by Bright Maize Staff | Nov 23, 2021 | blog
Bright Maize is among those sponsoring The Carbon Food Conference in London this week. Instigated by Carmarthenshire dairy farmer Sion Davies, we look at the speakers and the topics on the agenda As net zero targets loom ever larger, more and more of us are reflecting...
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...
