Welsh. Senior farm adviser for Westcountry Rivers Trust. I believe that soils are our future, treat them well and let them lead the way ...
Exmouth, England
Joined February 2017
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There is so much more to soil than people believe. Photo shows a 3 mile transect of the Otter Valley. All managed differently, different topography with different textures. And that's just the top soil, subsoil is equally diverse! #WorldSoilsDay @WestcountryRT
Iorwerth Watkins retweeted
New flight over La Bérarde today shows a much worse situation than yesterday! 🚁😱
Many buildings have not survived the night and are simply cut in two, just look at the church! 😭
When you are intimely linked to this place this is so HEARTBREAKING 💔
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Au lendemain de la crue du Vénéon qui a tout emporté à la Bérarde (Isère), le hameau de Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans, n’est plus qu’un champ de ruines. Découvrez les images aériennes filmées par Le Dauphiné libéré samedi matin.
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I'm going to a talk today about the UK version of this. Scale is often much bigger in US, but ultimately the long-term sustainability of those fields is unachievable this way. Soil is being lost and the health of the soil left in the field will be deteriorating. @WestcountryRT
This is the result of clear cutting corn fields for large dairies. There is at least a 1000 acres in my neighborhood like this. No cover left to hold back water. No cover crop planted. Manure pits are knifed in the fall and tilled again in the spring to plant more corn for silage. Water infiltration rates are terrible so the soil and nutrients run off. Fields with last year's crop residue are not doing this. Minnehaha County, SD. #SoilHealth is lacking. #erosion is terrible.
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This is a great way of highlighting what's going on to the various generations. Us 'older lot' have felt the difference, but the newer generations can perceive things as 'normal' without any lived reference points/memories. @WestcountryRT
We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.
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Just like Devon.
Wheat going in the ground in CQ 🇦🇺 @JohnDeere 9510RT dragging 36m of @MultiFarming banana planter steered by a custom @VnetPrecisionAg Active guidance, seed and fert supplied by @simplicityaus 20,000l cart, this rig helps get #plant21 going fast @VanderfieldAU @JohnDeereAUNZ
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We've been really grateful at @Riverford to have had a lot of help over the years from the @WestcountryRT when it comes to trying to better manage our soil erosion risks. Great to have Wendy out today, explaining it all to the wider farm team so that everyone's on the same page.
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EA have now given clear guidance on the risk of pollution caused by certain crops, on certain soils in Devon and Cornwall. Maize, Fodder beet, field veg etc. are used as examples and if grown in specific areas, without effective pollution measures, you are liable to enforcement.
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#WorldSoilDay Unfortunately most peoples first thought for horizon is that between the land and the sky. Beneath our feet there are soil horizons that if investigated before land use decision making, the impacts upon our climate and hydro-cycle could be minimised. @WestcountryRT
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In the last 10 days the NHS has been marvellous (again)! 4th brain tumour removed and the scaring looking tidy. Not sure when back to work, but hopefully before too long. Thanks Derriford Neurosurgery Dept (Mr Muquit etc.), Erme (HDU) and rest of staff. Cheers! @WestcountryRT
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Iorwerth Watkins retweeted
What a fantastic and beautiful illustration of scale!
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Iorwerth Watkins retweeted
Healthy #rivers are vital to combat the climate-nature crisis but UK rivers are in peril.
We can save them if we embrace integrated and holistic solutions—help spread the word—share this video by our allies @theriverstrust @WestcountryRT @Riverford.
#RescueOurRivers 💙 #CEBill
It has been a tough year for maize this year, wet spring delaying establishment and poor summer overall. This is the scenario farmers need to use when assessing a fields risk when planning establishment, not look at 'in normal years it's OK'. @WestcountryRT
Fancy a challenge? Check out @WestcountryRT 's on the lead up to world rivers day: donate.giveasyoulive.com/cam…
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Great morning pulling the #invasivespecies Himalayan Balsam on the River Tale. Thanks to @Talevalleytrust, @WestcountryRT and the volunteers for all their help. #UpstreamThinking
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Iorwerth Watkins retweeted
Please listen to this speech by @GovPritzker. It perfectly explains both the cruelty and stupidity of the people now ruling Brexit Britain.
#BrexitHasFailed
Did Thérèse Coffey just call George Eustice George useless on Spotlight? Sounded like it. @WestcountryRT
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Iorwerth Watkins retweeted
Already 2°C higher, The mean air temperature at Rothamsted, Harpenden, 30 miles north of London, was 11.23°C in 2022 which is 2.17°C higher than the 1878-1987 average (9.06°C). The 10 warmest years on record occurred since 1999 10.23637/rms-RMAAtemp-03 #Rothamsted #climatechange
