Potato Agronomy

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[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@Eastcoastarable @LizWebsterSBF Yes , as with energy crisis , Rome has to burn first

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@Tony_Diver If you are starting your own business,investing your own money,you will go and find this out,you will understand what is required , if you have to be spoon fed it, please do not pile your money in as if you cannot cope with the basics ,you going fail, sadly. Ignore this bollocks

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@JohnHealey_MP I, politely suggest what you should cut, is the high level civil servants advising you to piss around ignoring the massive elephant sat in the corner of the room. Stop f…… around the edges.

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@Telegraph Nero fiddles

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

Bonkers weather

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

Maybe from overseas, but very applicable at home, after all , UK Ag policy and some very major buyers marketing policies, are based mainly on things that sound nice and all lovely.

[Andrew McGuire @agronomistag]

And the pop ecology that feeds so much misinformation. https://t.co/gW82S1lMi5

[Farmers Guardian @FarmersGuardian]

Tributes have been paid to Professor David Hughes, affectionately known across the industry as ‘Dr Food’, who has died aged 79.

For nearly four decades, Prof Hughes helped farmers and food businesses make sense of changing consumer habits, retail and the global food industry...

Read the tributes to 'Dr Food': https://t.co/bBrtbmxQ4Y

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@DefraGovUK @agricontract take into account farmer’s interest, play a straight bat at all times and you’ll have the most supportive alley , betray their trust, you have nothing.

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@DefraGovUK @agricontract As David has already posted Daniel’s statement, this confirms that this is utter bollocks, please stop treating farmers as utter fools, your comms team may think spouting garbage is cool. No one else does.

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 Business wish to move to net zero, but not if they are financially smashed by doing so, therefore they will move at a pace that does not cripple them, give a fanatic 22 billion, with no strings attached= your in deep shit.

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@FWAbiKay @DanielZeichner @DanielZeichner you should walked the following day after that budget,walked to happier place, would have sent I very strong message to Government and support for Ag.Staying there and trying to defend stupidity, compromise yourself personally, is just a crap place to find oneself

[UNPT 🥔 @UNPT_FRANCE]

🚨 Pommes de terre : l’UNPT alerte sur une chute historique de la production française
▪️ -23 % de production française en un an, soit près de 2 Mt en moins par rapport à 2025
▪️ 37,4 t/ha de rendement moyen estimé (-14 %)
▪️ Le plus faible rendement observé depuis plus de 30 ans
▪️ Au moins 400 M€ de pertes économiques potentielles pour les producteurs
Face à ce choc climatique exceptionnel, les producteurs ne doivent pas subir la double peine.

👉 Retrouvez notre communiqué de presse : https://t.co/pfpveWcSM5

[La France Agricole @FranceAgricole]

Pomme de terre : « Une chute sans précédent de la production », selon l’UNPT https://t.co/nol8bYjsW5 #farming #Agriculture #agronomy

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@Cynfab3 @MarkTodd_pol Looks a lovely balance between environment and food

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@BenGoldsmith wow , the biggest load of tosh in a defensive knee jerk reaction to rewilding criticism. The conscious bias in this is unbelievable.

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@farmfriendlincs @loosecollie @StephenMorganMP @andyburnham I totally agree, that way of thinking shows zero understanding of England’s food production and not business model I would ever enter into.

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@farmfriendlincs @loosecollie @StephenMorganMP @andyburnham from memory last year , you open a farm shop or holiday park, use this income to prop up producing food at below cost of production. This also helps keep a lid on food inflation and it's a win win for everyone. Simples

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@ret_ward Grade 1 land makes up about 2.7 % , and it is going under solar, housing , roads. It should be protected like ancient woodland as it will go the same way as ancient woodland, oh we have got very much left which is classed as outrageous

[Potato Agronomy @GraemeSkinner1]

@StephenMorganMP @andyburnham @10DowningStreet @DefraGovUK Stop shooting from the hip and spraying small sums of money around.Take time to fully understand the short and long term challenges faced by England’s food production,were it sits globally and therefore were this country’s food supply sits globally.Then come forward with policy