Category Archives: Blog
Dairy protests could begin again ‘in weeks’
A fresh round of dairy farmer protests could begin within weeks if processors fail to lift milk prices and adhere to the voluntary dairy code of conduct, Farmers For Action has warned. FFA chairman David Handley said processors were running … Continue reading
Whey to go
Can’t decide what’s best on this article: the cheesy headline, or the honesty of the sub-editor who wrote the picture caption. Either way, it’s a gouda one. (Sorry).
Are UK farmers better off in the EU?
Prime Minister David Cameron has finally done what EU-sceptics everywhere have been hoping for. By 2017, provided the Conservatives win the next general election, the public will be given the chance to vote on the UK’s membership of the European … Continue reading
Organic farming could ‘do more harm than good’ to global environment
Encouraging Europe’s farmers to switch to organic production could cause more damage to the global environment that if they stuck to conventional farming systems, a leading scientists has said. Tim Benton, the UK’s Global Food Security Champion, said organic farms … Continue reading
How not to get an OBE
I hate public speaking. For some reason, when I have to stand up in front of people and open my mouth, I develop a stutter, my accent takes on a yokel, Nottingham twang and I lose the ability to string … Continue reading
Farming’s a Journey
I don’t know what I love most about this video. Is it NayLo twirling behind the cloakroom desk like a young Paul Daniels, Piglet and Jane Craigie waltzing down Park Lane, or Big Dog David Richardson havin’ a smooch with Christine … Continue reading
A change of Paice for DEFRA
It’s been a few years since I headed towards the first week of September with that stomach-churning, first-day-back-at-school sense of dread. But the cabinet reshuffle which marked the return of government from its summer holiday on Tuesday had me fretting … Continue reading
Better to be safe and sorry?
There can’t be many people who’d find a use for an agricultural health and safety course on a package holiday to Tunisia. There must be even fewer people who’d take the information they learned on said course and use it … Continue reading
Wannabe emu farmers need definitely apply
If you’re ever unfortunate enough to get me on the topic of my Nuffield Farming Scholarship, you’re likely to get trapped in a three hour conversation while I tell you about the places I went, the things I saw, the … Continue reading
A pointless conversation
Gob de la Wash: What are you doing next weekend? Me: My friends are taking me away on a surprise trip for my birthday. It’s a magical mystery tour. GdlW: Where are you going? Me: I don’t know, it’s a … Continue reading
