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Mixed Farmer in Wales. Promoting farmlife & farming issues! NFU Cymru President #WeAreWelshFarming Views are my own.

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These are the moments we live for 🐄

Turnout Day 🥳 - Winter housing is over, the dark nights & cold days are ended

Spring has arrived at Goldsland Farm

#SpringEquinox #farming 🤩
(2nd vid in 🧵 for group 2)

[British Agriculture Bureau @UKFarmingUnions]

The @UKFarmingUnions are in Stockholm for the #FarmersCongress2026 where EU Agriculture Commissioner @CHansenEU delivered the opening address where he highlighted the need for European food security, sufficiently funded agriculture support & long term political stability.

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Munching away, chewing her cud, and patiently waiting for her turn in the milking parlour 🐮

Her superpower? Eating something we can’t — grass — and turning it into nutritious food that we can.

What a farming superstar 🐄 🥛

[Farmers Guardian @FarmersGuardian]

🚨 Cumbrian dairy farmer James Robinson has lost 83 cows through the testing process in almost three years, despite bTB never being confirmed.

He says his family is trapped in an “endless cycle” without knowing what is causing the reactions.

READ MORE: https://t.co/slF3oih7DO

@JRfromStrickley

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Today is #BackBritishFarmingDay
With everything going on in the world, from weather to war, disease, pests and risky food imports, now’s the time to make sure we’ve got a robust farming sector that’s able to grow and rear the food for us to eat 🇬🇧

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@rattycastle Some is coming through. I was 25 doses short for the sheep, we picked it up this morning. The vets kindly split the bottle with another farm. The important thing is to get orders in so the manufacturers understand the demand.

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Blue Tongue - this disease is having a really bad effect on flocks & herds. Speak to your vet about vaccination. I haven’t seen any side effects from vaccine in my herd after 2 years of vaccination.
Speak to your vet about #BlueTongue #dontwaitvaccinate

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Earliest maize harvest ever, 24th August 🤯
Huge thanks to Team Anthony for bringing it home 🙌
The cob size was a little deflating but it’s something. Drought 2026 is the gift that keeps giving 🙃
#drought26

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Born safe & sound ☺️
I wondered if this girl needed my help but she had it all under control 🙌
5 mins condensed into 2
#calving

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This landscape is cherished by many but ultimately it was somebody’s livelihood, culture & heritage 😞

They’re going to need a lot of support on their journey to restoring the common 👇 #wildfire

[Jeremy Tancock @JeremyT4]

Spent today on Mynydd Garnclochdy Common with James Bourne and Sara Warman, seeing the scale of destruction left by the wildfire. The fire damage is severe — and the excavated fire breaks have left deep scars across the landscape. Their business now faces real challenges.

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@HilyHall I know 😞

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Over the past two weeks I’ve seen photographs from farmers on the frontline; exhausted & burnt landscapes, dried-up rivers, anxious people.
These landscapes are where food starts.
We need to get farmers through this because protecting their future = protecting ours.

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@agricontract Rat tail larvae, this is a peak season for them. Had an absolute swarm one year, covered everything like a blanket for 3 days 🤢

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@johnphelan81 No fans in the clip, it’s all parlour kit. There’s a fan just above the camera but not in shot. It’s an industrial but fairly standard fan from a local dairy supplier, won’t change the world but I need about 20 more of them 😱

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#Farm24
Post milking wash down 💪

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@IanRagnar Sunset
Below image was the sunrise
Looking forward to seeing a red sky in the morning sometime in the future 🍀

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Cows back out after evening milking. Not much to eat but it’s nice and cool #Farm24

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#Farm24

[National Farmers' Union @NFUtweets]

📻"Water security is food security, but food security is national security".

BBC Farmwatch day has officially begun 🚜📣

NFU President Tom Bradshaw started the day by speaking to @BBCBreakfast about the importance of water availability for farmers and growers.
#BBC #Farmwatch

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#Farm24
One of the most important personnel on the farm is Tango the Dog. And she knows it 🙄

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@ceritheviking I know I should have had a 4th!! 😜

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Today is #Farm24
Time to tell your story about your working day
I always start mine with the most important meal of the day 👌