Exec Appointments, Comments and Ramblings about the Ag industry
Contributor for Farmers Guardian
Working on careers, not jobs
Email phil
@theagrecruiter
.co.uk
Morning.
I don't know how your day is going but I've just pulled up to take the dogs for a run and just noticed....
.....I've forgotten the bloody dogs!!!!
Going for a lie down.
I've not seen a significant number of Peewits on the farm since my teens.
We ploughed in the failed wheat yesterday and now there's a couple of hundred of these delightful birds calling out in the still , freezing air.
Joyous.
Here's a prediction for
#NFU22
George Eustice will speak for 20 minutes without saying anything and won't give an answer to any questions and will still be applauded off.
7 years ago, I tweeted this.
Drove 5 hours for a 45min presentation and then drove back to Wales.
I lost my job over this.
You know what. I stand by it.
He was an arsehole.
Own your past. Or it will own you.
The most interesting comment today was that some MP's have suggested that to reduce our carbon emissions that we should just stop farming.
And there's the problem we face in a nutshell folks. They don't understand or actually care.
I think poor old Charles has fallen into that trap where he thinks 30 years ago was 1970.
Don't worry chap, I do that too - I still think 1995 is only 10 years ago.
More and more hedges go in each year.
You want to increase the bird population, get rid of cats and cars!
What utter greenwash from the NFU
Over last 30 years 50% of UK’s hedgerows were ripped out to created larger fields for ever intensified agriculture
Majority of our surviving hedgerows are degraded, providing poor wildlife habitat
What hope do we have in resolving the
My thoughts on
#CropTec23
6/10
Schoffel watch - 10/10
Fairfax and Favor Boots - 8/10
Joules Tweed 9/10
Mullet Spotting 9/10
And congrats to Harper Adams on being crowned the most odious students this year
If this is what is being churned out by you, then British Ag is doomed
Took the family to see
#Wonka
last night for our annual Christmas trip to
@CinemaCityNrw
It's an absolute delight with a wonderful cast.
Treat yourselves. Please.
I thought
#MeatAThreatToOurPlanet
was an interesting program, poorly executed.
Basically, assassinating the UK livestock industry by harping on about the US beef sector. With a 120 second acknowledgement of how we produce meat sustainably.
No balance - just sensationalism.
@Minette_Batters
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
What else would you expect from him Minette? Has to keep his name in lights for as long as he can. He'll be unemployed by next Christmas... hopefully
The Schoffel. At its most dreadful when teamed with an Argentine Polo belt, a check shirt with an upturned collar and worn by someone who didn't finish their course at (insert college) because they knew everything anyway.
Been thinking about the
#Sch
öffel. Do you love or loathe a Schöffel? "Rite of passage" or a "Scrotum Jacket"? What does clothing say about the urban/rural
#divide
?
Check out what the farmers say in my latest blog 👇
Absolutely done in to hear of his passing today.
For me, as a teenager, Steve Wright in the Afternoon was my companion when ploughing, discing or corn carting.
Always sincere and original.
The halcyon days of radio.
#ripsteve
Day 345.
The month of Mavrilyber.
The time... No one cares.
We've been in lockdown so long that MkIl is now running her own wheat position.
She now owns 72% of the contracts on the LIFFE wheat futures market.
Whilst of course I wholly support the
#NoFarmersNoFoods
movement, I cannot shake off the feeling that those behind it are merely using it to peddle their own agenda. Whatever it is?
Something doesn't feel right and I fear we will be made to look like fools or worse.
You know the part in a disaster film where the people who are nicely sorted in their bunker hear a knock on the door.. "DON'T OPEN IT".. you shout..yeah well... Due to extreme circumstances my in-laws are coming...to stay.. for what could be an indefinite period of time.
The quality of the barley they use to make Carling, is the best the UK can produce.
It's just a shame that they take that quality and turn it into piss.
Spoke to a potential candidate today who didn't "see the need to be interviewed." As he was "obviously well qualified for the position" as "it's a big commitment traveling to meet someone to be offered a job you know you're going to get, can they do it over the phone"
He is 23.
Wheat is up!
Told dad to sell some today both for this year and new crop.
He will do absolutely nothing and will watch the market come off.
After all, I'm just the boy.
Last week, I came very close to packing this recruitment lark all in.
Lots of you were kind enough to reach out and offer support and words of encouragement.
I took onboard all the comments and am pleased to tell you that is live.
Time to do it properly
In these times of political and socioeconomic unrest please allow me to distract you with the size of my 9 week old pup's bastard feet!!
He has the feet of a grown dog!! He's going to be an absolute unit!
Is anyone else just fatigued with the onslaught of how shit life is going to be for the next... 12 months / years.
Everything is going up. Fine. I get it.
I don't need to have it rammed down my throat from the moment I wake until I cry myself to sleep!
On Wednesday (January 8th), our film
#ApocalypseCow
airs on Channel 4. It proposes that, after 12,000 years, farming will more or less come to an end within a few decades. It argues that this shift comes in the nick of time: it's great news for humanity and the living planet.
In this weeks' excellent
@FarmersGuardian
, I write about how it's become dangerously normal to overlook older, experienced candidates because they aren't eligible for a "trendy" graduate program and have done the same thing "for years"
As always, I'm happy to discuss options.
My father in law is desperate to go out
Today's excuse.
"I need to take the car out to charge the battery up"
"Its ok" I reply, "we've a battery charger"
"Of course you bloody do... Why did she have to marry a farmer!"
#StayAtHomeAndStaySafe
The most fantastic response from a 7-year-old farmer's daughter to the controversial
@Tesco
advert!
"My daddy works very hard and cares a lot about his cows - your advert should be supporting British farming!" 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Agronomists of Twitter and beyond...
I've a role that is coming up due to retirement in and around the East Midlands.
A ready made customer base for the right person who is looking to push their career forward with a great independent firm.
BASIS is a must.
Drop me a line!
A short story.
Today at the grain bourse, another recruiter rocked up and introduced himself.
"You're the barleyweasel, ain't ya?"
I was, I replied.
And then I told him to fuck off.
FIN
On the way back from the Suffolk Show stopped for diesel at Diss .
Met Mackenzie Crook.
Told him how perfect
#Thedetectorists
was and he couldn't have been nicer.
Highlight of the day!
Anyway...what have you lot been up to?
I love Twitter... but hate the queue of people who are lining up for England to lose so they can slag of Gareth Southgate and Raheem Sterling at the first opportunity.
This place is a cesspit.
Why can't anyone just enjoy the moment anymore?
Today I had the chance to explore Red Mill on Haddiscoe Island.
Opposite the Berney Arms and Mill it's nestled in by Breydon Water and home to a vast range of wildlife. And it's bloody miles from anywhere - which is lovely!