๐จโ๐พ-Tenant Fenland Farmer ๐พ-Explaining how we grow crops on the farm ๐ธ-Educational videos, pictures and reels ๐จ๐ปโ๐ซ -School talks ๐ฅ-Potatoes ๐ฅ-YouTube
Iโm not one to moan on here but seriously! 3 whole days this brand new PTO guard lasted! Seriously something need to change! This are not fit for purpose, over priced and under manufactured!
@Farmer_Tom_UK
@FarmSafetyHour
@NFUtweets
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I was wondering if Twitter could help!
Iโve got a school assembly next week on โfarming and careers in agricultureโ so if anyone has a job in agriculture pls leave a comment or Dm, your job title,a brief description of your job and why you love it!
Retweet appreciated!
Is anyone else as tight as me when it comes to cable ties? I hate to cut them off when they not needed anymore, I get a tiny screwdriver and take them off so I can use them again!
In todays post, I got over 50 letters from a school I did a talk to last week, most of the children said favourite part was seeing the
@PecksAgritrac
tractor and
@Thefarmerclive
,that didnโt help my ego at all, but It makes it so worth while when you get stuff like this! ๐๐จโ๐พ
Had a absolutely amazing 2 days in Birmingham for the
@NFUtweets
#NFU23
Conference, super proud to receive the Meurig Raymond Award for
@NFUEastAnglia
, Meet some amazing people! Proud to be part of such a important organisations ๐จโ๐พ๐
Proud to be part of the NFU as chairman of my local branch. My dad was also chairman of the branch and my late Uncle Brian was county chairman. The NFU is the voice of British farming and Iโm glad I can be a part of it and contribute!
#backbritishfarming
Really proud of this! It was lovely to meet
@ShaileshVara
To explain to him all about my school talks, I believe every child has a right to know where the food comes from, And to ask questions about it! Thank you to
@ShaileshVara
,
@NFUtweets
and
@NFUEastAnglia
The first load of potatoes have left the farm! In bulk tho not bags!!
I never seen the potato trade so bad couldnโt get any orders at all in bags! And i was lucky to get a bulk order! Hopefully I can clean the shed out before the grow all together!
The joys of potato farming๐๐ฅ
Winter Drilling 2023/2024 is completed!! ๐๐
This one has been a long slog, with conditions being not ideal, still not the worst one we have had! ๐พ๐จโ๐พ๐1/2
As Chairman of the Ramsey and Whittlesey NFU branch, today I attended our local Plough Sunday Service at St Andrews church in Whittlesey. During the service I brought the plough in so it could be blessed for good weather and a fruitful harvest!๐๐พ
@NFUtweets
@NFUEastAnglia
So that is it for the moment! The majority of the potatoes are out and in boxโs, tho some are still in the ground until it drys up! Might be a few weeks, might be the spring only time will tell! Note the homemade wind tunnel to help the potatoes hopefully dry out. ๐ฅ๐๐จโ๐พ
I had this comment when I was talking about how to get in to farming from a no farming background. This attitude really annoys me! And I hate the phase โThank a farmer for you foodโ that goes around on TikTok so my rant is to try and challenge that way of thinking! ๐๐พ
Potato harvest 2022 is officially done!๐ all of the
@supersagitta
are safety in the shed! Now when do I start to sell them? That is the big question! ๐ฅ๐๐พ
Finally got round to watching
#ClarksonsFarm
and it live it up to all the hype! Did not disappoint one bit! It captures British farming so well!! Really impressed by it!! Tho still not as good as me and Farmer Clive๐คฃ๐๐พ
@JeremyClarkson
Back digging today, you can really see the difference in the water level , its drop nearly a foot, these pictures was taking at the same place 48 hours apart ๐
Last load of sugar beet leaving the farm of this yearโs campaign! In the interest of being honest, itโs been a terrible one! This is the year that just keeps giving! ๐๐จโ๐พ
Really proud to be voted in as
@NFUtweets
Ramsey and Whittlesey branch chairman, I couldnโt fit all I want to say in this tweet so I done a short video, today speaker made me realise how much of a difference the NFU makes at a local level!
@NFUEastAnglia
๐งตAnother proud moment from the
@NFUtweets
conference,I made it on to the
@nfueduction
farmers for school leaflet! The education team do an Amazing job,They reached 309,000 children last year teaching them about all aspects of farming and the technology we use in the industry.1/3
This week Iโm doing a take over account on
@FarmersOfTheUK
if you would like to check it out! Iโll be doing slight different stuff on there more explaining the farm, how I got in to farming and how it operates! Iโm on there for a week so no rush ๐๐พ
Just letting some water off a field! ๐ง
For people that are wondering whatโs growing in that field? Well those are the potatoes that we couldnโt harvest because it was to wet, I think now there definitely to wet to harvest! ๐ฅ๐จโ๐พ๐
With the rising cost of fuel, fert and all other inputs, Iโve swap the truck for this! I feel like Iโm 17 again! Now where can I find a subwoofer? Need a banging sound system for it๐คฃ๐คฃ
Last night was the first time ever I did an โafter dinnerโ talk to a local Rotary Club, about education and changes in agri,slightly nervous about it because of the family is know for its great public speakers like farmer Clive and my late uncle Brian! I hope I lived up exception
All this talk about the fens recently got me thinking about what a special place this is! Personally I think this is one of best views from a office in the world!
@NFUEastAnglia
@FascinatingFens
@FarmersOfTheUK
I try to do a school talk most weeks if I can also involve in a few different or Organisations that works with school like
@KidsCountryUK
and of course
@NFUEducation
donโt want to brag but my probs are ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Harvest 2021 is officially done!!!
Iโll be honest this year has push me to my limit! out of all the harvest Iโve done this one has been the most stressful of them all! What could go wrong did go wrong! Brake downs, (couple of major ones) the weather!
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Look out for me in this weeks
@FarmersWeekly
talking all about yep you guessed it school talks and I got my picture in it too not just a name check! Ohhh and so did Farmer Clive! Plus Iโm on the same page as
@laithafarm
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Thanks
@FWMatildaBov
for such a great write up! ๐จโ๐พ๐
1/2 As Chairman of the Ramsey and Whittlesey NFU branch, today I attended our local Plough Sunday Service at St Maryโs church in Whittlesey with my wife and son, and fellow NFU members Richard and Nicola Green.
@NFUtweets
@NFUEastAnglia
Today I laid a wreath on behalf of the Ramsey & Whittlesey branch
@NFUtweets
members at the local Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Whittlesey. We will remember those who lost their lives and pay tribute to all who serve in our armed forces. ๐๐พ
#RemembranceSunday
#lestweforget
As itโs
@yellowwelliesuk
#MindYourHead
week, I thought I just share my experiences,farming is a stressful industry and itโs only getting worse.With all the changes happening itโs more important than ever to check in on each. Producing cheep food sometimes can have a heavy cost๐จโ๐พ
Busy day on Daintree Farm!
Itโs not all mud and tractors, farmers have homework too! We keep records on all our crops so the food you eat is traceable and the crops we grow are guaranteed to be of the highest quality. Find out more here:
@RedTractorFood
Another school talk! Really enjoy this one! From reception up to year 6, each finding out how we grow crops on the farm for food they eat! Loved talking to the older kids about how we now doing a more regenerative farming approach now, which they was really interested in! ๐๐จโ๐พ
Really enjoying the
@NFUtweets
Tenant Farmers' Conference, itโs giving me some hope that there is a future for tenant farmers! Well I say hope again! Agriculture is changing so fast! ๐๐พ
Cracking on with the drilling campaign! While everyone the farming world is a LAMMA ( a agricultural show thatโs taking place in Birmingham currently) ๐ฑ๐พ๐
Just got matched with my first
#FarmerTime
school can not wait to get going talking about the wonderful world of food and farming๐พ๐
@Farmer_Tom_UK
Another AGM, Iโm please to say I was voted in as chairman of
@NFUtweets
Ramsey and Whittlesey NFU for another year! Im really proud to part of the union with all the work it does for the agriculture industry, even tho I do play a small part! ๐จโ๐พ๐พ๐
@nfueast
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i was honoured to be on a panel at
@NFUtweets
@nfueast
Next Generation Conference in london I met some amazing people, and once again truly inspired listening to
@Minette_Batters
talk! Unfortunately I didnโt get any photos inside the event, so hereโs one of me out side Big Ben!
As Chairman of the Ramsey and Whittlesey
@NFUtweets
branch, today I attended our local Plough Sunday Service, During the service I brought the plough in to be blessed for good weather and a fruitful harvest. Wishing all farmers & growers around the country a fantastic year! ๐๐พ
Stacking bags of potatoes is a massive deal in my family who can stack them the best!
Farmers Jordan think he can, my cousin thinks heโs the champion, Farmer Clive claims he was the one to beat (in his glory days) but itโs obvious Iโm the best! ๐ฅ๐จโ๐พ๐พ
I made the
@NFUtweets
@NFUEastAnglia
Farmer and Grower not once but twice! Alright I was a name check
First when defraโs
@JanetHughes
visited Cambs and my farm we had look the farm,cover crops and talked about tenant farming! Iโve gotta say
@JanetHughes
is the nicest person ever!
The great sugar beet relay! I was on the
@BBCCambs
today talking a sugar beet, how itโs grown and what does it actually taste like raw this morning with
@dottymcl
! Then
@JohnDevine1961
came out for a chat about the crop and to collect some for the breakfast team to taste
The sunflowers we planted earlier in the year have grown tall! They encourage all sorts of wildlife to the farm, from food for insects to providing shelter for birds ๐ฆ๐ can you spot any wildlife in this picture? ๐๐ป
#farmerluke
@KidsCountryUK
@NFUEducation
@eatfarmnow
Loving the
@NFUtweets
webinar about STEM learning! I whole heartedly believe it needs to be on school curriculums! I absolutely love talking and teaching children about farming!
Itโs my favourite part of the week!๐๐พ
@NFUEducation
@Minette_Batters
Today I did some media training with
@NFUEastAnglia
and David Fenton,The training has deffo gave me the confidence to step out from my comfort zone and talk about some wider issues facing farming (thatโs if they want me to)
so look out for my next interview!
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@NFUtweets
New year brings the first school talk of the year, The talk was to 60 year 1s about all the crops I grow on the farm and a course a look around a tractor kindy sponsor by
@pecksagri
and a special thanks to matt Buddle for sorting it out all out! Looking forward to next few! ๐๐พ
Today I was with my jordan trying to finish off drilling! We had a few hiccups (no argument) mainly the front power Harrow and the drill decided to spit from the frame itโs ment to be attached to the tractor,
Butt I did manage to get some cracking photos( half a pun there) ๐๐จโ๐พ
Itโs always a relief when you see someone start growing! This field of winter wheat was planted on the 18th December and itโs finally started to make an appearance! ๐ฑ๐พ๐
All ready for the chips shops of the nation, there not going till the next day so Iโve decided to โquilt themโ these are designed to keep the potatoes warm, there just like a duvet, even tho itโs going to be mild! Im taking no chances If the potatoes get cold they donโt fry! ๐ฅ
The second best thing about beaning in hospital, apart from the birth of my 2nd son and the outstanding care of the
@NHSuk
staff! Was they had
@BritishSugar
sliver spoon sugar!! Most impressed!
@NFUSugar
@NFUtweets
Before we started to cut the OSR (oil seed Rape) we need to make some changes to the combine and hereโs a short video on what we changed and why!
Full video -
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A Fantastic night at the
@NFUtweets
Tenant Farmers' Conference! Really interesting! And I got to a question to
@JanetHughes
if your ever in the fens feel free to drop by the kettle always on!
@NFUEastAnglia
Today I laid a wreath on behalf of the Ramsey & Whittlesey branch
@NFUtweets
members at the local Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Whittlesey, Farmer Clive did the same at Ramsey, We will remember those who lost their lives and pay tribute to all who serve in our armed forces. ๐
On the menu tonight Potatoes of course! One becouse we like chips and also I wanted to make sure they do fry! Itโs kinda important they do as they are been grown to make chips! As you can see by the photos they did! ๐จโ๐พ๐ฅ๐