Ben Taylor-Davies

Farmer protecting the #riverWye #phosphates and farm advisor covering UK and Europe. Advisor #Regenben. #regenerativeagriculture #Neurodiversity

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@SevernTractors I’ve literally not enough crayons to explain this to you!

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

Sipping on £18 a throw Gin and Tonics whilst discussing the lack of profitability in farming, as an industry we really don't help our plight do we?!?

[Agrovista UK @AgrovistaUK]

What a setting! ✨
The excitement is building here at Grosvenor House, London, ahead of the @FarmersWeekly Awards.
We’re incredibly proud to be Headline Sponsors of an evening that celebrates the very best of British farming, and we can’t wait to see the room come alive tonight. 🌾🏆
Bring on the celebrations!
#ForOurGrowers

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@SevernTractors Am I moaning about the state of farming? Or food? Or SFI? Nope 👍

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@aksteele69 Not mutually exclusive, but both bloody awful if moaning. Could have been held at Stoneleigh without any issues.

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@HefinR Nothing to do with joyfulness, just the venue and location that a huge amount of the population could not afford to attend, yet we request their sympathy!

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@PhilLatham The online process is simple, why did you need an agent?

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@ChrisTurves @Rosewood_Farm Yep

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@cumbriaoldrural @Ruralpay Greed, took on far too many clients without proper pre planning.

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@cumbriaoldrural @Ruralpay More than one got decent agreements!

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@ChrisTurves @Rosewood_Farm nope, doesn't work like that

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@Rosewood_Farm @Wilkster_ @andyburnham @angelaeagle @Ruralpay I know of 5 between £1m and £3m and I only know a tiny percentage of agreements.

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@Wilkster_ @Rosewood_Farm @andyburnham @angelaeagle @Ruralpay Plenty of cash from expiring SFI’s coming back into the pot where no upper limit was set, so those schemes paying out say over £1million to an individual business will now fund a minimum of 10.

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@loosecollie @Cynfab3 @BenGoldsmith Plenty of similar characters in the uplands.

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@herdyshepherd1 I'm rather hoping these weren't supervised tbh....

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@Rosewood_Farm @ElaineCox11 We really shouldn't ridicule those that have chosen to do something different to turn a profit, besides which if they aren't producing 'crops', reducing supply, perhaps prices might rise?

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@Cynfab3 @loosecollie @BenGoldsmith You sure he's not referring to the likes of Caleb Bawcombe? Things are so different now compared to those days when shepherds reading of their particular natural landscape and knowledge of the unique sheep breeding to suit that landscape was an almost nomadic way of life.

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@Rosewood_Farm And forgetting that a photograph of a combine harvesting a cereal isn’t food! That’s the main issue, convert the commodity into a food and there is profit to be made.

[Ben Taylor-Davies @bentd76]

@HefinR @billat_foxhill @DavidButler34 @DefraGovUK @NFUtweets Get an inspection and potentially loose £tens of thousands.