Well that's fairly sensible and conciliatory so fair enough.
I'd forgotten that I'd mentioned that in another conversation, but if you want to take anything from it, might I suggest consistency ?

Farming to me means hard work and constant frustration since the subject arises and it's the last thing I want to chat about now I don't have to do it, particularly the form filling , grants and ear tagging parts. If you wanted to know about breeds of cattle or sheep or something that'd be different if I were in the right frame of mind, but not as part of an interrogation about whether I'm some big liar.

Now, it's true to say that bananas are a kind of farming / agriculture and in fact I've seen the groves of trees in the West Indies, but it's not anything related to agriculture in this country so of course I know no more about growing them than you do. My comments upon the subject were from a political and economic point of view.

Anyway, I'll take that post as being sensible and well meant , and in that spirit I thank you for it.