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It is rare during harvest to have the luxury of taking a day off and take a well-earned rest to… Read more »

The recent record temperature and the prospect of a drought being declared set me thinking of the practical implication of… Read more »

European Harvest Downgraded The latest reports from the harvest in Europe suggest that yields have been hit by drought and… Read more »

The flagship of the Government’s farming and countryside policy now we have left the Common Agricultural Policy is the Environmental… Read more »

Early Harvest Underway Crops have been ripening very quickly in the hot dry weather and harvest has started on many… Read more »

Sir James Dyson is one of the largest landowners in England with some 35,000 acres. Although not from a farming… Read more »

Meat Alternatives Decline There was a report in the Daily Telegraph last week that sales of meat alternatives, such as… Read more »

Dairy Board chairman, Michael Oakes, unveiled results of a survey amongst 700 members, designed to assess producers’ thoughts on the… Read more »

Flaming June, so often a damp squib, seems to be living up to its name this year. This is the… Read more »

National Food Strategy The Government published the National Food Strategy last week, its response to Henry Dimbleby’s report of last… Read more »