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[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump reveals he will SLASH environmental rules on farm machinery companies like JOHN DEERE to help farmers and lower prices

"In many cases you need a 185 IQ to turn on a lawn mower now!" 🤣

"They don't do a DAMN THING except make it complicated and impractical!"

"They're gonna have to reduce their prices. Farming equipment has gotten too expensive!"

"It's got so much equipment on it for the environmental and it DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, and it's not as good as the old days!"

[Liz Kershaw @LizKershawDJ]

This is what clean energy looks like. A massive diesel powered train taking “Biomass” (wood) to Drax power station from Liverpool where it arrived on oil guzzling tankers from Brazil and USA. And yet we are sitting on coal gas and cities like Aberdeen and industry are dying

[Andrew Gilruth @AndrewGilruth]

Moorland manager today: “Yet another huge wildfire on NTs Marsden Moor, now burning onto UU land. Ironic that the "no burn policies" of RSPB, NT and UU will have burnt more moorland in the last few weeks than all the grouse moors in the Peak District over the last six months”.

[James Robinson @JRfromStrickley]

Over the past 15mth, bTB has become dominant in my head and taken 40% of our herd through an inadequate policy.
We have yet to have bTB even confirmed though!

Something needs to change, so please share, and ensure those behind their desks see what is happening to farms like ours

[Hefin Richards @HefinR]

350,000 people - 10 year study
14% higher incidence of depression in people consuming plant based milk alternatives vs semi skimmed REAL 🐄 milk!! Why are NHS pushing Veganuary!! @AHDB_Dairy @NFU_Dairy @dairyuk https://t.co/h2tR6TRKGt

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Cows are environmentally sustainable. Methane from cows is part of the natural carbon cycle that after 10-12 years breaks down into natural CO2 and water. Grass absorbs the CO2 by photosynthesis and the cycle continues repeatedly. It’s time to end this bullshit propaganda based narrative that cows somehow destroy the planet.

Farmers are facing huge pressures on a number of fronts and yet, governments are finding numerous ways to make the lives of farmers even more difficult. And that’s why farmers are protesting.

It’s time for a fair deal for farmers. Farming should be right at the top of government prioritisation and support. They feed us. They are the ultimate public servants. Our food security and maintenance of the countryside depends on them.

As I discussed with @TVKev | @TalkTV

[Stuart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @stuartpengs]

Bolton grouse moor breeding curlew for 2024, 250 pairs. RSPB's upland reserve at Vyrnwy, which has been under their control for 30 years - none. Not one pair of birds. All long since gone under RSPB's 'stewardship'. I wouldn't mind seeing some accountability for failure.

[Reasoned @ReasonedUK]

"Rachel Reeves is literally KILLING wildlife!" - I think Reeves, Starmer, and Ed Miliband in particular need to take a good listen to this man at the farmers' protest 👇

@DobbsandPolicy

[Mark Gadsby @Gadders687]

Sat watching the last keeper on Amazon prime… I really must urge all my countryside friends to not drink anything brewed by brewdog….. what they have done to a great estate in Scotland is nothing short of vandalism

[Malc Parr 🇬🇧 @tractorman07]

Don't know this chap but well worth a listen.

[Rob Halliday @cvfarming]

Disappointed but not surprised. Despite the well worked examples of the family farms in the room @annagelderd has trotted out the party rhetoric to the letter. Disappointed yes, surprised no. Thanks to those that came and gave their time, we now know where we stand unequivocally

[Amie Battams @BattamsAmie]

Feeling grounded after harvesting my first rabbits. it's given me a deeper appreciation for where our food comes from. But it's wild how disconnected we've become; 6k unfollowed me after sharing this. I get it, Ignorance is bliss when faced with reality. #knowwheremeatcomesfrom

[At The Races @AtTheRaces]

"I was knocked out for four minutes and that was the third time in eight months."

@jemoore85 explains the reasons behind his retirement to @MCYeeehaaa... ❤️

[Mark Jagger @piggy_jags]

Why do people pay £2 for a bottle of water with zero nutritional value or coke over £2. When this drink cost 50p is it marketing? Why don’t they package it in bottle that fits in a car? What are these small bottles in the drinks counter. Just 🤔

[Richard Negus @TrooperSnooks]

Clearing out a hedge before we lay the old girl is a shit job. This was shittier than usual, in part thanks to my wading through 40 (yes I counted them) poo filled nappies. Unsurprisingly this got me thinking...and hosing my boots off when I got home. #WordsFromTheHedge

[Paul Treyvaud @PaulTreyvaud]

The largest passenger plane in the world, flying halfway across the world, with the Premier of one of the biggest polluting country’s in the world, meeting the biggest clown in the world that’s forcing Irish farmers to cull 200,000 cows because their farts are destroying the world!

Whoever is writing the script of this insanity we are currently living through is a fricking genius!!!

[Countryside Alliance @CAupdates]

Superb Times front page photo tomorrow and an even better caption beneath🗞

People came out in droves to support local hunts and their high streets for Boxing Day!

Protect the future of lawful hunting with hounds, sign up to #ActionForHunting here 👉🏻 https://t.co/3VCvUmSpHl

[Raceday RTV @Raceday_RTV]

Betting on number 2 every time because you thought it was the same horse that was beating everyone 😂

You’ve gotta love these lads enjoying their first day at the races

[Charles Goadby @thisfarmlife]

Today, #WorldMentalHealthDay I will be remembering a highly respected gentleman farmer for whom it was 1 farm audit inspection too many.