BBC's Farming Today this morning mentioned a new outfit calling itself The National Centre for the Uplands. It seems to be based at Newton Rigg College in Cumbria and is another of a growing number of voices arguing for farming everywhere.
The item today reported that it's hard to get young farmers to take up tenancies in the uplands. Not very exciting apparently being a long way from the bright lights and decent broadband etc. Further on in the report a hill farmer explained that he could only keep going because of agri environment schemes. So nobody wants to do it and it costs lots of public money.
Well, Mr Osborne, was the obvious solution part of your Autumn Statement? Give the uplands back to nature and do the farming elsewhere. And save some money.
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