Common Sense. Nolan Principles. Sustainable farming. Non Exec Director. Evolved as an omnivore. @LDWA1. #Nuffield scholar. Chair of amazing @tweet_KMC
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Robert Lasseter retweeted
Yesterday marked the opening ceremony of the @ORFC (Oxford Real Farming Conference), and I was deeply inspired by James Rebanks’ statement on resistance:
“When I was young, I thought farmers were old, grumpy men who knew everything. Now I know that the point of farming is to create a sustainable future. We must resist the idea that farming isn’t important. We must resist the broken food system and empower young people, like my 17-year-old daughter, to see a future in the field.”
#ORFC25 – at South East, England
Robert Lasseter retweeted
This shit is mental
Not for farmers
But for the country
For everyone
It is literally insane for a food system to be governed like this
Worse than insane
It’s dangerous
Annual UK production of malting barley is 2m tonnes. Total tax take is 2m x £20,000 ie £40billion.
Perhaps not growing malting barley would make the government think again…
Oh I forgot - brewers would buy imports produced to lower standards for less.
@UKLabour @NFUtweets 👇
One rule for us, lower rules for importers. This has been going on my entire farming career. A good example was unilaterally banning sow stalls in 1997, which reduced our self sufficiency significantly. When will it end?
Robert Lasseter retweeted
Better late than never…
Robert Lasseter retweeted
Then we don’t have national security
I was with @ProfTimLang this afternoon and asked him how many days food security we have
He’s written a book about this and is respected expert. He was very clear we have…
3 DAYS
Robert Lasseter retweeted
We seem to be stuck in a circlejerk of debate on APR and how many people it affects, while the elephant in the room escapes debate.
IHT is a cruel and lazy tax. To chance it at short notice denying ability to plan is brutal. That’s why people are cross and fairly so. 🧵 1/
Spot on Bud, as ever…
though @NFUtweets etc would do well to focus on the big issue for farming - underpayment for produce - and not on what makes members cross.
My @pressjournal column, yes it’s on the budget, APR and IHT. But it’s also on the rallies… looking at it from a PR perspective - things that I think are important if you’re going.
This sort of tweet is unhelpful IMHO. For example my elderly parents really would not want to hear this suggestion. My polite advice - remove the tweet.
Dear @RachelReevesMP there is one sure way I can avoid saddling my family with a large tax bill. I could kill myself before 1 April 2026. If I was elderly, infirm, already suffering mental stress or had financial worries, I wd seriously consider this. 1/2
theguardian.com/environment/…
He wrote a really good thoughtful thing:
I wrote a thing.
(And, for clarity, I don’t want any kind of revolt, I want to stay home and do my job) unherd.com/2024/11/a-farmers…
Robert Lasseter retweeted
Very excited to announce the launch of
THE WATERSHED POLLUTION MAP!
River health, landfills, sewage, road run-off, intensive farming, big industry, forever chemicals, abandoned mines, bathing waters, flood risk, protected areas and so much more... 🧵
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Spot on Rob. @blackgull Rural leadership required. Nothing is achieved without people.
I agree with very little the reform party stand for, but @RupertLowe10 speaks truth to power here. I can’t disagree with a word he says. Will #government listen to #farming common sense?
Robert Lasseter retweeted
Did you know #Mcdonald's GMO potato chips and #fries have cancerous #neurotoxin #Acrylamide?
French Fries are linked to higher rates of death and #cancer, Don't feed it to your children 🍟
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Robert Lasseter retweeted
This is a terrifying moment. If Trump wins the election, he will cut off military aid to Ukraine. Unfortunately Ukraine is totally dependent on the US to hold Putin at bay. If Putin wins in Ukraine, he will then move on to the Baltics who are our NATO allies. Then Trump will have to decide whether to honor our treaty obligations. Based on his previous disdain for NATO, that’s highly uncertain. If NATO is no more, we should brace ourselves for a world of hurt.
Robert Lasseter retweeted
❗ One in 10 farmers could quit the industry due to concerns about tax rises and subsidy cuts
farminguk.com/news/fears-of-…
Robert Lasseter retweeted
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Robert Lasseter retweeted
Farm input costs have increased by an average of 44% since 2019.
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Robert Lasseter retweeted
Swallow fledging last 4 years
2021 20 chicks
2022 54 chicks
2023 65 chicks
2024 70 chicks
Many new nests in modern ag buildings.
I do what I can, as many safe nesting spots as possible, water, mud and farm for insects.
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