Farm Environment Specialist. UEA Env & HAUC Sustainable Ag grad. These are my own views
East Anglia & South East
Joined March 2011
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@SteveReedMP @Ruralpay & @DefraGovUK are struggling to see value in #hedgerow #planting #grants - hedge planting is seasonal - the season is right now & grants have been stopped overnight in season. Government are not helping but halting #nature-recovery & #climate-mitigation
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Here is @SteveReedMP saying one thing and doing another - talking about securing environmental land management, nature recovery and nature based solutions but ‘pausing’ grants OVERNIGHT for doing just that parliamentlive.tv/event/inde…
We got deep today! Thank you for having us out @RTKfarmer, for accompanying us & the lift! Great to have Abhi out sampling too who as product owner used the #SAExchange app right where it needs to be #soil #earthworm #vess
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#OFC24 fantastic to hear the work at @FrontierAg on the investments you are doing and planning to do for your people 👏🏻👏🏻 Diana Overton ‘as a #leader make sure the ideas & people you nurture & promote are as #diverse & complex as the #challenges we face in farming’ yes!
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Some favourite #CountrysideStewardship options are seeing #PaymentIncrease for 2024
🐧Winter bird food (#AB9) has increased to £853/ha
🌱4-12m grass buffers (#SW1) £515/ha
🌻flower rich margins and plots (#AB8) £798/ha
⬇️RISK ⬆️REWARDS
*bigger funds for ambitious actions*
Ambitious actions are more likely where its straightforward & #benefits outweigh the #risks.
New #SFIpaymentPremiums ‘24 to encourage high value action likely to achieve bigger better environmental outcomes #EnvEconomics
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#FarmProfitability needs to be kept TOP of the agenda. #Opportunities have to #makemoney, we’re being asked limit #externalities, improve #nutrition, build #naturalcapital whilst producing energy, profit must shift in the supply chain to allow investment to #innovate #OFC24
I listened to this podcast 3 times yesterday…love the logic & concept. Would be great to hear thoughts from some of the 200+ farmers that have been involved #maxsustainableoutput #workwithnature #transitioncosts #resilience
We look at farm profitability in today’s special ‘bonus episode’ made with Devon farm business consultancy @Nethergill. Can a farm business be more profitable if it uses fewer inputs?
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One for my herts contacts Hertfordshire BNG platform < > land managers linkedin.com/posts/marc-g-wi…
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Shocking to see so #fewinsects this year, with all the hawthorn out and #nosign of a #pollinator down here in #Essex
Next Wednesday at 9.30am, we are holding the first session of our inquiry into Insect decline and UK food security. It will explore the role insects play in the ecosystem, including pollination, decomposition, pest and weed control, and research monitoring UK insect numbers.
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Out early this morning thankful for the opportunity to be out in #nature listening to #skylarks & looking for signs of #livestock in here ❤️
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If anyone needs a reminder why we need a variety mix in #hedgeplanting take a look about #hazelcatkins #greywillow #pollinator #hungrygap #insect #addingvalue
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This #hedge #grant is now paying more and giving you longer to do it in win win #css #hedgeplanting #3yearsnot2 #capitalitems
❤️ this image... #hedgeplanting is being grant funded through standalone CS grants that means no land management option required, up to £20k available...if you go for it take photos at every step for claiming 💰 #future #farmgrant #boundaries
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One of the (note I say one of!) hurdles of not getting involved in #SFI/#CSS is the potential of an #inspection…this more #proportionate approach is certainly starting to be felt on farm &hopefully this will become less of a reason in the future 🙏🏻
Listening to @JanetHughes from Defra this evening, and looking at the recent amendments to terms of HLS agreements, it does really feel as though Defra is looking to take a more proportionate approach to minor/unintended no-compliances with scheme rules, which has got to be good.
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@Ruralpay @JanetHughes AB9 mixes have failed due to dry conditions. Options are try autumn establishment,the risk is there won’t be seeds produced to achieve the outcome. Another compromise would be to put seed down to feed during the hungry gap, similar to AB12 option. Thoughts?
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