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The Price of Farming

by John Moverley | Aug 9, 2018 | The Farmer

Having sufficient food is a basic human need. Sadly it is not always the case in certain areas of our world and many still die of famine. However in developed countries often its supply is taken for granted and not really valued. We expect full supermarket shelves,...

Cultural absurdity is no longer a joke

by Martin Hole | Jun 1, 2018 | The Farmer

Nature conservation on England’s farms has never been so important. While all biological measures are continuing to reflect drastic declines of almost all species, money is only available on a short term basis in a complex changing politic. Annual measures undertaken...

Australian dairy farms – the bull run is on

by Jeremy Bayard | Apr 10, 2018 | The Farmer

The global agricultural investment spotlight has moved ‘down under’ and is fixed firmly on the Australian dairy farm sector. Long overlooked as the ‘poor cousin’ of the agricultural sector, Australian dairy is now coming of age. Cattle stations, broad-acre cropping...

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...

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...