I see the Monitor Farm programme as an opportunity to learn. People can come here and share in the things that I’m doing, but it also gives me an opportunity to learn from others as well. I
2 September 2014 It’s surprising how quickly complacency can slip in – a month ago combines were charging on, cutting winter barley and OSR at record low moisture levels and we were all relaxed and
If you are visiting , then Jay Fuhrer from NRCS is another must visit in this part of the world to get a grasp of how to build soil health. I spent a couple of hours talking with Jay about the
After seeing large-scale direct drill in North Carolina I flew up to Denver and had a (long) drive to Kansas. My host Gabriele asked me if I knew what the national tree was in Kansas: I thought he was
Returning from Australia took me a few days to not only recover from jet lag, but get back to everyday farming in the UK. It’s always nice coming home, especially as I turned 40 while travelling
Three red kites are wheeling over my field of winter barley as I write this. It’s definitely one of the perks of farming in Oxfordshire, although what’s good weather for watching birds of prey is also
My first week in Victoria, Australia was fascinating and I would like to thank everyone who gave their time to meet with me. My travels took me from Ballarat in southern Victoria, to the Wimmera
21 March 2014 Could it be? Something like a ‘normal’ spring? Well, so far so good. Drilling, spraying and fertilising all fully underway and getting up to date. It’s fair to say if you haven’t got
The past week in Paraguay, a land-locked country nestled between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia in the heart of South America, has been fantastic. I have been given a week’s tour of the southern part
November 2013 What a difference a year makes! New roles for both AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds and myself for a start. Needless to say it’s going to be an exciting 12 months to come, with Arable
