Turning sunshine into food. Good husbandry practice trumps trendy labels. 09 NSch. Personnel opinions
Hillington Norfolk
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William Haire retweeted
From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "The study highlights the potential loss of up to 23% of current farmland due to competing demands for housing, solar energy, tree planting, biodiversity restoration and carbon sequestration." – @FarmingUK
farminguk.com/news/quarter-o…
William Haire retweeted
@SteveReedMP @DefraGovUK all gone ,you’ve got it wrong don’t blame the farmers please 🙏 @NFUtweets @NFFNUK @herdyshepherd1 @Jes_Squirrell @1GarethWynJones @Radmore_farm @NoFarmsNoFoods @BylinesEast @FWAGeast @itvanglia @jimmysfarm @BumblebeeTrust @savebutterflies @No1FarmerJake
William Haire retweeted
Your periodic reminder that a cow cannot add a single atom of carbon to the atmosphere that wasn't previously removed from the atmosphere by a plant.
So, cows cannot increase atmospheric CO2, they merely recycle CO2. It's not a new source of carbon.
And without cows, bacteria would, over time, rot plant fibers and return the exact same amount of carbon to the atmosphere.
But grazing cows help grass sod fix carbon in the soil, thus increasing soil fertility over time.
The climate crusade is built on scientific fraud.
And many of the proposed solutions, like reducing cows, are directly causing much of the soil degradation and forest fires (because of ungrazed fuel in the forests), which activists and dishonest scientists then blame on "climate change".
William Haire retweeted
🚜FARMAGEDDON🌾
The story of what's REALLY going on in farming. A story far more complex than the conventional wisdom.
This isn't just (or even mainly) about inheritance tax. It's about a cascade of challenges & crises that may ultimately threaten food security.
📽️5 min primer👇
William Haire retweeted
So I’ve read the Hansard account of the debate and have a few comments 🧵
Firstly, the 5bn over 2yrs @RachelReevesMP has allocated is not “the biggest budget for food production and nature recovery in UK history”.
In real terms it is the smallest
hansard.parliament.uk/Common…
William Haire retweeted
Labour’s war on farmers continues….
Last night, Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner claimed farmers are secretly telling him Labour are ‘right’ about their Family Farm Tax.
Complete Nonsense.
Here’s what farmers actually said👇
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William Haire retweeted
Hi Adrian Is there any chance you could comment on the impacts on farmers and suppliers of ancillary agricultural services caused by the budget please? After all your constituency has 97% of its landmass dedicated to agriculture and 0% to professional football.
Its nice to work with hassle free people. Some @easton_college Mascani oats set off this week for milling through @ADMAgriculture. Thank you @Pxfarms @PXFarmsHaulage. Smart trucks, courteous, helpful and friendly drivers. Think I surprised them we could fit 29t of oats on!
William Haire retweeted
We need to stop judging food and its associated carbon footprint by the kilo and by the calorie, and do it by its nutritional value instead. Michael Lee @ORFC this morning discussing the incredible nutritional value of animal-based foods. 👏
Last minute reminder. Tonight we are re-launching the Norfolk branch of the @IAgrM at @easton_college 7.00pm in the sports centre. Alas Im speaking about managing a college estate. If you are Norfolk way and would like to join us drop me a Dm.
After a break of some years the Norfolk branch of the @IAgrM is back. Our first meeting is the 31st October at @easton_college where yours truly will be talking about the challenges of managing a college estate. Members and non (maybe potential!) members welcome. Dm me for info
Can anyone help? What sort of magic do i need to import a shp or kml field into @johndeere operations centre?
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William Haire retweeted
Never before have so many people who have never farmed or have any practical knowledge of farming,made their living from trying to tell farmers how they should farm. When farmers eventually get tired of nonsense legislation and diminishing profits. Ye are going to be very hungry
A bit of lesson prep for the new academic year @easton_college . Autumn term- plant science, spring term- crop production and machinery operation. Summer term- crop production. Versatile class room. Cover crop heading in to spring barley.
We got a new piece of equipment @easton_college last autumn thanks to some external funding. Our @PottingerUK Rotocare was bought to weed cereal crops and break surface caps, but it is also awesome at spreading chopped straw. Video normal speed, aiming for 20kph.
Winter malting barley all tucked away nicely @easton_college just before sunrise. What a night. DM dropped from 12.6% at 1800 when we started, finishing at 14.6% at 0300 this morning. Now to get samples off to see if we make the grade!
