Longwool

Up market view on milling oats on @BBCFarmingToday bears no reality to current market. A local grain marketing group returned a miserly £115.72/t for its committed autumn pool. The oat straw is worth more, better bed the cattle on the grain and sell the straw

@loweroddfarm RT has become the most meaningless activity on my farm. Add in your other costs to fuel this scam in paying consumer protection money while endlessly duplicating data.

@scale_william @loweroddfarm @grumpyfairmer @DavidExwood He’s lost that gig now.

@loweroddfarm @grumpyfairmer Of course they make money from it. @DavidExwood is paid by Red Tractor

Opened the envelope containing this year’s fee to enable us to sell our produce. This is the tip of the iceberg, the real costs run into thousands. Legal protectionism, by key owners, some who farmers choose to also pay others who we have to pay!

@JohnKneller Already had 2,8mm today since midnight.

@Longwool Hoping to break the run here today @Longwool

Achieved 50 consecutive days of recorded rainfall today ☹️ Last day without rain was 3rd January

Twas but a brief interlude, rain again before the day was out 🤦‍♂️☹️

Hard to believe but this photo was actually taken in Cornwall in 2026 😂👍

@BigPaws001 😂

@Longwool Reckon your using AI there Mike🧐

Depressing that today marks a St Swithins event as we record 40 continuous days of recorded rainfall. Last day without any recorded rainfall was January 3rd ☹️☹️☔️☔️☔️🌧️🌧️

@FWAbiKay Treating the people that feed you in such a way is a very foolish idea. There will be tears yet …….

SFI latest: 💷 Defra considering cutting payment for some options to below income foregone ❓Rationales for repricing include overuse & sense farmers will deliver anyway because they “enjoy it” 📉 Officials relaxed about 50% uptake of new schemes 👇🏼 fwi.co.uk/news/farm-poli…

Last drive and last peg of the season

Stand on your peg 😂😂😂

Don’t you just love Ad-Blue 🤦‍♂️

🚨🚜 BREAKING: MEPs pivotal vote validates EU farming community’s rightful concerns and mobilisation The result of the vote in the @Europarl_EN on the referral of the Mercosur Agreement to the ECJ clearly shows how divisive this agreement is. It also shows that the arguments put forward by the farming community, which just want fairness, have made sense to a lot of MEPs, across national and political lines. 🇪🇺 farmers and agri-cooperatives are the first to pay for geopolitical upheavals and unrest. Fair and balanced trade, coherent with internal policies needs to be a certainty, even in uncertain times. Trade policy cannot continue to reward lower standards while European farmers are asked to do more with less. The current global uncertainty is an additional reason for the EU to invest in and protect a sector that lies at the very foundation of the European project, that boosts the EU economy by contributing to a positive agri-food trade balance and sustains rural communities while providing citizens with safe, high-quality and nutritious food. 🔗Download press release: copa-cogeca.eu/press-releases

Cracking day

I accompanied the @NFUtweets President to his meeting with the PM and the Defra SOS. Today's change on IHT for farmers and family businesses more generally is in large part down to this man's steadfast leadership and staunch advocacy on behalf of his fellow farmers. Well done Tom

@Ye_Olde_Holborn How on earth did this country win two world wars? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

>>>A microcosm of 2025 Britain🇬🇧

The commission has unfortunately taken several decisions independently that together effects the market for fertilizer so prices increase and availability is limited - all together put pressure on the farmers competiveness and economic situation.

Well @molevalley on the ball as usual 🤦‍♂️ Members newsletter arrives in post today inviting me to special members evening to celebrate 65 years at Liskeard depot that took place on the 2/12/25 What a shambles 🤦‍♂️

First joint @AHDB_Cereals Resistance Roadshow today near Launceston funded by @DefraGovUK, Introduced by @VIChampion Mike Hambly (@Longwool). Here’s @ADASGroup John Cussans @WeedSciJohn talking weed resistance. Next up HAU’s Tom Pope @ipm_tom on insecticides