First of all I thank my great Irish friend Jonathan Swift for his inspiration. Having done so much to serve and instruct the agricultural...

On December 18th 2021 I read an article by Rachel Stevenson in the Observer with the headline, “Millions of daffodils will rot if Brexit...

The failure of many energy Companies in the UK is being attributed to the hike in energy prices. However, this is a half-truth. The cause...

In my home town of Spalding as a child in the 1970’s I saw a great growth in car ownership as it became an item only a few could afford...

In 2014, I was an Agricultural Bank manager for a high street Bank. I was asked to write a personal report on how I viewed the...

I am becoming very tired of all the people shouting about farming having to be sustainable and the countryside having to be managed...

So as COP26 meet in Glasgow Greta Thunburg has sought to invoke anger to promote change. Is she right? Even though I personally feel she...

It is with great horror that I perceive the task of healthy pigs being culled on farms for economic reasons. It is bad enough for a...

HS2 the great rail link between London and the Northern Power House that is Manchester has hit many headlines but above all else the most...

In 2000 the great visionary, the late Marquis of Bath stated that , “Once scientific research had come up with the means of producing a...

In May 2012, Dianne Simmons, the first known person to catch TB from alpacas in the UK said, " I fear petting zoos could be riddled with...

And the Lord looked down on the people of Shinar and said, “ Come, let us go down there and confuse their speech, so that they will not...

Many environmental arguments rest upon questions of value rather than principle and logic. We see this in many areas whether it be GM...

Apparently the world of horticulture and gardening is fraught with judgemental people calling gardeners out as not being "proper"...

As we saw the success of Amazon Prime's new TV series "Clarkson's Farm" showing the reality of farming in the UK it reminded of a man...

Many years ago a family of farming brothers in Cambridgeshire had the opportunity to cash in on their land by having it developed for...

As a teenager going to Spalding Grammar School I would often see our member of Parliament Richard Body walking near his house in Welland...