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A NEW NORMAL REQUIRES A NEW PARADIGM

The Farmer

Amongst the many quotes attributed to Einstein, the following seems most pertinent as we look to the future. ‘’The significant challenges we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that we were at when we created them’’. Undoubtedly as we move forward, both dealing and learning to live with the impact of the covid virus, it will need very new thinking as the challenges ahead for the world economy are immense. Whatever new normal means, it will require a new paradigm as to how we both live and run our lives and our business and economy.

Recently I attended a meeting of a farming organisation. The conversation and discussions were grim. Lockdown in the UK has impacted substantially on the UK dairy sector with many farmers’ outlets disappearing with the closure of restaurants, hotels and the like. There are concerns about the outcome of trade discussions, particularly with the USA, with fears of lower quality imports. There are also similar misgivings about the BREXIT discussions and what might eventually emerge from them. Then of course there has been the extreme weather. The very wet autumn and winter meant many crops not sown. Winter wheat planting is well down. The spring did eventually arrive which allowed spring sowings, only to be followed by an extremely dry period affecting germination badly. Projections on farming output in 2020 are not optimistic. It was feared that many farmers, faced with this and the impact and repercussions of the pandemic, will not survive.






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About John Moverley

John Moverley

John graduated in Agriculture and was awarded the Wood Prize for best student in the subject and a College Scholarship. After holding a research fellowship and lectureship at Nottingham University, John’s subsequent career has spanned the public, private and charitable sectors with 20 years at chief executive level. John has held numerous regional and national posts and his last full time post was as Chief Executive of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Current roles include chairman of the Amenity Forum, a Forestry & Woodlands Advisory Committee and Mercia Community Forest. He is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies and the Institute of Agricultural Engineers and holds honorary Fellowships at both the University of Central Lancashire and Myerscough College and his chair is at De Montfort University. In 2004, he was awarded the OBE for services to agriculture and education and has recently been elected President at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, for the 2018/19 academic year.

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