Simon J Gadd

Chemistry Grad from Loughborough Uni. Worked in the Cayman islands on a Hydroponic Project. Working Lincs on an arable farm. Member of Next Gen forum @NFU

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@farmboy1060 @ClaydonDrill @bleating_lamb How fast can you drive mark?

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

England is now the only country in Europe that doesn't financially support its farmers to produce food.

Surely Trump's conflict in the Middle East and Putin's invasion of Ukraine show how utterly vital our food security is?

The Government needs to wake up and back our farmers.

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@julesserkin @Radmore_farm @Riverford @JeremyClarkson @MossgielFarm @JoeWStanley Joe is leading on the training for the Allerton Project

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@julesserkin @Radmore_farm @Riverford @JeremyClarkson @MossgielFarm Are you saying @JoeWStanley isn’t a farmer? You should have a look into the great work the Allerton Project does.

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@AJGrovefarming @InnovationFarm7 What grade do you use? Has it had a special coating? We struggled to get a good application beyond 30m here in the UK. This is with a traditional fertiliser spreader however.

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@InnovationFarm7 You might want to edit the image

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@InnovationFarm7 The straw harrow is going across the drilled rows?!

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@BenGoldsmith @JoeWStanley If they actually go ahead with a plan to pay less than income forgone you could 10 fold the budget and it would make no difference at all

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@angusgowthorpe @FarmersWeekly @NFUtweets @LizWebsterSBF @SaveBritishFood @Nigelrefowens @1GarethWynJones @agricontract @wheat_daddy @TWBFarms @loosecollie @NoFarmsNoFoods The NFU campaign may be ending, but the lobbying hasn’t. Labour backbenchers have moved on, and without 80 members willing to vote against the Government what more movement can we expect right now? I think it’s better that we focus on productivity measure, the relaunch of SFI etc

[Phil Bicknell @thevalleyfarmer]

@No1FarmerJake @NJ_Timothy @UKLabour @EmmaforWycombe Good point Jake - sow stall ban an example of how policy decisions drove structural change in the pork industry.
Pork self sufficiency dropped from 86% in 1998 to 49% in 2003. Number of pigs fell by over 40%.
Did the UK consumer switch to high welfare, domestic pork?

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@angusgowthorpe @hslyfarms @AGRITECHNICA @HorizonAgri @REGENOVATION_ @TraxxisbySly @No1FarmerJake I can only see a man without legs….

[United Oilseeds @UnitedOilseeds]

🌱 A decade after the neonic ban, UK #OSR yields have crashed, imports soared, and we’re buying from countries still using the banned chemicals.

🚢 More emissions
💷 Less profit
🌍 Unfair trade

It’s time to #RebootOSR — rebuild sustainable, homegrown production.

[National Farmers' Union @NFUtweets]

Applications for this year’s Cereals Development Programme hosted by @OpenfieldTM and the NFU are open.

Members aged between 25 and 35 will get an in-depth knowledge of the sector, stakeholders involved within it and the lobbying behind the scenes to support growers.

[James Sills @JRDSills]

@arunadvaniecon, in your excellent EFRA committee session with @amcarmichaelMP you said you would be doing some modelling of the affordability of the IHT changes (see below timestamp for this part).

Have you released the conclusions from this?

https://t.co/BianJYWhBZ

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@m19mao @wheat_daddy I think being as the site is light , free draining soils so it can be visited in any conditions there wouldn’t be much crop left if it wasn’t watered.

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

What a fantastic day it been, glorious weather and finding moisture with the drill after 12mm at the start of the week!

[Jim Hayes @arablehayes]

We are looking to recruit a Forage Harvester Driver. Please share 🙏 https://t.co/uBowE47Nve

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@dili909 @iloveidpol @LeeAndersonMP_ You are correct, the US is 5 times larger, but 420 people die in the US compared to 33 in the UK. So still more than double.

[Simon J Gadd @sjgadd]

@HectorWMcNeill @JoeWStanley 1. While imports are an option, how will having a marketing board for cereals and oilseeds increase farm gate prices?

2. The NFU has lobbied many times for this exact thing, one block is limits are set at income foregone which is a WTO rule. How to you go beyond this?