Prime Time TV Advert FOR American Farming

johngalway

How impressive is this?

Indubitable

That means in 40 years i will make so much money because the demand will be so high and supply migth be the same as it is now or lower due to arable land being sold to accomadate all those people in 2050.

The ad shows the world how important us farmers really are.:D
Farmers here must be the creators of the only jobs left in ireland. We should be on Mary Coughlan's salary. we can secure more jobs than she can.

johngalway

An ad like that wouldn't cost much to make. Have to give them credit for the can do positive attitude. They're our competition and I even had a good feeling about that ad

Casinoking

Now you know what the IFA can do with all the yearly subscriptions instead of swanning off to Brussels every couple of weeks for a bit of R&R

johngalway

I emailed the link to the Galway IFA, not yet heard anything back mind you....

onemorechance

GM food, hormone and anti-biotic filled meat, patented life (seeds).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

johngalway

mairtin888 wrote: »

GM food, hormone and anti-biotic filled meat, patented life (seeds).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0

With respect, you're missing the point of this thread entirely.

Who paid for it isn't the issue. It's how it presents farming to the general public and how PR such as that can be of benefit to Irish farming.

Joey the lips

This is nothing but an advertisement to produce GM Food and market it to the world.....

johngalway

Joey the lips wrote: »

This is nothing but an advertisement to produce GM Food and market it to the world.....

Please see the post directly above.

onemorechance

johngalway wrote: »

With respect, you're missing the point of this thread entirely.

Who paid for it isn't the issue. It's how it presents farming to the general public and how PR such as that can be of benefit to Irish farming.

It presents farming in a manner which hides the nasty truths behind these figures. American farmers are held to ransom by these large food coporations.

e.g. Farmers in America cannot even save seeds from their own harvests anymore due to the patent proctection that has been given to seeds, i.e. it is ok to patent life thaks to the likes of Monsanto. Even if a farmer does not purchase or use any patented seeds, they cannot save their own seeds, as they will face lengthy and expensive court proceedings to prove that a single seed from a neighbours farm did not blow onto their land.

leg wax

johngalway please dont bother to waste time replying to these people the farmers here can see what the add is about.

onemorechance

leg wax wrote: »

johngalway please dont bother to waste time replying to these people the farmers here can see what the add is about.

How do you think they have acheived these impressive figures? By working with farmers for their mutual benefit? Or by forcing farmers to do it their way or not at all?

e.g. A pig farmer must outfit their facilities as Monsanto tell them too. Monsanto loan them the money for this yet they don't pay them enough for their meat to even cover the costs of the debts, which increase as their are regular upgrades required. What choice does the farmer have then, continue increase their debts or get out of farming and sell up.

onemorechance

What an impressive company Monsanto is!

http://www.naturalnews.com/011581.html

Joey the lips

johngalway wrote: »

Please see the post directly above.

Too true. PR oppertunity at its best. The problem is how to present it so it does not just look like farmers complaining.

leg wax wrote: »

johngalway please dont bother to waste time replying to these people the farmers here can see what the add is about.

That is an unnecessary comment. Your suppose to attack the post and not the poster.

Perhaps I could be ignorent. But I am happy to have someone point out the oppertunities which john did do.

onemorechance

I think the figures are impressive, but they are achieved in a way which are detrimental to the farmers.

johngalway

Joey the lips wrote: »

Too true. PR oppertunity at its best. The problem is how to present it so it does not just look like farmers complaining.

This is coming closer to what I'm talking about. In that advert I don't see any complaining I would be in favour of promoting Irish farming, publicising what it is farming brings to Ireland. It's nothing to do with GM etc, it's real people, working real jobs, producing real quality food Instead of farmers in the news because of tractor cade, or dioxins etc. Show the positive side!

onemorechance

It's nothing to do with GM etc, it's real people, working real jobs, producing real quality food

Sorry but the advert you used is using "impressive" figures that are based entirely on GM corn.

The ad for Truly Irish Brand pork would be better suited to your point of real people, working real jobs, producing real quality food.

Sorry for missing your point but I despise that company (Monsanto) and what they are doing to the food industry.

red bull

johngalway wrote: »

I emailed the link to the Galway IFA, not yet heard anything back mind you....

Does that surprise you,as far as I can see Galway IFA is a clique looking to get titles after their names. No interest on the real issues that affect us real farmers trying to survive:o

johngalway

red bull wrote: »

Does that surprise you

Why ya reckon I added the "..."

Indubitable

The advert also brings publicity to american farmers not just GM on how much they contribute to the world community.

A lot of the food gap could be addressed by improved logistics and storage.

Still they aren't making any more land these days I suppose.

Casinoking

mairtin888 wrote: »

It presents farming in a manner which hides the nasty truths behind these figures. American farmers are held to ransom by these large food coporations.

e.g. Farmers in America cannot even save seeds from their own harvests anymore due to the patent proctection that has been given to seeds, i.e. it is ok to patent life thaks to the likes of Monsanto. Even if a farmer does not purchase or use any patented seeds, they cannot save their own seeds, as they will face lengthy and expensive court proceedings to prove that a single seed from a neighbours farm did not blow onto their land.

I hate to burst the anti-Monsanto bubble, but you can't save your own seed from certified seed in this country, or any EU country as far as I know, without paying a royalty to the breeder of the seed be it you, me, Monsanto or Mahatma Gandhi

onemorechance

Casinoking wrote: »

I hate to burst the anti-Monsanto bubble, but you can't save your own seed from certified seed in this country, or any EU country as far as I know, without paying a royalty to the breeder of the seed be it you, me, Monsanto or Mahatma Gandhi

You can changed the word patented with certified if it helps to make my point clearer to you.

Even if a farmer does not purchase or use any patented seeds, they cannot save their own seeds, as they will face lengthy and expensive court proceedings to prove that a single seed from a neighbours farm did not blow onto their land