Jon Rooke
@jwrooke
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HZPC UK Production Manager, Past President of the BPTA, farmer in North Yorkshire growing potatoes and a few combinables all views are my own
Sand Hutton, England
Joined July 2014
Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a
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Links golf hits differently. Official photographers have taken more than 20,000 photos at @TheOpen so far this week. I scanned through them all to pick the 25 best. Enjoy 🧵
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11.5 years ago I joined @HZPC – an absolute privilege. Leaving them now as the biggest (and best!) seed house in 🇬🇧. Made some great friends with some of the best people in 🥔 industry. Its time… Dad’s retiring. I’m joining family farm🥔🍟 Let’s go!🤞🏻👍 #supersagitta 😉
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We started our seed 🥔🌱 planting campaign on Monday. Conditions👌with soil temps nudging into double figures ☀️ First up our @HzpcUk @supersagitta 🍟
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Does anyone else see the irony of recalling parliament to save the steel industry and 2700 jobs while the government is willfully destroying farming and the supply industry that supports hundreds of thousands of jobs? Critical industry #youcanteatsteel
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Royal HZPC Group poised for record-breaking year: Seed potato sales expected to surpass 1 million tons
potatonewstoday.com
Royal HZPC Group anticipates a strong financial outcome for 2024/2025, expecting to surpass 1 million tons in global seed potato sales for the first time. With a favorable harvest and robust demand…
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What’s your thoughts on this @McDonaldsUK supporting the farmers that supply you with many products. #familyfarms
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WE’RE HIRING…. Do you know someone who is looking for a hands on role in farming, where you’ll learn everything there is to know about 🥔’s from an expert team? Find the full job description on our website here: https://t.co/G4jCPlXKrh
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Each year it’s made harder- the weather, flooding, markets importing lower standard non-assured produce, loss of products, dumping scientific solutions, higher standards, data requirements, input costs, machinery costs, fussy intakes, slow product movement, risk, risk, risk
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Last week I did a deep dive into what's going on with the car industry. In the absence of any better ideas, we called it "carmageddon". This week it's a deep dive into what's going on with the farming sector. Guess what we called it... 👇 Coming up on @skynews tomorrow
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"I just don’t understand... if farming is such hard work with very little return, why farmers are so keen to continue farming?" My response... which is also why I believe this #FamilyFarmTax will have an impact on the whole country. New video @FlankFarm
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And we are away. Start of the new delivery season on the Yorkshire Wolds. Lovely stock of @HzpcUk @HZPC #supersagitta 🥔 💪🏻 🍟 😋
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“Reeves has bitten off far more than she can chew…I don't know a single person of demonstrable economic expertise anywhere near the top of this government.” Financial markets are “increasingly concerned” about Labour's handling of the economy, @LiamHalligan tells @AfNeil.
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We can’t fit tractors into #richmoundterrace on #WeJustWantTofeedYou rally in #London on the 19th #farmer #stopthefamilyfarmtax Link to register for london on 19th 👇 https://t.co/mIAwZltrvY
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The problem with farming, as with so many things, is that we seem incapable of nuance in Britain. The issue isn't the value of real farms doing real farming, no matter how high their notional paper asset value. None of them are coining it. Not at the ridiculously low rates of
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