Blogs

Roger Evans discusses the price of milk, whether it is viable for farmers to keep producing their goods, and gives a suggestion for what needs to happen in Westminster.

Since I last wrote we have had 10mm of rain, all of which arrived this week. 

It will be no surprise that I am beginning with this constant topic of conversation, the weather, especially as the green green grass of home is a yellow, burnt crisp exposing the shallow soil. 

What a difference a week of changeable weather can make.

As I am writing this article it is currently Farm Safety Week (July 18-22), which inadvertently lets you in on a little bit of Farmers Guardian magic with deadlines for articles always a week before actual publication.

We have been experiencing a more typical British summer than the past three years of scorching sun and high temperatures.

I have recently returned from an interesting few days visiting farms and conservation projects in Latvia.

June is the month that our new Holland telehandler goes back after its year long stay as part of the Up to Speed scheme with the Prince’s Countryside Fund.