Andy Baird

Arable & beef farmer in the Scottish Borders | Former agricultural consultant with @ConsultingSAC | Dog walker

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@howemill @bet_till @CaraCam22 I’ve also done my own audits and got SAC to sign off the recommendations using the consultancy time available through our annual SAC subscription, which costs much less than £500. Used the subscription invoice as payment evidence and that was fine 👍🏻

[Simon Hogg @Hoggy_Si]

For Sale: Perfect “Starter Flock”

6 Grassroots Registered Valais Blacknose Ewes 🐑

PM for more details 👍

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

Yesterday and today have been the two wettest days of the year for us.

Don’t think the combine will be coming out tomorrow!

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@kelso_farmer @wjtwheatrig I emailed about passports last week and this was the fairly curt reply I got. I know it’s early but we’ve got barley sat in the shed now that can’t go anywhere.

[Graham Letham @gdl_6910]

Cracking job opportunity for the right person. Either message me direct or call Jamie on the number provided. Please retweet.

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

Not something you see every day here!

Someone that lives on the farm caught this great moment of an otter trotting past her house with a young rabbit for lunch!

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@BenAdamsAgri Interesting to see the molybdenum levels are so high. Is that reflected in your soils too? Molybdenum is the one element that is consistently very low in both our soil and YEN grain analysis results.

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

I reported a problem with our weather station to @SencropUK last Monday and after remotely detecting a defect, they had a replacement unit to us on the farm by Thursday. Top service and support 👍🏻

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

Couldn’t have asked for better conditions this morning to have ours and our neighbour’s fertiliser spreaders tested.

Thanks to @TheSpreaderGuys for making sure our old Amazone spreaders are fit for another season!

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

I always find these meetings really valuable and come away with plenty to think about. Thanks very much for getting involved @JulieAnnClark2

[Julie Clark @JulieAnnClark2]

Enjoyed working with the St Boswells Group today, a new group for me but its their 5th year using #farmbench lots of great discussions around N application rates, rotations & that all important marketing! Great to be working alongside @ConsultingSAC @AHDB_Scot #measuretomanage

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@AlistairHodge @afgroupuk @TheFarmingForum Nirvana and Stomp Aqua

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

Ordered spring bean pre-em herbicide through @afgroupuk this week. One chemical is 147% of what it cost this time last year, the other is 178%… is anyone else seeing this level of inflation in spring ag-chem prices? @TheFarmingForum

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@farminginfife @afgroupuk @TheFarmingForum That’s roughly where I expected things to be. Hopefully a one off in this case.

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

There’s a nice article in the Saler Cattle Society UK 2023 Journal on the Morton family at Kaeside, who’s cattle we have consistently bought for almost two decades

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@jackfrater @ScotGovRural Has there been any talk of when this year’s application round will open?

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@RomanyHerefords Wow, your 785mm is about our average annual rainfall but we were a good bit short of that in 2022. Hard to believe the difference in about 10 miles!

[Simpsons Malt Ltd. @SimpsonsMalt]

@Harpertoun From Seed To Spirit 🥃 - Ep. 7

With The Borders Distillery's barley at our Craigswalls Grain Store, Quality Manager Cole Mather chats about the barley intake process and what happens during storage.

Full video 👉 https://t.co/MWWCNt5inO
All episodes 👉 https://t.co/Tgmksvcu1I

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@jonathansid @bankhousefarm01 Yes you can Jonny. We grazed the same mix last winter and will run some sheep across this stuff over the next couple of months.

In my limited experience of grazing cover crops I’d say that there’s never as much feed in them as you expect there to be.

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

Quite a variation in our cover crop establishment this autumn.

Earlier sown (21st August) crop on lighter land looks fantastic. Stuff sown 9 days later in the hope of moisture on much stiffer ground, not so good…

Learning a lot with different mixes, methods and soils

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@bankhousefarm01 @AgrovistaUK These are black oats

[Andy Baird @Harpertoun]

@bankhousefarm01 It is Graham, a mix called Sprinter Pro from @AgrovistaUK