We need nature friendly farming, not a rewilded UK where our food is imported and conscience exported. We have the climate and landscape to make this eminently achievable.

Like this wasn’t predictable… 🙄

"We negotiated poorly w/ Australia, and NZ, but particularly w/ Australia in defence of our farmers. We were too anxious as a govt to secure those deals in order to show Brexit was working" - @michaelgove follows Eustice in criticising Tory trade deals

The government as an entity has effectively performed the role of confidence trickster. Persuade farmers to invest over time & promise to protect that investment, then when the investment has been made change the rules and take it. And the govt wants us to do business with them?

Lambing assistant required for 2-3 weeks start of March. Basic lambing and lamb husbandry required. Also general assistant for helping around the operation keeping everything fed and watered, experienced not required just a good work ethic. Happy environment working alongside us.

A really excellent thread, thank you @herdyshepherd1 for putting it together. Possibly an unpopular opinion but I think as a general rule we are pretty terrible in this country about doing this sort of analysis, yet doing it gives such clarity to decision making. It's do or die

If hard work alone was the answer then farmers would be the most profitable people in society.

Congratulations to all. I know a few of the winners & I note they are all from multi generational businesses. The government would do well to also recognise that success in ag is a result of longer term investment, & IHT risks severely undermining this. @AshleyDaveJones 🎉🎉🎉

@neXtgenAgri @farmownersacad Thanks Angus 👍

A business will never outgrow the capability of the operator, yet we don't invest enough in those areas. I'm turning to @neXtgenAgri & @farmownersacad in Aus/ NZ for these skills, do we in the UK need to up our game? Who are our go too's here?

Does UK ag focus far too much on technical capability rather than personal skills? Every meeting is about how to grow more/ adapt a system etc but never on how we as individuals manage & run a business. It's a huge skills gap I don't think we cater for. 1/2

This is ageing so well, @RachelReevesMP . No?

Had a good catch up with my mentor this week. There are a lot of challenges out there but taking a positive approach is hugely important, it frames your attitude. If working hard alone was the recipe for success then farmers would be the richest people in society.

Obsessed with undermining independent education supposedly to reduce advantage. Conveniently ignoring the connections made by having an MP father. Like Starmer & his advantage for his children to revise in peace by paying for it, the hypocrisy is deafening. One rule for them...

Currently assisting a great farming venture value their farm to move abroad for this very reason. This is economic suicide, business owners are deflated and can't see the value in pushing on.

“The UK is at – or perhaps already beyond – the critical point” on the Laffer curve and further tax rises will be self-defeating, says Art Laffer. “Instead of raising revenue, increasing taxes drives away capital, discourages work and investment, and erodes the very base that

The proposals in here are really pretty uncontroversial. I might disagree about the details but broadly: - Reform inheritance tax before stupid APR/BPR changes come in; - Tax real terms capital gains, not inflationary gains; - Shift the burden of SDLT to facilitate movement of

Sad to take instruction this week to assist a young, very successful farming family examine winding up their business & move abroad. They can't see a future farming here predominantly due to the new tax regime & general lack of support for farming. Long term damage being done

Wanted; after a pin and cone headstock for a JCB 530-70, a swap for my qfit and pallet forks would be ideal. Cornwall. Please RT. Thanks

All year I have been promising myself that I would source locally farmed meat. Each week with the shopping order I buy farm assured, British from the supermarket. If you are a producer near Guildford please help me get sorted by #BritishFoodFortnight! 🙏🥩🥰

The infrastructure and planning bill seems to be back in the news. My thoughts on this from before; the Dick Turpin bill. Beware of this government act of daylight robbery ...