Emma Sunnucks

More wellies than wisdom. Mongol Derby ‘22 victim

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

Food labelling can be funny - almost thought this was double cream.

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

Herd mentality
@Groundswellaguk

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

The @Groundswellaguk camping fluffle, courtesy of @hanslope

The bell tent is triggering some Mongolia-induced flashbacks

[martin williams @loosecollie]

What does food security mean to you?
Is it food available that you like to eat, or food available?
Are we less food secure due to our changing habits, or due to our lack of production?

[Geoff Sansome @HawfordFarm]

@loosecollie A view on parts of it! https://t.co/2wNwBmca0d

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

@hanslope @Groundswellaguk Room for a little one in there? Suspect my airbed won’t actually fit in Rufus’ tent…

[Olly harrison 🥛🍔🌱AccidentalYoutuber @agricontract]

Check out the #onlyfarmers on the App Store to list your farm and your #diversitication thank you Lisa & @JeremyClarkson tor giving tarmers a leg up

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

@hanslope 8mm in CO9 🌦️

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

A farmer dies in April 2026.

His son inherits the farm. The farm has been in the family since 1847.

The farm consists of: 300 acres of grazing pasture, a farmhouse built in 1892, a barn, a milking parlour, two tractors of varying ages, a Land Rover that runs about 70% of the time, and a herd of 180 Hereford-cross cattle.

On paper, the farm is worth approximately £3.2 million. This is because land near him has been bought recently by a London hedge fund looking for carbon credits, which has dragged the comparable value of every field within forty miles upward to a number nobody local can justify.

In cash, the farm produces a profit of about £28,000 a year in a good year. In a bad year it loses money. The son also works as a fencing contractor three days a week to keep the operation viable.

The inheritance tax bill on a £3.2 million estate, even at the reduced 20% rate, comes to approximately £140,000 after the increased threshold is applied. The son does not have £140,000. The son has never had £140,000. The son has £4,200 in his current account and an overdraft.

The son sells 60 acres to a developer to pay the tax. The developer puts solar panels on the 60 acres. The remaining herd cannot be sustained on the reduced land. The herd is sold. The barn becomes a holiday let.

A different family eats Brazilian beef this Christmas without knowing why the price went up.

The Treasury collects £140,000.

The land never produces British food again.

[Clive Bailye @TWBFarms]

More than 80% of the cut flowers we buy in Britain are flown or shipped in.

Eighty percent. 🙁

We can grow them right here, and demand for British blooms is climbing fast.

Stock British flowers. Label them clearly. Let people choose.

@Tesco @sainsburys @asda @marksandspencer
#BackBritishFarming #BritishFarming #UKFarming
https://t.co/lXCUCfqeSq

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

@CLAEast @CLAtweets Congratulations James! 👏

[Country Land & Business Assn @CLAtweets]

"A system that cannot stop a cow cannot stop a criminal."

The CLA's Ann Maidment exposes 'ridiculous' government licensing system that lets criminals fly-tip. 👇
https://t.co/3G1MxvxKXU

[martin williams @loosecollie]

And there you have it.
All within a couple of tweets (+replies).
The binary polarity of nature vs farming.
Think tanks, colleges and social media have a lot to be responsible for, and this sums up the very worst of all of it.

[martin williams @loosecollie]

For your say on fertiliser, including thoughts on urea use and effects of the conflict situation.
Please take the opportunity to respond to this ⬇️

https://t.co/DookZoga2Z

[martin williams @loosecollie]

Where does this put re alignment regulation in regard to the UK?
@TWBFarms @agricontract @DefraGovUK @biztradegovuk

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

@agricontract @RangeRover Same with ours… 7 breakdowns in 3 years and @Defender couldn’t care less!

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

@Underwood4Ben @agricontract @loosecollie Good spot

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

Huge thanks to @loosecollie , @agricontract and others like them for the tireless work they do behind the scenes - lobbying government, supporting farmers and helping secure real progress on IHT and farming. There will be farmers sleeping a little easier this Christmas 🙏🏼

[Olly harrison 🥛🍔🌱AccidentalYoutuber @agricontract]

This is good news but won’t help all farms
Deffo helps lots of smaller family farms
#stopthefamilyfarmtax
2.5mill threshold now 5 combined
@loosecollie @TWBFarms @wheat_daddy

[Emma Sunnucks @Emma_Sunnucks]

@loosecollie @wheat_daddy @TWBFarms @agricontract Thank you all of you guys for being the real driving force behind all of this 🙏🏼