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@no1sunkfarmer @cutlerstom @RichMadd86 @hanslope To be fair the inter row hoe we use is probably the best thing for it, we did all the spring crops last year and it definitely perked them up and broke the top up nicely

@cutlerstom @CDFarming @RichMadd86 The harrows will work. I've only use a straw rake once so my knowledge of those is limited. Our 6m guttler might work if wheels are wound right down so the tips of the tines are just braking the surface while doing little damage to the plants. I'm sure @hanslope may have ideas💡

Standard Suffolk springtime photo

@no1sunkfarmer @RichMadd86 Don’t think that would work on baked clay very well

@RichMadd86 We've got the same problem up here. I know that my grandfather and father would have got a set of old zigzag harrows turned them upside and scarified capped land. I guess the modern way would be a straw rake ??

Spring barley looks nice, pleased we put the urea on a month ago pre drilling.

Beet done

@thegraingeek Guessing these are delivered prices? But yes did a chunk yesterday afternoon

Just sold another couple of loads of wheat and barley. Wheat £184 December, Barley £170 Feb. Decent cover at a profitable price, and it leaves me scope to sell a bit more if we see further upside.

Gorgeous morning in West Suffolk 🌾👌

@Jes_Squirrell @HealthRanger Look at his Bio

@HealthRanger Mate, you’re talking bollocks, weeds run amok in a healthy soil, they’re just the plants we don’t need after all! Binary choice: Glyphosate or more soil movement to control weeds, means it’s basically use agchem or release more carbon. It could be said that it has to be both.

It's a myth that glyphosate is necessary for food production. Food can be grown very effectively and efficiently using regenerative agriculture, no-till soil preservation techniques and feeding microbes into the soils that allow diverse life to flourish. Glyphosate only seems beneficial in the short term because modern agriculture has produced DEAD SOILS that have been killed with chemicals and "mined" of natural minerals. It takes care and effort to keep soils healthy, which naturally reduces weeds and helps intended crops out-compete other plants. But our entire agricultural system, just like our medical system, is rooted in the idea of a "chemical assault" on everything. Widespread use of glyphosate is indicative of failed agricultural practices that are not sustainable in the long run.

@Pxfarms Farmer owned

CBH new facility at Newdegate

@cutlerstom There is now way it is possible for that sign to cost 7 grand, surely?

The fact that the Councillor is criticising the fact that there are no ducks around, and not the £7k sign is the reason councils have no money to spend on the things that matter! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@NeddyFlanders11 @TWBFarms @woodboroughpark That’s literally like saying ‘why can’t my phone change the oil in my car for me’

@TWBFarms @woodboroughpark What about Fixing a puncture, unblocking a culvert, shovelling grain, welding a sprayer boom? No, that's the reason there's little interest.

Only 30 places out of 80 taken on this free event so far Interesting to see how uninterested in using Ai in their business farmers clearly are, I can't help but think this will inevitability result in our industry getting left even further behind ☹️ Without doubts its already become the most powerful tool in my farm tool box eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocking-ai…

@TWBFarms Get it online aswell. I’ve done full day AI courses in London, driving across the country for 2 hrs is hard to justify

@theladyfarmer @AgreenaApp No one ‘owes monies’ for 23 and 24, they are supposed to be selling them on our behalf (which doesn’t seem to be happening). This is the reality of the carbon market after the first couple of years when agreena themselves bought the credits. Find a buyer and stop whinging.

Has anyone had any money from @AgreenaApp lately, we’re still owed 2023 & 2024 monies plus the retained credits and now they’ve the cheek to ask for more data - they owe us about £50k! Looking at their accounts things don’t look pretty

@Bayer4CropsUK Branded Patagonia gilets is next level.

Check out Gareth Bubb's latest advice on timing and product choice for both grass weeds and broadleaf weeds this February. 🎥

@Jes_Squirrell @TWBFarms The only way to flush out if there is actually any premium value in the marketplace is by allowing multiple schemes. If too onerous and not enough reward no one will sign up so nothing to buy. If no value offered then proof we just need most basic standard possible by law.

@TWBFarms But at the moment RT have that luxury, as well as UK farmers not having a subsidy that helps recompense those standards. To have both issues is the double whammy that we can’t afford to have!

British farming is still in a critical state IHT changes have already removed any incentive to invest. Machinery dealers, input suppliers & manufacturers are already going under. Add to that: • lowest commodity prices in decades • extreme weather → poor yields • BPS scrapped • SFI cancelled without notice The damage is real. The pressure is now This industry (and our future food security) is hanging on by a thread ☹️ @agricontract @loosecollie @wheat_daddy @TheFarmingForum

@wheat_daddy @EmmaforWycombe We don’t need more boards and talking shops, the industry is full up with them already.

This post beggars belief: “………. underlining the need to work more closely with the farming sector. Today I am launching a Farming and Food Partnership Board giving the sector a voice at the heart of government”. Why @EmmaforWycombe do you then not listen to us and as @amcarmichaelMP said, you carry on with your damaging policies?

@DanPBrown Have you been ‘connecting’ with fellow ‘delegates’?

Obligatory slide to show that for the chicken farmers, the conference season is underway.

@Jes_Squirrell @FarmerSimonC @cutlerstom @DougWanstall @ArableSam @FarmerAndyH @angusgowthorpe @essexwindyfarm @RTKfarmer @No1FarmerJake @hanslope Yes we just do what we think is right for the season and following crop. I think the absolute key to successful no-till is knowing when you should not do it. beautiful year for it this autumn so have done loads of- cant afford to spend money if not good case for it.

Interesting stuff here 👇 Everything in moderation? @FarmerSimonC @cutlerstom @DougWanstall @ArableSam @FarmerAndyH @angusgowthorpe @CDFarming @essexwindyfarm @RTKfarmer @No1FarmerJake @hanslope

@Jes_Squirrell Reform actually have quite a lot of left wing policies

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@bencm305 Would a wellness budget include beer money to drown the misery of being an Ipswich fan?

Incredible use of someone's wellness budget 🤣 Threads like this mean I just can't bring myself to come off twitter!

@bleating_lamb I’ve had a £3/t claim for barley that is 0.01% over on nitrogen today. Seems disproportionate.

The great grain robbery continues. Sampled at 14.5% What is the point