Clive Phillips

@CammockSalers Yes

Anyone on here using shearwell livestock management software?

@tomallenstevens @PhilipCaseFW @SteveReedMP @oxfordfarming I don’t know why we keep inviting the politicians to speak. They never say anything useful or reliable. They should be invited to sit in the audience to listen, and to join the networking sessions to learn. But not speak. I think we are done with that.

Good article by @PhilipCaseFW on Defra secretary @SteveReedMP plans to unveil his ‘new deal for farmers’ @oxfordfarming but industry leaders are concerned he hasn’t listened to them. So shd #OFC25 delegates allow him to speak? fwi.co.uk/events/ofc/def…

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Hands-on today on the farm before heading off to the Oxford Farming Conference tomorrow (hands will be scrubbed first 🤝) #OFC24

@andrew_thin Simple flexible free market tenancy and planning regime would get you there quickly and get those with land available on board I’m sure - but the more you tighten or regulate it the more they will run for the hills.

"Everybody in Scotland deserves the opportunity to have their own allotment". A headline that goes to the heart of what land reform is about for many Scots. We all want our wee bit of land - smallholding, croft, allotment, garden... Too much to ask? pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/col…

Excellent presentation tonight from @NFUStweets on the Agricultural and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill. Enabling objectives, linking food production, regen ag, nature restoration and rural communities. But is devil in the flexibility and the lack of commitment on the funding.

@CammockSalers We know the feeling

It's not raining so have had to cram about a months worth of sheep work into the weekend....

1/3 Ukrainian farmer comes up with novel way to demine his fields. #StandWithUkraine #ukrainecounteroffensive #counteroffensive #UkraineFrontLines #UkraineWillResist #Zelensky #RussiaIsATerroristState #BakhmutHolds #PutinIsaWarCriminal #PutinIsACoward #Melitopol #Ukraina

@CasMillar It feels like his iconic and kind voice has been on the radio forever. We have lost something precious.

Robbie Shepherd. What a legend. Veteran broadcaster Robbie Shepherd dies aged 87 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

@akawakeford Yep we are still there!

Back to reality tomorrow… Legal world here we come ⚖️👩🏽‍⚖️

@CasMillar Good pics!

Brilliant night at Marshall’s Farm shop & cafe in Aberdeenshire at @ScotAgritourism event. 45 attendees & first class discussion from succession & family businesses to handling customer complaints. Marshall’s employs 70 staff & puts 50% of the farm produce through the shop/cafe.

@NFUCymru @AbiReader Well done Abi.

"No other business in Wales would be asked to take 10% of their business out of production and accept it without any financial data available." Deputy President @AbiReader has been discussing our views on the current Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals➡️ow.ly/tX7i50PjaOF

@ACMidgley The bit I don’t understand is “so and so tweeted” has become part of every day language. Even news stories quote it. So what will it become “he x’ed”??? Seems mad to throw it away.

@RobinMilton3 @AbiReader @suepritch @NFUCymru 💯 %

@AbiReader @suepritch @NFUCymru With all the mistakes made in development of SFI in England it would seem logical for Wales to learn from them and have a deliverable scheme from the start - but then I suppose politics intervenes!

@overthefarmgate @RishiSunak A bean counting response.

Wouldn't a ''proportional" response to #climatchange be one where the PM mobilises the state, business, citizens on a level not seen since war time? Our survival depends on it, like it did then. Wake up @RishiSunak & those grumbling MPs

I’m all for nature based solutions but foisting unremunerative obligations on the agricultural sector is not viable. Well done NFU Cymru leadership for taking a stand. Some lessons there. @AbiReader

@NatProdChem @cjtaylor92 @AHDB_Cereals @AHDB_Scot @JamesHuttonInst @ScotAgCoOp @ArableScotland @SRUC @rowett_abdn Fascinating

@cjtaylor92 @AHDB_Cereals @AHDB_Scot @JamesHuttonInst @ScotAgCoOp @ArableScotland @SRUC The purple barley is a Saffron x Hindukush and the black a Tibet x Hispanic, both are hulless. We @rowett_abdn have been studying them for their ability to reduce blood glucose & cholesterol. Did you not get a chance to taste the shortbread we made from them @ #ArableScotland

Can anyone identify this variety of barley for me please? #ArableScotland

@overthefarmgate Yep totally and that is the dilemma or conundrum and why; like it not, supermarkets are vitally important in wide and effective distribution of food. If we all had to rely on farm shops (as appealing as that is) most of us would likely starve.

I'm not sure...that life really gets much better than this 🍓🍓🍓 I just wish this was the norm for everyone rather than a few. How is it that in 2023 some Brits get to saunter outside to a nice veg patch, while others are queuing at #foodbanks? #foodsecurity #goodfoodforall

@ACL14 @ScotlandRHShow It was truly an awesome event. I am still buzzing from watching it. What a showcase for Scottish agriculture, the sheep sector and shearing. It was such a pleasure to meet so many people from different countries with an interest in sheep and shearing. Thanks also to the sponsors.

Very proud of what an amazing team can deliver through grit and determination when they are smiling! @ScotlandRHShow & GoldenShears23. Done safely. Not often you get to bid for, plan and deliver a World Championships !

Speaking at @qmscotland breakfast Cab Sec Marie Gougeon: ag policy route map update issued today - reaffirmed previous announcements for carbon audits & soil tests and announced new conditionality for beef calf scheme on calving interval. Looks like 2026 before anything much new.