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Great contribution from Ian Harvey talking about regulation of dairy contracts in UK
💪🏻 👍 🥛 🐄

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📢 Dairy farmers 🐄 that want to make a difference

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Policy gaps in TB control are unacceptable if we are serious about eradication

That gap has just, disappointingly, got bigger

This week on the #KitePodcast we discuss what the future of Red Tractor could look like with Paul Tompkins National Farmers' Union & Chris Walkland
Usual report from Chris too
kiteconsulting.com/podcasts

Reasons to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay in farming 👇

👏 Wise Chapman Sheep

Question: How much milk do rugby players drink? 🥛

Answer: A LOT 😳

‘Relief’ that gov recognise only good trade deals will do

however a valuable trade deal must remain an ambition 🇨🇦 🇬🇧

there are £££ implications for cheese 🧀 exporters who have been selling to 🇨🇦 for sometime

Today, they are taking one for the team

You don’t have to be a welsh speaker to empathise the heartache shown here

Gov’t is directly responsible for bTB prevalence & the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Senedd is doing a particularly bad job of it

The bioavailability of nutrients is complex & another reason dairy is crucial in our diets

I was on a visit to 🇺🇸 when Supreme Court ratified this

The law is an outcome of the hog sector not keeping pace with consumer expectations

Would we in 🇬🇧 share a similar future without assurance?

(My colleague wrote this ⬇️ which gives more context)

nfuonline.com/updates-and-in…

Headline TB statistics in England & in Wales…..

Concerns are growing for farms trapped in Bluetounge zone & our ability to minimise the disease spreading

APHA need greater focus now

Frigging heck - now that’s a stat!! 👇

About time those that look after these soils are given some more credit

Have a go at the calculator ⬇️⬇️

But bear in mind a kg of 🇬🇧 beef accounts for 17. Kg of CO2e*

The #TheBigBritishBeefBattle calculator is #Bollocks

* projectblue.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/…

What we decide to eat is complex; hunger, taste, nutrition, cost, knowledge & culture are just some

But one thing is simple, we all need a farmer to eat

what a shame Oxford Students opted for popularity panelist rather than a farmer 🤦‍♂️

oxfordstudent.com/2023/12/01/kat…

Update from National Farmers' Union on Red Tractor review. They said timeline and scope for the first review into Red Tractor governance has been agreed 👇👇

'A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.' Mark Twain strikes again! Despite the parties involved saying the opposite to what's been published, it's too late as the damage has been done.