Older UK Farmers Get Money for Retiring

B1 – Intermediate

Farming is probably one of the hardest professions to be in. Being a farmer means long days of work in the field. All those years of hard work, you think farmers get a huge amount of money when they retire. In most cases, they don’t. But in the UK, they want to change this.

Read the lesson and find out more about UK’s plans to offer huge retirement benefits for farmers.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2105/210524-farming-1.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. What do you think of when you hear the word “farming”?
  2. What is your opinion on this plan to give farmers a huge amount of money when they retire?
  3. What do you think about the job of farmers?
  4. In your country, are farmers well-paid? Is it a job that many people want to have?
  5. How can we make working in the farming industry interesting to younger people?
  6. What kind of help does the farming industry need in your country?
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4 replies on “Older UK Farmers Get Money for Retiring”

1.What do you think of when you hear the word “farming”?
I think on way of life , mountains , fresh air , animals and freedom but on the other hand hard work as well
2.What is your opinion on this plan to give farmers a huge amount of money when they retire?
In my opinion is a good plan , I think is a good quantity of money to live if they manage it in an good way
3.What do you think about the job of farmers?
in my point of view is hard because animals an plant don’t have timetable , you need to wake up early and be available for their requirements
4.In your country, are farmers well-paid? Is it a job that many people want to have?
I don’t think so , the big companies don’t pay them a fair price
and there are many intermediaries until the product arrives to the client who has has to pay a high price.
We have the same problem in Spain , young people don’t want to work as a a farmers because is very hard , only inmigrants are willing to work on it
How can we make working in the farming industry interesting to younger people?
What kind of help does the farming industry need in your country?

You did your best in writing your answers.

Be sure to use proper punctuations and capitalization in these sentences:

In my opinion is a good plan , I think is a good quantity of money to live if they manage it in an good way

In my opinion, it is a good plan. , I think it is a good amount of money to live on if they manage it in a good way.

in my point of view is hard because animals an plant don’t have timetable , you need to wake up early and be available for their requirements

In my point of view, it is hard because plants and animals don’t have a specific schedule., You need to wake up early and be available for their needs.

Keep writing!

1-I think the idea of giving farmers a sum of money when they retire is a good one, although I think the amount is too high.
2-I think being a farmer is important. Farmers are the ones who provide us with the food we eat every day.
3- Yes, I think the farmers are well-paid in my country. But it’s not a job that many people want to do.
4- Show the benefits of the agriculture, using modern practices/methods etc
5- Financial support
6- when I hear the word “farming” I think about the countryside

Interesting take on this topic.

Here is how to edit this sentence:

I think the idea of giving farmers a sum of money when they retire is a good one, although I think the amount is too high.

I think the idea of giving farmers a sum of money when they retire is a good. one, However, I think the amount is too high.

Lovely job!

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