Pete Hatley

Arable & livestock farmer on the edge of Cambridge. NFU EA Crops Board. Waterbeach IDB Chairman.

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

Anyone else share the same thinking; iff Rachael from accounts really hammers farmers in the spring statement it will actually make my decision process easier.#springstatement #defra #rpa

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@JoeWStanley When a business has shareholders it makes decisions like these very easy for them.

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

DEFRA have now exceeded their own target for incompetence. I look forward to seeing how they consolidate this monumental achievement in the coming months. Can they possibly sink any lower? #defra #SFI24 #SFI

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

Just going to leave this here. Heartbreaking!

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

Posting in full the agricultural fatalities for 2023-4.

32, which includes the most deadly single month (May) for 15 years.

Of particular awfulness are the deaths of 3 children under 2.

A farmer is 22x more likely to be killed than the average UK worker.

How do we improve?

[UK Weather Updates @UKWX_]

Surely not a months worth of rainfall in the first week of April?

Surely not... right?

Ofcourse there are differing outputs from models.. but it continues to look quite wet for many of us, with GFS being on the quite extreme end of outputs.

🫠☔️

[Jesus H Christ! @ThatBloke_Jesus]

Looking forward to the first Supper with the boys tonight

Said we should make it a yearly thing

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@GemmellSusie @BillyVacant @carolinenokes It is horrific, I think you have hit the nail on the head. I would agree and say this is meant to intimidate a person linked to your shop. Has anyone crossed paths with local ‘poachers’ recently?

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@ElizabethMcWill I love that the word ‘rural’ appears in the post. Small word big meaning. Best of luck from team Hatley.

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@NFUSugar They were chancing there arm after the Red Tractor fiasco. I don’t really blame them either. Worth a punt.

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@Ste_1888 @lucyfrazermp Happy days

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@BenGoldsmith 9 meals between mankind and anarchy. Be careful what you wish for!

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@johanntasker He has a point have you ever felt the vibration when a quadtrac goes by or a challenger. Also damage to the grips which then causes potholes.

[Matthew Blair @ThrimbyFarms]

This cow has been with us for 7 years, she’s calved every year. She’s one of the quietest cows on the farm. This is why you should never trust any of them. Last night wasn’t a good one. Dani is ok, just bruised, but if she was lone working it could of been different. Hellish.

[Jesus H Christ! @ThatBloke_Jesus]

Ta-Da!!!!!!!!!

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

She *is* a fucking turnip.

https://t.co/FlWmOHrJFU

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

Remarkable comments from @theresecoffey that £2.4bn is sufficient to the scale of govt’s environmental ambitions via ELM & that there is no food market failure - despite food shortages currently making the front pages. Accuses farmers of stirring public hysteria on food #NFU23

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

@mattyradford 300 and I am bailing

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

Howard Brown the ‘Man from the Halifax’ has landed the top job at the Foreign Office!! Well done Howard. @JamesCleverly @UKParliament

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

Mother Nature saving me some money on metal! #harvest22 #drought #norainforecast #osr23nothappening

[Pete Hatley @petehatley]

Never started a harvest on Winter Beans before…#harvest22 #yourharvest #nooneshouldgohungry