Arla's Additive Plan: A Threat to Traditional Dairy Farming Already Hit by New Inheritance Tax
New inheritance tax will see family farm being sold off to international inverstors and the Arla's Controversial Additive to reduce Cow's Carbon Emissions Sparks Outrage.
The End of Family Farms? UK's New Inheritance Tax Not Welcome
The UK government's recent announcement of changes to inheritance tax (IHT) has sparked widespread concern and protests among British farmers.
Under the new rules, agricultural property relief (APR), which previously offered significant tax breaks for farmers passing land to their children, will be significantly curtailed. This means that farmers will have to pay a 20% inheritance tax on the value of their land and assets above a certain threshold.
While the government argues that the changes will only affect a small number of wealthy landowners, farmers and agricultural organizations contend that the new tax will have a devastating impact on family farms across the country.
Many family farms in the UK have been passed down through generations, often operating on tight profit margins. Farmers wealth is locked on land and machinery, not in stocks, investments or money sitting in bank accounts. The new inheritance tax will force farmers to sell off land to cover the tax bill, leading to the fragmentation and consolidation of farms.
This could, in turn, lead to a loss of agricultural diversity in the country, reduced food security, a decline in rural communities and their beautiful surroundings that are maintained by farmers.
The Rise of Corporate Agriculture
Critics argue that the tax changes will benefit large-scale agricultural corporations and foreign investors, such as Bill Gates, who have been increasingly acquiring farmland in the United States.
By making it more difficult for family farms to survive, the government's policy could accelerate the trend towards corporate agriculture and further erode food sovereignty.
Public Backlash and Farmer Protests
The proposed changes have ignited widespread public outrage, with farmers and rural communities organizing protests across the country, which are not covered by main streamed media.
Below one of the videos of the protest with short interview of Farage e Clarkson.
As the UK grapples with the implications of these new tax policies, the news of a new cow's feed additive has been announced driven by the carbon zero target. The British public has just been informed on the use of a new additive to dairy cow's feed that contains 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP), highly toxic to humans but they say it is safe to animal (in small quantities) and leave minimal trace that is not significant.
Arla Foods Group has just announced the introduction this year of Bovaer, a feed additive designed to reduce methane emissions from cows, aiming to combat climate change by reducing cows farting.
From Wikipedia: Arla Foods Group is a Danish-Swedish multinational co-operative based in Viby, Denmark. It is the fifth biggest dairy company in the world and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia and United Kingdom.
Questionable Safety and Efficacy
Despite claims of reducing methane emissions, Bovaer's long-term safety and efficacy remain uncertain. Limited scientific research has been conducted to assess its potential impact on human health and the environment. Some studies have raised concerns about the additive's potential toxicity, including skin and eye damage and irritation, potential carcinogenic effects and infertility. There has been no long term study on how this additive can affects animal welfare, calf welfare, their cancer and fertility or if it can enter the food chain by soil and water contamination or by meat and milk products.
Furthermore, there are doubts about the additive's effectiveness in reducing methane emissions in the long term.
Some experts argue that dietary changes and improved livestock management practices may offer more sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions.
A Threat to Traditional Farming
The push to carbon zero, inheritance tax and increase in taxes and costs in general, the zero cow farthing with the high cost of Bovaer could place a significant financial burden on dairy farmer.
This in UK is just a trial, soon to be used globally.
Government officials say it is safe and effective.
When did I hear that before?
Public Backlash and Consumer Concerns
Public opinion on Bovaer has been largely negative, with many consumers expressing concerns about the potential health risks associated with consuming milk and dairy products from cows treated with the additive. This could lead to a boycott of products from companies using Bovaer, impacting farmers' livelihoods and the overall dairy industry.
Katie Hopkins give her view in the video below.
…….It’s a lose-lose situation for farmers…..
Governments and policy makers seems not to prioritize human health and environmental sustainability, but rather focus on enslaving people with an ever increasing tax system to pay for the black hole of never ending overspending (redistribution of wealth?).
Cows farting seems to be a priority while government's officials fly on their private jet to Coop29 in Baku.
In Azerbaijan Coop29 the UK PM (BBC article) “commit to continuing to provide £11.6bn of climate finance until March 2026.
The latest target is broadly in line with the UK’s legally-binding carbon-cutting path towards net zero emissions by 2050, contained in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
That international agreement ties the UK to ratcheting up new "nationally determined contributions" (NDCs) for carbon reduction every five years, which has seen the a 68% cut by 2030 increase to an 81% cut by 2035.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ny8zndpxo
I am sure stopping cow farting will be a great success for the UK government's plans.
It seems Bill Gates is an influential visitor of UK parliament and n.10 (PM residence).
In the meantime a petition to call general election has gained nearly 3 million signatures.