Cattle Antibiotic Guardian Group Chair, beef & arable farmer, Harper & Aber graduate, #ACABM19
Northamptonshire, England
Joined February 2012
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More than 80 fires on one Peak District farm in a single year. Over 400 hours spent fighting them.
That was the written evidence read out to MPs on 23 June, as red warnings spread across England.
Gamekeeper Richard Bailey, three decades on the moor, put it plainly: unless the fuel build-up is tackled, "it is only a matter of time before somebody is killed." Weeks earlier the Snake Moor fire ran within metres of the A57 — cross that road, he said, and the Derwent valley up to Sheffield goes up.
On rewetting, he spoke from the field. At a National Trust site rewetted 13 years earlier: "Within two yards of these dams, there was peat burning. We were putting out peat."
Restoration takes 50 years. Even wet bogs drop 20–30cm of water table each summer — exactly when the worst fires strike.
The witnesses' verdict: keep every tool in the box, burning included.
Read more on our website.
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This, this and a thousand times this!
If producing food doesn’t stand on its own feet, why continue to do it at a loss whilst surviving via a completely different business? We’ll all starve! @PeterPrinsley
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If you want to live in walking distance of Salisburys beautiful 123m high cathedral, the house that Sergei Skripal lived in and the GRU used novichok at is up for sale...
I cant begin to imagine what the conveyancing searches will say!
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2/2 i’m fed up of farmers thinking they know more than the vets and scientists ! more to come from me on the subject when i have more time !!
but if anyone wants to know the truth read what @sjtomo157 has to say, one person that is qualified 👍 and visit tbhub.co.uk/
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73 pages on giving farmers "certainty" and "confidence to invest."
Not one mention of the family farm tax that destroyed both.
You can't hit us with the family farm tax, then hand us a glossy roadmap to 2050 and call it confidence. 🫤
I love this line …….. “By 2050, the farming system will be firmly established on a consistently profitable,........”
………………… I'm not sure most farmers can wait until next Tuesday, never mind 2050, before they become profitable. Talk about kicking the can down the road.
@DefraGovUK @UKLabour @reformparty_uk
#FamilyFarmTax #BritishFarming #FoodSecurity
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⏰ Time is running out to complete the UK Lambing Survey 2026 - closing date: 30 June. The survey is gathering vital evidence from sheep farmers and vets to help build a clearer picture of the pressures facing the sector, from disease threats and vaccine supply issues to the impact of changing weather patterns. Every response matters. It takes around 12 minutes, is completely anonymous, and will help ensure future sector and industry decisions are informed by real experiences from the lambing shed. Watch the short video below from Phillipa Page of Flock Health explaining why the survey is so important and complete the survey here: lnkd.in/eDffzSuk
@FlockHealth @PhillipaFarmVet
It's 21°c in my cellar and only 56% humidity, WHY have I filled it so full of stuff that I can't fit a comfy chair in it and stay down here for the night? 😭
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I don't know if Kier will resign tomorrow - but what I think is an absolute national tragedy is that the Labour Party haven't got a single MP out of all 403 of them in parliament that are deemed good enough to replace him! They've had to go to the Mayor of Manchester, shoe horn him in as an MP, just so they have someone with a modicum of charisma and gravitas to be the next PM.
The lack of talent, business know-how and intelligence across all our MP's in all parties is what is, in my opinion, what is wrong with our country. I just wish we could fix it, but of course we can't because it relies on those very MP's to change this - and, as we all know, turkeys don't vote for Christmas!
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Just when I think i've seen it all... village cricket delivers.
via Miles Jones / Stour Provost CC
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💧Active ingredients from flea & tick spot-ons can end up in our rivers, lakes and streams, but by applying them correctly means they can work better, last longer & are less likely to harm wildlife.
✅Plan – Apply – Protect
Find out how👉tinyurl.com/bespotonaware
#BeSpotOnAware
ALT Be Spot-On Aware Flea and tick spot-ons are an important way to protect your pet's health but how you use them really matters. The way these medicines are applied can affect how well they work and whether they end up in our waterways and wider environment. Small Steps, Big Impact Plan, Apply, Protect Decorative images of a calendar, leaflet being held, blue droplet bespotonaware.campaign.gov.uk
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Nothing like a bit of free advertising! I'd be very grateful for some shares and general proliferation!!
When the full listing arrives, I'll shall let you know.
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HAVE YOU FINISHED LAMBING YET?
If so, please go to bit.ly/lambingsurvey2026 to share your experience & contribute to better understanding of sheep farming challenges. Please RT!
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A moment by Danny’s Beck, a short new watercourse off St Sunday’s Beck, created by Danny Teasdale from @UllswaterCic June 2021 to help alleviate flooding downstream, whilst also creating wet woodland, a rare and valuable habitat.
We are always up for having a laik for nature 😊
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Did you know that the vast majority of #thatchingstraw is still cut by a reaper binder? #dodsonthatching #dodsonthatchers #ruralcrafts #masterthatchers
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My pal, master thatcher, straw wizard, in-bred Fenlander and all round good egg explainer of things has been hacked. Therefore please re follow @CDodson_Thatch for more gleanings from the roof.
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This fun interactive tool allows you to draw circles anywhere in the world to see how many people are around you. A 3km circle around my home in Melbourne shows that I have almost 84,000 people nearby I can annoy in person with my maps! Play with the tool here: tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulat…
