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...
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Andrew Elsden - exploring stories, tales , rural and social issues past and present as I see them and sharing useful information.
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Jun 1, 20224 min read
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...
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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 9, 20227 min read
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 5, 202210 min read
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...
Jan 13, 20222 min read
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 8, 20222 min read
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...
Dec 29, 20212 min read
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...
Sep 1, 20214 min read
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...
Aug 15, 20218 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT – (Part 4 TAKING CONTROL OF CASH)
There are three areas you need to examine to take control of your money: LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING THREE AREAS TO TAKE ACTION: 1. CONTROL...
Aug 14, 20215 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 3 – Tracking your money).
Many times as an Agricultural Bank Manager I sat down with an apparently profitable farming business and the owners sat there open...
Aug 13, 20215 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 2 – how you feel about your farm? and Sources of help)
How do you feel about your farm? • Does it feel harder than it should be? • Are you constantly short of money? • Do you keep receiving...
Aug 12, 20215 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 1 Your attitude towards money).
This series of four posts is a very simple guide for you to explore where your farm’s money is going to and what you can do about it....
Jul 19, 202112 min read
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 12, 20212 min read
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 9, 20219 min read
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...
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