costs, shortages of labour, and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today as minette batters, she farmers right here she is also president of the national farmers union of england and wales. as a society are we asking ourfarmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk.- impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for havin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great - for having me. it s a great pleasure for having me. it s a great pleasure to for having me. it s a great pleasure to be for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on - for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on your. for having me. it s a great i pleasure to be on your farm for having me. it s a great - pleasure to be on your farm and the sun is shining, in som
has been bad, but you at the nfu in the united kingdom say that you still support, despite the overwhelming evidence that it is environmentally extremely harmful, why do you do that? well, let s start with soil first. every farmer that i represent will say there is no more better investment they can make them into their soils, and a recent survey be dead, 75% of them wanted to be measuring the baseline of where we are at now which is fantastic. aha, baseline of where we are at now which is fantastic. which is fantastic. a quarter of all farmers which is fantastic. a quarter of all farmers could - which is fantastic. a quarter of all farmers could not - which is fantastic. a quarter| of all farmers could not care less about the quality of the soil? ., . , less about the quality of the soil? ., ., , ., ..,, soil? no. that is not the case at all. that soil? no. that is not the case at all. that is soil? no. that is not the case at all. that is the soil? no. that is not the case a