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The Big Independent Farm Survey. The Questions No-One Has Thought To Ask The Farmer !

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On behalf of the National Beef Association NBA Thank You for taking the time to answer this survey!
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Question 1.

Please tick your farming enterprise. For example if BEEF*, DAIRY and SHEEP then tick all three.
* Beef includes Suckler, Calf, Store and Fattening enterprises.

- Required.
This is required
Question 2.

Are you Farm Assured ? i.e. Red Tractor (FABBL) farm inspections are carried out by approved companies including Sai Global etc.

Question 3.

Do you AGREE or DISAGREE with the following statement:

Both Assured and non-Assured Farmers are equally obligated to abide by UK & EU government legislation and cross compliance measures that include animal welfare, traceability, feed law and the environment as well as providing Food Chain declarations. Consumers and retailers have all the assurance they need.

Question 4.

Do you AGREE or DISAGREE with the following statement;

UK Beef and Sheep statutory production regulations and cross compliance measures are robustly and rigidly inspected by RPA inspectors, Trading Standards officers (at market and on farm)DEFRA Animal Health Vets, RSPCA inspectors, as well as Farmers own vets at regular TB test and at farm visits.

Question 5.

Do you AGREE or DISAGREE with the Red Tractor Proposal :
For an animal to be reared to high welfare standards and lifetime traceability assurances to be provided, it is absolutely necessary for an animal to reside on a Red Tractor Assured farm all of its life?

Question 6.

Are you FOR or AGAINST the Red Tractor proposal/ consultation that will insist cattle can only be sold as Assured if they have resided on a Farm Assured farm for the whole of their life ?

Question 7.

Would you feel let down by Farming Organisations (NFU/NBA/NSA/FUW) if they supported the current proposal for Whole Life Assurance?

Question 8.

If you are currently Assured, do you feel the Red Tractor organisation played an active role in consulting with you prior to the additional standards and requirements imposed in October 2014 ?

Question 9.

Would you support a call for withdrawal of the latest refreshed Red Tractor standards imposed from October 2014?

Question 10.

Would you be disappointed if farmer organisations (NFU/NBA/NSA/FUW) did not call for withdrawal of Red Tractor refreshed standards imposed from October 2014 ?

Question 11.

If Red Tractor failed to properly consult with farmers, or chose to ignore farmers views and the practicalties faced by farmers day to day, would you support a call for an alternative Beef and Lamb farmer controlled and led Assurance organisation to be developed ?

Question 12.

Do you AGREE or DISAGREE with the following statement:
Red Tractor and other farmer funded organisations should be doing more to communicate to CONSUMERS and RETAILERS about the strict standards all UK Producers are obligated to adhere to, rather than raising concerns about stock reared on the farms not subscribing to the Red Tractor Assurance Scheme.

Question 13.

Please provide us with the following information: