Farming, contracting, regenerative agriculture, focused on soil health in the beautiful Scottish Borders. D.Driller contributer. FW arable farmer of the year 23
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Pre Cereals26 I finished the spraying on all the wheat at home. This @KWSUKLtd Zealum is looking great. The gate is shut, so it's up to the weather now. Sunshine, please! @mydirectdriller @NFUStweets @ValtraOficial @ValtraGlobal
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One of the highlights of @CerealsEvent was the new Mzuri World drill.
Autolube for those who don't enjoy the process, and beefed up all over.
Some clever engineering for sure.
#mzuri @GreenknoweFarm
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My new drill heading down to @CerealsEvent @DiddlySquatFarm its on the Mzuri stand with the impressive 4 meter full spec machine. I will be helping on the stand if you have practical farming questions you would like answered, keep them simple, please.#striptill @mydirectdriller
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Great first day out with my new, first in the UK, Mzuri protil sowing cover crop into last year's cover for a customer. Thanks to Wojciech for helping set up the drill & Mark from @mydirectdriller for making the trip to record it all. It made a great job in testing conditions.
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Direct drilled Carrington peas coming on nicely this cold spring. Its 10ish years since I last had peas, so I thought I would take the risk again (wet harvest imminent) I love growing pulses, so I hope the @claas convio can pick them up easily #whatcouldgowrong
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😳my Craft barley for @SimpsonsMalt seems to think I best get my combine warmed up. It's on track for a July 14th Harvest. It seems early, but it was the 11th last year. Looking clean but not the thickest, we will see how it goes. Last spray and shut the gate. @NFUStweets
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A whole morning, well spent. Prepping qthe drill for an inspection and phytosanitary certificate before it goes to its new home. Big week on the cards if all goes to plan. SASA, SGRPID and UK customs have all been really helpful and have made this learning process manageable.
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During some contract barley sowing in Ancrum I managed to catch my @MNDoddie5 tractor and the fantastic looking bus in the same picture. Nice wave from one of the kids on it kept me cheerful in the sunshine.
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Diablo spring barley for @SimpsonsMalt going in today. Too early? 🤷♂️time will tell. Nice hailstone shower tonight, which hopefully isnt an omen. Ground conditions were good and band sown fertiliser will get it of to a good start. #mzurisown @mydirectdriller @NFUStweets
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Off to a good start. Beans going into barley stubble. Conditions are very good, and ground is breaking down in to a nice tilth. Front leg in 6" coulter 2.5" and only around 12L /Ha of expensive fuel. Roll & pre em next @mydirectdriller #striptill #sustainablefarming @NFUStweets
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Massive thank you to Mzuri World Poland for taking us to their new factory. Huge investment in manufacturing, design, build quality and innovation. Thanks to Wojciech and Lukas for showing us around and looking after us so well. Amazing, inspiring trip. Coming to the UK soon.
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We installed our @Enduramaxx rainwater harvester tank from @AgriiUK this weekend, that stopped the rain falling. Hoping to fill the sprayer from it this year to save some metered water. Fits perfectly between the two sheds and hopefully that will keep it topped up. @NFUStweets
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After our purchase of the Valtra kit at LAMMA from UTV products, everything will look like it's done in daylight. Worklights were easy to fit, headlights, and sidelights Harry wired in. We are now full power LED on the @ValtraGlobal N175D. Great worklights are always a good idea.
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Good drainage is key, so investment cant stop. A system about to go in at home. We are finding the original hand dug system, some 9 feet deep. Dug every 10 yards across most of the farm, incredible. A grant for drainage repairs would help keep soils healthy. #scotgov @NFUStweets
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Great day at Lamma 26. Great kit, but also great conversations which I will follow up. Lots of young people attending. We almost made it without a purchase until UTV lights and a show offer to fully LED our @ValtraGlobal N175D. The future is bright. @BaileyTrailer @slurrykat
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Nice to get next doors sheep onto this years cover crop. Im not sure if it's regen, sustainable, or integrated, but it just feels like farming and makes sense to me.I hope the weather dries up as poaching is a concern but it's still the best way to spread muck. @mydirectdriller
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We had a very interesting discussion yesterday with Vicki Swales and Chris Bailey from @RSPBScotland . Policy changes, predators, and percentage of land forced into schemes were the main topics. We all agreed that dialogue is key.
@NFUStweets @mydirectdriller @scottishfarmer
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2 Dec 2025
A change from the farming chat last night at the Merse disc soc meeting. Sammi Kinghorn OBE🥇multi medal winning paralympian inspired and humbled us all with her positive outlook and strong work ethics. An amazing young lady. @ParalympicsGB
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26 Nov 2025
A beautiful morning here after all the rain. OSR that looked like it needed sheep on it should now slow down a bit with the hard frost. Nature's growth regulator. 🥶❄️
@NFUStweets @mydirectdriller #WINTER #Osr #frost
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18 Nov 2025
Beautiful sunset as I sprayed the OSR at Gordon. It was so dry at sowing that there are patches in this bit, but it looks good. Spraying finished for 2025👍 Antifreeze, a good wash and into the shed. @NFUStweets @ValtraGlobal @ValtraOficial @mydirectdriller #oilseeds #farming
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