Having read and listened to significant amounts of Alan Savory on grazing and soil regeneration.. the entire gambit of cow-as-a-problem arguments are frustrating.
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It's an attack on land ownership. They are doing this shit in Ireland , reducing the herd size to save us from the climate boogeyman, and then importing lower grade beef from Brazil. Its a fucking land grab. Same with these "rewilding" programmes.
"Leave your land lying empty so that the bees can flourish, I definitely won't come by later and use the excuse that your land is lying empty to repurpose it somehow."
I’m currently staying with a farmer with 60ish head of cattle near Galway. We had this exact conversation last night. The government paid schemes truly are something special.
Irish farmers been sucking on the tit HARD for a long time, they wouldn't know where to begin getting weaned off it.
They are confused now, they don't understand that the government does not have their best interests at heart, and that this is a fight for their survival.
I've a lot of respect for farmers , I know enough of them , but like everything in this country, they've gone soft.