Tom Church

@O2 is it actually possible to speak to anyone in your organisation anymore ? Apparently all your “Agents“ are all incredibly busy morning, noon and night, Maybe you should employ some more ! #Endlesslyonhold

@No1FarmerJake Same here, many large trees across the farm are looking very autumnal !

Early dormancy or dead?

@Farmer_Tom_UK You don’t have to go to Orkney @Farmer_Tom_UK - I’ve got them here - at least 2 nesting pairs this year in North Beds

#WorldCurlewDay?!!

@OxonJames It’s a tough Job the whole NFU are undertaking currently. Hats off to you all as in this day and age you will never please everyone and getting out there, talking to members and listening to their views and acting on them is what it’s all about. Guns and beer are my fav subject

Brilliant member meeting in Leicestershire. Lots of tough questions, challenge & pride & support for the NFU. Absolute best bit of my job. Drove back to digs & went for a pint, where two fellas spotted my Härkila cap & we enjoyed a good chat about Ruger rifles. I like it here.

@engines_gundogs You spend a lot of time in your boots 🥾. Buy good ones and replace as soon as you feel you need to - I do often put essential oil of tea tree in mine to freshen them up a bit - it does help I can assure you

At what stage do you decide it's time to get new work boots? Wait till they're falling apart or make the change when after you take them off the smell is getting bad enough you can actually taste it? After 15 hours on my feet today the 2nd option is becoming a reality fast here

@MartinHarwood11 @LovePulses @AgriiUK Don’t tell the pigeons !

I cannot remember peas going in to such good conditions for a long time @LovePulses @AgriiUK #Cambridgeshire

@JamesMelville We farm in North Bedfordshire. Within 15 miles of us we have 4500 acres of planned solar development going through the planning system. Not the landowners or developers fault. The blame lays squarely on gov legislation.

@thelandapp - is this something that could be done ? Both yours and @MerlinBirdID app are brilliant - combined they could be a very valuable and effective tool in surveying birdlife.

Nice early walk this morning around @ScaldEndFarm using @MerlinBirdID - I’d love it even more if it linked to my Land App which I’m using very successfully to survey other elements of our journey here. #destinationunknown

Looks like me and Mrs Church ⁦@ScaldEndFarm⁩ did a podcast thing about what we’ve got going on. It was great to discuss with Jonathan who I’d say is inspirational and certainly the reason we’re having these discussions around BNG podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

@Wyefarm Great positive post - well done. We need more of this and your right, They’re tomorrow’s chip paper 📝.

Smiling through another week. They can batter us all they like but they won't beat us. We are nothing if not resilient. We've been through worse & we will still be here long after they are resigned to the pages of history books.

@AnnaLongthorp @amcarmichaelMP @NoFarmsNoFoods Had the pleasure of meeting and having a great chat with @amcarmichaelMP at @NFUtweets conference this year. A great man whose expierence and knowledge of farming are so important to have in the house. He was also very kind to my Bert. A great guy all round. @mikeacthomas

“Agriculture has one of the most resilient and resourceful workforces to be found anywhere. “If anybody wants to see work ethic in action then go and spend a few days on a farm because that’s where you’ll see it clearer than anything” @amcarmichaelMP 1/2

@hutch472 @DaventryPolice @CrouchRecovery @DVSAgovuk @NorPolRural @NorthantsPolice Great work, thank you and well done 👍🏻

@MartinHarwood11 @russbmckenzie @Farmer_Tom_UK @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @NFUtweets @CLAtweets @tenantfarmers @RedTractorFood @1GarethWynJones @JeremyClarkson @NFYFC @NFFNUK @CAupdates @CommonsEFRA Nothing would surprise me. Nothing at all.

@TomHillbil @russbmckenzie @Farmer_Tom_UK @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @NFUtweets @CLAtweets @tenantfarmers @RedTractorFood @1GarethWynJones @JeremyClarkson @NFYFC @NFFNUK @CAupdates @CommonsEFRA Red Diesel is next.....

“If you care, care now, not ten years in the future when it’s all gone. We need your support now”. Making no apologies for how cutting and clear my commentary is. @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer do the right thing. You are ruining our country.

@russbmckenzie @Farmer_Tom_UK @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @NFUtweets @CLAtweets @tenantfarmers @RedTractorFood @1GarethWynJones @JeremyClarkson @NFYFC @NFFNUK @CAupdates @CommonsEFRA With my NFU hat on I’m trying desperately to de escalate some very angry people from taking actions, making decisions they might regret long term. As a farmer I’m half inclined to encourage and join in !

@TomHillbil @Farmer_Tom_UK @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @NFUtweets @CLAtweets @tenantfarmers @RedTractorFood @1GarethWynJones @JeremyClarkson @NFYFC @NFFNUK @CAupdates @CommonsEFRA I think worryingly this latest thing & the way it was done has just left so many flabbergasted, it’s the straw that’s broke the camel’s back.

@Gary_Starlorn @turbotechdog Public access and conservation really struggle to co exist, it’s a fact. I’m all up for open spaces with some nature for people to access but this can hardly be “ sold “ as BNG ! Absolute madness

@turbotechdog Any nature that lives there is going to die on the roads & be attacked by pets & yobs

The state of things - Nature restoration on 1 acre of suburbanised (fucked) land is worth a tweet 🐥 These guys, just can’t cope with anything outside the city walls…. 🦤

Destabilising just about everything in the Farming, environmental and privately financed green economy all in a few weeks. Very concerning is putting it mildly. Unsure where to turn next, long term plans for us @ScaldEndFarm and those I’m assisting with plans shot to bits….

@JoeWStanley Destabilising just about everything in the Farming, environmental and private finance green economy all in a few weeks. Very concerning is putting it mildly. Unsure where to turn next, long term plans for us @ScaldEndFarm and those I’m assisting with plans shot to bits….

Govt now plans to compulsorily purchase farmland to create nature offsets for developers - totally undermining the nature markets they had previously touted as a vital new income stream for farmers in absence of public £. Absolutely wild. Scorched earth. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

@russbmckenzie @Farmer_Tom_UK @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @NFUtweets @CLAtweets @tenantfarmers @RedTractorFood @1GarethWynJones @JeremyClarkson @NFYFC @NFFNUK @CAupdates @CommonsEFRA My phones been red hot with members and customers who are beyond distraught. The impact of this latest knee jerk reaction is potentially life changing for so many businesses/ livelihoods. My concern is what’s next !

@Farmer_Tom_UK @DefraGovUK @SteveReedMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @NFUtweets @CLAtweets @tenantfarmers @RedTractorFood @1GarethWynJones @JeremyClarkson @NFYFC @NFFNUK @CAupdates @CommonsEFRA Tom, I’ve watched this again & as always you’ve spoken wonderfully & clearly. It’s gut wrenching, the emotion & anger is clear to see, it’s a clear land grab when you join up the dots, no other word for it. The past two days I’ve woken up feeling empty & thoroughly betrayed.

@RecyclerBill Such a great app @MerlinBirdID - I just wish there was a way to record a list of birds identified in each session that could be kept and shared.

Leaving for work with a dawn chorus 🎶🎶🎶🎶