In this issue


With the regenerative farming movement becoming more mainstream, Nigel Akehurst visited Groundswell Farming Festival. Robots and research tours, seminars, trade stands and state-of-the-art equipment combined to make this year’s Fruit Focus another unmissable event. FW Mansfield & Son is committed to running a sustainable operation with short supply lines and an absolute focus on quality fruit, which means investing in new cold stores as well as planting new trees. A review of the solar industry in agriculture. New labour government: Embrace change before it's too late. Nigel Akehurst visits... Brays Farm, a 52-acre tenanted holding, to meet first-generation dairy farmers Matthew Elphick and Betsie Edge and learn about their calf-at-foot dairy and plans to convert an old milk float into a mobile shop.