Michael Priestley

While Scot Gov accepts the targets of the CCC, it does not condone the policies - maintain and grow livestock numbers says Mairi Gougeon at @qmscotland breakfast at @ScotlandRHShow applause!

Sheep or Trees? The debate goes wider than that. @NatSheep came up with 9 challenges Highland life currently faces as sheep numbers fall - it's not just sales. tinyurl.com/mtwzykbs @ScotLandEstates @NatSheep @ScotCroftingFed

@davidkerr67 Does this mean there also more possible reasons to keep her (trying to be positive!)

The criteria for culling a cow have become remarkably extensive.

New entrant gets spring block calving system up and running #teamdairy #grasstomilk @RhidianGlyn discusses: Dairy set up costs 🪙 Heifer rearing launchpad 🐄 Others can do it! 😀 Importance of culture of learning, being open and sharing figures 👨‍🏫 shorturl.at/iQjRk

Just thinking about the APR changes - every forced land sale is likely to trigger some CGT and a chunk of stamp duty as well as the intended IHT….winner winner for the Gov!! @FarmersWeekly @NFUtweets

Concluding pars from farmer and journalist RM Lockey who pioneered and chaired a community farming project to turn around a dilapidated Pembrokeshire farm in WW2. He started Wales’s first machinery pool. 80 years on, and while gender roles have changed, does his observation hold?

We NEED cattle & sheep antibiotic usage data collated at a national level - @Vet_Record this wk. Farm Vet teams are essential to deliver this. Come to our practical CPD for vets & admin staff 'Top tips & teamwork for tackling Medicine Hub' - bit.ly/TopTipsMedicin…

@brianreidy75 @HefinR @mays_farm Thanks all, I wondered if this was worth further digging. No references given in paper so will ask. If any of you know any useful papers on intake and cow size, please share.

@HefinR @mays_farm I fear that in both our countries results of livestock research trials are decided before the trial starts, it’s all about designing it as such.Anyone with a straight face saying that a 650kg suckler could eat over 20 kg DM never mind 25+ needs to have a good chat with themselves

This doesn’t add up - if a 450kg cow eats 3% of BW = 13.5kg DM - 650kg cow eats 23% more = 16.6kg DM - ok - feasible…1/2 ⁦@FarmersWeekly⁩ ⁦@PriestleyFW⁩ fwi.co.uk/app/www.fwi.co…

@pirntatonjim @AW_ARobinson It’s distinctive...and perhaps I Ken it ‘cos my forebears were foiled in the fog!

@AW_ARobinson @PriestleyFW Eagle eyes 👀

One of the benefits of being a #farmingaccountant is that you get to see views like this went out visiting Clients on a spring day

@HefinR Does it show how polemically divided the industry is?

Have a read - I am urging all non clients to seriously consider once a day milking 👌😉🐄

#Grazing #teamdairy farmers with milk going through NML and @NMRgroup labs - will you offer up your milk records to help @RHC_Agriculture lecturer Sophie Park with her @LivUni PhD help better understand parasite risk bit.ly/3UcdyJS

@farmermat1 @EliteBeef All Angus? Look good

Fresh delivery of @EliteBeef today

Suckler herd contraction starting to show in kill projections. What will happen? Less #beef? More imports? Where from? Thanks @Brummiebeef for your thoughts on supply outlook. @natbeefassoc fwi.co.uk/business/marke…

Still pondering this one. Anonymous large-scale #beef finisher’s superior days to slaughter worth 522,695 trees on factory average. What would that be worth in #SFI ?@Bovidiva fwi.co.uk/livestock/beef…

Is this as people feared? A one-way #beef trade deal. Understandably, Australian exports are not a priority for UK trade delegations.

🚜🐄STATE OF THE INDUSTRY SURVEY🥩: Please all #beef producers complete this survey in conjunction with @natbeefassoc It's anonymous and takes 5-10mins Dairy beef, breeder, finisher, suckler - all opinions valued Link here ➡️➡️bit.ly/3IiTZdj

@farmer_richiet @DafElfyn First educational exchange I’ve read on Twitter today. good to see. Do you think 10% trees and 10% habitat is workable?

@DafElfyn Ah, fair one. I think that message has been lost from all sides. 👍

The ironic thing about the uproar around tree planting in Wales & across the UK, is that done right - right tree, right place - as part of a a silvopasture or silvoarable system, the outcomes can be really positive. Take the positives & run with them. It's all in the context.

Beef finisher: Red clover/ryegrass/homegrown beans has saved £1/head/day on the old ad-lib barley and beef ration for a Yorkshire farm #soilhealth #forage @Southdevons @AberdeenAngusUK bit.ly/49G9mrY

Well done to @Damndelicious - it appears an honest oversight has been addressed. A positive story in the end