Great Cotmarsh Farm

Great Cotmarsh Farm | Producing food and fibre that values natural systems and regenerates biodiversity. Account mothballed, active on Instagram.

[Great Cotmarsh Farm @GreatCotmarsh]

This account has been mothballed. We are active on Instagram

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@andyrumming Funny enough I saw first one yesterday too. Wonder how the season is going to look for them this year with the weather. We had thousands last year

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I know predicting weather isn’t easy & contains random variables but seriously @metoffice 3 different predictions of rain tomorrow at 15:00 for same location (website & app on 2 different devices)?! Wasn’t expecting how you access the forecast to be one of the random variables!

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@herdyshepherd1 I don’t know if you use linked in, but there is a chap called Howard Dryden from the Roslin Institute who shares a lot about his work on how toxic chemicals are killing off plankton - which maintain the oceans surface layer. The impacts it will have are pretty disastrous.

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@RobHavard1 Is this an April Fool?? 😂😂

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@andyrumming @howemill 😳😮

[Andy Rumming @andyrumming]

Thank you to @BBCFarmingToday for featuring my https://t.co/hHueXjYfYS workshops on today’s show as part of their “materials “ week https://t.co/VxxPHeBFW0
The enquiries started rolling in before breakfast. #regenleather #pastureforlife

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@SallyAnn_Spence @BritEntSoc Well done. Very well deserved!! 🎉

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@gringreen @1GarethWynJones Agree!

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@AnnieJo80051383 @CoedYGo @1GarethWynJones Farmland birds have declined by 63% since 1970 due to habitat destruction from changes in agriculture https://t.co/efK08Vz9A1

ALL industries need to change. As farmers we are not exempt from this.

Conventional ag has also degraded soils and depleted nutrition levels in food.

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

We are about to plant another 30,000 trees - all in edges, hedges and cattle grazed landscapes

The number of trees you can get in to a traditionally farmed landscape is unreal

It’s not that hard if you want to, and use the non profitable bits of land and design it intelligently

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@herdyshepherd1 I would add that trees give so much to land - even in good pasture trees can massively increase forage for livestock, provide shelter in weather extremes and improve the water cycle. We don’t need to feel nervous about adding trees into good pasture.

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@lynnema01154666 @1GarethWynJones @Amanwy @WelshLabour Trees and habitat isn’t set aside?? Agroforestry isn’t set aside. Wood pasture isn’t set aside. Species rich grassland isn’t set aside. These are all actions which support nature and livestock grazing. These habitats will make a farm more resilient to unpredictable weather.

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@suepritch I agree Sue. I don’t see why 10% of land with trees and 10% of land for habitat means it’s out of production. Agroforestry has huge capability to support livestock farms & make them more resilient, and you can feed sheep and cattle on species rich wildflower meadows.

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@Leftwood @herdyshepherd1 We’d agree with everything James has written here 💯

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Happy cows in the sun

[Andy Rumming @andyrumming]

Delivered two cattle to Long Compton abattoir on Wednesday, which could be my last visit. However hopefully not - read hear to find out how you can help save it https://t.co/hBJyeBNH6B
#longcomptonabattoir #pastureforlife

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@Ryann_Raisinhol When it is that cold we struggle, particularly as blue pipes are overground. We aim to get the cows back to a fixed trough if we can't manually bring water in. Last resort is fixed troughs we leave water flowing if we can but even had them freeze up

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Ice is thick in the troughs today

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@PhilipCaseFW @SoilAssociation @ORFC Nice and close for the opening plenary. You didn't happen to get a photo of my wife speaking did you? Katie, was in a white shirt, dark trousers talking about regen farming and fibre? I couldn't make it so couldn't get a decent photo. Thanks