James Ream

family farm, profitable farming, HLS, woodland

[James Ream @ream_james]

@jdpoc Excellent idea!! 💡 point me in the right direction…….oh hang on!!!

[Richard Negus @TrooperSnooks]

Yearn for yellowhammers? Delight in a dunnock? Nearly have an accident over nightingale?

Eat muntjac.

[Richard Negus @TrooperSnooks]

This government is going to run out of nails for farming's coffin. They don't care one jot for food security or our wildlife.

[Phil Nash @PhilNash2]

It’s difficult not to feel pretty cynical about these kind of requests from @DefraGovUK

We fill out the survey..

Then they use it against us, to drop payments for environmental benefits to below the minimum cost

‘Because farmers love doing it’

[Tom Jewers @cutlerstom]

Yes. I enjoy it.
But do you know what I enjoy more?
Being able to provide for my kids.
This rationale isn’t going to work unless we can make decent profits from selling raw ingredients for food so we have a surplus to indulge our “loves”

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Absolute nonsense

We are almost certainly experiencing a decline, and a significant one, because of declining real world budgets and increased trade pressure

Find me one expert who agrees with this assessment, one 🤷🏼‍♂️

This is a disastrous government for nature

[Graham Denny @GrahamDenny9]

@TrooperSnooks @Jes_Squirrell @AliDrummond4 @SoSSwifts @WriterHannahBT @DefraGovUK @BTO_Suffolk @NIMHgov @WildlifeMag @WildlifeTrusts @NoFarmsNoFoods @No1FarmerJake @henryj17 @cutlerstom @swifts_uk @bandbswifts @labour And many of the farms that provided it , traditional family farms brought up with wildlife look after it ! Corporation owned tax dodge land will not be a saviour , killing the wildlife keepers kills the wildlife quicker !

[James Ream @ream_james]

@OakbankGame @DanielZeichner @SteveReedMP So many broken promises and mis-truths told to HLS agreement holders about the ability to transition across into ELM’s

[James Ream @ream_james]

@OakbankGame @DanielZeichner @SteveReedMP But they are not being brought in line, payment rates are only 1/3 of the difference between the old rate and equivalent SFI rate. Still woefully low for the cost to implement!!! Wild bird mix was £450/ha, now £588.63………in SFI £853. It’s insulting frankly!

[Richard Tagg @Tiggertagg1]

1/2 Just thought i’d share this letter we received literally yesterday from Daniel Zeichner MP thanking us for everything we have done to shape the new sfi and reassuring us that the government is investing in the industry

[Paul Cawood 🇺🇦 @audlemagronpaul]

@SteveReedMP This aged well :

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

And if you wonder what that all means, and whether this isn’t just about paying your fair share of tax, then this might explain…

https://t.co/ur5ozjKo7G

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

The stupidest bit of this is that the treasury value clearly doesn’t understand that farms are the primary match funders and cash flow mechanism for nature restoration in the U.K. - actually bankrolling their own COP29 promises as co funders

Half of them earn less than £25k

[Olly harrison 🥛🍔🌱AccidentalYoutuber @agricontract]

I have no words 😶
Has anybody ? #farming

[Angus Gowthorpe @angusgowthorpe]

An excellent letter by Sir James Dyson. Well worth reading, many valid points, and we in our ‘farming’ bubble need to remember that it’s all businesses that IHT applies too, & is equally unaffordable to many of them.

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

RISK ⚠️ now shouldered by food producers is huge

🌧️ climate change
🛒 unfairness in the supply chain
💰 reduced government support
❓ policy uncertainty
📈 market volatility

Our entire food system is built on remarkably fragile foundations & the goodwill is running out.

[James Ream @ream_james]

@JanetHughes Hi Janet, when can we expect an update on being able to transition from old (rolled on) HLS agreements into SFI? With payment rates for historic HLS schemes running way behind cost of delivery, any help with this would be much appreciated!

[James Ream @ream_james]

@OOOfarmer If they are for your 750a get some 40mm jubilee clips, did mine and not had an issue since 👍🏼

[Andrew Mahon @atmahon]

I do love a summer cover crop, great for the soil and pollinators. Wish it was an SFI option! This is after failed winter beans

[James Ream @ream_james]

@JanetHughes @agrinick Many thanks for your reply 👍🏼 looking forward to being able to make the move and implement all of the things I know will make such a difference 😃