FARM ZONE

Feeding the nation has more or less been taken for granted in the post war years; but that premise is now being challenged as pressure mounts on production, supply chains and retail prices. We thought it would be worth revisiting by way of this review the subject of a...

Why make the most of grass...? First and foremost, it’s a lucrative resource. As Charlie Dolphin writes in the introduction to our new grass seed brochure, grass is ‘the livestock farmer’s most sustainable, cost-effective feed’. There are other reasons too - it’s very...

Food inflation hasn't been going up this quickly for over a decade - and the worst is yet to come. A flurry of recent studies furnish some statistics. Consumer group Which? found that supermarket groceries in February this year were on average 3.14% more expensive...

Forage and grazing can determine the difference between profit and loss on livestock farms where margins are under constant pressure. With no inputs exempt from our inflationary times, Mike Sims – recently appointed to Bright Maize as grass specialist – tells us about...

Dr Tom Adair – a writer living in France – reviews this book for Bright Maize.  The contents of the book do not necessarily reflect the views of Bright Maize, its employees or others associated with the company.  Why do birds matter? There are scientific - good...

As part of our pioneer series, we look at one of the UK’s leading agricultural educationalists, Dr Tony Harris, who died earlier this year and believed agrobusiness alumni should rank alongside the best of any other industry  The high standing of Harper Adams...

Last November, Bright Maize was a sponsor of The Carbon Conference which sought a premium for those producing food with a relatively low carbon footprint. Ben Williams, Sustainability Manager at Glanbia Cheese, Ltd, was one of the guests, and Bright Maize caught up...

Bright Maize’s technical specialist Charlie Dolphin looks at what has most influenced the purchasing of maize seed in 2022 and what conclusions we might draw from the trends... Not that it has been for a long time; but the one thing 2022 has told us beyond doubt is...

We were saddened to hear of the passing, on 15 April, of Henry Plumb. Lord Plumb was a friend of David and Sue Bright, who founded Bright Seeds in the 1980s, and the support he showed David’s pioneering work with maize over the years was always deeply valued. His loss...

Earlier this year, we were delighted to welcome on board agronomist Charlie Dolphin as our new technical adviser. We asked him for a few moments of his time to get to know him better.   You started with Bright Maize in February. How is it going? Really good. I’m...