FARM UPDATE 251 The reason the EA are short of finances! Harmston Young farmers receive award.

[@edwardcodd3981]

Somebody must be getting a brown envelope. Paying 5 times over the price it needs investigating. No point having a tender process if a preferred bidder automatically gets the job, he can name his price.

[@robdavis5711]

Dear god, it’s a scandal born of bureaucracy!

[@stephenclark2058]

Andrew I’m so sorry, these people are incompetent and should all be fired , and I’m sure the guy who said there were BROWN ENVELOPES FLYING AROUND IS TOTALLY CORRECT . WELL SAID SIR .

[@Gearoid35]

Great content Andrew, typical of Government agencies.

[@dellhell8842]

Those school visits are great idea.

[@GrahamWP58]

I think the EA need to be questioned on how they allocate preferred tenders, 5 times more than the IDB could have done the job!!!. Another horizon fiasco. So if Lincs produces 27% of the UK food where does the other 73% come from and is it subject to red tractor. Until Sunday

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

No, UK veg!

[@milesblomfield8192]

Watching Henry and your reading out EA bill - quite emotional. Keep up the great work and thank you for the time you take on educating us.

[@simonpegge2843]

What's needed is a criminal charge for incompetence ! Might get these agencies thinking about what they're doing !

[@johnspall1877]

OMG, I, in the past, have given my opinion of the EA, and once again, they have proven me correct. These people are a complete embarrassment they really have escaped from the, well you know where. The school children must love it when they hear that you are coming with your tractor, well done. Let us hope these youngsters are being taught what 5 x means as apparently the EA hasn't been taught that part of sums. Wishing you well.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👌😊

[@bumpkinrocks]

Environment Agency are obviously corrupt as well lazy then. Five times the cost! They're receiving brown envelopes then😠 To think you pay extra as a landowner for them to do nothing is utterly ridiculous 🤬😡

[@ebxo269]

and they say they got no money.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Exactly! 😡😡

[@philipgraham6980]

I think you should withhold the EA payment, stating you do not pay for work/service before it is completed

[@geoffreyburton8961]

What a load of crap this government is crap 💩 what have they done for you and you God son redickalos angry for you andrew

[@lincslad54]

Wasting off public money is a crime wake up Government.

[@user-lr6ff7ji8g]

Unbelievable. I assume the invoice Henry is sending to the EA will be slightly larger, plus they need to pay for the waterlogged generator 🤭

[@cristineagu6920]

I'm not from UK but I can see from the other side of Europe what a sick joke EnvAg does to people there. How they ask for payments, for something they obviously don't do? Farmers can't work the land cause of floods and they're still the ones to pay, for what, for the sitting water in the fields? That water wouldn't be there if those who claim the money would've done the job the way it should be. In another note it's good to see kids interacting with the agriculture in some way, if only one turns into a farmer it would be awesome.

[@chrislee2221]

Well done Andrew you are one of the best if not the best ambassador of British agriculture , I know it takes a lot of your time and energy but the return in way education and good will etc is something you can not buy.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you. 👍😊

[@robertallen3441]

Bet Henry wont be paying his bill.

[@RobertJackson-id9zc]

Doesn't surprise me regarding the EA, when carrying out repairs on the Norfolk coast, they don't work according to the tides, they work to there 8am till 4pm hours so if there's a high tide they'll sit around in there vans the majority of the day waiting for the tide to go out.......

[@JohnnyMotel99]

You gotta be kidding! When National Rail did the new sea wall at Dawlish, they worked 24/7 to fit the tides.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Unreal. 😡

[@glynluff2595]

I hear a story that an ex Prime Minister was enquiring the other day why there was no money for flood prevention work. As everybody valued their job nobody liked to say “You blew it all”!

[@robdavis5711]

Yep… definitely having a laugh! 😮🤨😆

[@stevenfoster8073]

Great to see you going into the schools Andrew and teaching the kids all about where food comes from. On the flooding issues, it's clear that a lot of these government bodies are riddled with corruption. Its clear to me that these people want to destroy British agriculture and get rich with back handers in doing so. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. 😮

[@ebxo269]

teaching them food starts with farmers not at mcdonolds, best ed they can have.

[@robertlewis9401]

I think a boycott of payment may be the only thing the EA will sit up to and change the way they operate .

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

I think that price should be inspected, someone is getting a nice little earner. As for the EA maintaince that's taking the P--S , they should be giving the flood damaged land and house holders money. The children looks like they enjoyed your visit, its so good of you to give your time to do this for the schools.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I enjoy it, the questions are great!

[@royleighton9702]

We’ve used a power harrow for beet land very shallow when the top as dryer out, been on the coast near Skegness we usually got a cold eastern wind at beet drilling time,which drys land out very quickly.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It’s amazing how our cold east winds do dry out soil.

[@richardbaker22]

Great video Andrew

[@petergardner2334]

it would help to cultivate it it wiii dry it out

[@DACA1970]

I was working for a company putting a tender into Defra 20 years ago. I think we quoted around 110K and although we won that contract the next lowest bid was over 500K.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Unreal.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice video 👌

[@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery]

Wow, unreal Andrew. Someone has a neck on them..

[@user-jk9ui7mc8d]

Hi great video, still cold here night frost,

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We had a frost last night.

[@user-xt4tf3my8x]

I couldn’t agree with you more Andrew re Environment agency charges Their charges are increasing while the level of service we receive is decreasing. Disgusting, how do they sleep at night

[@timgalley4391]

I should have known better than to take a mouthful of tea before you read the EA document, I'll get a cloth to wipe up the tea. It would be interesting to know how much money the EA collect from Lincolnshire landowners V's what actual maintenance works and projects are carried out each year.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It definitely would.

[@michaellane9873]

That beggars belief Andrew.

[@robincornwell755]

I for one are speechless don't know how yuo can keep your cool.

[@tomgreene1843]

That's a very high % of veg coming from Lincolnshire ...staples and others ...?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👍

[@ebxo269]

where's the maintenance then, this could be construed "fraudulent" in other circumstances... ridiculous..

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’d like to see that too!!

[@nigelhales874]

Ike you're video this evening at the infant school and young farmer

[@markyoull6744]

great update

[@matthewhodder3029]

Is the EA run by the same people as the Post Office?

[@DAVID-bv2gv]

Well Andrew, I Hope you’re not going to pay that invoice that is outrageous you want to send them a invoice for loss of crops 🤬🚜🇬🇧

[@nickgratton5341]

Wonder how many years before young farmers come to a end the young are not interested in it anymore

[@michaelminers2612]

Well ,that's a close to a temper tantrum think we'll ever see 😂q

[@timgalley4391]

Do you think one day Andrew may actually use a swear word regarding the EA?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I know children watch my videos so it’s one thing I don’t do when recording but there are some instances when I stop, I have to let go, after reading those EA notes, that was one of those times!

[@merv690]

seems like the EA has to be completely investigated the rubbish they put out is unbelievable, and to accept bids with that much difference is unacceptable (no disgusting)

[@philipmetcalfe6289]

Is there any possibility that the EA payments could be diverted to another body to self manage rivers etc. Or would EA invoice not contribute sufficient funding as a county to cover costs ?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I don’t know how the system works.

[@chrismarshall45]

5 times as much, either corrupt or incompetent it’s time for a clear out from the top down 😤

[@bumpkinrocks]

Both for sure😡

[@SH66667]

Drainage bill is a pee take

[@petergarthwaite6805]

Brown envelope 😂

[@philipsankey988]

Will you be celebrating with the YFC this weekend, a little bird has said

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Next weekend!

[@grahamsandry313]

EA 😡

[@chasthechippie]

You know the answer ploughing .....but you seem proud that you dont ....why?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Why do you think the answer is ploughing?

[@jackiewatson3789]

Ploughing - not ploughing. On heavy land on a year like this it makes no difference. If you do plough what little frost moulds you get disappear into the furrows. You can’t legislate for the weather and just need an armoury of different machinery to try to create a seed bed.

[@jonstephens682]

Dear god! Andrew I could not believe what I was hearing when you was reading the letter out, I was just sat there with my mouth open. River improvements and maintenance? Ummmm WHERE?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Exactly!

[@thelambshed6875]

Disgusting EA must be disbanded

[@RonHelton]

👍👍👍👍🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🚜🚜🚜🚜🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂👍

[@GRS1903]

What an absolute cheek!!!