David Ractliffe

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David Ractliffe

David Ractliffe

@daveractliffe

Dairy and Beef Farmer | @NFUtweets Dairy Board | @UniofReading Graduate

Gloucestershire Katılım Şubat 2009
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Joe Stanley
Joe Stanley@JoeWStanley·
“Every morning that I roll out of bed at 4.40am, I know I’m losing £1,800 that day, just by getting up.” The stark reality facing 🇬🇧 dairy farmers - 80% of who have left the industry in the last 30 years. Farmers subsidising profits of the food chain. apple.news/AxqIx10BlSPOWI…
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NFU South@nfusouth·
A fascinating visit yesterday with a group of Danish dairy farmers and agri-professionals to discuss agriculture's 'green transition'. Thanks to @UKAgriTech in Somerset for hosting.
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David Exwood
David Exwood@DavidatWestons·
Worth noting that the US does have inheritance tax but the limit is set at $15m per person or $30m per couple. America has many successful businesses that can be passed on. A £1m limit here is way too low!
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At today's press conference, @beverleyturner asked President Trump how important farmers were to him amid the backdrop of the UK changes to inheritance taxes. Thank you for backing your farmers, Mr President. We need our government to do the same and #StopTheFamilyFarmTax. Watch full clip from 1:08:35👉youtube.com/watch?v=O1jOi7…

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Joe Stanley
Joe Stanley@JoeWStanley·
March 2024 vs March 2025 Opposite ends of the climate change spectrum, both representing the new normal for food & farming.
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Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart@RoryStewartUK·
Small farmers in the Uk are being driven to the wall - first through the removal of the old single farm payments and now with the end of the SFI environmental scheme - the damage to families and rural communities will be deep and permanent.
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Farmer Tom 🇬🇧 🇺🇦
Farmer Tom 🇬🇧 🇺🇦@Farmer_Tom_UK·
If you watch one thing today… If you’re an environmentalist, a farmer, eat food, or care about the UK, you can be rightly appalled. Write to your MP. @DefraGovUK @UKLabour @SteveReedMP the absolute shame.
Joe Stanley@JoeWStanley

A few words on the massive consequences of govt suspending applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive last night. A disaster not only for farm businesses & the rural economy, but also food security & our nature & climate targets.

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Kate Adams
Kate Adams@_Kate_Adams·
📣 FMD has been reported in a cattle farm in the Kisbajcs region of Hungary. This is the first outbreak of FMD in the country for more than 50 years More ➡️ britishagriculturebureau.co.uk/updates-and-in…
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NFU South
NFU South@nfusouth·
Our dairy board enjoyed a farm walk today as part of their meeting, which included discussions about the land use framework and the latest on TB. Thanks everyone for coming along!
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Henry Tufnell MP
Henry Tufnell MP@TufnellHenry·
The proposed IHT changes risk uncertainty for small family farms and I'm calling for a review to ensure fairness, stability, and a strong partnership between farmers and government. We must get this right, and I am confident that there is a positive way forward.
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Matthew Dalby
Matthew Dalby@MatthewJDalby·
"Retailers are reporting rising sales of whole milk, full-fat yoghurt and blocks of butter – with skimmed milk and low fat yoghurt left on the shelf – as customers go back to basics to avoid processed food." Whole food on trend again?
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National Farmers' Union
National Farmers' Union@NFUtweets·
New AHDB analysis has found that the government’s proposed changes to inheritance tax will affect more than 75% of English and Scottish farms – reinforcing findings in the NFU’s own impact analysis. NFU President Tom Bradshaw (@ProagriLtd) comments👉ow.ly/yL3F50UOsLO
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David Ractliffe@daveractliffe·
De-icing some blind corners on roads near the farm after milking as we do every year. I’m sure there’s many other farmers doing the same around the country this morning. Who’s going to keep these rural roads safe in the future? #StoptheFamilyFarmTax @RachelReevesMP @SteveReedMP
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Mike Thomas
Mike Thomas@mikeacthomas·
WATCH 📺 Over the past year @skynews has been following life at Lower Drayton Farm in Staffordshire run by @rich_bower and his family. You can watch a special report, The Last Straw, tonight at 9pm. More here 👇 news.sky.com/story/in-a-tim…
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Farmers Weekly
Farmers Weekly@FarmersWeekly·
WOW! 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
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Ed Conway
Ed Conway@EdConwaySky·
Hard to know where to begin with this release👇 a) This cash is not a "boost". It's cash farmers have ALREADY been promised. It's just (finally) arriving. b) This is NOT for food security. The £343m is for schemes to protect the environment, often removing crops from fields
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Tom Allen-Stevens
Tom Allen-Stevens@tomallenstevens·
So I’ve read the Hansard account of the debate and have a few comments 🧵 Firstly, the 5bn over 2yrs @RachelReevesMP has allocated is not “the biggest budget for food production and nature recovery in UK history”. In real terms it is the smallest hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-1…
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