Bravo for Irish man. Bravo for all farmers around Europe. Our farmers, our food , our land , our freedom . Get out the UE parliament and cheap imports form Ukraine
cheap import from Ukraine gives EU customers much lower prices for food in supermarket than current. it helps stopping inflation in the coutry. In another hand, why tax payers of EU must pay for no profitable business of small farmers? why do some EU farmers do not want to change their business model to getting profit without subsidies? So, it`s high time to change business and production models of some farmers to getting more profit with processing of raw materials form Ukraine or America.
@@ihorv44The difference is that one grain must be produced according to expensive EU regulations, while the other does not. These regulations and rules make production insanely expensive. Drop the regulations and they don't need subsidies
@@jankowalyk7301 You want to say, if farmers in the EU hate the EU, why don't they leave the union! 🤣well, all farmers are protesting, not only Polish farmers
Even the Indian farmers are protesting for almost the same reasons... Seems like the whole political world is against the farmers... Hope good for the farmers across the world 🇮🇳🌾
The funniest part was that the green guy from Strasbourg with a ring in one ear truly believes that his powers are justified by some natural laws that supersede most of the direct experience the farmers have in dealing with nature. That guy spends way too much time on his desk and in conference rooms. It should be required for the EU bureaucrats to work every year for a 1-2 months as farm hands, or as harvest helpers, for example, drive a harvester during the end of summer.
It's clear this is all a game to him, which is why he's so comfortable sitting there and just throwing out one falsehood after another and rudely interrupting the farmer from making a point. This isn't real to him, he's just stroking his rhetorical ego. He's laughing at the farmers! It's disgusting with this political class.
Greens policy is turning ridiculous in Europe. You can't push it too hard. In China, we do this step by step while there's still conflicts between groups and regions. The European policy would be a disaster in any region.
It is very telling that the European policy analyst admits that competition from growers in Latin America are not held to the same standards as European growers but this is okay because it is "good" for the economy. If the goal is to stop climate change these imports should be banned. Taxes should be imposed based on the distance from producer to consumer to account for the environmental cost of transport. And VAT should be greatly reduced or emiminated on locally proced food. Helping local farmers to produce food sustainably is what is best for the local population. Perhaps the EU policy analysts should start looking at the environmental cost of the perptual war machine and focus efforts on diplomacy.
According to EU, there are no environmental issue when war is concerned - especially when a certain pipeline was blown up. Strange how the environmentalists and the scientists are so silent about it as well
Sorry Read their Agenda's so that you learn that this is their Plan to remove food from the masses as to better control them!! Not everyone wants to be controlled!!!!!!!!!!! God Bless Them.
@@NewPhone-y9f well, cattle should feed on grass exclusively, as they do in nature. So forget the 'corn field' right there... The whole monocrops system came into place last century to MONOPOLISE the farmers activity and keep them well within boundaries serving Big LORDS.
I agree with Mr. Fitzmaurice about meat imports. Here in the US, the meat industry is competing against Brazilian meat imports which are cheaper because of a weaker Brazilian currency while reports of BSE (mad cow disease) are not coming through fast enough sometimes (China temporarily embargoed their meat for a little while). We already import a lot of meat from Canada. I get tariffs are low or non-existent because there's high demand for low cost meat but shouldn't countries be protecting their own farmers first? We also have subsidies on most vegetables meant to keep them affordable for low-income families but if governments aren't going to adjust those subsidies while not addressing the higher energy costs, what do they expect farmers to do?
@@167mm167I don’t know who your ‘we’ is. But I can assure you the majority of people in Europe, U.K., Us, all support the farmers. You want to eat anything that’s come from Ukraine when the U.K. sent them depleted uranium? You’re welcome to my share. I don’t want my food travelling that far either. Buying local is best if possible
We cannot allow the European Union to destroy small and medium-sized farmers. If this happens, we will have no choice in what we want to eat. Large industrial farms will feed us unhealthy food, or they will cut us off from food at all if we are politically disobedient. We will be subjugated and lose the remnants of freedom. All of us. Therefore, farmers' protests are in our interest and we must support them.
Farmers are allowed to protest in every way they can think of and they're never considered radical or violent. But, people who stand up for human rights or the environment are silenced and heavily critized. The commission could've given funds for the farmers to be more sustainable instead of simply scrapping the plan for a better future, but of course, Ursula von der Leyen couldn't care less about us, our environment and our health. All she cares about is the June election so she can stay in power.
You know why "sustainability" fails? Because as a concept, it is faulty. Think about it: do you want to sustain a broken leg or do you want to heal and improve your mobility? Same with the whole supply chain, from production to consumption. You can't expect to sustain degraded resources and an extractive mindset and not have it collapse. Governments set this up. They could be part of the solution but choose to continue this extractive mindset and place the burden on the farmers alone.
@@marlan5470 Regenerative farming is working for some operators. It is only viable with more investment and about 4 years to transition before ROI. Unfortunately We aren't getting paid to cover production costs so it is more likely that large corporations will takeover and control more of the market
There was a farmer that won the lottery, asked what he would do with the money he said "Guess I will keep farming until the money's all gone". Small Farmers do need to adapt and diversify their income streams, farming alone isn't enough. Add solar energy production to crop fields, some plants like strawberries produce higher yields with partial shade. Farmers in west Texas have added Shrimp & Fish farms, seafood can be grown in large tanks almost anyplace. Bioreactors are easy to build to grow algae as protein source for human & livestock consumption, algae uses photosynthesis to convert CO2 & water into oxygen and carbohydrates (which algae uses as food), some algae types produce fuel oil. If anything, politicians might just create the incentive for farmers to ADAPT, those that can't adapt will die off.
Good ideas and could insure the future.. However.. Govt clowns take directions from an unelected WEF, make farmers criminals and penalise instead of providing incentives. We get paid 10% of what you spend at the supermarket.. We cannot afford all this equipment and time to transition without even more debt. That is why large corporations suck up all the little guys and control the markets with Govt assistance.
I am a lorry 🚚 driver picking up milk from farm to farm 🚜 in Ireland, i really support the farmers they are doing a great job,without them we are nothing,,South Africa
You are really out of touch and I’m not blaming you! The problem is the system . The only way out is through innovation. This is not happening because corporations are not allowing advance technologies that would solve these problems to come out. Anyways, the EU became a monster and now it needs to break up. The energy policies and climate change policies are leading to the break up of the EU. Frexit next!
It is important to note that the powers-that-be built a system and infrastructure that demands petroleum and petrochemical products. Capitalist markets push farmers to grow in size or get out -- more machinery, more land. This, when it has been shown that small family farms are the most productive. Regenerative farming increases productivity even more -- when nutrition and the long term wellbeing of the inhabitants, the land, and the planet are taken into account. Earth is largely a closed system, what you put out there gets everywhere. Producing food should, IMHO, be uncoupled from profit; it creates perverse incentives.Cheaper is not better
Food prices are high enough in Europe, esp. when wages, esp. in Southern Europe, are low. If they give into their demands on trade they sould end the subsidies and also require all farms to pay the national minimum wages! Moreover, subsidies should only be used for transitions, expansions, repairs, & only for small farmers, not agribusinesses.
Nothing will go wrong, as long as all govt regulations are free market, which means no govt welfare and no govt support for the labour market. All inclusive tax also has to be removed as all the costs of these regulations end up coming from farmers pockets.
EU should keep their standards and ban everything that is below that standard. Also pull all the subsidies because there is a market that can support this.. People need and want to eat. If you want to eat garbage, everyone in the EU can poisen their own food to meet their lower standard.. People are educated in ways that they can't even live without a supermarket or restaurant to get fed.. The problem is so much bigger then what is discussed here. It's a waste of time to watch this video.. Become less educated and more wise.
Same in Catalonia where tourism keeps increasing and we have draughts all the time. Yet, thousands of hotels are allowed to have pools and the tourism sector in general is not properly regulated to be sustainable.
😅😅😅 my gosh. The problem is golfs and swimming pools. Do you know the % of water for agriculture and animal farming in Algarve? I give you a clue. In Portugal is 70%. Only 20% for direct Human consumption.
@@FranciscoKGuerreiro Of course agriculture is the largest factor, and mainly animal agriculture, but tourism in Southern Europe is also contributing to it. We turn off fountains etc during a draught but do nothing about tourism.
@@FranciscoKGuerreiro Pensas que és o mais esperto só porque estás na UE? Eu também estudei na universidade de Lisboa, principalmente paleoclima e climatologia. E, também sou agricultora. O teu discurso é típico dum citadino. Agora, tiveste algum protagonismo e até te dás ao trabalho de vir responder no RU-vid.
@@FranciscoKGuerreiro need a little bit more brain.🧠 I guess he’s like to eat process food 🥘. Or plant based 💩 . He isn’t care for nothing he just like to look 👀 out of the window.
I cannot believe the woman at the beginning claiming that as farmers they take care of the soil and animals, provide food, and take care of our health while objecting to environmental safeguards. I do not see that it is beneficial for my health for more pesticides to be used or continued reliance on methods that harm the soil, air, water, and animals - including us. I realize this is not the only concern of the farmers, and I think farmers should be supported by the governments to deal with all of these issues: and neither the farmers nor the people should bear the brunt of EU - and US - support for the stupid war in Ukraine. What will be the consequences to all of us of denying reality and refusing to change? BTW: a) there is no such thing as free trade; and, b) I do not always support the Greens. Get over it.
If you support mass migration from developing countries, you are advocating for something that's having a greater ecological impact then these farmers ever could.
@@carlosdesousa6712 What does that have to do with my comments? Most of the food I eat comes from local farmers. Not sure what lens you used to read what I wrote.
The Tamil Philosophical literature Thirukural says - உழுதுண்டு வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார் மற்றெல்லாம் தொழுதுண்டு பின்செல் பவர். They only live who live by the plough. The rest must stoop and trail behind eating what they give.
You should not increase the cost of local farming for environmental improvement, yet allow low cost food from abroad. Eliminating pesticides is a good idea but the farmers should be compensated for lower yields.
Did you forget to invite the adults to this discussing? Oye 🙄 Great topic to address, i found it interesting over here in Canada. Our small farms are all being absorbed by big boys.
Big superannuation fund are buying up prime land here in Australia.. and climate policy is taking up land for wind farms ..and solar .. this is how we have food shortages not because of climate change..
EU is doing a spread: on the one hand trying to implement environment legislation and on the other hand supporting agriculture (agrindustry) that is the most productive, as the market is becoming dominated by US and BRICS. Selfsufficiency of Europe is asking too much, but yes, we need future access to staple food and energy. So we need at least enough own production to be able to barter with our core business - industry. This can be done IF farmers are getting paid for what they produce: much when grown sustainable and less when grown industrially. EU should be Adam Smith's 'market master' and dress up a price system. They don't now because of agribusiness lobby and confusion/dividedness.
Of course VDL will pprobably be greatly assisted in her re election as there probably will only be her on the ballot. AGAIN! Don't you just love EU democracy!
I think it is much better for EU to be disbanded because of political conflicts and economical differences. Many European nations are suffering greatly due to the oil sanction on Russia.
if more farmers in there own countries around the world would be row crop farmers and growing more food for people instead of millions of land to grow corn for biofuel the world would be all right
Farming from the start need funding and due to natural disaster and climate change it hit hard on the farmers now that they have competition from outside it's worse
The Italian and Dutch intterviewees are being very disingenuous in their arguments. They contend their countries don't have a say. They do, but the democratic process makes it so that they don't always get what they want. Shame on those two representatives.
The industry kill the farmers, because they want to export their goods for more money. Most of the farmers only solution is to support protectionism, and more money to change their agriculture methods.
This is / has been their plan to lower food prices to phase out the local farmers! At what Point does one figure this out to then say NO MORE!! Take back Sovereignty, Take back ones Country!!
until you see the prices the farmers sell for and what you pay at the market. Then you realise there are plenty of thieves and how greedy they are. You could also use the same argument re regulations. Ultimately, the common folk pays the cost. Not the soulless lot in Brussels and big corporations with Panamanian bank accounts. There is a limit to everything, however, and levee is about to break.
This Irish farmer is brilliant. Green mp gets the thumbs down from me. We NEED small farms growing good food. Maybe the green mp should do some research and look deeply at un, and wef websites. He’s the one giving misinformation.
What happens when there is less farmers who supply food and more mouths needing to be fed? Not only will cost rise to meet demand, instead of having ma and pa corner stores (smaller scales farmers) that compete for business, you will have a few centralized supermarket chains(large scale industrialized farms that destroy and deplete land) that will make people dependent on them. If supermarkets refused service today, have you thought about how you and yours might survive?
I'm down with protecting farmers, but I'm more down with sustainable agriculture because with climate change we need regenerative practices. I don't understand why they are complaining about climate issues but also complaining about not wanting to do the things that will help. It's the whole capitalist system not green policies. No one should be protesting over not being able to use pesticides they are toxic. Can't complain about climate change and show up with tons of tractors..sounds like right wing stuff. Even pope is against populism
Exactly. Especially supporting the use of pesticides is beyond me as it's not only bad for the environment but they're literally putting harmful chemicals into our food.
Do you believe in Gullible Warming ??? What have you learnt in Geoengineering Weather Modification going on over your head each day??????????????????????
regen farming is definately a better solution - but currently it costs more to changeover than farmers get paid.. imports and regulations making farmers criminals is not the answer..
@@edwardcarberry1095 Regenerative farming is a practice one step above sustainable. Sustainable is giving the soil back what nutrients you removed when you grew a crop. Regenerative you give back and then add some extra for the next time. So you are continuously improving the condition of the soil. The objective is to reduce costly inputs and labor over time while improving the soil to retain nutrients longer and create better water holding capacities and infiltration for gas exchange and respiration. Most operators are utilizing biology and animals for fertilizing and protecting the soils with cover crops between cash crops to keep the soil alive and protected from erosion. It's is what nature used to do before machinery was invented.
Id recommend for all of you concerned about nature preservation, climate change and food security to try farming. Just for your own needs. It will teach you a whole lot and give you a understanding of life. Take wolfs for example. If id live in a city, sure wolfs are cool, why would you want to limit where they roam? Live in the country side and raise sheep and you will see it quite a bit different. The thing is its not a one or the other. The thing is you get a perspective when farming that its a matter of balance. I grow sheep, does it create greenhouse gases, apparently but it also conserves and maintaines local ecosystems that have developed for thousands of years in tandem with animal husbandry. Do i kill and cause suffering to animals. Yes but, i also allow them to live a fulfilling sheeps life where they get to express their sheepness to the full. And safety, you dont want to come to the barn or meadow to find 10 savaged and badly injured sheep and having to put the down. But thats what wolfs do. I have nothing against wolfs. But common sense states that you have to limit where they roam. Just like Ursula wonderlion had to experience first hand, sadly. All im saying is get perspective.
