by David Edwards | Sep 1, 2020 | blog
Back in 1958, Bill, an evacuee from London, and Peggy Ives, newly-married with little farming experience, took on the tenancy at Park Farm on the Herriard estate, near Basingstoke, Hampshire. Bill and Peggy decided that the best way to optimise their income was to go...
by David Edwards | Aug 6, 2020 | blog
Frans de Boer is managing director at DB Agri Ltd, based at Wappingthorn Farm, farming 800 acres, with an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant in West Sussex. He is also an advisor for Bright Maize customers – selling Bright Maize seed to other AD plants and helping...
by David Edwards | Jul 8, 2020 | blog
Last year’s government report on the state of the environment for soil drew attention to a number of soil-related, including soil compaction, issues which particularly concern the farming community. At Farm Zone, we have produced this blog post to inform Bright Maize...
by David Edwards | May 20, 2020 | blog
In this second part of Farm Zone’s ‘pioneers in agriculture’ series, we look at the life of George Barham – founder of Express Dairies Express Dairies was, in its day, one of the biggest names in the business. Back when milk floats did the rounds, its distinctive blue...
by David Edwards | Apr 17, 2020 | blog
The coronavirus crisis raises many questions for farming and the wider agricultural community. For the immediate future, many farmers are worried. Can they keep working? Can they hire the labour that will be needed for rapidly approaching harvests? Are we going to be...
