Top 10 farming tweets of the week

It was the week that Welsh farm minister Alun Davies was sacked – and replaced by Edwina Hart.

The week that harvest got under way early for many – but then shuddered to a halt on Friday (11 July) as the showers set in.

And the week that tens of thousands of farmers attended agriculture shows in Yorkshire and Kent.

In a turbulent seven days for farming, here are some of your best tweets – the Twitter pictures, observations and insightful comments that brought farming to life.