Matt Legge

We’re past ‘fears’ - we’ve lost 5% of dairy farms in the last year. The price paid to farmers has fallen 3x more than the price cut on the shelf. Who’s pocketing the rest? Farmers once again selling food below the cost of production @CommonsEFRA. ft.com/content/271284…

@implausibleblog @Minette_Batters A minister so far out of her depth! Anyone taking bets on how much longer she will have in the role?? Well done @Minette_Batters for perseverance in a truly frustrating situation.

Batters, "Front page of every newspaper, salad shortages, Asda rationing." Coffey, "We can't control the weather in Spain."

@itvracing talking about dwindling numbers at race meetings but haven't mentioned the vast number of meetings taking place. Are we just diluting the punter numbers, in the same way that we are runners?

@Mrs_Pig @BritishVets @uttoxeterjames @Minette_Batters Jebb: “The longer the UK operates without assurance that products from the EU meet our high food and feed safety standards, the less confident we can be that we can effectively identify potential safety incidents.” I'll just leave it there. 8/ENDS

My letter responding to @aliceTTimes highlighting the essential role of farmers and food production. How long before UK government wake up to the fact that food grown on our land really does matter….not just for us but the rest of the world too #GlobalFeeding

@Chaileybrook @HertsFarmer I think what makes it all worse is that Eustace used to show a bit of an understanding of farming. He now just comes across as completely ignorant. @Minette_Batters makes him look like a scolded school boy, in the head teachers office, every time he sits in front of her.

@HertsFarmer Totally agree. Both short and long-term knock ons are huge and will grow further over the next few months. I fear we’re fast approaching a new Margaret Beckett with Eustice- don’t need to produce, we can just import it. It wasn’t right then and it’s even further from reality now

"Government does not expect any significant direct impact on UK food supply." I've read this sentence a few times & I'm amazed. A shock the scale of what's happening in Ukraine will reverberate in every food system around the world. We're all connected. deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2022/03/11/env…

Thank you to @JulianSturdy for highlighting how Britain is uniquely placed to produce sustainable, climate-friendly food due to the professionalism of British farmers - optimising the balance between food production, resource use and environmental impact #BackBritishFarming

@iwcponline @IOWNHS @IowCare @PublicHealthEng @DHSCgovuk @IWPublicHealth @NHSuk @CovidConspirat1 Didn't he also once say he was the reincarnation of Christ??? We should obviously all look to him for guidance ...

EXCLUSIVE: David Icke calls Covid vaccine makers mass murderers at Newport freedom rally countypress.co.uk/news/19794571.… #IOW #iwnews #IsleofWight @IOWNHS @IowCare @PublicHealthEng @DHSCgovuk @IWPublicHealth @NHSuk @CovidConspirat1 #covidvariant #COVID19 #CoronavirusUpdates

Fab Christmas advert from @Morrisons 👏🧑‍🌾❤️

Two sugars, both sporting the 🇬🇧 Both British? Well, no. 👨‍🌾 Silver Spoon is grown in the UK by British sugar beet farmers. 🚢 T&L is only processed in the UK from imported sugar cane. 1/4

Good to hear @Minette_Batters on @BBCFarmingToday calling out the various vested interests in the ‘plant based diet’ industry. As always follow the money and it inevitably ends up in a corporate bank account or politician’s expense wallet.

@FGAbiKay This sounds just like our PM has turned into his new wife, or is this actually her in disguise???

This will go down well.

“We believe Oatly has "cherry-picked" the study's results by failing to show that its impact on water consumption is worse than dairy milk. “ markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/oa…

@iwightradio Well done and well deserved Graham!

CONGRATULATIONS: Graham Biss has been awarded a British Empire Medal for his services to the #IsleofWight 👏🙌 #iwnews #QueensBirthdayHonours iwradio.co.uk/news/isle-of-w…

And presumably there’s no environmental concerns with offshoring our food supply? You might just want to check with some of the conservation organisation she cites in support of her argument here… not tricky as this letter was in her own newspaper just days ago…./21

A climate tipping point? 3.9m hectares of 🇧🇷 rainforest felled in 2019 🔥 We must produce more of our own food, more sustainably 🌳 theguardian.com/environment/20…

@essexpeasant Invite the media onto your farm, to discuss a drought. That always makes it rain!!

It’s national dawn chorus day. Which one is it that sings ‘Not another freezing frost?’ Is it the same one that goes ‘What, no rain again?’

Dab-hand Matt wants best in show while first-time farmers Paige and Kingsley are hoping that showing their sheep at the @RIWcountyshow will bring them closer to their life dream of becoming full-time farmers. Tune in 3.45pm on @BBCOne #farmlife #farminguk

Writing exclusively for @SpecialityFood magazine @Minette_Batters talks about the value of British food production and why a healthy, balanced diet is so important 🥕🧀🥩🍞🍓 ow.ly/tUdZ50D9qWX #BackBritishFarming