Many country people and a little ‘less than country’ people enjoyed Open Farm Sunday the other week. Open Farm Sundays give people from the non-farming community a chance to see what life is like on a real farm, including how and where their food is produced. It is shocking the questions which are still asked…
View PostThe English countryside is now in full bloom and there is no finer site! The crops are growing, the rape has flowered, the swallow population is expanding…and rabbits are populating in the millions! Everything is gaining in numbers. However, what about our farmers? Instead of enjoying this flourishing new life, farmers are busy controlling sprouting…
View PostIt may be an age old saying, but it is true ‘the farmer wants a wife’. Whilst in days gone by farmers seemed content with marrying the local girl from down the road, in today’s society this is not so easy…what local girl from down the road?! Sadly, girls, not unlike magpies, get attracted by…
View PostMany of our farmers will have attended the ever popular agricultural event, Cereals 2013, this month. The Cereals event provides a perfect opportunity for farmers to browse the latest machinery and to brush up their knowledge on the latest crop technologies. Perhaps, for our more forward thinking farmers who are eager to explore new possibilities…
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