My farming week

A recently leaked memo revealed that Johnson was looking at implementing a sector-by-sector ‘carbon tax’ to encourage industries and organisations to reduce their emissions. 

It is often said many lessons can be learned from history. Maybe modern life lures us into a false sense of security, or maybe man just has far to large an ego, but it seems like we have a tendency to ignore these lessons, usually to our detriment.

The talking point in Wales right now is the shock announcement of whole territory Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) by Welsh Government.

This is the first column I have written for Farmers Guardian since my wife Rose’s suicide in June. I have been very touched by the response of so many farming people.

Technology has been a saviour for most industries during the pandemic and digital disruption shows no signs of slowing down.

Talk of workforce shortage is plentiful in the farming press and agri-social media, but solutions are much harder to find.

After four and a half tortuous years, we have now left the EU and are trading under different terms. Some would say, though, the journey has only just begun when it comes to Brexit.

I am sure that we have all seen the usual ‘new year, new you’ adverts, slogans and promises littered all over the media and social media.

While agricultural support and subsidies are of personal interest and importance to me looking to the future of our family farm, it also makes up a large proportion of my working life as a chartered surveyor and land agent.

As 2020 began, who could have forecast what was about to hit us and the rest of the world.