Not hard to see why beef herd is in continual decline and beef price escalating 1st day of 8 bTB testing here, this group 1 mile across crops and roads, segregating,risk of failing test,every 6m or less,huge cost,no reward,lost performance+calving delayed to avoid testing calves

Carbon negative cattle is easy. Carbon negative cereals & vegetables, that’s the hard bit. (Great to see this research)

Carbon negative beef for McDonald's UK with soil carbon sequestration from regenerative grazing practices doing most of the heavy lifting. We can have our beef & eat it 🥩 faifarms.com/mcdonalds-uk-a…

What is Livestock Worrying? Well it’s the term used for a dog being loose around farm animals, chasing them in a way which could cause injury or suffering, or attacking them. When walking in the Countryside this Spring always keep your dog on a lead 😊 #StaySafe

Make sure you’re keeping fire safe this weekend. Avoid using portable #BBQs, especially in hot and dry conditions where wildfires can start and spread more easily. #FireKills #Wildfires

Support Britains small family run farms this week! 🚜 🇬🇧 📸 Louise Bradfield

Fascism arrives as your friend kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/fas…

Living with a lung condition can have mental and emotional challenges. Visit our website to find out how your healthcare team can support you, and what you can do to look after your well-being. orlo.uk/9fO16 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Tom Bradshaw It needs a rethink - there are no good options for those who are under 7 yrs from their end of life - performative cruelty for policy. More advice will not help those who have spent their whole life working to pass a farm onto their successors.

It’s about time the Government started listening to farmers — and that starts by admitting they were wrong, listening to EFRA's report and ditching the family farm tax.

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Sign the Petition! chng.it/D42jWTGdMj via Change.org UK

Pretty punchy from the largest nature conservation charity in Europe.

What happens if nature-friendly farming support gets cut? 🚨 With major budget decisions due this June, any reduction to Defra’s farm budget could slow progress toward more sustainable, climate-resilient farming in England. Read more here 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/blog/vicki-hir…

Arthur Ransome’s series inspires:- Dame Ellen MacArthur’s desire to sail. For Norman Willis they were a source of sanity whilst General Secretary of the TUC. In Maurice Rowlandson they inspired a lifetime’s service organising youth sailing cruises on the Norfolk Broads.

30 Badgers per km2 is one every 8 acres. And you wonder why there are almost no Curlew left in Ireland? There is now no reason that the protection status of Badger should differ from any other abundant mammal mesopredator. I blame Kenneth Grahame. farmersjournal.ie/more/northern-…

No fan of various reintroductions, but it's weird how journalists conflate Lynx & Wolf. As a pair of apex predators, the two spp. couldn't be more different in their respective ethologies. "this is highly speculative and slightly paranoid". His own words! independent.co.uk/voices/lynx-re…

I suppose a second tweet is needed: Lynx? Solitary, ambush hunters, territorial, at low density. Rarely 'mass kill', avoiding open ground. Found in areas > 50% forest. Wolf? Social, pursuit hunters, can live at high densities, will 'mass kill' & use open ground without qualms. /2

I found a Samsung phone in Little Bowden rec this morning, it looks like an A34 but they all look the same these days. If you knows who it belongs to they can ring it now as I've charged it. People should put details into the "In Case of Emergency" section. #Harborough

This is a natural bird table covered with berries, always interesting to speak to some farming critics and look at their immaculate gardens with no natural food whatsoever! #farming #birds

What will you be cooking during #LoveLambWeek Starts 1st September - a week today