Harvest is over here in the east, and as expected, it has been dry and hot ever since! Too dry for the rape, and the potato land is too hard to lift without damage. We won’t be drilling any wheat until it rains, which I hope it does soon or we will have to consider [...]
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The show season has started
May 28, 2009 – 7:45 am
The show season is finally upon us. So is summer, with a blisteringly hot bank holiday weekend, with some heavy rain. 15 mm has just disappeared, so applying liquid N was sticky to say the least, but as soon as the rain stopped so did I, and it dried up so soon you could hardly [...]
Second Forum for the Future of Agriculture
March 23, 2009 – 3:48 pm
Last Wednesday I was in Brussels at the Second Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) as a guest of Syngenta, who was one of the principle sponsors. The theme was “Financing and governing food and environmental security - the new challenge.”
It was a long and interesting day, with many eminent speakers. Experts included Paul Krugman [...]
We left the snow behind for a much-needed holiday.
March 4, 2009 – 9:54 am
We left the snow for a much needed half term break in Egypt. It was excellent, 27 degrees and many fish on the reefs in the Red Sea. We all needed a break, and I cannot holiday at home because I cannot help working.
Back on the farm, we are just finishing the ploughing, and there [...]
The TFA and many members were at LAMMA
January 26, 2009 – 3:32 pm
The TFA and many members were at LAMMA. It was a brilliant show, despite the traffic problems. We saw many current members and signed up more new members than expected, who I welcome warmly and remind them to make every use of what we have to offer.
Wednesday had the better weather and the high numbers [...]
