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Farmer Focus: Why I'm now eating porridge each morning

I’ve only gone and done some bloody farming. Literally today. Who knows what I’ll be doing when you are reading this, but at present we are worrying some soil in…

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Farmer Focus: Grain market does not bring many smiles

It has been a long winter, since the rain started in early October. Our February rainfall was only just above average at 75mm, but like many months in the last…

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Farmer Focus: Struggling crops and no cereal grazing

Wet, wet, wet. Not a huge amount of excitement out there at this stage in the year. Fields are saturated and crops are struggling. Our wheat and barley have faired…

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Farmer Focus: Weather and prices push farmers to the limit

As farmers and contractors, we are not afraid of a challenge or two, but last autumn and winter, coupled with low commodity prices that do not reflect the global situation,…

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Farmer Focus: Is Inaccurate information used against farmers?

It’s March, and spring is in the air. Boy, is it overdue. We’ve had a dry-ish week with blowing wind, so all of a sudden there is an urge to…

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Farmer Focus: Trumping, chatting and farmer protests

At 8am on 1 March one of my local farming friends immediately announced on our WhatsApp group that it was the wettest February he had measured on the farm since…

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Farmer Focus: Politicians need to wake up to the food crisis

I watch the farmer protests sweeping Europe with interest and sympathy and have reason to reflect on our experiences. As a faming business, we have very good irrigation infrastructure, reasonable…

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Farmer Focus: Silver linings of the monsoon season

It's still a bit soggy. I hope by the time you read this that some fieldwork has recommenced, but "spot the dry field" is a bit challenging in North Yorkshire…

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Farmer Focus: Sad passing of staff member amid busy weeks

Sadly, Jason who had worked on the farms for over 35 years passed away after his short battle with cancer. Jason started as relief cow man when there used to…

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Farmer Focus: Soil investment now paying dividends

As farmers, we always find ourselves at the mercy of external forces that we cannot control. We will all be aware that this winter was no exception. During October, a…

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Farmer Focus: Wet winter costs us in soil damage

Unfortunately, February did not bring with it the dry weather we were all hoping for, and therefore there has been no weather window to spread the muck and slurry. No…

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Farmer Focus: Starting some field work in the soggy spring

The dykes are full this February, after another very wet winter. No spring barley or beans have been drilled here, much to my frustration. We have managed to terminate cover…

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