.

[@EP-bb1rm]

Welsh farms are causing huge issues in water pollution, flooding and erosion. Hence why change is needed.

[@eamonhannon1103]

That guy Mark Drakeford ! God help us! An authoritarian with the personality of a schoolteacher talking to children !

[@owenthurgate]

The question is, how are we going to sequester enough CO2? Trees can remove up 3. 5 tonnes per ha per year once successfully established. Depending on end use this sequestration could last a couple of hundred years.

[@davidpickard9393]

As soon as BENIFITS or SUBSIDIES are introduced normal supply and demand goes out of the window. We are then left at the mercy of politicians who only look at the next 5 years until there is an election.

[@zogworth]

The flip side is NZ model and pretty much all small farmers go under.

[@oldmcdonald6319]

Subsidies or imports held to the same standards. Subsidies would be cheaper for the taxpayer

[@ricardonunes5840]

You mean re-introducing subsidies? EU subsidies will soon come to an end if not already ended in the UK

[@lynx6132]

we have had benefits and subidies david for a long time. Please look into the 'Common Agricultural Policy' (EU) scheme.

[@r.markclayton4821]

Five months ATM.

[@glennb546]

No farmers No food!!! Cheep importants from all over the world. How is that going to save the planet. Support your local small farmers!

[@robertwright6875]

Once the farmer has gone bust who comes in and takes it over. Once the farmer is gone and we don’t grow our food do you think the prices would be staying low or would we be rinsed by the other country’s ?

[@BEGGARWOOD1]

Another Brexit bonus . Cheap substandard food now finds it easier to get into the UK

[@paulhawkins6415]

@@BEGGARWOOD1 When did the Government lower the food standards to be the same as the EU, I missed that

[@deadmanwalking6342]

No farmers, no barns filled with luxury cars!

[@thegreat7861]

@@deadmanwalking6342why are you here?

[@bobrose7900]

Don't we just love Stanley! At least my bore-hole supply won't run out - it did about 20 years ago. This whole green subsidy thing is a mess. Like oil, we need food security, end of. Great video Harry.

[@patrickrose1221]

Great name Bob! 😆😉👍

[@craigo2656]

Not a farmer and barely live in the countryside, but 100% support farmers protesting. We need to keep our farmland being used as farmland and reject global directives fuelled by extremist environmentalists.

[@josephkolodziejski6882]

There's a fly in your ointment. Climate change is real, and is a fact supported by research made by institutions and universities all across the globe. A note to the angsty right-wingers in the comments: Before attempting to backchat me on this point - Please produce a single example to the contrary from a reputable institution. One example. ONE example.

[@johnstoned6768]

Joseph, yes your correct but what are the worlds population or at least 10 percent of that population going to eat if farming is to stop in future

[@josephkolodziejski6882]

@@johnstoned6768 Did I say "all farming would stop in the future?" Of course, we would die. I think what you meant was if we reduced farming. That's not the point. The point is to take action to make it sustainable. It is not a physical impossibility.

[@ianashton1593]

Your dog very quickly decided he wasn’t going wading 😂

[@OllyBlogsAgricontractfarmer]

Great vid explaining the difference between Europe England and wales I went further and said we should keep our powder dry in England at the moment and leave tractors in the shed as we don’t want to pee off the general public like the just stop oil do and It got me some stick 🤦‍♂️

[@harrysfarmvids]

Thanks Olly, treading on egg shells come to mind. I should have said English livestock farmers, particularly on higher ground, aren't nearly as happy with CS and SFI terms as perhaps English arable farmers are but I think it's the Welsh who should be properly grumpy with what's being forced on them. If it every actually happens..

[@grahammoreton9686]

Harry, in Scotland they have just lost £61m from the farming budget and they don't know where it is!

[@nickhale2900]

In Sturgeon's loft!

[@glendakirby5579]

There's a surprise!

[@midlandgeordie]

Brexit dividend!

[@matthewjenkins1161]

In other news, Scottish motorhome dealerships have seen a 300% increase in turnover.

[@johnstewart7570]

Humsa has said it will return to the portfolio? When? How much? Support is going to be a percentage of?.. We don’t know? Humsa hopefully won’t be in power and the money will be reallocated even though he has gone. Businesses cannot forecast with these pressures upon it.

[@ricardonunes5840]

Govs paying farmers not to produce food should be sued.... Less food produced leads to higher prices, higher prices leads to more imports, more imports = more farmers going bust

[@Hali88]

Developed countries' agriculture cannot compete because workers in developed countries are expensive and so has been replaced by expensive machinery. The EU and N America use high import tariffs which makes food from outside expensive and use that money to pay huge subsidies to farmers. Britain basically has to decide whether to keep tariffs on imports or let more cheap foreign food in and replace some of the farmland with forest/grass etc. From what Harry said, Wales seems to be going towards the latter but can't afford to pay for it, and who knows what Scotland are doing but you can be sure that in both cases England will end up paying the bill.

[@DDDD-pv7fw]

God Bless the farmers we must fight !!

[@billsticker]

Same thing over here on my small plot of Connaught, Ireland. From mid 2023 it's been rain, rain and more rain. The ground is so soft. Can't even run cattle on it, because its too soggy.

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

What part of Ireland is Evenflow based in, it's always sunny there.

[@user-jd7md1mx2u]

Always informative Harry. We live in the Lincolnshire Wolds and we have had a nightmare due to the rain this year. Yes the land is saturated but direct drilling has in our and some of our farming friends opinion, made the water run off the land worse. By direct drilling and not ploughing the crust from the previous years, the land has become compacted. Therefore whilst the water under the ground continues to rise the rain coming down is running off ever quicker. Our grass field next to our house has had so much water, soil and seed deposited we have to wonder just how much crop has been lost around us. Your summary on direct drilling is spot on. You might get a couple of years of direct drilling in, but you may have to plough and drill the third year to break the crust and to turn the soil over to allow it to breath, save the soil run off and possibly increase yield.

[@jonathancollard3710]

Harry, you are truly a great guy, pragmatic and informative, but when you as a farmer says “its great I’m taking this field out of production because I’m being paid by the government to grow flowers “, then I think the population should be very worried. There is a massive hidden agenda here… 😮

[@SPC22]

Exactly this! They should be paying him TO GROW food, not to not grow it!

[@markc1234golf]

Agenda 21 set out several categories of things that are not sustainable farming, private transport, owning property i sh*t you not! It's about time people look at the UN agendas!

[@glendakirby5579]

Especially when the flower growing farmers complain that people are cluttering up the lanes viewing the flowers.

[@lynx6132]

Have you thought about the benefits of ecosystem services flowers could bring to production. It could actually increase yields with extra pollinators over the long term, as well as act as pest control (pollinating insects eating aphids).

[@Jedimaster36091]

@@SPC22there’s more than enough food for the entire planet. It’s just not distributed properly around and a lot of it is thrown to waste.

[@geoffmansfield2668]

Thank you for your excellent summary. ‘Found you’ via the JCB episode. I am retired from manufacturing and teaching secondary maths. Your factual delivery has opened my eyes to another raft of problems that good governance could have avoided.

[@grahamlamond3179]

I'm not a farmer, but our best friends are. Now into their seventies, they run a traditional mixed beef and arable business with strict rotation on the fields, allowing some to lie fallow each year. They spend a lot of time on drainage maintenance as some of the soils have heavy clay beneath. Although they have tried drilling, they have noted that many farms are having problems with compaction as ever larger tractors work the land and, as others have said here, it is not being broken up by traditional ploughing as in the past, reducing absorption and keeping the water on the surface. They have had good success with modified grain, which grows shorter, with a bigger head whilst at the same time being less vulnerable to wind damage.

[@rafchurchlawford4469]

Would love to know who's behind the reason to stop ploughing. It was fine for 100s of years then suddenly it does not work. Now we get compacted soil that doesn't drain and causes flooding. And climate change is blamed. Very suspicious.

[@rl3898]

But the government advisors claim the no till method improves everything!! Maybe for the flowers if you sign up for that fiasco.

[@Hali88]

Yeah, compaction is an issue and makes the soil waterlog more in winter and dry out more in summer. I've heard that growing the right cover crops with deep roots that can dig down through the hard soil can help alleviate this problem.

[@Edtopp192]

Yes this is one solution to helping reduce soil compaction. The only trouble is these multispecies swards are not very popular with intensive farmers trying to produce as much silage as possible as they will not yield like more chemical grasses and can be harder to ensile for silage. Farms like this grow a lot of Italian rey and short term leys which will last 4-5 year max before they are plowed and changed. Being a young farmer myself I think the use of multispecies swards needs to be pushed especially on grazing livestock farms as there is a lot of research which shows increased daily live weight gains in finishing stock and improved soil quality which in turn helps with carbon sequestration into the soil reducing carbon in the atmosphere. Using cover crops on arable ground through the winter is also important to soil health. If you wanted you could go on for hours about soil improvement and crops 😂.

[@dd7521]

Cloud seeding...... WEF, UN, WHO

[@5ebra1]

I am against farmers receiving money to ‘set aside’ land. Farmers should be supported to grow food. Farms aren’t parks. They are food production areas.

[@EP-bb1rm]

Set aside maintains the ecosystem that farming needs to continue into the future. Only exploiting the land for food causes ecosystem collapse.

[@TheNewSchmoo]

Go talk to an arable farmer or two.

[@5ebra1]

@@EP-bb1rm crop rotation, sheep, cattle, mixed arable. All don’t require set aside.

[@EP-bb1rm]

@5ebra1 LOL. Fields are set aside so the grass can actually grow. If you leave livestock on a field permanently you just get mud.

[@tonychambers6275]

What clown in government thought it was a good idea to pay farmers not to grow food for the country.

[@robertbroadbent3038]

Stanley is adorable. 😂

[@theresamarie1379]

devolution = divide and conquer. Bring in different regulations for different regions at different times so you don't all protest at once!

[@user-ud9xt9tg3m]

Of course Harry could always invest in drainage ditches and growing hedgerows alongside to help with the flooding and ponding.

[@JB000001]

Where do they think we're going to be able to import our food from? I'm not going to take it on faith they know what they're doing. Everyone's gone mad from what I can see.

[@BMW_NUT]

Brussels seems to be a recurring theme in this battle against the globalists

[@user-dg7sy8cz3b]

Don’t undervalue the decision maker influencer entities in Davos and Geneva. Members must be forced to identify as agents of a foreign power in their respective countries.

[@Winterascent]

The WEF, the UN, and probably various banks and corporations are driving it.

[@Kyle_Hubbard]

People wonder why people wanted the leave the EU. I'm not saying they get everything wrong but they don't get everything right either. That being said the people in Brussels are incompetent and being honest I wouldn't be surprised if they're doing things for person interest either. I think everyone is being lied to in one way or another regardless of who you are, who you support, what your religion is or isn't, what your race is and isn't. Everyone is eating a nice slice of shit pie.

[@Rugbyman269]

Unelected b.......s

[@fwijffels]

Brussels is the globalist.

[@Z-u-m-a]

Harry - where are we now compared to the past few decades in terms of the 'balance' of food production and wildlife? I remember growing up in the 80s and 90s and the sheer amount of insects in the countryside compared to now, and general sense of biodiversity. Were we any less food productive? And what's changed (and gone wrong) since then in terms of getting this supposed balance right? Would love to hear your take on it. Thanks.

[@JR_And_A_Car]

Everyone needs to resist all this Nonsense that hurt private farms. Don’t let them bankrupt you and dictate your life. Keep the food supply in private hands and let the farmers control their own destiny

[@jamestatham9950]

Well I'm glade I voted out of Europe. Everyone said we'd be better in as farmers, but we have done better out of things than Europe at the moment. I don't think we have any need to protest at the moment, we aren't doing that bad, we just need to keep getting the story out there and make sure we don't get forgotten.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

You can blame me. Every time I buy a motorcycle it rains, and rains, and rains.... EDIT. It seems it's not just me.....(I type as it chucks it down outside...)

[@sq1rlsqu4d]

Ah, I'm not alone then :) I just have to think about going for a ride and the clouds gather.

[@Phuc_Yhou]

If its blame time I'm sorry for every bank holiday I've washed out over the last 40 years 😳

[@bmanduprit2962]

Bugger. I thought it was me. Glad you took one for the team 😂

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

It's the same for me with roofing jobs.

[@broadsword6650]

Harry: a man out standing in his (flooded) field...

[@asafun]

With Stanley

[@itube0047]

An outstanding man

[@sabirkuliev4228]

without being cropped

[@williamjacobs9065]

Greetings from Los Angeles, California. Enjoyed your video and the constant use of the word "scheme" to describe these government edicts. I like the following definition of the word "A secret or devious plan; a plot". Hang in there Harry.

[@birdsaloud7590]

Support David Kurten's Heritage Party. He is the ONLY party supporting the farmers. He understands the situation.

[@kondition-kode-nine]

Kissinger: "Control the oil and you control the nation, control the food and you control the people"

[@patshiels5429]

As a non farmer your reports are very interesting thanks

[@seanbartolo3537]

If the farmers blockaded all the airports in Europe, you would be amazed at how sunny all of Europe would be.

[@michaelcrouch5708]

It's not dramatic to say we are fighting tyranny, eco zealots would have us all back in the dark ages.

[@ohnoitisnt]

F the supermarkets. In the mid 90's the share of profits on milk (just as an example) was 50/50 between the farmers and the supermarkets. In 2010 it averaged 15/85. I dont know what it is now but the trend says it all...

[@geoffas]

Asda's uht milk has increased from 65p to £1.20 in the past couple of years. I bet the farmers aren't getting anything close to 50% of that.

[@r.markclayton4821]

Just stop oil were at least trying to save people from the consequences of global warming. For farmers it is much more about raising their incomes, so increasing prices in the shops. A large minority also blame farmers' greed for Brexit and the resulting food shortages and price hikes (with more to come now import controls have started). Once bitten twice shy.

[@janewhite2331]

Thanks for the explanation of what’s happening across Europe

[@michaelfraser5723]

Councils selling PUBLIC and agriculture land to house the world ? WHAT ABOUT FEEDING THEM ALL ?

[@michaelfraser5723]

BEVERLEY : CASE IN POINT

[@buggerlugz6753]

Its high time British Farmers started to protest, why we STILL haven't got a proper agricultural roadmap set in stone for the next 25 years is beyond me. We "Should" have had one ready for when we left Europe all set to go, yet here were are today.........

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

Ever thought of digging out that corner by the brook and making a small trout pond. Also the areas where there is high water retention can you plant say apple and plum trees maybe some birch along the walled area where that water is to assist sucking up the water and making some juicy fruit by product.(it might be a few years depending on the maturity of trees planted ),

[@tom4412]

MrSCOTTtheSCOT Plums give people diarrhoea if they eat to many.

[@topnotch7570]

Thanks Harry of your high knowledge in farming keep us informed what it’s happening in the world

[@daniel-ek9kf]

Great video Harry, you the man!

[@barukkazhad8998]

England's farmers and everyone else needs to revolt

[@jackw9920]

Why? they are being paid handsomely to grow weeds for the next five years

[@ianmckay1780]

Thanks for the update very useful, had a lot of questions about what is going on in Europe, now I know. Keep up the good work look forward to the next update.

[@robertlloyd7493]

😊 I have learnt so much watching your experiences, thanks 👍

[@nuf294w]

Excellent, Harry, thank you so much.

[@astamandala9250]

Thank you for that 'big picture' summary of what's happening in Europe and across UK.

[@red9zero]

My sister lives in a small town in southern France. The farmers there are protesting by turning all the road signs upside down !

[@markbennett9787]

I live in Brittany, the same is happening here, it’s countrywide. They do it with the permission of the mairie of the town whose sign they invert. It’s not all road signs, just the name of the town as you enter.

[@glendakirby5579]

We did it in the war, and twisted signposts around. That lost black market farmers some trade, as their customers got hopelessly lost, looking for their ill gotten gains, and even when the found it they had to shut up the house when they cooked it, so nobody could smell the delicious aroma. I never heard of any Germans being confused by it.

[@QALibrary]

back in 1998/99 I was doing a college course and I had to write a long-form report and did it on "the environmental impacts of golf courses" and if farmland was worth X, farmland with planning permission for a golf course was 4X and farmland with a built golf course on it was with 8x

[@peterdallyn6440]

There's a limit to the number of golf courses you can build before these factors change dramatically!

[@karenbarker9474]

If the UK farmers protest I will stand with them. I don't want to be eating bugs and lab grown meat in the future. Buy British and shop from your local farm shops. Support our farmers!

[@eamonhannon1103]

Harry , you have a hedgerow deficit. It would be nice to see some more hedgerows

[@andrewmellon5072]

40 years ago, in Ireland, I remember clearly, we were encouraged to plant trees. Nearly nobody did except non farmers. The few who did are finding out that they need planning permission to put the tree ground intopasture,crop land again and to harvest the trees. This definitely was not explained at planting.

[@Frank.Serpico]

It's not about being militant to fight the system, it's about simply growing food on land and fighting green extremism, because they simply are extremists.

[@brianlopez8855]

Eco fascism from Brussels must be stopped.

[@nigelw512]

Thanks Harry for your no nonsense talk on farming. Greatly appreciated.

[@Sc-re7sc]

Interesting video, Harry. Don't think much of the public realise what a tough time you and the other farmers have and such an important role you play . At least Stanley looks happy 🐕

[@seanbartolo3537]

Im looking at your video and your weather is 1000% geo engineered.

[@scaryfakevirus]

Geoengineering. Yes they are doing it.

[@stevee7467]

Why?

[@dd7521]

​@stevee7467 please research this. People need to start looking at the skies very seriously indeed..

[@andrewmaccall5871]

Nice to hear the facts behind the headlines and so well explained as usual.

[@richardmosley4549]

Thank you - again - Harry. I'm no farmer, but I love your vids and the more watch the more I worry about the lunatics determining farm policy (if any!) in Westminster. It's madness.

[@Ben-fk9ey]

I believe the tree planting scheme comes from "The Pontbren Project" which seems to have been a success. It's easily found on google but here's a some snippet from it: "When the tree planting began only 1.5% of the Pontbren land was woodland, mostly neglected riparian woodland and small areas of larch, but 10 years later 120,000 new trees and shrubs have been planted, 16.5 km of hedges have been created or restored and nearly 5% of the Pontbren land is now woodland. This is a major achievement in just 10 years, with no loss of agricultural productivity." Also they've been planting trees for shelterbeds, of course doing it on your land it would be a detriment but in windswept uplands farms where it's not arable farming it provides shelter for animals and improves the land.

[@agt155]

A success for who exactly?

[@EP-bb1rm]

Harry is ignorantly pretending that all Welssh farms have zero trees to begin with. Which simply isn't true.

[@Ben-fk9ey]

@@agt155 It seems to have benefited everyone involved from what I gathered. It's free and easy to find a PDF of it online if you're interested in it.

[@davidwelty9763]

When these green initiatives start affecting farmers in the US I will be standing up with them when they start protesting. Farmers keep us alive. And US farmers feed much of the world. Thomas Jefferson once said “the best government is that that governs closest to the people”.

[@zogworth]

The "green initiatives" are there to prevent another dust bowl.

[@bobspeller2225]

Great review Harry, I wish you luck for the 2024, Surely the public will be with the farmer over these issues!! all the best Bob

[@HQBProductions]

Harry…another illumination video on the farmers plight…it makes it easy for we non farmers to understand clearly what pressures you are under and what ill founded decisions are made by governments, Worldwide. You have our complete sympathy. I drove through the Wye Valley yesterday and see the river is in full flood and bursting its banks..we cannot cope with more rain but I fear a total reversal in the Summer…blazing temperatures and baked earth, hard as granite. Oh for the conditions of the 1960’s or before…not always good but far more gentle and defined. Well done again. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@23sunderland]

I've been a roofer for 40 years and it's still p*****g down every winter . The weather is still the same as it was 40 years ago

[@CCP24]

Thank you Harry, I get more information and sense from your videos, to get a better understanding with what's happening in UK agriculture, than the BBC's Countryfile. When people say Brexit has been a disaster, looking at the EU today, I'm sure there's many who are quite glad we're out of the EU agricultural policies and making more pragmatic and sensible decisions.

[@HONDAVFRV4]

Wales, run by Labour, that is all you had to say. Look at their madness on speed limits.

[@chubeye1187]

It's the will of the people, it's what the people of Europe want. Ask anyone if they want pesticides in their food

[@ricksallotment5923]

Cheers Harry, as stupid as Stan seems I really like him, a great little dog who often pauses for thoughts on his days out.

[@giantputt7066]

I have a lot of sympathy for the farmers with their fight against the corrupt trade organisation

[@tommogun3]

Biggest question ...........are they going to starve us ????

[@davetaylor4741]

Hopefully everyone keeps fighting. Bloody desk jockeys know nothing about farming. But make sweeping policies that affect thousands of lives. Go the Welsh.

[@aaax9410]

The world has gone mad :(

[@joechally8884]

All by design.

[@normanrussell5526]

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

[@ThePorkypete51]

Hosepipe ban in April

[@normanrussell5526]

Quite right too, have to preserve what little H2O we have in our desert country.

[@EP-bb1rm]

Welsh reservoirs full

[@petergoodman4922]

Thanks for the video Harry. What perseverance you need to be a farmer. Keep up what you’re doing, it is very valuable.

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Thankyou so much Harry for this report . Glad it working out for you and the rain not as bad as thought . Love your dog . Cheers .

[@AlP94424]

Well when you find out what the WEF and others have instore for farmers then maybe you'll join them, before you sell out all your fields to grass and wildflowers

[@marwood1969]

Not just farmers, but all of us if they are not stopped.

[@Qwertyuiopclub]

Sad but true most have no idea and all the geo chem in sky everyday people! Look up 24/7 why we getting all this crazy weather Stop obeying the government and all the groups societies etc etc They want us dead and eating bugs. I’m serious!

[@johnwilliamson8110]

Well said

[@wyndhamhewlett8223]

I'VE ASKED HARRY 2 YEARS AGO ABOUT AGENDA 2030 !!!

[@alanpatterson2759]

True think we're all Fecked!@@marwood1969

[@terrygreen9107]

There’s no common sense in the government,farmers should be left to grow food I always thought that’s what they should do not trees you can’t eat trees, They won’t be happy until they’ve cocked everything up. Cheers Harry keep up the good work 👍🚜

[@kip8790]

It’s not about trees, it’s about biodiversity and mass species extinction resulting in the total collapse of our ecosystem from the huge loss of insects which everything depends on.

[@johnfrancis4401]

Thanks for this explanation Harry.

[@SimonOldfield-es4ev]

A great update as ever Harry. I would be interested in an update on the economics of your solar panels for the farm and house. Hopefully you have a couple of annual cycles to provide good data on electricity generation, usage and costs/income/savings?

[@Pierre3513]

Is someone messing with the weather, why is the media not talking about what is happening in Europe and the rest of the world with the farmers?

[@cameronhamer9432]

During WWI and WWII Europe got a lot of rain , something about detonating large amounts of explosives has a impact on the amount it rains 🌧 🌧🌧🌧

[@jonny2x44]

Is someone messing with the weather… lol yes we are! It’s climate change!

[@dreamcrusher112]

It takes just two days of rain now to flood my main route to work as the ground is permanently saturated. This is climate change at work in the UK.

[@OldskoolCatflap]

Or geoengineering… It’s helpful to be able to manufacture your own evidence in support of your agenda.

[@JackFrost008]

it shouldnt flood this much. part of it is to do with hunga tonga ha'apai erupting under the ocean and blasting millions of tons of water into the air upto 55 miles.

[@dreamcrusher112]

@@OldskoolCatflap you need to get off the internet for a bit as it has rotted your brain

[@ianforrest6728]

Farming needs returning to farmers and the government needs to stop interference into something they obviously know nothing about

[@jimjams1581]

The much missed Stanley's back on video! No wonder he's excited.

[@denniscarvell1828]

Brash is best for sheep or Deer, as grass as pointed out can take field capacity soil conditions, not cereals,etc. Any land owned doubles in value every 10 years Have land values dropped? What we do see is great damage to wildlife and nature due to forced farming. Noted my previous comments have been removed from your comments Farmers boy.

[@sean-wh3it]

Thee Welsh Govt are experts at vanity projects devolution has been an utter disaster

[@jamebrow]

It does seem like it. They couldn't even sort out congestion on the M4.

[@PatrickHill-gy5pf]

Well done Harry

[@RaithUK]

Thanks for the update Harry.