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Jack_Caley replied to a thread Agriculture collages ? in Agricultural Matters

Dear ex-farmer, I remember presenting a collage of flowers to my partner at the annual ball at Shuttleworth College, jack caley

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16-04-18, 03:06 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Matters Agricultural. in Agricultural Matters

My wife once organised a wedding reception at our house for the daughter of an old friend. The proceedings were going well in the garden, all the...

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15-04-18, 08:57 AM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Agriculture collages ? in Agricultural Matters

I was 200 miles from Shuttleworth, but I think it is probably best to join in college activities. My sons went to Bishop, but they were always at...

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10-04-18, 11:02 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Future Agri-environment schemes in Cropping

I think you are probably right in that it is a waste of time, but we really have to try to make Gove and all the others see the total picture,...

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09-04-18, 02:54 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Matters Agricultural. in Agricultural Matters

Gee, That may have been the 1950,s but little has changed. It is my view that most of society, especially urban society, is so far distanced from...

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09-04-18, 12:12 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Matters Agricultural. in Agricultural Matters

Funnily enough Iwas talking yesterday to a 90 year old friend who like me remembered the days of the travelling stallion. He remembered a mare who...

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09-04-18, 10:22 AM

Jack_Caley started a thread Matters Agricultural. in Agricultural Matters

I have spent 84 years on a farm, and yet learn something new every day. This is definitely not something boring or serious like Brexit, but I found...

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07-04-18, 02:46 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Future Agri-environment schemes in Cropping

Gee, Have you had a go at filling in Goves consultation? I think they are living in cloud cuckoo land. They are going to remove most of the farm...

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04-04-18, 09:52 AM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Tractor buying advice in Machinery

The older the better! Simple engineering on older tractors has a lot to be said or it. The Intrnational range is good as is the Ford range, even...

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28-03-18, 10:19 AM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Glyphosate and pregnant women in Agricultural Matters

I sold small potatoes in 1976 for £300 per ton! jack caley

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27-03-18, 10:15 AM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Glyphosate and pregnant women in Agricultural Matters

We used Paraguat very successfully in growing potatoes, especially early potatoes. Instead of interrow cultivations we sprayed paraquat on the first...

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25-03-18, 12:47 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Fishing in Agricultural Matters

As far as I know, it is already happening. Just where I saw it I cannot remember but there is a boat registered in Hull that uses our quota but...

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23-03-18, 10:33 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread #*#*@%& NFU in Agricultural Matters

The problem is, I think, that DEFRA have set an early closure date. I have been thinking of how to contribute , but as far as I know, our NFU has...

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21-03-18, 06:21 PM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Fishing in Agricultural Matters

The 1947 agriculture act came from a Labour government, the conservatives screwed agriculture under the compensatory payments. The conservatives...

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21-03-18, 10:56 AM

Jack_Caley replied to a thread Fishing in Agricultural Matters

Gee, I am afraid you do have a very valid point, however Gove did say in Parliament yesterday that we would have fishing rights after the transition...

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