Have to say, to all those people I have mocked in the last 5 years about dry in Ireland.... I'm sorry... It's proper dry now.

Conversation yesterday “Straws making a good price” “I’ll let my neighbour have it for same as last year, going to be a tough winter for livestock” “That’s kind” “Not really, his Dad lent my Dad the rent money in 77” That’s farming!!

These youth street gangs are getting out of control.

Are the patches where there is granite rocks just under the surface showing us what 3 weeks time looks like!?

When you’re 5 years old and had enough of the fast paced lifestyle ... so you retire

A really extraordinary experience Applications close on the 31/7/18 Here are my thoughts on why? Nuffield Follow this link to find out more nuffield.ie/scholarships/h… Nuffield Ireland

LEFT: Vegan for almost 4 years, high in fruits and veggies (picture taken 2 months ago). RIGHT: 3 weeks into eating mainly high quality animal foods (picture taken yesterday). Skin improving, less puffy face. But the best of all, I don't feel like dying anymore.

How do you design a profitable, resilient and simple year round based grazing system suited to #beef cattle production? Nuffield Australia scholar @stuart__tait says “Keep it simple, you can’t manage what you don’t measure” 🐂🌾👨🏻‍🌾 Australian Farm Institute Meat & Livestock Australia

“You won’t leave a legacy in milk output, you’ll leave it in the hearts and minds of the people you work with” JohnJ@sirjohnjones #DairyLeader

nuffieldinternational.org/live/Report/UK… A few of my thoughts after talking to farmers around the world about their journey to success courtesy of Nuffield Farming

A new Nuffield Report has been released today: "Filling the Feed Gap. Designing a profitable forage-based beef cattle system", By 2017 NSW Scholar @stuart__tait This scholarship has kindly been supported by Meat & Livestock Australia Link: nuffieldinternational.org/live/Report/AU… #NuffieldAg #Agriculture

Looks like a fairer comparison than recent BBC News (UK) coverage of the health / nutritional benefits of real dairy foods, compared to the non-dairy processsed alternatives. Thank you #Februdairy2019. Getting cheesed off with constant attack on dairy and it's impact on environment!

Calm ahead of the storm this morning, at Longrock, Cornwall.

Some thoughts from NFU Cymru 🚜 publication ‘Farming Wales’ on the opportunities offered by joint ventures for those wishing to reduce their commitment to farming as well as for those looking to gain a foothold in the industry.

Joe Delves Darren back at it again aiming for 100,000 emails today! On the third coffee of the morning!

#teamdairy Have a guy here who has reared 600 calves for us from birth to sale this autumn.Hes staying with us until March 1st. He would love to go to a large spring calving unit for calving 2020. Very reliable, and very clean. Would be an asset to any business. Plz re tweet Ta

#ItsOkNotToBeOk sadly mental health & suicide is a real challenge for our Ag industry & something we will chat about later in wk but 4 today please spare a prayer 4 Joanne Pile & family who today lay to rest a husband challenged by this illness The Farming Community Network RABI - the Farmers Charity #chinup

New Year–New Opportunity Kerris Dairy, Penzance Cornwall Spring block calving/grazing Milking, calf rearing, grazing management, herd management, record keeping, some tractor work Experience an advantage but good sense of humour essential! Structured time off Full/part time DM me

Bechod bo ti heb torri dy wallt! Shame you hadn’t cut your hair! 😉 #balch 🥛 🌈

Selling 33 cows and 5 heifers at Holsworthy Market tomorrow. Out of block, Nov or Spring calving. High health, efficient, great grazers. All would stay if they had kept in the block.