Farmers Want - Their Land

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First, there is something very basic in human instinct to try and protect our territory.

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What's lovely for the goose

In the event you own the land that your house stands on, you may have a garden. You most likely would not like to see people jogging onto it and beginning to have a footy kick-around because they'd spotted a small bit of grass.

If that is something that would offend you, you may need to ask why a farmer ought to feel differently. True, the amount of land they own may be huge compared to a typical domestic garden but the same basic principle and human instinct applies.

Safety

They ought to, therefore, not necessarily condemn it out of hand when farmers display it.

Farms are often places where tractors and agricultural machinery are operating flat out.

By definition, much of this equipment is dangerous when in use. However unlikely you may think it to be, ought to there be an accident arising from the use of such equipment involving a member of the public on the farmer's land, the farmer concerned may have a legal and insurance liability.

It is therefore perfectly understandable that they will seek to control access to their land both to protect the safety of the public and their own legal and insurance positions.

It is as well as a fact that occasionally farmers use products that may be potentially harmful if inhaled or ingested immediately after use. That is again something that farmers will understandably need to keep the public away from.

Although the stereotypical picture is of the friendly hiker who basically wishes to cut across farmland, regrettably not every individual is well-intentioned.

Destroy - Intentional or otherwise

You may be surprised to know that destroy caused by deliberate and malicious vandalism is not unknown in the countryside. Some farm machinery and related equipment may even be very costly and valuable, so theft is also sometimes a significant challenge.

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Understandably therefore, farmers are uneasy when they see strangers around their property and farmland.

Bio containment

Then there's all the issues associated with unintentional destroy. That is something that can usually be associated with unaware people causing destroy to crops or to livestock through gates being left open etc.

Plenty of farmers go to great lengths to try and prevent the introduction of disease, be it plant or animal, on to their land.

That often involves being rigorous about disinfecting things such as agricultural machinery and even the boots of visitors. So, one time again, they may be uneasy about diseases or other undesirable elements being accidentally introduced onto their land by members of the public who happen to be 'passing through' unofficially.



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