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
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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
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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
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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…
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Have you taken a look at the results of our weed screen trial? 👀
@james_wilkins1 compares performance of Liberator to generics for #blackgrass, #ryegrass and #brome control.
@Ella_Bull_ shares results on how stacking modes of action aids in #grassweed control. 👉
Andrew Wells retweeted
Shameless use of social media after a long while saying nothing (sorry!) We've had a website re-vamp and there's a careers section, including a nice number working with the great team at Grosvenor Farms... grosvenor.com/careers/workin…
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Anyone out there with experience swathing 2m high oilseed rape crops who would like the trip of a lifetime to come over here for a few days to give us and our operators a few lessons on a JD W200? Please DM me!!!
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Attending @CerealsEvent ? Come and talk to us at the home of Independent Agronomy. Find us on stand 310 #AICC
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The RPA have published the 2022 cross compliance guide, there are no changes to the rules, but there are some operational changes. Including a post-visit letter with initial results, and more proportionate penalties
gov.uk/guidance/guide-to-cro…
ALT Screengrab from the 2022 cross compliance guidance detailing the the introduction of post-visit letters showing initial results, and more proportionate penalties for non-compliances for SMRs 1, 7 and 8.
Andrew Wells retweeted
“What are farmers going to do? The ones that don’t have Amazon film crews following them around to top up their incomes?”
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As revealed just now on #BBCLincsFarming I will be retiring from the programme at the end of June. Anyone interested in taking over, talk to me or @BBCRadioLincs I've been with the BBC for 57 years, and can well recommend it.
Andrew Wells retweeted
Allow me to present 'The Solution'. Take your £100 million profit, divide by the 8 million tons of beet grown, pay it to the growers each year on top of the current price. It equates to around £34/ton and might just save the industry. Anything else is window dressing.
