Congratulations and thank you to Rhonda and you Andrew for helping the politicians see the challenges agricultural business (and others) are facing with flooding in this area of Lincolnshire.
Andrew , it must be like banging your head against a wall, trying to explain the bleeding obvious to these bloody townies, keep up the valiant effort 👍🏼
Great Video Andrew, Hopefully all the hard work that you, Rhonda, Henry and many others have put in regarding flooding will have an impact on the powers that be and they will take action. I hope so, Best Wishes to You all
There was a great bit at the NFU dinner when Minette said of Rhonda “I don’t know where she gets her energy from…” and the camera cut back to her just as she was reaching for a bottle. Admittedly it was just water, but if that was a wine bottle you’d have had a moment of comedy gold!
We went up to Manchester last weekend, couldn’t believe the flooding as we drove over the Trent (?) at Newark as we joined the A1, we’ve bemoaned the rain in North Norfolk but in comparison we’ve been really lucky. And when are you getting your wall outside your gate repaired?!
The flooding around Newark is unreal isn’t it. Yes from Norfolk to Newark, you will have gone past the farm entrance and noticed the wall!! I keep on at the Builder who did the house and it’s in his plan, but when that is I’m not sure!
Well done to Rhonda and you Mr Ward for the time you've spent this last few weeks on flooding. I think there is more of the general public coming round to the fact that the rivers need maintenance, which is a good thing. The trouble is i saw a small bit of news where wishy-washy Sunak was in an area of the Thames having a look where money could be spent on flood defences rather than river maintenance.Hope Henry gets some sort of help in the near future, keep us updated please.
Another good video Andrew, I think if Henry was flooding minister there might be some changes made. He came across really well and I hope the MPs listen to him about the changes needed.
Keep up with putting across the affects the flooding to farmers and business's , you and Rhonda are doing a great job. Lets hope we have some dry weather now , to help with the flooding and water logged fields ready for the spring drilling.
I'm a relative newcomer to the channel and fully support 99% of what is said. I would take issue though with the often quoted figure of a 6 inch fall between Lincoln and Boston on the river Witham. According to my Ordnance survey map (Landranger sheet 121) Brayford pool is very close to the !0 metre contour and Boston is effectively sea level. That would appear to be about 33 feet difference. I appreciate there is a lock to the East of Lincoln of about 6 feet drop but that still represents a fall of 27 feet. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it does present an alternative representation of the "facts".
Good lobbying by all of you, after the wet end to the year I would imagine all farmers are understandably going to be improving their own drainage through ditching and moling. If next autumn/winter is very wet again the flooding could be a lot worse as the farmers better drainage will put more pressure on the main rivers so hopefully something is done to improve them as you are hinting.
I just hope that all people understand now, that dredging rivers is very important, and it doing more damage to the rivers and farm land than doing nothing. I like to know if the farmer in Herefordshire is compensate and pardon for being sent to prison for doing the Environment agency work and saving the village and homes. A great video Andrew, and you are doing a great job.
This is when I think you advocate for river dregding in all instances. There was no push back to this comment about the dredging of a SSSI river. I understand the importance of dredging in certain instances. The young farmer in your video made an excellent point. Slow the flow upstream, but in these tidal and low lying farming landscapes these artificial waterways should be managed. Where is your advocacy for river restoration and slowing the flow upstream?
@@mamela11 it's very simple if you half fill a glass with sand, then try and see how much water you can get in to the glass. Having lots of trees and rubbish in river, mean water is not flowing.
Short ferry farm is it named because when it was built there wasnt a road to it?they knew when it was built,the house to raise it up not to be affected by the water
Short ferry got the name because there wasn’t a bridge over the river to get to the road the other side so there was a boat which gave a ‘short ferry’ ride across the river. The hamlet was then named after that and the farm also.
Always good to see the land in different part of the UK when will you be spraying off the regrowth is it to cold now were thinking might spray here in Cornwall but worried about the frost at night ?
Rhonda has flown the flag for the county and hopefully all her hard work will come to fruition and get a workable plan in place to de-silt clear the vegetation and improve the water flow. Henry is certainly like a Jack Russel and pushing for a managed way to store flood water and get the plug sorted at Boston. See you Wednesday.
I would love to know what the hire, transport, diesel and maintenance costs of the pumps have been, this has been going on for months, how many miles of river could have been dredged for the equivalent cost?
Great update! Thanks so much! Are there any farmers impacted by the flooding benefiting from Forage Aid, and is there a time of year that we’re more likely to hear about the charity in these updates? I’m guessing feed will already be in the sheds and animals are inside too? Also, does frost help or harm you in terms of preventing you from doing anything or perhaps breaking apart the soil when the moisture freezes and expands?
None at all yet which is surprising. Frost is good for us because it helps dry the soil and means the ground will carry a tractor to go in and drag up any areas which have stood water over winter.
Can i ask a question please Wardy, Why are they running those pumps and pumping water when there is a huge hole in the river bank as in my eye's they are not achieving any thing, as when the pumps move the water the hole in the bank lets water fill it again,
But surly if the river is still running in the water in the fields will still be at the same level as the river so its running in through the river therefore is just filling up as fast as it pumps out and till the hole is filled in the water eill still run into the field @@WardysWaffleAndrewWard
@suresren no because the water in the river is now lower than the water in the fields so it’s flowing back by gravity, through the hole in the bank, back into the river.
Hi Andrew One of the tactics we use is when ever you are in correspondence with the Environment agency CC it to the minister and the shadow minister and then the individual at environment knows that the minister knows and the minister is abreast of the issue before the minders water it down. Also forward the responses. It is playing a little bit dirty but it moves mountains. You may already use this tactic but sometimes we have to use the dark art. Regards from Tasmania One of the things you need to know is in Tasmania we only have 45000 people but we have our own government and ministers in the federal government (green carpet and in the senate (red carpet) we have the same number of members as any other state along with 5 TV stations and 4 news papers and 6 radio stations were are very well covered and those that use the influence of the closeness to government get things done both in state and federal. 👍👨🌾🍎🍏 It is not what you know but who sometimes
As a non inhabitant living a little south of you, would I be right in thinking that the pump positions are much the same come flooding. It seems to me in that case on an engineering basis, frames could be constructed with a grid platform substantial enough to mount pumps so under 30 from water level, and electrical services provided. With a bank of pumps to draw from a limited number of pumps can be spread over a wide area and be quickly installed and connected at need. This would have economic benefits for a large community in the pumps are in one area for storage and servicing, the electrical connection at operation point would be from installed cabinet by soft link, the height of platform protects installation and the absence of machinery when not in use protects against theft and vandalism. With a known format for installation it could be done rapidly with trailer, pumps and lift or hoist facility and an electrician in installation crew. I think it is an operation which requires an industrial come military approach of given drills at certain levels of warning. The engineering is relatively simple and the political cost is reasonably simple as well as it presumably could be done under existing powers and agencies. The problem seems to be people are mentally ossified and have to be dragged to get their feet wet to know what a flood looks like. I learned this as a child when a relative who was Factory Engineer commented to Father that the biggest problem was not the water but cleaning a very large factory of the sewage left behind. Future floods were restricted in damage by elevation of services and machinery but the cleanliness problem always remained. The Fens were famous for stilts and Hereward the Wake; let’s go back to the stilts!
That’s what’s needed and the EA know this but seem to lack the desire to do it. Trouble is each time a pump goes under water and is flooded it’s around £100K a pump to repair. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Credit to Rhonda and all involved it getting the message across to government Sincerely hope they have taken the message back to government and they realise a country that can’t feed itself as no future
Good start but will only believe it when you show them doing it farming in the upper seven catchment area we also don’t want to store water for free we all want the water moved not the problem
So glad your allowed to drain now. Lets hope the whole country learns from this, and follows suit. Maybe Mr Price might get a pardon ?? . Comes to something when the country needs a Flood Minister 🤦♂️, a proper river authority would be money better spent.
Dont think the government or any of the politicians are listening to farmers because they think we are not needed .but hay ho nice to see everyone having a nice meal and drinks nice use of membership money
I think at last Dafrah are listening now regarding the water, but trying to get us all to go into SFI and Portland into non-food, producing options is a worry.
This Farmer is growing on me. Becos I live in Boston, we are under Tories which never changes but for NUF to bring a Labour MP is refreshing even if you don't support Labour, bcos lets face it the under 55s don't have faith in any politicians. I am starting to think this particular Farmer is fair and balanced and that's why he is only one of few Farmers taking time and trouble to make video blogs becos he is opening up Farming to the public and it may help raise interest and confidence to the non-farming community, who often think "greedy farmers." So THANK YOU I hope you remain open to debate with the farmers, public, environmentalists whichever way your political bias lies. Maybe in the future, you could make blog on food manufacturing processes and factories in Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, etc? That would be gr8. I visited Short Ferry becos as there was a beautiful pub nxt to the river for sale a few years bak and I was interested so went to view it. The area was lovely with Dunston Fen and little nature parks, etc.
Granted most farmers would vote Conservative, but some I know vote Labour. Another UA-cam farmer you might find interesting is Harry's Farm. He is very good at explaining things. ua-cam.com/video/M3X-_Bqs_0k/v-deo.html
I wish you all the best,but don’t hold your breath in relation to your flooding problems,there’s an election coming up; when that’s been and gone, you will be lucky to see any minister never mind getting anything done. The best you can expect is for the government to decriminalise farmers from cleaning the dikes/ rivers out themselves
Who knows but she contacted us and was prepared to give up her Saturday despite having a young family. She was very interested and shocked and very sympathetic with what farmers are having to cope with.
Well may as well talk to the labor lot as the current clowns won’t be coming back. Either way there won’t be any funding available. Reminds me of a tee shirt with a collie dog on it “I can here you but I’m just not listening” 😂
Congratulations and thank you to Rhonda and you Andrew for helping the politicians see the challenges agricultural business (and others) are facing with flooding in this area of Lincolnshire.
Andrew , it must be like banging your head against a wall, trying to explain the bleeding obvious to these bloody townies, keep up the valiant effort 👍🏼
Great Video Andrew, Hopefully all the hard work that you, Rhonda, Henry and many others have put in regarding flooding will have an impact on the powers that be and they will take action. I hope so, Best Wishes to You all
There was a great bit at the NFU dinner when Minette said of Rhonda “I don’t know where she gets her energy from…” and the camera cut back to her just as she was reaching for a bottle. Admittedly it was just water, but if that was a wine bottle you’d have had a moment of comedy gold!
I liked the bit where Rhoda rolled her eyes... 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
I’m used to that look ……..😂😂
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWardand that’s the looks that you see……………
👀 😂😂😂
WellDone Andrew Keep up the Pressure.
We went up to Manchester last weekend, couldn’t believe the flooding as we drove over the Trent (?) at Newark as we joined the A1, we’ve bemoaned the rain in North Norfolk but in comparison we’ve been really lucky. And when are you getting your wall outside your gate repaired?!
The flooding around Newark is unreal isn’t it. Yes from Norfolk to Newark, you will have gone past the farm entrance and noticed the wall!! I keep on at the Builder who did the house and it’s in his plan, but when that is I’m not sure!
Well done to Rhonda and you Mr Ward for the time you've spent this last few weeks on flooding. I think there is more of the general public coming round to the fact that the rivers need maintenance, which is a good thing. The trouble is i saw a small bit of news where wishy-washy Sunak was in an area of the Thames having a look where money could be spent on flood defences rather than river maintenance.Hope Henry gets some sort of help in the near future, keep us updated please.
Andrew, not Mr Ward, please!
Another good video Andrew, I think if Henry was flooding minister there might be some changes made. He came across really well and I hope the MPs listen to him about the changes needed.
Keep up with putting across the affects the flooding to farmers and business's , you and Rhonda are doing a great job. Lets hope we have some dry weather now , to help with the flooding and water logged fields ready for the spring drilling.
Good vid i enjoyed that,strange to see all those farmers stood in the pub waiting for some one to buy a pint or two.😃😀😁
We were stood for a long while!!
Great video Andrew thank for hard showing us how bad the floods are
I'm a relative newcomer to the channel and fully support 99% of what is said. I would take issue though with the often quoted figure of a 6 inch fall between Lincoln and Boston on the river Witham. According to my Ordnance survey map (Landranger sheet 121) Brayford pool is very close to the !0 metre contour and Boston is effectively sea level. That would appear to be about 33 feet difference. I appreciate there is a lock to the East of Lincoln of about 6 feet drop but that still represents a fall of 27 feet. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it does present an alternative representation of the "facts".
That figure does vary so I need to get an accurate one.
Good lobbying by all of you, after the wet end to the year I would imagine all farmers are understandably going to be improving their own drainage through ditching and moling. If next autumn/winter is very wet again the flooding could be a lot worse as the farmers better drainage will put more pressure on the main rivers so hopefully something is done to improve them as you are hinting.
Good points.
I just hope that all people understand now, that dredging rivers is very important, and it doing more damage to the rivers and farm land than doing nothing.
I like to know if the farmer in Herefordshire is compensate and pardon for being sent to prison for doing the Environment agency work and saving the village and homes.
A great video Andrew, and you are doing a great job.
😊👍
This is when I think you advocate for river dregding in all instances. There was no push back to this comment about the dredging of a SSSI river. I understand the importance of dredging in certain instances. The young farmer in your video made an excellent point. Slow the flow upstream, but in these tidal and low lying farming landscapes these artificial waterways should be managed. Where is your advocacy for river restoration and slowing the flow upstream?
I would like to see your evidence that rivers are healthier after dredging
@@mamela11 it's very simple if you half fill a glass with sand, then try and see how much water you can get in to the glass.
Having lots of trees and rubbish in river, mean water is not flowing.
@@johnhyde8892 is the function of a river solely how much water it can convey?
Thankyou for the report , good luck .
Short ferry farm is it named because when it was built there wasnt a road to it?they knew when it was built,the house to raise it up not to be affected by the water
Short ferry got the name because there wasn’t a bridge over the river to get to the road the other side so there was a boat which gave a ‘short ferry’ ride across the river. The hamlet was then named after that and the farm also.
Always good to see the land in different part of the UK when will you be spraying off the regrowth is it to cold now were thinking might spray here in Cornwall but worried about the frost at night ?
As soon as it dries a bit. It’s ok doing in the cold but the rate will need increasing to at least 4litres per hectare and a decent adjuvant with it.
Rhonda has flown the flag for the county and hopefully all her hard work will come to fruition and get a workable plan in place to de-silt clear the vegetation and improve the water flow. Henry is certainly like a Jack Russel and pushing for a managed way to store flood water and get the plug sorted at Boston. See you Wednesday.
I would love to know what the hire, transport, diesel and maintenance costs of the pumps have been, this has been going on for months, how many miles of river could have been dredged for the equivalent cost?
Great video Andrew. You’re doing a great job 🚜🚜
Great update! Thanks so much! Are there any farmers impacted by the flooding benefiting from Forage Aid, and is there a time of year that we’re more likely to hear about the charity in these updates? I’m guessing feed will already be in the sheds and animals are inside too? Also, does frost help or harm you in terms of preventing you from doing anything or perhaps breaking apart the soil when the moisture freezes and expands?
None at all yet which is surprising. Frost is good for us because it helps dry the soil and means the ground will carry a tractor to go in and drag up any areas which have stood water over winter.
Good video I didn't realise how serious the flooding was.
It’s not good at all, 3rd time in 4 years.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard That is serious.
Can i ask a question please Wardy, Why are they running those pumps and pumping water when there is a huge hole in the river bank as in my eye's they are not achieving any thing, as when the pumps move the water the hole in the bank lets water fill it again,
They are pumping the water 800m upstream from the hole in the bank so the water flow is the other direction to the hole.
But surly if the river is still running in the water in the fields will still be at the same level as the river so its running in through the river therefore is just filling up as fast as it pumps out and till the hole is filled in the water eill still run into the field
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard
@suresren no because the water in the river is now lower than the water in the fields so it’s flowing back by gravity, through the hole in the bank, back into the river.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard Ah i see didn't realize water was lower , sorry Wardy i just see it as a typical enviroment agency cock up,
Difficult to drain the river wickam if you can only release water at low tide.didnt know there were sluice gates at boston
A very interesting video Andrew
great update andrew
Hi all them people, cost, will anything happen?? Great video,,
We’ve high hopes, due to the conversations we’re having with Defra, Robbie Moore and other ministers.
It's great you and ronda are so active in helping farmers ,with all the barley volunteers is your combine to blame
Those volunteers could start as chippings which the combine drum
has ground up,
Is that dealership across the car park from Newark show ground
Yes!
You get the same feeling as me going be a dry spring and summer
Yes, definitely!
Great vid thank you 😊
Do you store just one caravan or are there other's hiding somewhere???🤔😉
It’s the only one!
Hi Andrew
One of the tactics we use is when ever you are in correspondence with the Environment agency CC it to the minister and the shadow minister and then the individual at environment knows that the minister knows and the minister is abreast of the issue before the minders water it down.
Also forward the responses.
It is playing a little bit dirty but it moves mountains.
You may already use this tactic but sometimes we have to use the dark art.
Regards from Tasmania
One of the things you need to know is in Tasmania we only have 45000 people but we have our own government and ministers in the federal government (green carpet and in the senate (red carpet) we have the same number of members as any other state along with 5 TV stations and 4 news papers and 6 radio stations were are very well covered and those that use the influence of the closeness to government get things done both in state and federal. 👍👨🌾🍎🍏
It is not what you know but who sometimes
Too right about who you know, that’s how I managed to get Robbie Moore in. He’s doing a great job with it.
As a non inhabitant living a little south of you, would I be right in thinking that the pump positions are much the same come flooding. It seems to me in that case on an engineering basis, frames could be constructed with a grid platform substantial enough to mount pumps so under 30 from water level, and electrical services provided. With a bank of pumps to draw from a limited number of pumps can be spread over a wide area and be quickly installed and connected at need. This would have economic benefits for a large community in the pumps are in one area for storage and servicing, the electrical connection at operation point would be from installed cabinet by soft link, the height of platform protects installation and the absence of machinery when not in use protects against theft and vandalism. With a known format for installation it could be done rapidly with trailer, pumps and lift or hoist facility and an electrician in installation crew.
I think it is an operation which requires an industrial come military approach of given drills at certain levels of warning. The engineering is relatively simple and the political cost is reasonably simple as well as it presumably could be done under existing powers and agencies. The problem seems to be people are mentally ossified and have to be dragged to get their feet wet to know what a flood looks like. I learned this as a child when a relative who was Factory Engineer commented to Father that the biggest problem was not the water but cleaning a very large factory of the sewage left behind. Future floods were restricted in damage by elevation of services and machinery but the cleanliness problem always remained. The Fens were famous for stilts and Hereward the Wake; let’s go back to the stilts!
That’s what’s needed and the EA know this but seem to lack the desire to do it. Trouble is each time a pump goes under water and is flooded it’s around £100K a pump to repair. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Credit to Rhonda and all involved it getting the message across to government Sincerely hope they have taken the message back to government and they realise a country that can’t feed itself as no future
Good start but will only believe it when you show them doing it farming in the upper seven catchment area we also don’t want to store water for free we all want the water moved not the problem
So glad your allowed to drain now. Lets hope the whole country learns from this, and follows suit. Maybe Mr Price might get a pardon ?? .
Comes to something when the country needs a Flood Minister 🤦♂️, a proper river authority would be money better spent.
Henry talks a lot of sense, one can only hope the powers that be can understand the situation and put some changes in action
He does. With the talks Rhonda is having with MP’s they are listening so fingers crossed.
Dont think the government or any of the politicians are listening to farmers because they think we are not needed .but hay ho nice to see everyone having a nice meal and drinks nice use of membership money
I think at last Dafrah are listening now regarding the water, but trying to get us all to go into SFI and Portland into non-food, producing options is a worry.
Noticed a ring on Rhonda's left hand, are you 2 engaged? Will you be at LAMMA? if so what day
No we’re not!! I’m planning going to Lamma Wednesday.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard😂
This Farmer is growing on me. Becos I live in Boston, we are under Tories which never changes but for NUF to bring a Labour MP is refreshing even if you don't support Labour, bcos lets face it the under 55s don't have faith in any politicians. I am starting to think this particular Farmer is fair and balanced and that's why he is only one of few Farmers taking time and trouble to make video blogs becos he is opening up Farming to the public and it may help raise interest and confidence to the non-farming community, who often think "greedy farmers." So THANK YOU I hope you remain open to debate with the farmers, public, environmentalists whichever way your political bias lies.
Maybe in the future, you could make blog on food manufacturing processes and factories in Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, etc? That would be gr8. I visited Short Ferry becos as there was a beautiful pub nxt to the river for sale a few years bak and I was interested so went to view it. The area was lovely with Dunston Fen and little nature parks, etc.
Granted most farmers would vote Conservative, but some I know vote Labour.
Another UA-cam farmer you might find interesting is Harry's Farm. He is very good at explaining things. ua-cam.com/video/M3X-_Bqs_0k/v-deo.html
Thank you.
I wish you all the best,but don’t hold your breath in relation to your flooding problems,there’s an election coming up; when that’s been and gone, you will be lucky to see any minister never mind getting anything done. The best you can expect is for the government to decriminalise farmers from cleaning the dikes/ rivers out themselves
Let’s see, we’re getting some very positive messages from Defra and Secretary of State.
still got black grass
We have some coming out of the winter but we won’t have any go through the combine as it’s all roguable
Plough it man ...that stop ...black grAss
We’ve stopped the blackgrass without ploughing but included hand roguing. 👍😊
The labour lady only came up and sounds interested because there is a election coming up 😂
Who knows but she contacted us and was prepared to give up her Saturday despite having a young family. She was very interested and shocked and very sympathetic with what farmers are having to cope with.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard if that is the case then fair play to her
Well may as well talk to the labor lot as the current clowns won’t be coming back. Either way there won’t be any funding available. Reminds me of a tee shirt with a collie dog on it “I can here you but I’m just not listening” 😂
I’m thinking of not watching your videos until floods go too depressing must be awful for farmers
Normal service will be resumed next week!!
EA need to be proactive not reactive