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rodney down
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rodney down
@RodneyDown
Dairy, arable and beef farmer. Somerset, England. Married with 2 great kids. Passionate about all things farming. 2008 Nuffield Scholar.
Se unió Nisan 2012
315 Siguiendo780 Seguidores
@HefinR @RodneyDown @cowmanagement Choosing who you sell rather than working around what you have to sell is one of the most valuable decisions you can make
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Am I missing something - 400 cows, 1% reduced replacement rate = 4 less heifers? = £42k saving a year = £10,500/heifer? Is there a decimal place missing? @cowmanagement
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The $24 Billion Plant-Based Meat Scam 🥩
Wall Street tried to reinvent the cow.
They raised billions. They used celebrities. They built meat in a lab.
Now they're bleeding cash, and your great-grandmother is laughing from heaven.
Here’s how the scam fell apart… 🧵
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With Farmers under pressure from multiple direction I’ be fascinated to learn why @asda have decided this is an appropriate time to start stocking Uruguayan beef. There is no excuse for this huge betrayal of the UK’s hard working family farms. Consumers and Farmers deserve better
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🚨BREAKING: Parliament are set to debate banning halal slaughter in the UK.
The Muslim Council of Britain warns this would force many Muslims to leave the country.
Should Halal slaughter be banned?
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This guy is on the money, no stupid crazy diets, just back to basics!
Paul Saladino, MD@paulsaladinomd
These Foods Are Breaking Your Mitochondria
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@DaveThroup It's an exceptionally sunny time. Pushing up sea temperature, this happens all the time, 2 years go the sea was exceptionally warm.
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@CraigeMackenzie @amcarmichaelMP Reverse it and remove red tape and all agricultural payments. Then leave us alone. All of which, will never happen!!!
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@amcarmichaelMP @RodneyDown It will be an interesting time for you all if they don’t reverse it
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Questioning Keir Starmer in PMQs on farm inheritance tax - and on the EFRA cross-party report calling for a pause.
The PM’s response will be a disappointment to farmers and to many on his own benches, who are convinced that the government should rethink the tax on family farms.
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@ProagriLtd Is there a single agricultural vote for this party at the moment???
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Thank you Alistair for continuing to highlight the impact of this immoral and vindictive tax that has placed a section of our farming community in a terrible position with no ability to plan.
Alistair Carmichael MP@amcarmichaelMP
Questioning Keir Starmer in PMQs on farm inheritance tax - and on the EFRA cross-party report calling for a pause. The PM’s response will be a disappointment to farmers and to many on his own benches, who are convinced that the government should rethink the tax on family farms.
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@turbotechdog I don't think lurpak is expensive because of paperwork!!!!
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All I’m hearing is -
“Food (imported) will be cheaper, now there’s less paperwork”
It’s like domestic food production just dosen’t exist 🫥
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We really are getting so much wrong aren’t we? 😔
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@DavidButler34 For the effort involved with livestock it's long overdue!!
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Never been a time in my farming career when the old saying “Up horn, down corn” hasn’t been more fitting.
Is this a long term theme?
#MixedFarming
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@GrainStats We have 2 wars going on and low wheat and oil prices, wars are the one thing that increases wheat and oil!! So what next,,,,, we need a weather event, the mother of all droughts!
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Welcome to 2026
Inflation is 8% 🔥
Bread is $10 dollars a loaf 🍞
12% of the population is on Ozempic 💊
Wheat is about to make a decade low 📉
Life has never been worse.
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He’s right. After 10-12 years, cos methane is broken down into CO2, entering a carbon cycle absorbed by plants via photosynthesis, converted into cellulose and eaten by livestock and the cycle starts again. The very essence of environmental sustainability.
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@ian4downton Historically "council houses" were built in the edge of the village out of the way all together. Just look around at your local villages, they are 1/2 mile outside of our local settlements.
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104 pills daily but no meat, need we say more!
John Cumbers@johncumbers
7. Exact food protocol Bryan eats exactly 2,250 calories daily: • 25% protein (141g) • 35% carbs (197g) • 40% fat (100g) "Super Veggie" lunch: lentils, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, garlic, and ginger. His meals are plant-based by choice, not necessity for longevity.
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I'm so proud to have Ed in charge of our energy. What a legend
Alex Armstrong@Alexarmstrong
CAR CRASH interview with Ed Miliband. I’m genuinely lost for words.
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@herdyshepherd1 And nothing in the MSM. As soon as cereal prices surge it's all over the news. Very weird and I'm not hearing too many complaints about the prices in the shops 🤔🤔
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This chart blows my mind
That is cattle price inflation - and it becomes food price inflation
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