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The conference season and the imperative of continuity

by Martin Hole | Jan 4, 2018 | The Farmer

January is conference season for the farming industry. The long standing Oxford Farming Conference’s (OFC) theme is ’embracing change’, with views being offered from the DEFRA Minister Michael Gove and balanced by thoughtful presentations from a variety of...

What if nature reserves don’t work?

by Martin Hole | Dec 6, 2017 | The Farmer

Farming in the UK needs nature reserves to work. The majority of biodiversity is conserved in protected landscapes, enabling conventional agriculture to have the dominant hand in the undesignated areas. However, increasing amounts of evidence are undermining this...

Wilderness: is there a change on the way?

by Martin Hole | Sep 10, 2017 | The Farmer

All property is environment. To begin with, and before man’s interference, it is a wholly natural tableau, but as we bend it to our will true wilderness loses out. Landscape cover of farming, forestry and urban development in the UK affects more than three quarters of...

Developers should consider style as well as substance

by Will Stebbing | Sep 4, 2017 | Residential Investor

Should you buy new or used? A mattress – always new. Appliances – new if you can afford it. Furniture – new unless it is a nice antique piece. A home? Who wouldn’t want the brand new, well-proportioned, well-insulated two-bedroom apartment, re-wired, re-plumbed, with...

Why buy land?

by Martin Hole | Jul 31, 2017 | The Farmer

The skylark’s Latin name is Alauda arvensis. Roughly translated, it means exaltation from the field, an observation about its song and activity in asserting its territory. The lapwing, too, has a thrilling flight display when it first puts its stamp on its chosen...