Independent arable consultant with Arable Alliance mainly working across Notts and Lincs. 4th reserve weekend tractor driver on the home farm.
Newton on Trent
Joined March 2011
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After a break of 6 months, the East Midlands CSF SFI Arable Hub returns to the farm on 03/09 for one final time with @andyarable leading the discussion. It doesn’t all look like this, so come along to find out what works and what doesn’t (for us). Please DM for booking details
John was inspirational, his enthusiasm for agriculture and for finding better ways of growing crops never left him. A sad loss for everyone who knew him.
Such sad news. John Clark (pictured in wheelchair) died on Tuesday. He was an absolute icon, stalwart and pillar of Notts farming for his entire career and will be known to many. This photo was taken on Monday, when until the very last he was helping lobby @_RobbieMoore
Andrew Wells retweeted
Have you registered for the online @AHDB_Cereals Agronomy Conference Weds 11 December? 💻
@AdasBlake will review the 2024 growing season - 'a biblical year' for crop disease - & share how different #fungicides performed under the pressure 🌾🔍 Join us @ ahdb.org.uk/events/agronomy-…
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Doing some sums before writing to MPs
28 agronomy clients
26 are "family farms" ie they provide a living for a family.
3 are tenants, the rest are owned by the family.
On my rough calcs every single one of them would have an IH tax bill to pay under the new rules
Hot off the press reaction to the SFI announcement limiting percentage of 6 options.
Emergency @FarmersWeekly Podcast:
Making sense of @DefraGovUK restrictions on land going into the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme – with @LouiseArable, George Catchpole of @CeresRural and Andrew Wells of @ArableAlliance & @AICC1981
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
No excuse not to at least look at SFI options sooner rather than later if not already done.
Despite being further north, spring sown rotational NUM3 should deliver in the East Midlands.
SFI Num3 (Legume Fallow) - for anyone wondering whether a Spring sown legume mix can deliver pollinator benefits, then this clip taken late July from one of our Dorset farms shows what can be achieved. Used as a "fallow break" crop ahead of wheat this Autumn @CCC_agronomy
Andrew Wells retweeted
Calling all farmers 📣
Applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive will start from 18 September.
You can register your interest from 30 August to make sure you get all the information you need.
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/gover…
ALT Sustianable Farming Incentive. Register your interest from 30th August. Applications open 18th September
Andrew Wells retweeted
The Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in 2023: guidance update.
In response to feedback, @DefraGovUK have:
- clarified some wording
- increased flexibility of some actions
- updated the handbook to link to the ‘how to do the actions’ guidance.
defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/202…
Tricky harvest so far, with quite a lot of drying required, so dug out the % equilibrium moisture content and % air relative humidity charts from an old ADAS booklet .
Lots of adult #csfb present in the harvested 2023 crop, so collecting a sample from the sides of a trailer to go off to be tested for pyrethroid resistance. Tricky insects to get into a bag. Concerned about prospects for the 2024 osr crops already.
Maize head high by 4th July!! First time I have seen a crop this advanced on this date, but back to earth on 5th July with a much later sown field. #maize
Back in front of a live audience today at ADAS Gleadthorpe – at East Midlands, England
Behind the scenes at the @AHDB_Cereals Agronomists conference. @ADASGroup well represented with @mwramsden on decision support, Steve Ellis on pests, @rebecca_joynt on fungicide performance and me on oats nutrition
