August 16, 2021
Two combines for the price of a service
An Aldington farmer produces the original invoice, revealing that in April 1962 the family business paid around £5,500 – including an ‘out-of-season discount’ – for not one, but two, Matadors.
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August 16, 2021
Turning a corner after TB setback
This month Nigel Akehurst visits Hook and Son to meet father and son team Phil and Steve Hook, organic dairy and raw milk producers located at Longleys Farm in Hailsham, East Sussex.
July 19, 2021
The cherry on the cake
Despite having been known and respected in the UK for more than ten years, Chilean fruit growers FGA (Fruit Growers Alianza) lacked one thing – English cherries.
July 19, 2021
Protecting cherries with polytunnels
This month Nigel Akehurst visits award-winning family farm business Piper Cherries in Loose, Kent, to meet father and daughter team Brian Piper and Rachel Sands.
April 26, 2021
Another busy year for top buying group
The pandemic may have made the past year more complicated for Southern Farmers, one of the South East’s leading agricultural buying groups, but it certainly didn’t make it any less busy.
April 26, 2021
Another busy year for top buying group
The pandemic may have made the past year more complicated for Southern Farmers, one of the South East’s leading agricultural buying groups, but it certainly didn’t make it any less busy.
April 26, 2021
Liquid milk turned to gold
This month Nigel Akehurst visits the Blunt family at Greenacres Farm in Golden Cross, East Sussex to find out more about their thriving dairy goat and cheese business.
April 26, 2021
Liquid milk turned to gold
This month Nigel Akehurst visits the Blunt family at Greenacres Farm in Golden Cross, East Sussex to find out more about their thriving dairy goat and cheese business.
March 31, 2021
China continues to confuse us all
For most of February and March so far, the grain market has moved down and sideways at best.
March 31, 2021
China continues to confuse us all
For most of February and March so far, the grain market has moved down and sideways at best.
March 30, 2021
Drying grain quickly and efficiently
Being able to dry grain quickly and efficiently is vital, particularly when changing weather patterns are making harvests unpredictable at best.
