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Made a video. If you want to see less than ideal drilling into cover crops following the wettest winter on record, take a look, and subscribe to follow the crop through with seasonal updates
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Hmm. "Daddy" forgot to tie up daughter no 2's hair for tennis....no problem
#farmersdaughter
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Devastated to see all these
#bee
nests dug up and destroyed. Hate badgers, there are so many of them they are obliterating our ground nesting birds and bees. And farmers get the blame for low bee populations!
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Dear general public.
We decided to include lots of sunflowers in plots for winter bird food as they look nice and everyone can enjoy them before the birds get to eat them. If you continue to pick (steal) them, next year we shall not plant any.
Yours
Farmers.
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Making some little folders up for every machine. A block of land per page with
@what3words
for field access points to give to emergency services should the need arise. Operators to have the relevant page ontop before commencing work. Ideal for the less phone app savvy
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Thanks
@SuffolkFire
for a speedy response this morning. Thank goodness for hedges and ditches just to slow the spread up enough to get it out before it caught the standing crop next door
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I have to confess I wasn’t aware that other shower gels had meat in them.
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Wouldn’t it be lovely if
@McDonaldsUK
printed the vehicle license plate somewhere on the receipt? EVERY Monday this person drives past and chucks their drive-through bag out into the road. Same stretch.
@MidSuffolk
@Jochurchill_MP
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Have to admit, I didn't know there was such a big market for the C02 biproduct of fertiliser production.
This begs a question to
@FarmCO2Toolkit
.
Why is the C02 carbon cost to my business from fert so high if it is being bottled and used elsewhere to cool Sizewell?
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Melting some more Urea to make foliar applications. Will add some citric acid, molasses and magnesium sulphate to go on at around 7.5kgs/ha of N.
@IntegratedSoils
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Seeing as there are so many experts in photo editing out there, see if they can spot where I’ve touched up my wheat field to look a little greener?
#averagefarmer
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I don't want to get evangelical about regenerative ag, but this has got to be a good example of why mechanically beating the soil into a fine seedbed can be devastating.
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Nothing to do with going 100% organic overnight and consequently not having enough food then?
Sri Lanka shut down tourism and much of the rest of its economy and imposed draconian China-inspired Covid lockdowns on and off for two years. Then a tidal wave of money printing. Now economic and social collapse.
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#farmwildlife
. Whilst pulling
#blackgrass
in this wheat, a skylark got up barely a foot in front of me. Looking carefully I found this.
#skylark
really thrive on farmland here, they are one of our most abundant birds
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Wonder if the farmers out there could help. Thinking about hiring an arable farmer. I’m sure there are some skills I need I’ve forgotten to put down, feel free to add below. Perhaps a stock farmer could create a list too in case I decide to get some animals too?
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Just had a depressing call from my
@NFUtweets
county advisor chatting about local pig producers having to cull and waste their entire stock. Thousands of pigs. This great "hecatomb" is happening
@BorisJohnson
. You and
@pritipatel
have been warned of this for 5 years. Act. Now.
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Have to say this plant based kitchen spray is at least as effective if not better than my previous meat based alternative.
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Always intrigued by end goal of posts like this. The implication is that commercial farming is awful so simply if we stop that everything will be fine. But there’s never recognition of the fact that commercial farming is what provides us with what we need to survive. Food. 1/ 🧵
The hard truth. This is rural Suffolk - in an incredibly old & beautiful spot surrounded by commercial arable farming. The result=decimation of insect populations. Imagine what that means for anything ‘higher up’ in food chain? Same’s true nationwide. Canary in the mineshaft.
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Assuming the 250 means 250hp, and the fact the tractor is used and a year old, I make that a doubling of tractor prices since 2007.
Twice the price of 13yrs ago.
Just let that sink in, and ask yourself how much inputs have reduced and commodity prices risen in that time.....
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One of life’s pleasures. Count myself very lucky to watch this most summer evenings from the garden
#barnowl
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Love the way
@Nigelrefowens
controls the players. "I've already spoken to you about rugby values....play as hard as you like, but play fair". reply of "Yes sir"
Don't get that in soccer
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Thank you
@SuffolkFire
for your extremely fast response today and to all my neighbours and passers by who came to help with cultivators and bowsers
@sdmartin4
@JamesScarff
Andrew Chaplain, Tom Pemberton, Johnathan Bull. Frightening how quick it went and how far it jumped.
Station Manager Alan Coldwell gives an update on the fire at
#rattlesden
which is now out.
Please remember to be
#fireaware
in the next few days as we have a extreme fire risk warning. Please avoid bonfires bbqs and any open fires. If you see a fire call 9️⃣9️⃣9️⃣ immediately.
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We dont want "income support"
We are farmers, we want to grow something and get paid for it. If that something is bird food, insect habitat, scrubland or broccoli, it doesnt matter. But it has either a value for environment, or human consumption, and is a cost to us.
@cutlerstom
My working assumption is that we can expect very little in the way of 'income support' from ELM and the 'Department for Exit of Farmers and Rural Arthritics'
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If Tim was my MP, I’d vote for him
The soaring cost of food is massively worrying.
And yet the Government is continuing to pursue policies which will see the UK produce less of the food that it eats.
The Government must back Britain's farmers if we are to tackle food poverty.
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Blend of Dawsum/Champion/mayflower/gleam. Untreated with Fungicide or PGR. 170kgs N, no particular attention to nutrition other than Mg, Mn, B and Zn as usual suspects here. No biological alternatives. Cleaner than Gleam that had £118/ha fungicide spend on it.
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Massive issues under trees. Where is all this “symbiotic relationship “ good stuff I hear about? It all seems take take take to me!
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Just met a nice chap walking his dog. Not on a footpath - we talked about the reasons why I’d like people to stick to the marked paths which he seemed to accept.
All the while he was swigging from a can of Thatchers Gold. At 8.45am.
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Wonderful quote from Dale Strickler on
@realJohnKempf
podcast. "Ive been told 'that wont work around here' so many times, I've searched maps for "around here", but eventually found it. Its a small space between the left ear and the right ear." We are all guilty, in varying amount
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Bizarre stat on
#countryfile
. 92% of
#vegan
meals are consumed by meat eaters or vegetarians. Presumably that means the amount of vegan people is disproportionately small compared to the vegan food market?
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“Hey Siri, find me a picture of a stereotypical farmer”
The UK Government has today launched the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP), a new forum which will bring together stakeholders from across the UK to identify and improve collaborative working on shared issues facing the agricultural sector🚜
@DefraGovUK
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This is welcome news after the near continual feed of reports of stolen dogs locally
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Not going to lie, I do miss the nice clear sight of green on brown so you can clearly see emergence. But I won’t go back now. This works, and it’s really cheap. Grazed cover gone, glyphosate took the remainder. Still some soil armour in place.
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Im going to invent a bowl that fits in a dishwasher without taking up 5 spaces. This time next year I'll be a millionaire
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Just drilling some wild bird food crops to keep the wild birds going over winter in this "industrial wasteland"
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The unseen work behind the scenes by
@NFUtweets
and
@Minette_Batters
in particular over the last 12 months, is nothing short of Herculean. All UK farmers should be aware of this work, in particular those who are not members. Now, more than ever the
@NFUtweets
needs our support.
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Blimey. I find myself nodding and agreeing with Russell Brand
“It’s a scam…The objective isn’t to get the farmers to behave in an organic, responsible, ecologically apposite manner. Far from it. It’s in order to bankrupt the farmers so that their land can be grabbed.”
~ Russell Brand
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We harvested some vetch for
@WalnesSeeds
grown with mustard to act as a trellis to keep the vetch upright for ease of combining. Today we separated the mustard out on a rough clean using our
@jk_machinery
JCC08 from
@McArthur_Agri
. Next step is a finer clean for both crops
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Odd that as government have declared a climate crisis they want to abandon food production in a place where we can grow x2 the global average per area, and instead import from drought stricken and poorer yielding countries instead? Environmental hypocrisy at its finest
MAIL On Sunday: “Leaked Emails: Britain Doesn’t Need Farmers”
#BBCPapers
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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If you are wondering why farmers sometimes come across as curmudgeonly toward the public, this will be one of the reasons why.
Pocket spring component of a mattress. Council tenant lobbed it over their garden fence into ditch. Think sheep wire’s bad? Think again!!
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@ChrisGPackham
said we need to count nature. Here's what I counted WITHIN 47ha crop of OSR
Hare 27
Yellowhammer 9
Skylark 39
Blackbird 8
Swallow 1
Other songbirds 69
pigeon 83
Corvids 11
F partridge 11
Grey partridge 2
Pheasant 10
Buzzard 3
Roe deer 3
Green w.pecker 1
Kestrel 1
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So it’s actually very simple. You change, we change. But it goes in that order.
You drive this change. Create the demand and we will meet it. But don’t tell us you want something different whilst simultaneously buying the cheapest imported Brazilian 🐓 you can find. End/
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GPS section control at its finest !
The gang
@PTuckwellLtd
have done something incredible today, what an amazing thing to do 😍
#ThankYouNHS
#britishag
#StayHome
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Blimey, this new grain dryer we have just installed today is brilliantly efficient. ☀️ Costs nothing to run it, dries everything in one go, but the bloody thing is really, really unreliable.
#harvest21
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Great line from Ian Hislop
#hignfy
"congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn - he's now as successful as Gordon Brown was when he lost" 😂
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When you pull into a field with your direct drill and look over the fence. You know we are both thinking the same about the other.
“What on EARTH is he doing?!?”
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@EAandSJWard
😂 vegans don't eat food. Some of them are so entrenched, they hear the word farmer, and instantly hate. Not realising that farmers still feed them, whether vegan or not.
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This is the best looking bit of spring barley I have drilled. Direct into cover crop exactly a month ago, with only 1mm of rain since drilling. I suspect one of the reasons it is the best bit, is that it has the most residue protecting the soil from moisture loss?
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It does worry me that I haven’t seen a single solar panel on any roof of the hundreds of new build houses going up. What’s the policy on this going forward? Massive own goal not using existing and new roofs
Why on earth are we losing our food production ability on top quality land when there are other alternatives and places to put solar panels. The population is growing and yet we are reducing our ability to produce our own food. Is importing food more important to you Ed Miliband?
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Spot of supplementary farmland bird feeding going on. Due to the weather at seeding the covers are not as good as usual, meaning additional feed is all themore important.
#farmlandbirds
@NFFNUK
#countryside
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I thought we were drilling early this year, but my great great grandfather was banging in beans on Valentine's day 1894!
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Suppose out of 1000tons of hardcore, it was bound to happen eventually
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Yet another example of the epic disconnect between MP's and their electorate. Pay a babysitter, ask a spouse, grandparent, aunt/uncle cousin, friend. How the hell do you think the rest of us manage??!
Utter disbelief.
So
#Labour
MP Chris Bryant has stated MPs should be given financial help to pay for childcare because they have to attend the House of Commons on a Saturday.
Surely they can just about cover this with their £79k salary? 3 Saturdays in 70 years and MPs ask for financial help.. 🙄
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Phacelia. Sound on if you can hear the
#bees
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In a year of terrible weather, on a farm with rubbish looking patchy, diseased, stressed wheat crops it’s an absolute pleasure to be feeding these oats a bit of Mn and Mg. Makes me feel all better all of a sudden. Direct disc drilled into sprayed off over winter cover.
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May I make a request that before banning all the pesticides, the Green party first campaign for everyone to create more demand for organic food?....because I'm a bit suspicious that people are quite happy to say "ban pesticides" but less happy to actually pay more for food.
Green Pledge on Pesticide Reduction
Toxic pesticides are poisoning our land ⚠️
Killing wildlife 🦋
Destroying the Earth's ability to grow food 🌽
Green MEPs pledge to fight for 50% reduction in use by 2022.👏
Pls RT!
@PAN_UK
@rspb
@SoilAssociation
@UKSustain
@friends_earth
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Seems pretty obvious from
@IntegratedSoils
infographic. Cover crop mixtures have increased multi functionality
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Wow. New vaccine for use directly on humans 10 months from conception to market. Fantastic scientific achievement.
I bet biotech companies are wondering why it takes them 12 years to get all the testing and approval done to bring a new herbicide to market for use on plants..
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There is certainly correlation in the explosion in badger population and decline of hedgehogs over the past 20 years.
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Rather sorry tale for wheat coming out of AB15 2 yr legume fallow. What was a field with a blackgrass problem on a headland, is sadly now a massive issue. Usual headland sprayed out, but zoom in and you can see the extent of the spread from using this CS option. 😞
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Standing here, in the middle of a "chemical drenched" crop at 2.30pm, all I see are busy insects whizzing past the camera and chirping birdsong. It's very loud at dawn. This is what's left for us. The narrative is false
@philip_ciwf
@ciwf
@ChrisGPackham
The green deserts of Britain and Europe- so well put
@philip_ciwf
The chemical-drenched crop is all that is left to us
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How do you square this with the red listed ground nesting birds that we are desperately trying to help alongside cropping systems? To have open access means people (and dogs) disturbing valuable nesting habitats, which are scarce enough as it is!
Extending our right to roam to field margins would make available a further 5m hectares (38%) of England and help address inequalities blighting our access to the countryside.
Let's explore how field margins are important to EXTEND, CONNECT, MITIGATE and RESTORE access 🧵
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What was a hedge, then an overgrown line of trees-mostly maple, is now already a hedge again after coppicing last winter. Very pleasing. Brash protecting new growth from deer and hare
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Labour Party:
“We will end the badger cull and work with farmers on alternative solutions to stop the spread of BTB.”
Badgers:
“Hold my beer”
As most country folk will tell you, and to which
@RSPB_BurtonMere
@Natures_Voice
found out to their cost, and the cost of all the avocet eggs and chicks this year (again!) never underestimate the determination of a badger. Predator fences …
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Got to hand it to Mark Euston. 7 days work from breaking ground to this. If only Suffolk Highways had people like him to do the A14 repairs!
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Dear
@Ruralpay
, could you please help me find a supplier who can sell me a brand new 6m direct drill for £55800?
If that’s the expected average, there must be a lot cheaper than that too?
All the ones I’ve looked at are well north of £100,000…..where am I going wrong?
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The sweet smell of success. At least I have one crop I’m proud of this year - even if it is the one that barely turns a profit!
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The things we do in the name of science/madness
Part 1 - coke as a starter fertiliser
I blame
@ssmsoilhealth
for this.
@ClieNFarms
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I think this is the 1st time in over a fortnight that this combine had cast a shadow. Doesnt half improve the mood!
#harvest21
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Thought I'd share this info. I've compared yields between establishment systems for different crops for harvest 17.
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Modern farming. Full stomach’s.
A clean start like this is important to reduce the use of in crop chemicals which are more costly and more damaging environmentally.
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Will you be back for a second dose?
Go on....say it, say it, say it
Today was a good day. I have never been happier to wait in a line. If you’re eligible, join me and sign up to get your vaccine. Come with me if you want to live!
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Flood meadows doing what flood meadows do. Containing the Rat - protecting Stowmarket. Note how in the 17th century they knew exactly where to build houses…
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I dont understand this. The countryside is full of public footpaths providing access. The only places we have been remotely successful with helping red list ground nesting birds, for example, are areas where there is no access. People/dogs are part of the problem.
@guyshrubsole
@RobGMacfarlane
@GeorgeMonbiot
@CPRE
@RamblersGB
@WeAreCyclingUK
@GypsyTravellers
Very proud we are a signatory to this. Access is vital for increasing understanding about the threats our countryside faces.
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I counted 11 nests destroyed in just 100yds along a single track road in the banks either side. First they’ve destroyed all the hedgehogs, now the bumble bees. Hateful creatures. Too many driven into smaller areas by urban sprawl and nothing can be done about them.
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Can we have a televised debate between Minette and Jacob Rees-Mogg? He can bring some of his highly efficient globally competitive Somerset farmers on too.
"She doesn't represent farmers well"
Former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg says "the NFU is a pure protectionist organisation" in response to criticism from its president Minette Batters
#PoliticsLive
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Sounds like the PM is trying to confuse the public here. Yes, these pigs are destined to be killed anyway. But at an abbatoir which then sends the bacon and pork products to our supermarket shelves. This issue means they will be incinerated and wasted, nobody will be paid. 1/3
How did we ever allow this individual anywhere near high office?
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He says as he jets around the world to drive his high emission car 🙄
"So far I don't feel as if I have been missing out."
Lewis Hamilton is going vegan to avoid damaging the planet.
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Absolutely maddening. Food is so poorly valued that producers are told “keep feeding us for nothing, and make some money by doing something completely different”
Why isn’t good food valued?
Ah the usual chestnut -
“farmers can more easily diversify and develop new businesses, such as farm shops, commercial space and sporting venues”
Never see Gov push other industries to diversify to make ends meet!
PM announces support for farming
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This winter 1/8 of our farm is wildlife habitat like this. This, + plans 2 increase 2 1/5 every year will be binned if
#glyphosate
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Its most bizarre. Will
@Channel4
be airing a program 'how to burgle a house' soon as well? Can't quite get my head around why you would film (and be allowed to air) a program inciting people to commit a crime.
Disgusted & in complete despair over this, given what our members are continually subjected to: NPA expresses serious concern over Channel 4 'how to steal pigs' programme...
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Ok, this is going to sound like a plug for
@cpm_magazine
, but is this article the single most important thing for a farmer to understand?
Well done
@tomallenstevens
and
@MikeGreenSustAg
@PerFrankelius
. So important for us to understand the carbon accounting of ag
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Can’t farm undrained or poorly drained land, more especially so without tillage. Failed spring barley into failed OSR after relentless wet after sowing.
#averagefarmer
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