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Perspectives on conservation, land management and investing in agriculture from farmers across the globe
Originally published October 2022. A comparison of today’s inflation context vs that of 1970s. Most economists work for financial firms and their interests are served if markets expect low interest rates. Perhaps for this reason, these folk have tended to opine (incorrectly) that inflation would...
There is a raging debate in the UK about whether and how UK farmers should be protected from foreign competition in the execution of its trade policy. It threatens to divide the...
The highest recorded age to which a Lapwing has lived is 24 years and 6 months, in Denmark, with the runner up, also a Dane, and “killed by man”, greater than 23 years and 7...
This dastardly 'Chinese Virus' has challenged us all. 'Lock down' (we used to call it 'Lock up' at school) creates new initiatives and priorities, passions, promises and...
Amongst the many quotes attributed to Einstein, the following seems most pertinent as we look to the future. ‘’The significant challenges we face cannot be solved at the same...
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SPRING 2019 I am going to have to repair the farm drive In the depth of winter we begin to organise summer farm maintenance. This year we plan...
ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SPRING 2019 The subsidies disappeared all at once – but farming on the bottom of the world is more profitable than ever The prospect of Britain’s...
The most significant policy innovation during the 2008-2009 financial crisis was Quantitative Easing (QE); the central bank purchase of financial assets using printed...
'Let's talk of graves' Richard Il iii ii. This is a property magazine and what more valuable, long lasting piece of real estate can be bought than a burial plot. Once...
Farmers will gain new opportunities from carbon offsetting, which will change how land is used and valued Investors are increasingly familiar with the concept of stranded assets:...