Arable Farmer Focus FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Why I'm now eating porridge each morningI’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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Grain market does not bring many smilesIt 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Struggling crops and no cereal grazingWet, 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Weather and prices push farmers to the limitAs 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,… FARMER FOCUSFarmer 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Trumping, chatting and farmer protestsAt 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Politicians need to wake up to the food crisisI 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Silver linings of the monsoon seasonIt'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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Sad passing of staff member amid busy weeksSadly, 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Soil investment now paying dividendsAs 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… ARABLEFarmer Focus: Wet winter costs us in soil damageUnfortunately, 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… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Starting some field work in the soggy springThe 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… More articles