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Just in the process of getting mains water, already had to buy 500m of barrier pipe because Welsh Water said there is a danger of a tractor leaking diesel in the fields which could percolate 750mm deep to get through the water pipe. Now having trouble finding someone to issue a chlorination...

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Just phoning a contractor, he said, got to go, Police have just arrived, will call again when they have gone. He called back, umbilical spreading slurry, someone called the police to say, slurry being pumped into the river. Police had to attend to check. What has happened to this country, when...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/british-farmers-want-basic-income-to-cope-with-post-brexit-struggles

Just read this article in the Washington Post, about how the multinational food companies are encouraging dieticians in the "anti diet movement" to encourage people to stop dieting and just eat whatever they want when they want. I didn't even realise there was an anti diet movement! As...

Anyone remember Potters of Thame? IH dealer (and previously Claas and DB). Charlie Salter was the workshop forman, Mos was the manager, Pete the stores manager. I worked there in 1981. We used to get a £5 bonus for unloading the Calor Gas lorry (artic, all by hand).

I have seen a wonderful looking headwall picture on facebook made from sandbags, how long would it last? I just thought it looked so good, I quite fancy trying something like that here, but son wonders how long they would last (or put it another way, he thinks it is a bad idea).

Just heard Ben Goldsmith this morning talking about the benefits of introducing Wolves to the UK, I thought Minette did a good job refuting his arguments, but we can see its the start of the drip drip drip approach to soften up public opinion.

How cheap chicken ran rampant across Britain Poultry farming boom blamed for housebuilding delays and turning rivers green Daniel Woolfson17 February 2024 • 12:00pm Related Topics Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Environment Agency, Chicken, Pollution, Farming...

Just watched an episode, the cattle died because someone threw clover bales out of an aeroplane, and the cattle got bloat. John Dutton said, we will have to burn the field to stop the clover seeding. Is clover so bad in the USA? I try to encourage clover on my fields, and feel a bit miffed if...

I have just seen a consultation for a green energy project, that puts a pylon line right next to my bungalow. How close it too close? Does it alter the valuation of the property? Is it injurious to health? Can one alter the route? Will it alter the value of the land as well or just the bungalow...

I heard mention on the today programme this morning about rewilding. As soon as I hear that phrase I switch off and no longer listen. To use modern phraseology, the word rewilding "triggers" me. I wonder how many other farmers feel the same?

So, no organic scheme in Wales is all the fault of the Tories/English in London and also people who voted for Brexit, so there, "stick that in your pipe and smoke it".

Just bought a second hand pickup (a month ago) from a dealer, was checking under the seat yesterday and found that there is no jack or jack kit. I can see where it should be. I did not check when I purchased the pickup, as I presumed one was there. I will add, that it cost over £20 000. Have...

It seems as though there may no longer be an organic scheme in Wales after the present interim funding ends at the end of this year. What are organic producers going to do?

Just heard on the radio that NFU Cymru are not going to assist with any negotiations of the new scheme.

Any one else going? North Wales by the way. Have just got tickets. https://www.dabywlivestock.com/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/03/sausage-maker-heck-scraps-vegan-bangers/

https://navdanyainternational.org/the-attempted-destruction-of-land-based-cultures/

If you are a Vegan because you don't want to eat anything sentient, you better not read this article! Plants communicate with each other, therefore they must to some degree "think", oops, off the menu then...