Will Case @will_case

Livestock farmer, free range egg producer. Amazing wife and 3 boys. Trying to breed Texel sheep. FG writer. NFU ambassador. You get out what you put in… Ulverston, Cumbria Joined May 2011

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Sama Hoole @SamaHoole

2 months ago

The funniest maths in modern environmentalism. One almond requires 12 litres of irrigated water to produce. Peer-reviewed, ScienceDirect, 2017. A glass of almond milk contains roughly 50 of them. 600 litres of water before the carton is filled. The water comes from the San Joaquin Valley in California, which sits over one of the most over-extracted aquifers on earth. The valley floor has subsided by up to nine metres in places due to groundwater depletion. The carton is then refrigerated, sailed across the Atlantic, refrigerated again, lorried to a Manchester Tesco, and bought by someone who is concerned about the environmental impact of dairy. Meanwhile, in Cheshire. A British dairy cow drinks roughly 70 to 100 litres of water a day and produces around 28 litres of milk. That's about 3.5 litres of water per litre of milk. The water is rainwater that fell on her field or came from a local stream fed by the same rainwater. The rain was going to fall on the field whether the cow stood in it or not. 80% of her moisture intake comes from the grass itself, which is also rain. She converts the grass, free of charge, into a litre of milk containing seven times the protein and four times the calcium of almond milk, and shipped roughly 18 miles to the same Tesco. To recap. 600 litres of stolen aquifer, flown halfway round the world for nutritionally worthless beige water. Or 3.5 litres of rain that was already falling, converted by an animal you can pet, into actual food. The shopper picks the almond. She has been told this is the ethical position. The aquifer would like a word.

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Will Case @will_case

3 months ago

#bluebell update 😍👌

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Will Case @will_case

4 months ago

@cumbriaoldrural Not many but they’re there 😇👍

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Will Case @will_case

4 months ago

I’ve not posted on here for a long time but here’s one for the old school people that are still around… first #bluebells ❤️👍

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Will Case @will_case

4 months ago

@cumbriaoldrural Look harder 😉

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Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley

4 months ago

“We are a rich country and can import our food”.

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman

4 months ago

Put this chart together to illustrate the potential impact of disruptions in maritime trade and airfreight on food security in the UAE (and other GCC countries). Assuming a 50% reduction in port throughput over just 10 days, shortages of key foodstuffs are likely.

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Will Case @will_case

10 months ago

@herdyshepherd1 For balance I’m adding a sheep picture 😇

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Will Case @will_case

10 months ago

@herdyshepherd1 I can see why you would have mixed feelings about it, but it’s correct ✅

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Farmer Tom 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @Farmer_Tom_UK

11 months ago

HELP! The Govt rushed through Inheritance Tax changes with no proper consultation. Family farms & businesses are at risk. Jobs, heritage & communities will be lost. I’m taking them to Judicial Review — please support 👉 crowdjustice.com/case/family-bu… #SaveFamilyFarms #StopTheFamilyFarmTax #BackBritishBusiness #NoToUnfairTax

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Stuart @StuartMaggs

a year ago

In a report commissioned from CBI Economics, evidence suggests (to nobody's surprise) that rather than increasing tax take, the proposed changes to APR/BPR will overall lead to a net loss of £1.9bn over the Parliament. Keir Starmer explained to the Gov't Liaison Committee that this was a revenue-raising measure and nothing more. Given the evidence shows it will actually cost the Treasury money, the best thing to do now would be to reverse the proposal. scribd.com/document/87054…

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James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1

a year ago

@GeorgeR21234525 I don’t understand this It’s like saying we don’t need nurses because some of them voted for BREXIT It is nonsense Even if all nurses voted for BREXIT we’d still need healthcare and in it lots of nurses We wouldn’t then say ‘oh, nurses had it coming’

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Tim Farron @timfarron

a year ago

The family farm tax is a disaster for Britain's food security and will rob many young people of the opportunity to farm. If you agree with the @LibDems that the Government should axe the family farm tax then please sign and share our petition today: libdems.org.uk/farm

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James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1

a year ago

The latest goverment guff about farming is… “The problem with farming is the lack of profitability” This is a short thread on why this sensible-sounding focus should be treated with great suspicion… A 🧵

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Will Case @will_case

a year ago

The trouble with “growth at all costs” is there’s a price to pay…

James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1

a year ago

I hope I am wrong… but the signs are that we are about to be sold down the river… I wrote this… unherd.com/2025/04/keep-a…

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Tom Wright @turbotechdog

a year ago

£2.5bn for British steel. That’s the same as the annual budget for agriculture…. Steel industry employs 33,700 - contributes £1.8bn to the economy 🏭 Agriculture employs 285,000 - contributes £13.7bn to the economy 🌾

Prem Sikka @premnsikka

a year ago

UK govt is committed to handing £2.5bn to steel companies rather than nationalising. Companies will own the resulting assets, income streams. Govt will not take an equity stake, make the amount a repayable loan. It is free money. Why no questions about corporate welfare?

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Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley

a year ago

Steel is important. Food more so. Why are they straining every sinew to save one, and destroy the other?

The Labour Party @UKLabour

a year ago

Labour will always act in the national interest. Keir Starmer is taking decisive action to secure Britain’s steel industry and safeguard British jobs.

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James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1

a year ago

Supply down Demand rising Cost up Food price inflation is gonna get off the chart soon - total insanity

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Will Case @will_case

a year ago

First #bluebell 😍👍

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James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1

a year ago

Are they F :-) They’ve literally invited a committee of wolves to discuss the safety for Red Riding Hood and her grandmother

Angus Gowthorpe @angusgowthorpe

a year ago

@NHTractordriver @herdyshepherd1 And they aren’t going to advise to reduce their margins to allow farmers a slight increase in their margin.

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Will Case @will_case

a year ago

Good luck young man. You’re embarking on a wonderful journey. It won’t be easy, but nothing worth doing is. Don’t over celebrate the victories and don’t berate yourself too much when things go wrong (they will!) Work hard, be patient, be observant, be kind and you’ll do great 👍

Wheezy Rider @WheezyRider44

a year ago

@will_case Will, my son's dream is to become a farmer. He's currently on work experience on a farm in North Yorkshire. Here he is with a new pal. He's currently saving for a Shepherd's crook. Would you be able to give him some words of encouragement as he pursues his dream?