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New Hall Farm is an 800 acre working farm that offers a unique learning environment for visitors of all ages and abilities.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@Rosewood_Farm @FavColour_Green Is this the precursor to them being protected by regulation? So we have to protect and maintain them but there will be no funding support for them?
I love our hay meadow, but it's value is in the biodiversity not in the few bales of hay we get off it.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@DevaPete @IanThewildside You mow in late summer when flowers have set seed, not, not mow at all, otherwise you will get scrub encroachment (no bad thing in the right place).

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

Is it just me, or does the phrase 'in a deserted field' from @FT just scream the lack of understanding of the countryside? This field isn't deserted, it's farmed. @CLAtweets @NFUtweets

[Christopher Talbot @Lord_Talbot64]

This absolutely should not happen as we know who it would be for.

[OpenFarmSunday @OpenFarmSunday]

One week to go!
This time next Sunday, farms across the UK will open their gates for Open Farm Sunday’s 20th anniversary.
Meet farmers, discover where your food comes from and learn how farming works with nature.
Plan your visit and enjoy a great day outdoors.
#OFS26

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@GrahamDenny9 @janepursey @Tilly_TeaCup Outside my office window a week or so ago, they are still around. Stoats in this instance.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

OMG, apparently standing in a farm shop whilst announcing they are effectively going to subsidise foreign imports. You just couldn't make this up.

[Emma Reynolds for Wycombe 🌹 @EmmaforWycombe]

Over 100 everyday items will see targeted tariff cuts including bread, bananas and baked beans.

Building on our Great British Summer Savings Scheme, this is the second package of support we are delivering to help ease pressure on family budgets.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@MaryCreagh_ Why is nature more important in a protected landscape?
When will realisation dawn that it's important everywhere?
We're nolonger looking at baselining to see how our biodiversity improves. We'll be peaklining, to record how it declines as funding disappears.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

https://t.co/ymVp0X6apn

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

Europe recognises this, but uk gov seems set on treating uk farming as the enemy, with blind confidence we will always be able to import food @Steph_Peacock. Europe looking to bolster home production of inputs, uk gov answer is to reduce sanctions on Russia and cap food prices.

[Christophe Hansen @CHansenEU]

🌾Food security starts with fertiliser security

For farmers, fertilisers can mean the difference between a harvest and no harvest at all

Across Europe, rising energy prices are ↗️input costs for farmers. This is not just a farming issue. It’s a food security issue for all of us

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@TheDearneValley @RSPB_OldMoor How about sponsoring 'no-fence' for Dearne Valley Farmers?

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@dufitalexis1 This is wrong in so many ways (not least skylarks nesting in hedges) that i don't have time to list, all i do agree with is that hedges are under valued. Not all farms are stripped of their hedges, visit parts of Leicestershire for instance. Love my hedges.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@sustainablist1 Stoats,black tip to tail.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

I knew there was a reason i hadn't got around to using this some heap.
(Apologies, viewed thro a Mucky office window)

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

I'm supposed to be working!

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@suerowsell @JohnPretty2o2o The fox cubs are in a bit of garden on the other side of the house that i let go wild for wildlife, but tbh, I had got invertebrates more in mind!

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@suerowsell @JohnPretty2o2o The stoats are at risk of being trampled by rabbits here at present, we are snidded out with them so probably why the stoats are doing so well.
And they are not alone...

[OpenFarmSunday @OpenFarmSunday]

⏳ 4 weeks to go!

Connect with your food and the countryside—visit a local farm, enjoy a great day outdoors, and discover how we can build a more sustainable food future.
Find a farm near you 👉 https://t.co/Nh4AdINwAd
#OFS26

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@FarmingUK Good question when educational access not yet added to SFI.
Equally, should schools be made aware of the funded educational access opportunities that are available. A resource funded by government, but not promoted by the education department.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@IanThewildside As a farmer I can create scrub easily enough, and I agree, some of the best habitat on the farm. The problem for me being, the last time I looked, defra funding for scrub was around £28 per hectare. That's roughly a 0.0028% return on investment.

[newhallfarmardsley @newhallfarm]

@GrahamDenny9 @natalieben Yet you can still buy rat poison in bulk from amazon and others without any training in it's use whatsoever.