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Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs

Group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect

Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming. Editor of FG from 2016-2023, he has been with the business since 2010. From a farming background, he has more than 20 years' experience in journalism and is a former chair of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists.

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Rearing cattle across 13 states of America

Livestock

Rearing cattle across 13 states of America

From their humble base in Texas, Pete and Missy Bonds run cattle across 13 states of America as part of a truly vast ranching business. Ben Briggs reports from the Lone Star State.

clock 07 April 2023 • 7 min read
High hopes for selling British lamb to Uncle Sam

Livestock

High hopes for selling British lamb to Uncle Sam

AHDB’s export team was in Dallas, Texas, last week for the Annual Meat Conference (AMC) as the levy board sought to promote British beef and lamb in the States. Ben Briggs joined the delegation and reports from the

clock 19 March 2023 • 7 min read
Common sense among politicians? Let's hope it catches on.

Farm Business

Common sense among politicians? Let's hope it catches on.

Common sense, it would appear, has made an unlikely return to Government and facilitated positive steps between the UK and EU in relation to Northern Ireland in the post-Brexit era.

clock 03 March 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: Ben Briggs - 'What is dictating the approach towards food production?'

Farm Life

From the editor: Ben Briggs - 'What is dictating the approach towards food production?'

NFU president Minette Batters was entirely right when she told delegates on the first morning of her union’s conference that Government’s seemingly blase attitude towards food production needed exposing for what it was, naive.

clock 24 February 2023 • 2 min read
Clarkson takes farmings story to parts others cannot reach

Farm Life

Clarkson takes farmings story to parts others cannot reach

Love him or loathe him, there is no doubting the fact that Jeremy Clarkson has taken farmings story into more households than ever before.

clock 10 February 2023 • 2 min read
Clarkson takes farming's story to parts others cannot reach

Farm Life

Clarkson takes farming's story to parts others cannot reach

Love him or loathe him, there is no doubting the fact that Jeremy Clarkson has taken farming’s story into more households than ever before.

clock 10 February 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: Lack of cash and deterrents allowing fly-tipping to soar

Farm Life

From the editor: Lack of cash and deterrents allowing fly-tipping to soar

Fly-tipping and littering remain a blight on the UK countryside.

clock 04 February 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: Unfair supply chains could undermine our green goals

Farm Business

From the editor: Unfair supply chains could undermine our green goals

Fairness in the food supply chain is a topic which has dominated the pages of Farmers Guardian and minds of industry leaders for years.

clock 09 January 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: Loss of BPS requires more than wishful thinking from policymakers

Farm Life

From the editor: Loss of BPS requires more than wishful thinking from policymakers

It is that time of year again when the pages of Farmers Guardian are filled with Christmas fatstock sales from around the marts and winter fairs from across the country.

clock 05 December 2022 • 2 min read
From the editor: Time for retailers to listen as egg industry starts to crack

From the editor: Time for retailers to listen as egg industry starts to crack

THESE are dire times for the egg industry, with empty supermarket shelves and foreign imports a tangible symbol of supply chain dysfunctionality and strained relationships between buyer and supplier.

clock 24 November 2022 • 2 min read
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