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- Jul 16, 2022
- 4 min
THE DUTCH FARMER PROTEST – WINNERS AND LOSERS
The “Dutch N” case and the “Urgenda” case are compelling the Dutch government to seek massive reductions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and...
- Jul 14, 2022
- 8 min
NETHERLANDS FARMER’S PROTEST - NEDERLANDS BOERENPROTEST
“Twice as much food using half as many resources” was the ambitious aim of Dutch Agriculture. Indeed, you can see it being achieved and...
- Jun 13, 2022
- 5 min
Inertia of Farming
Beware the inertia of farming. It is perhaps the most commercially and emotionally hazardous factor of farming. It is the tendancy to...
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 min
The British Countryside - Managed by Man
I cannot help but feel as I wander through the British countryside that its nature is as God intended......managed by man. The last week...
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
What Bank Manager?
In July 2021 I posted a detailed description on how a Bank manager views a farm for lending risk purposes. The advice in it still holds...
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
KEEP YOUR BLOODY DOG ON A LEAD!
In my third post looking at problems farmers have with dogs and people I look at livestock worrying. This is intended to be a view of the...
- Mar 9, 2022
- 7 min
Principles of Self Defence
This is the second of three posts where I look at problems farmers have with dogs and people. The first post looked at Coursing and some...
- Mar 5, 2022
- 10 min
Coursing and Poaching – a problem old and new.
In the first century AD the Greek scholar Arrian encountered and participated with Romans using dogs to hunt by sight and described one...
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
To Plough the Headland and be Damned
Today I read a tweet from a farmer on the Lincolnshire Wolds showing his uncultivated field margin with the words, "Great over winter...
- Jan 8, 2022
- 2 min
Succession - The Need to Talk and Listen
Once upon a time there were two brothers, very healthy and in their late sixties, one had no children, the other had a son who was in the...
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
A PROJECT FOR THE UNIVERSAL BENEFIT OF ALL FARMERS
First of all I thank my great Irish friend Jonathan Swift for his inspiration. Having done so much to serve and instruct the agricultural...
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
ALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US part 6
PLANNING CHANGE Assess your farming businesses and its strengths and weaknesses. Keep it simple. Write them down. Understand what your...
- Sep 25, 2021
- 2 min
ALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US part 5
UNDERSTANDING CHANGE All farmers should start with themselves. Consider and write down any changes you would like. Then consider and...
- Sep 24, 2021
- 4 min
ALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US part 4
HOW DO YOU VIEW OR UNDERSTAND CHANGE? In my opinion the largest change that UK farming is encountering is the political and environmental...
- Sep 23, 2021
- 7 min
ALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US part 3
VARIOUS IMPACTS OF CHANGE “It is highly likely that it will not be economically viable to grow wheat on low grade 2 land or lower in the...
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
ALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US PART 1
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - COAL, OIL AND GAS Our civilization is founded on coal, oil and gas more completely than one realises until one...
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Are Alpacas Commercially Viable?
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...
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
Archaeology and the importance of knowing which way a cow stands to have a piss.
Many years ago a family of farming brothers in Cambridgeshire had the opportunity to cash in on their land by having it developed for...
- Jul 9, 2021
- 9 min
Is the late Sir Richard Body the architect of current Conservative Agricultural policy in the UK?
As a teenager going to Spalding Grammar School I would often see our member of Parliament Richard Body walking near his house in Welland...
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