by admin | Feb 21, 2022 | All, Published Articles
Opinion: No deal is better than a bad deal when it comes to trade On the night that former Defra secretary Owen Patterson’s true-blue North Shropshire seat fell to the Lib Dems with a swing of 29,000 votes in the recent bi-election, the Department for International...
by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | All, Published Articles
Opinion: The loss of a child prompts thoughts on farm safety Last week fell to me the unhappy duty of burying my own child. At 36, it’s not an experience I imagined I would have to bear, alongside my wife. Little baby George was born very early and...
by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | All, Published Articles
A view from the farm – the Allerton Project Many farmers only ever experience the privilege of farming in a single place. Roots go down, families are raised, immutable connections forged. From infancy to expiry, entire lives are lived within….. Game &...
by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | All, Published Articles
Opinion: Seize the moment to tell the farming story When Jeremy Clarkson announced he was to star in a television series about farming on his 400ha Cotswold estate for Amazon Prime, I was pretty sceptical. Although I’ve always found Jeremy’s antics on the road...
by admin | Jun 19, 2021 | All, Published Articles
Opinion: Don’t let buzzwords put you off farming change At his inaugural address in 1933, US president Franklin D Roosevelt proclaimed: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…which paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” He was referring to...
by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | All, Published Articles
The dangers abroad for lower UK food production As the fifth year since the Brexit referendum unfolds, farmers are finally learning more about our future agricultural policy. ELM, SFI, FIF; the three-letter acronyms are now flowing thick and fast – as is only proper...