Glass half full type of guy. Keen gardener and follower of Exeter chiefs. Kept busy as Devon NFU advisor, but twitter comments are all mine!
Exeter
Joined August 2020
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Out of comfort zone tonight, @adambedders what is the etiquette for eating cheese and cake??
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Challenging and forthright conversations from @nfusouth members with @SteveBarclay @ProagriLtd @DavidatWestons facilitated by #SirGeofferyCox at @KivellsAgri Holsworthy market.Many topics covered including
Btb, @NaturalEngland and #sfi @DefraGovUK @JanetHughes @KapilaSandy
Thanks @Minette_Batters you have been awesome, enjoy the rest and what cones next!
Got the first entry for best socks at #NFU24 from Jack Bobo @AlexPStevens @adambedders – at Birmingham, England
Great to have British Prime Minister @RishiSunak at #NFU24, first time a PM has visited for 16 years, with some positive announcements, but the manifesto will be key!
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met NFU members in Devon this morning, during his tour of the South West. He joined a constituency meeting with @simonjamesjupp and was asked about SFI, bovine TB and planning issues.
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We are pleased to launch a resource hub to support farming’s accidental counsellors aimed at those who work in the agricultural community eg accountants, land agents, vets as well as farmers who support other farmers within their community accidentalcounsellors.co.uk
All set up at Sandy Park and ready to welcome nearly 500 Devon @nfusouth members tonight to Devon's Big Bash and say a fond thank you to outgoing NFU President @Minette_Batters – at South West, England
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If you use a local abattoir in the Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire & Warwickshire area please help us and complete the Cotswold Abattoir Study Survey below, run by our farmer cluster. We will need your support to save our last remaining facilities. Pls RT.
cotswoldfarmers.org/cotswold…
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The price of wholesale strawberries in May 40 years ago was £2/kg. If this had kept pace with overall (RPI) inflation it would now be £7.12/kg.
In 2023 it was £2/kg.
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We are thrilled that @RishiSunak has echoed @drlukeevans's and @NFUTweets's calls for supermarkets to add a Buy British Button to their websites. Thank you to @Morrisons for being the first to implement this change and to the 121 cross-party MPs who supported the campaign.
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Huge thanks to @SteveBarclay for seeing me on his first day in office, so many important issues to discuss.
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On his first day as Defra Secretary, The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP met NFU President @Minette_Batters. They discussed key issues, including food security, SFI, fairness in the supply chain and flooding.
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1/ A thread on #Remembrance for #ArmisticeDay which I think you may like. On my last group tour one of the passengers was a lovely gentleman called Ralph whose grandfather, Private William Ernest Tandy, 2/1st Ox & Bucks Light Infantry had been killed during Third Ypres.
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Brilliant 2 days @FeraScience symposium and delighted to present our Enigma farmer/scientist collaborative projects coming up.
Great to chair a session with farmers James Mills and @wise_chapman about farming, challenges and how we collectively find answers in science 1/4
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Now Bridget from @steanbowfarms tells us about welcoming children onto the farm to tell them about food production.
Strange day as I said goodbye to my work 'home' for the last 17yrs, as we change the way we work for members. Gained a wife, children, some great friends and loved working closely with our members in that time so plenty to reflect on! – at Whimple, England
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We’ll be doing lots on Middle East this week but our latest episode @restispolitics LEADING is with @Minette_Batters leader of @NFUtweets Fascinating life story and strong views on eg Brexit and never ending Tory carousel alastaircampbell.org/ #farmersbetrayed
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For any tenants affected by land use changes please do complete this survey
Calling all tenant farmers! 🚜🐑
Have environmental schemes or markets affected your tenancy?
Share your experiences in our survey to help us make informed policies decisions
Fill out the survey here 👉 nfuonline.com/updates-and-in…
