by Laura Drury | Feb 16, 2021 | blog
Food retailing trends are highly relevant to maize growers, over 90% of whom are milk producers, because changes in consumer buying habits of dairy products will influence the terms of the contracts on which they sell their milk. For this latest blog, Farm Zone,...
by Laura Drury | 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 Laura Drury | 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 Laura Drury | May 6, 2020 | blog
Farm Zone speaks to dairy farmer and kennel owner John Bayley, to find out how the agricultural economy is faring during the coronavirus crisis. John Bayley – together with his son Richard – has just taken succession of the tenancy of the 600-acre Castle Farm. The...
by Laura Drury | Mar 20, 2020 | blog
One of the keynote speakers at the recent annual Maize Grower’s Association conference, which this year was sponsored by Bright Maize, was Phil Garnsworthy – Professor of Dairy Science at the University of Nottingham. Prof. Garnsworthy offered deep insights into the...
