Together with my family we run a mixed farm in rural Buckinghamshire practicing no-till, conservation agriculture and we are also limousin breeders.
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And we are off. Two combines in two counties bringing the osr harvest in. Dorset crops look a good average yield, bucks crops are a bit of a salvage job after being submerged for so long.
Maybe it will dry up just enough for us to get some nitrogen on the heavy soil this week. Crops look the worst that I can remember. Gaps, yellow, losing tillers.
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Very much enjoyed watching the rugby with my wife's Irish family yesterday. Especially as my brother in-law stood up and announced to the entire pub how they were going to 'destroy us'. Very quiet at the whistle for some reason.🤪 just me in the corner singing swing low.
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Patchy wheat this year. The bottom has been flooded non stop and the banks have significant plant loses due to springs running more than I've ever seen. Not as bad as some though. Staying positive.
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These covers have been taking excess nitrogen out of the soil to prevent it getting into the water supply. Now it's time to graze them back ready for spring drilling.
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Getting set up at Aylesbury waterside theatre for the 100th Bucks Farmers Ball in aid of the @RABIcharity
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I'm begining to think we may need to start building an ark.
"The limousins went on two by two harah harah."
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We went back in time today with some black powder fun. Brilliant day out with friends and family.
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Question for the arable guys and girls of twitter. We have taken on some stoney soil that I'm not used too. Lots of flints some large( two fists size) Tine or disc drill?
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It looks a bit chilly outside my centrally heated office window. I know what to do.... I'll patronise some Welsh hill farmers about how they should react in cold weather. The urban-rural divide just got a little bit wider in Wales this morning.
⚠️Extreme cold weather can pose a major threat to animal welfare.❄️
🐄🐴If you keep livestock or horses you must:
👤inspect them often,
🚰ensure they have access to shelter, feed and water.
Here's some advice. 👇
ow.ly/rc9j50QcsCf
ALT A brown and white cow standing in a snowy field.
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After a few days at agritechnika it's back down to earth. Making the middle ones birthday cake at 11pm before her party tomorrow. I don't think we did too bad after a few hints from a talented baking friend.
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