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It really is time to support home-grown produce
I am aware of the ongoing debate within the fresh produce sector as to what proportion of the monies coming...
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Beef and sheep farmers need Brexit certainty now
Assuming Theresa May gets a Brexit deal across the line with her parliamentary colleagues over the coming weeks, then the...
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Dairy fairs are a winter wonderland for milk producers
Take the latest farm gadgets, the country’s best stock, copious amounts of tea and then make boots and coats the...
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'Guess what, rural businesses are totally unprepared for Brexit - but can't blame them'
So only 20% of rural businesses across the UK are Brexit-proofed. Or, put another way, 80% aren’t. These are astonishing...
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Government must appoint a food ombudsman with real teeth
Food prices continue to fall in real terms. This is good news for consumers. However, it’s a real kick in...
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'Beef farmers must become more efficient – there’s no other show in town'
The Christmas beef shows and sales are about to get into full swing around the country. And they are all...
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Farmers will always work for the public good
Environmental groups continue to lobby for a farm support policy, post-Brexit, that delivers in terms of the public good. Significantly,...
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Is the Brexit deal a case of perfect timing?
They say that timing is everything in life. And where Theresa May is concerned, the fact that she has left...
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'CCC report is nonsense but the NFU has been asleep at the wheel'
Forget Brexit, the truly worrying story to come out of London this week was the report from the Government’s advisory...
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Bovine TB: Could chipping or electronic ID be part of the solution?
The latest public declaration by a number of veterinary surgeons to the effect that badger culling is not controlling Bovine...
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WWI: What can we learn from the few who fed the many?
I never met either of my grandfathers but, as far as I can gather, the Martin and Wallace men continued...
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It’s time to sort out the UK’s post-Brexit farm support budget
Stakeholder groups can talk about the post-Brexit support policies required by the farming industry until they are blue in the...
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'We must act now to protect one of the UK's most valuable farming sectors'
The physical output of the sheep sector in 2019 is currently being determined as farmers put their rams in with...
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Could Brexit be an opportunity for UK GM advancements?
As is always the case, UK farmers are being encouraged to do everything in their power to control input costs...
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Banning tractors from UK roads is total folly
The latest soundings from Whitehall would indicate that the Government is toying with the idea of banning farmers from driving...
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It’s time for the NFU to put more pressure on Michael Gove
I noticed that Defra Secretary Michael Gove was wearing what looked like an ear of wheat in the lapel of...
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It’s time to put the value of the Basic Payment into context
I am pretty sick and tired of environmental and conservation groups telling us all that we need farm support measures...
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'Keyboard warriors...it's time to cut us farmers some slack'
By George Minish, guest columnist Now, I am not an educated man by any means. I only went to school...
