Blogs

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

January has been a testing month so far; with heavy rainfall, sharp frosts and even the odd attempt at snow.

February already. Time flies while you are having fun, or the older you get, the more time flies.

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

As our financial year drew to a close on January 31 we found ourselves trying to sift through the wreckage of a year ravaged by Covid-19.

On our first date Isobel told me I was the first farmer she had ever met. Our second date was a trip to see my sheep and we ended up dagging out some fly strike and she didn’t balk then and hasn’t since.

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.

As we head into the new year, it is clear what is on the menu - more of the same. The pandemic is moving at a sobering pace and keeping us all doing what we’ve been getting used to; staying home and getting on with it.

As we enter the New Year with trepidation and a little hope, farming life continues in its usual pattern and we are thankful for it.

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.