Although deeply touched by the number of people seemingly willing to contribute to a 'Save Potter' collection fund, the ever roaming eye is still as critical as ever especially when it comes to milk buyers' behaviour. And so another show season comesto an end. For us it has produced a mixed bag of results with the keenest interest being in my board at the Royal Show when I wiped off my usual news and simply put 'London wins 2012 Olympic bid -up the French!' Not, you understand, that I'm anti our garlic-and-onion loving, British-beef-hating neighbours across the water. But, I confess, it was just so good to have got one over on them! Without doubt the Royal Welsh Show is in a European super league of its own when it comes to kicking tyres and grassroots content. It was at that show that I entered into a very interesting discussion on the SFP and the euro rate that will be adopted on September 30, 2005. It would seem that if alt farmers buy euros on September 29 and 30, and retain them until at least October 2 or 3, it wilt affect the rate and this could significantly enhance their SFP. So goes the theory anyway! I shake my head in wonderment at the concept. Affecting the euro rate in such a way would, of course, be damn near impossible. But eventhen that's still more feasible than getting farmers to get together and act in unison in the first place!
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