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THE DUTCH FARMER PROTEST – WINNERS AND LOSERS
The “Dutch N” case and the “Urgenda” case are compelling the Dutch government to seek massive reductions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and...
Jul 16, 20224 min read
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NETHERLANDS FARMER’S PROTEST - NEDERLANDS BOERENPROTEST
“Twice as much food using half as many resources” was the ambitious aim of Dutch Agriculture. Indeed, you can see it being achieved and...
Jul 14, 20228 min read
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Inertia of Farming
Beware the inertia of farming. It is perhaps the most commercially and emotionally hazardous factor of farming. It is the tendancy to...
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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The British Countryside - Managed by Man
I cannot help but feel as I wander through the British countryside that its nature is as God intended......managed by man. The last week...
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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What Bank Manager?
In July 2021 I posted a detailed description on how a Bank manager views a farm for lending risk purposes. The advice in it still holds...
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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KEEP YOUR BLOODY DOG ON A LEAD!
In my third post looking at problems farmers have with dogs and people I look at livestock worrying. This is intended to be a view of the...
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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Principles of Self Defence
This is the second of three posts where I look at problems farmers have with dogs and people. The first post looked at Coursing and some...
Mar 9, 20227 min read
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Coursing and Poaching – a problem old and new.
In the first century AD the Greek scholar Arrian encountered and participated with Romans using dogs to hunt by sight and described one...
Mar 5, 202210 min read
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To Plough the Headland and be Damned
Today I read a tweet from a farmer on the Lincolnshire Wolds showing his uncultivated field margin with the words, "Great over winter...
Jan 13, 20222 min read
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Succession - The Need to Talk and Listen
Once upon a time there were two brothers, very healthy and in their late sixties, one had no children, the other had a son who was in the...
Jan 8, 20222 min read
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A PROJECT FOR THE UNIVERSAL BENEFIT OF ALL FARMERS
First of all I thank my great Irish friend Jonathan Swift for his inspiration. Having done so much to serve and instruct the agricultural...
Dec 29, 20212 min read
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Are Alpacas Commercially Viable?
In May 2012, Dianne Simmons, the first known person to catch TB from alpacas in the UK said, " I fear petting zoos could be riddled with...
Sep 1, 20214 min read
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FARMING FOR NOWT – (Part 4 TAKING CONTROL OF CASH)
On this fourth of 4 posts for small family farms I examine ways you may consider improving your situation. It's not easy.
Aug 15, 20218 min read
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FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 3 – Tracking your money).
In this 3rd post designed for small family farms I give some simple guidance to track your cash and calculate your net wealth.
Aug 14, 20215 min read
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FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 2 – how you feel about your farm? and Sources of help)
This second post designed for small family farms encourages you to ask the difficult question, "How do you feel about your farm?"
Aug 13, 20215 min read
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FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 1 Your attitude towards money).
In this first of four posts designed for small family farms I ask you to consider your attitude towards money.
Aug 12, 20215 min read
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How a Bank views my Farm?
In the following I make no apology for the simplicity of what I have put. What seems obvious to one person is not to another. Indeed it...
Jul 19, 202112 min read
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Archaeology and the importance of knowing which way a cow stands to have a piss.
Many years ago a family of farming brothers in Cambridgeshire had the opportunity to cash in on their land by having it developed for...
Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Is the late Sir Richard Body the architect of current Conservative Agricultural policy in the UK?
As a teenager going to Spalding Grammar School I would often see our member of Parliament Richard Body walking near his house in Welland...
Jul 9, 20219 min read
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