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Arable farmer in the Chilterns with a flock of Herdwick sheep to keep me busy in the winter...

Great Missenden
Joined June 2011
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Dear @hovisbakery please can you confirm what percentage of UK produced #milling #wheat you currently use in your bread as the packaging suggests it’s 100%?
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Well said @RGFWesterdale & Wyn Evans. Key is making sure hindquarter cuts are sold in good volumes to return to a better carcase balance. Can’t beat @RedTractorFood steak this weekend so let’s see all the retailers doing their bit to drive sales – at East, England
Together with @NFUCymru, we have written an open letter to retailers + processors urging them to support British beef and sheep farmers by promoting cuts of meat such as steaks and roasting joints, due to the loss of the food service market. Read it here: ow.ly/Xs0j50z98ax
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So excited to announce the launch of our #LockdownLearning collaboration with @eatfarmnow. Weekly videos from farmers across the country and resources adapted for use by parents by our experienced teachers @NFUEducation head to: eatfarmnow.com/category/lock…
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As well as the new rules, the old rules still apply - let's keep the country clean and tidy please! #coronavirus #COVID19 – at West Wycombe, England
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The world may have been plunged into a dark time but farmers all over Britain are quietly going about their business, growing fantastic produce, planting crops to be harvested this summer. Don't worry about food Britain, we have your back. #EatFarmNow #justfarmersuk #FoodArmy
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Spring wheat at last drilled into land we’ve been looking at for months. But no heroics here when there are real heroes out there on the @NHSuk frontline. Next autumn when this wheat is harvested I’m minded to use the flour to bake you the biggest ruddy THANK YOU cake ever made
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Too many people not keeping their distance on the hill today, dogs loose and now a flurry of tissues. #CoronaCrisisuk #whatiswrongwithpeople?
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No need to panic! We’ve plenty of milk. Our milk is all from our cows on our farm. Zero food miles, if we need more we can bottle more! #shoplocal – at South East, England
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Replying to @essexpeasant
Bravo that man. Society is going to need to pull together over the next year.
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This crisis could well change the way this country looks at food security and what that means in terms of maintaining UK production. BUT this is NOT the time for farming industry to seek to take political advantage, it’s time for the industry to ask what it can do to help.
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Last year’s ewe lambs
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Looking at the better spring forecast it looks like farmers are about to get busier. So please take health and safety very seriously folks. The last thing our health and emergency service needs now is having to cater for people who decided to take risks.Think safe. Stay safe.
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Cheered me up a bit this morning. Second wheat in the row. Not all looking so good though.
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#FarmingCares we are gradually replacing all our footpath stiles with kissing gates because we want to make our rights of way more accessible. We did this one on a well used path yesterday.
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Ian Waller retweeted
Home after an incredible time in Australia and India #nuffield19. A huge thank you @NuffieldFarming, my main sponsors Central Region Farmers Trust additional sponsors @EoEAgricultural @IanWaller2 @garyjmarkham and of course my family and work 😀
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Tillage radish #covercrop doing well and soaking up valuable nutrients
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Really please with my #covercrop of radish, oats and phacelia.
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There are fears that glyphosate weedkillers cause cancer. But the evidence is weak and a ban would be harmful ow.ly/8kOE30gaLOp
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Goliath (foreground) James (behind) ready for tupping!
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