Chris Brough

Field trials begin!

Do you have sand land in the North/East Yorkshire area? Get in touch to discuss how we can work in with your rotation to maximise £ return

I recently launched the Farm Staff Network, an online and in person community for people that work on farms (in all capacities). A platform for farm staff to connect, learn and help each other out. Farming has never been more isolating and farm staff can often be over looked. So I'm trying to do something about that. Expect - ➡️ Online community covering all sectors, plus non farming conversations about money, wellbeing, fitness, parenting etc ➡️ In person meetups, social / wellbeing stuff and farm walks and tours for professional development. ➡️ Training, career support and job postings. Want to get involved? Sign up here ⬇️ tally.so/r/LZb9zp If your the boss, support you farm team and encourage them to check out FSN 💪

@ClarksonsFarm1 What he is not telling you is that Agrophonics is a real thing, raised solar panels still allows for grazing and growing crops, it also has the benefit of reduced evaporation of the land below the solar panels. Both can live together is not a choice of one or the other.

Over many years Private Eye has provided some of the most informed thoughts around farming & food. This review of the appalling state of our dairy industry is another fine example…..

This is me … and this is winter through my lens. Please give my account a follow if you’d like to see more. No politics, no AI, just quiet Peak District beauty every day. #peakdistrict

UK dairy's contract gap in one number: £187,500/year. Same county. Same 500 cows. Same market. One farm bleeds cash. The neighbour breaks even. The difference is the contract—and what's hidden in the fine print. Full breakdown: bit.ly/3NYzSHu

@MarianSpain @TonyJuniper Please please can you help. I am about to destroy 60hectares of flower meadows and bird habitat because NE won't offer me a workable CSHT agreement. Just 15% of the size of the old one. Please DM me someone in NE I can talk to. Thanks

Has anyone had any money from @AgreenaApp lately, we’re still owed 2023 & 2024 monies plus the retained credits and now they’ve the cheek to ask for more data - they owe us about £50k! Looking at their accounts things don’t look pretty

@oasishealthapp This is gross misinformation and should be removed. Irish dairy has multiple actual peer reviewed scientific papers as well as accredited audits. Eg Irish grass-fed cows produce more nutritious milk - Teagasc | Agriculture and Food Development Authority teagasc.ie/news--events/d….

2025 ends with great news 😃 First person in the UK to trial relay cropping in 1m strips over the next two years! Grant is part of the adopt fund with help from facilitators @bofinfarmers Two harvests, one cover crop and grazing all in one year? Inspired by @jasonmauck1

1925 college textbook on Fertility & Crop Production. Included a diagram on what issues need to be addressed and in what order. Has this changed significantly in 100 years? How would you structure it?

87% of soy production is crushed for oil. 6% goes to humans directly. 7% goes to animals as whole beans. The leftover soy meal after oil extraction? That's the "cattle feed" in the statistics. So when they say "cattle are eating rainforest soy," what they mean is: Humans are demanding soybean oil for processed food and biodiesel, which creates soy meal waste, which gets fed to cattle because otherwise it's literally waste. You're not saving the rainforest by avoiding beef. You're saving it by avoiding processed food made with soybean oil. But that doesn't fit on a billboard.

John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube channel for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up. The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the entire agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing over America.

beautiful transformation made on the external works on Dolphin Cottage, whilst we battle on with the internal work it won't be long until we get stuck into the landscaping. #cadgwith #cornwall #cornwallcoast Cornish Lime #restoration facebook.com/photo?fbid=146…

OPINION: Sophie Smith - "Agriculture is barely acknowledged in the secondary national curriculum" farmersguardian.com/4520966/ via @farmersguardian

Interesting watching the USA go around in a big circle trying to find the solution to their beef vs cattle price issues. If the Government uncover the truth it will be in the mirror. People keep forgetting that these big 4 operate not just in the USA but in all of the major beef producing nations. The problem is the same where ever they operate. Government barriers to entry and ongoing regulation are the number one reason competition is in a consistent state of decline & these guys have accumulated the power they have. They take over not only the processing but also the wholesaling segments of the markets. If we act together as producers & consumers, it is actually our only chance. The story so far: 1st Tariffs - the quickest & surest way to increase the monopoly of the multinationals is to impose tariffs. They get to transfer price across borders. Thus adding to their margins over smaller independent operators. Tariffs make the big guys stronger, full-stop. 2nd The Prime Act - a step in the right direction for the USA addressing Govt overreach in processing, but the elephant in the room is that those small processors will only be able to sell within their state. The USA forgets it's both an importer but also one of the largest exporters in the world. Why does a country do that? Because different countries pay a premium for different cuts and offals. If you can't play that game, you can never compete with the big guys and small processing just isn't sustainable. On a food safety basis, if it works for local food, why not global food? 3rd MCOOL - don't disagree with country of origin labelling beef, but it does nothing to dilute the monopoly, & can dilute consumer sentiment. Ultimately consumers need to recognise & support brands that support connection to ranching /farming, not just "Made in the USA" I would put it to you that a USA consumer supporting firstly a direct US ranching brand & 2ndly a direct international ranching brand does more to support competition than supporting made in the USA by a behemoth multinational, shipping profits offshore. So if not the above, what will work? - Donald Trump's DOJ investigation into corruption & collusion is a nice start - MAHA joining the fight will help - beef should be treated equally. - The true work will occur in stripping back the stupid levels of Government regulation in the meat industry, in our domestic and export markets. Equivalence requires we drive this across borders in lock step. Paying Government staff to be on site everyday, the inspections, the crazy levels of QA, the forms & endless forms. Why is meat singled out for this treatment? Supposedly we do all of this for food safety, but when the big players drown your food in acid to meet the standards, is it really about food safety? If you can get pinged in the meat industry for a hair net not completely covering your beanie (yep that was an audit observation for us), yet your waitress brings your steak to the table long locks flowing, is it really about your safety? The biggest risks to food safety & ultimately our food security is the consolidation, fuelled by big Government. - This is not just a USA issue, the solution is global but we'll probably not have a better chance of addressing it than via MAHA & Donald Trump's USA. @JoelSalatin @GGunthorp @blakealbers @whiteoakpasture @kandccattle @JamesMelville @JakeWolki @mokanjim @RepThomasMassie @RobertKennedyJr @SecRollins @SenMcDonald @JeremyClarkson

Near 10% methane reduction, over 90% nitrate loss reduction, increased forage production...wonder when plantain will catch on?? @cian_minogue If this was white clover our knickers would be well n truly twisted! @teagasc

@cattlefinishers @howemill @PastureForLife Biogenic methane is different to methane from other sources and should be treated accordingly. We have a system of reporting developed for decarbonising transport and electricity - flawed system. The conversation is and needs to be shifted at UK and global level

It's the final week of the yorkshiredalesphotographyshow.co.uk. There's still lots of wonderful work to see. Visit us at the Old School Art Gallery in Muker.