FARMING THROUGH CORONA-CRISIS

FARMING THROUGH CORONA-CRISIS

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...
TOM WILLIAMS AND THE 1947 AGRICULTURAL ACT

TOM WILLIAMS AND THE 1947 AGRICULTURAL ACT

This is the first of a series of posts that Farm Zone will be writing in the coming months on pioneers in the agricultural sector. Each article will look at a significant player in British agriculture from recent history – some well known, some less so. This article...
OILSEED RAPE PRICES TO RISE NEXT YEAR

OILSEED RAPE PRICES TO RISE NEXT YEAR

It has recently been reported that oilseed rape prices are set to rise in 2020. In this article, Farm Zone explores the reasons for the predicted price rises, and the likelihood that they will come to pass. A declining domestic crop In the UK, the rapeseed crop is in...