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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
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@StanCollymore
Stan Collymore
26 days
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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@jamierkennedy
Jamie Kennedy
4 months
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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@jwrooke
Jon Rooke
5 months
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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@Ondaintreefarm
Farmer Luke 🥔
6 months
How do we get potato seed?🥔 👨‍🌾🚜
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@JasonBrain7
Jason Brain
7 months
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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@FarmerAndyH
Andrew Howard
7 months
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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@1GarethWynJones
Gareth Wyn Jones
9 months
What’s your thoughts on this @McDonaldsUK supporting the farmers that supply you with many products. #familyfarms
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@AKPGroup_
AKP Group
9 months
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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@SustEnvFarming
Richard Bramley
10 months
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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@jwrooke
Jon Rooke
10 months
Taurus for @AKPGroup_
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@jwrooke
Jon Rooke
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All the best for 2025 everyone 🐇 🐕 👮
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@EdConwaySky
Ed Conway
11 months
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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@rufusdenne
Rufus
1 year
"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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@jwrooke
Jon Rooke
1 year
And we are away. Start of the new delivery season on the Yorkshire Wolds. Lovely stock of @HzpcUk @HZPC #supersagitta 🥔 💪🏻 🍟 😋
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@TimesRadio
Times Radio
1 year
“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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Jon Rooke
1 year
When yellow and blue both stand against red it won’t be long before everyone realises it’s nonesense?
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James S. Peck
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Sandy and Tom filming Ed Davey
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@agricontract
Olly harrison 🥛🍔🌱AccidentalYoutuber
1 year
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 @FarmersWeekly @metpoliceuk
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@edwinhayward
Edwin Hayward
1 year
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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