@duffy1972 @Starlink @EE We just use some £25 boosters from Amazon to get signal round the house, WiFi Calling works fine 👍
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Labour and the farmers: it’s all about the land thearticle.com/labour-and-the…
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@bleating_lamb @No1FarmerJake Add in the review of ELMs funding next year, and reductions if necessary for other priorities… that’s in the small print too 👌
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@No1FarmerJake And we played nicely… they visited our farms, they saw what we did, we cooperated, we co-designed.
Our lack of public reaction to every stab in the back tells politicians it didn’t hurt enough. Eventually we have to stand up, protest & tell them death by a thousand cuts hurts.
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Can they legally do that, we’ve been planning for 2028 for a long time-goalposts felled!
Jo Franklin@theladyfarmer
@JanetHughes @KapilaSandy can we understand why please? Particularly when no SFI money has really been available yet? And agreements still are being sent out?
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@LinesMartin Hope you’ve seen the caveat hidden in the small print about reviewing the ELMs budget next year, reductions if money is needed elsewhere
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While everyone is focusing on Agricultural Property Relief APR and the impact that is going to have in the future. There is very little information being shared on the impact on the reduction of the delink payments next year.👇
defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/30/bud…
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@herdyshepherd1 But with the selling of farms.. they don’t need farmers to do it
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And the absolutely insane thing is that we have legal commitments (yet alone moral or decency ones) to restore nature and address climate change
None of that can be done without farmers and farmland
At some point government has to come back to us and persuade us to help them
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The old promise is now dead
They (last government and this one) haven’t kept the promise of the proposed wind down of the old programme
They haven’t created a new scheme for everyone to access
They haven’t sustained the budget in real terms
And have underspent the old budget
Martin Lines@LinesMartin
While everyone is focusing on Agricultural Property Relief APR and the impact that is going to have in the future. There is very little information being shared on the impact on the reduction of the delink payments next year.👇 defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/10/30/bud…
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@bencm305 @JRDSills It depends on how much everyone wants to push the whole operation. There are so many different techniques, the biggest effect on efficiency is doing everything possible to keep a machine cutting. Making gateways big enough or lowering hedges not to take the header off is one
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@JRDSills Thanks James - I'll have a read!
Just a subject that fascinates me. I no there are loads of variables, but some drivers get a huge amount more out of a machine then others.
Definitely experience / skills that could benefit others I feel.
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Is there an independent combine operator trainer in the UK?
Someone who drives one themself, who knows how to push these mega machines close to their limits and how to be as efficient as possible with cutting techniques and organising trailers / logistics?
I don't mean the old school approach of how to set one up - operators should no that, I mean really learning how to take these £800k machines from say 60% efficiency to 90%...
If there isn't such a person, then there is a huge opportunity out there for someone to earn very good money, for a few days work a year....
I'll just add, I am not looking for said person. I just feel its crazy these critical machines, most expensive machines out there, are covered by a 1/2 days technical training (which is very good btw).
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Defra has announced that over 10,000 farmers have signed up for the SFI, reigniting the debate of producing food versus looking after the environment.
📽️ Senior Economist Amandeep takes a look at the factors that you should consider before applying.
👉ow.ly/niaB50QIl8Z
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@HarkerAndrew @TWBFarms Don’t think it will be a premium soon, will be expected practice
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Lot of this about Tom !! - I endured a presentation last week about “our” problem and how “we” were going to fix it with altruistic help 🤣…….. “insetting” needs to be exposed as the processor / retailer theft it is and farmers need to urgently understand and resist this
Tom Allen-Stevens@tomallenstevens
@BakersofHP It really pisses me off when i see statements like "General Mills intends to adopt regenerative agriculture..." they will do no such thing. It is the farmers who will adopt regen ag. General Mills can encourage it by offering a decent premium + practical support.
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Ouchy tax hike for Company pick-up users!
autocar.co.uk/car-news/consu…
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@simonk88 Love that Simon! Is that recorded walks + runs, or just all movement (walking up the stairs etc) in the day? 11km a day of recorded stuff is mega!
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Several of my Twitter friends did the 5k a day in Jan challenge - what a month it was and many of the group have cemented the habit now and carrying on with their daily walks 🚶♀️ 👏
Louise Impey@louisearable
The clock’s ticking…..luckily @bencm305 has been getting a group of us out walking 5km+ every day - this slide was a good reminder for me to keep going
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@simonk88 We have been here before with assurance ……. default conditions of supply that in this case will enable processors to continue to import from our lower standard competitors offsetting THEIR scope 3 against OUR assets
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@vickihird @MilesKing10 @edbarkerAIC Farm Land being bought round here by developers for BNG, whole farms being put down to SFI, they can make an attractive ROI from that
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@MilesKing10 @edbarkerAIC Not to mention that if we had a proper food nutrition security strategy we'd tackle
- >30% of food wasted,
- >100, 000hectares used for biofuels
- food wasted as junk, overprocessed leading to obesity
- and reduce 2million hectares used for intensive livestock feed.
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We do risk a food supply crisis but it’s nonsense to suggest this is because of land being entered into the basic element of ELMS, the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Look how much farmland was in basic schemes in the past. Was there a food supply crisis in 2013? Of course not.
Jay Rayner@jayrayner1
My report for @ObserverUK: we risk a significant food supply crisis. 3 years of cheaper unchecked imports from the EU have pushed UK farmers out of business. Enviro subsidies are paying farmers not to farm. Now border checks threaten to reduce imports. theguardian.com/food/2024/feb/…
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@AW_ARobinson @rneilw @cvfarming Land being bought round here for BNG offsets further north, at £40k per credit they can afford to buy lots of acres
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@rneilw @cvfarming That is my thoughts if you putting land into 30 year BNG . As I say untested and not clearly defined by HMRC
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I choose my words carefully; that's the tenanted sector fucked. A green accounting exercise with a total lack of joined up thinking. More pressure on fewer & fewer farmed acres, with the balance of food imported regardless of that impact. A quick city £ making scheme.
Geoff Sansome@HawfordFarm
BNG an opportunity for land managers? £20-150k potential per ha for a 30 year commitment? Possible demand of c6000 ha/yr ? Pivotal moment for land use and #farming theguardian.com/environment/20…
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@PaulWoldfarm @adambedders I’ve worked in Tesco, checkouts, huge pressure to pile items through, scored on customer satisfaction, customer small talk and speed of scanning are assessed monthly against targets. Turnover phenomenal and the waste was staggering.
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Is anybody after Road plannings Ex East Mids? There's going to be a significant amount including skimmed concrete. Form an orderly queue and i will pass on details when I have more.
GIF
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@howemill @ThrimbyFarms Looks really good, we haven’t got the space to make compost with our imported manures, trying to remove as much fertiliser as possible on 2100ha cropped ha takes a lot of room
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@ThrimbyFarms Have you looked at fully composting it with turning etc? I as blown away by the composting happening on a few farms I visited in Norfolk this year.
Windrows for days! 👇
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Forever building mountains of worm feed. By increasing our cattle numbers we have reduced our synthetic fertiliser usage by 2/3rds. That’s roughly £20k.
Waiting for shed builders but this should be and will be covered. Reducing nutrient loss
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