Mark Exelby

Organic farmer. What I don't know I make up. Farm to feed the family not the world.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Anglian Water spills sewage for two weeks straight into rare chalk stream."

Repeat after me @AnglianWater.

Dumping sewage because groundwater seeps into your badly maintained, underinvested, creaky old network of pipes is illegal, ILLEGAL!

Got that!

https://t.co/LYs1G6TtTs

[Anna Longthorp @AnnaLongthorp]

“Nearly brought to tears” Lord Rose?! By #PostOfficeScandal
How do you feel about #pigcrisis and YOUR company @asda complicit in the CULLING AND WASTING of healthy pigs for personal gain, choosing cheaper imports instead, leaving your CONTRACTED pigs to burn @bbcquestiontime

[Julian Mellentin @JulianMellentin]

Oat milk has hit its peak of fashionability. It's for a valid reason - oat milk is what one expert calls "starch juice", which gives you a massive blood sugar spike with all the knock-on harms that arise from that.
Not good for the figure-conscious.
And what do they suggest instead? Cow's milk of course: https://t.co/z0HKBwTN3V
Don't under-estimate how influential the fashion business is.

[AHDB Beef & Lamb @AHDB_BeefLamb]

"We’re excited to open up #Roots2Resilience to all levy payers & to continue shining a light on people within farming businesses at our first module.” - Head of Engagement @SamCharlton18

✍Book now for our next module with Jason Rowntree on 24 & 26 Jan ➡ https://t.co/RYdcBpX6bx

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Let’s #SaveWomensSports RT if you’d just like to see our young girls get their fair opportunities in sport

[Fiona Lovatt @FlockHealth]

Really interesting article & very relevant, especially as we approach lambing
@Joe_Angell1 @RUMA_UK @RCVSKnowledge

[Lola @thefempire50]

Being a woman is not a list of things that can be acquired by a man.

[Farmer Tom 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @Farmer_Tom_UK]

@watsonchas We must have been busy between 1994 and 1997 when it was made illegal to remove more than 20 metres of hedgerow: https://t.co/alJZZa1ZZH

All data is to the contrary.

Are you brave enough to retract your statement and apologise @watsonchas, or do you have evidence?

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Sharron Davies backs campaigners calling for Sport England's diversity chief to be fired https://t.co/bw46Jl5sEP

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Lots more of #TheVIPFiles coming soon showing the scale of the VIP PPE Lane.

I've been highlighting the story of Michelle Mone & others for over a year in spite of heavy threats behind the scenes, but carried on
You have to💪🏼

Happy to have teamed with @GoodLawProject ⏬️⏬️

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

Here's some brilliant news to brighten your Sunday - in 2023, Britain generated more electricity from renewables than from fossil fuels!
And we're unlikely to see this trend reversed.
Read @DrIAGWilson, Joseph Day and Katarina Pegg in
@ConversationUK @bIGIdeas_UoB
https://t.co/R6kSYhyy01

[Mark Exelby @arcspark]

@ThrimbyFarms @howemill @PastureForLife @BalbirnieFarm @ORFC If it has reduced costs but not output it must surely follow that it leads to increased profit, or am I missing something?

[Mark Exelby @arcspark]

@kenyanpigfarmer I don't think a weasel would do that, I'd keep friends with him, he'll help with the rats.

[Mark Exelby @arcspark]

@iandicko73 @cowmanpete Are you suggesting that only proper farmers work all hours for no return and borrow more money?

[Mark Exelby @arcspark]

@cat_frampton @TonyDartmoor You may be right, I was in the YFC debating team and it taught me to look at things from different perspectives. That was in the 1980's though, things may have become more polarised since then. Perhaps they should be made to champion an opposite viewpoint to theirs?

[Mark Exelby @arcspark]

@cat_frampton @TonyDartmoor I don't think that is the point. Healthy debate allows both sides to see the argument from the others perspective.

[Andrew Gilruth @AndrewGilruth]

Astonishing how some people react to receiving the type of questions they pose to others… and are then caught out for giving answers that they would consider completely unacceptable from others. Priceless.

[Andrew Gilruth @AndrewGilruth]

So @MarkAvery has confirmed:

1) Bird numbers down, but he/RSPB are proud.
2) The RSPB national plan to recover bird species was limited to just the farm it owns.
3) Bird numbers on RSPB reserves are okay because it’s members still visit them.

Astonishing. How the RSPB works.

[Andrew Meredith @Merry_Meredith]

Our import checks are not fit for purpose and it is a biosecurity time bomb waiting to go off - 5.5 tonnes of illegal meat seized at Dover in the weekend before Christmas ALONE. Click for more

https://t.co/9KDLHjDjDj