Recent content by Campani

It may just be my circle of friends, but I would say it's a pretty common attitude. Lots of young farmers want to get on and are excited about the opportunity to farm differently. The problem is that they either can't get hold of land to start or they are part of a family farm business which is...

I am 34, and everything is going to plan will be taking over the beef/sheep and rented out an arable farm this year. We are looking at a business plan that buys very little or no inputs. Mob grazing and direct sales of meat. I find the future incredibly exciting and look forward to the marketing...

The words of Jacob Rees Mogg today at the Tory conference. Are any of his constituents here? I would love to send him a message.

could they dig up the land drain and replace it with an open ditch? better for wildlife and any blockages will flood the woodland not back up a drain or at least be easier to identify and clear.

I know this forum won't agree, but I think climate change is a bigger threat to agriculture than net zero. The faster we speed up the transition from fossil fuels the better.

no ditch, but a similar problem with a field that neighbours a caravan park. got a grant to plant a hedgerow, double fenced 3 metres wide with two strands of barb. blackthorn and hawthorn hedge. it's now 6 feet high and you cant see the caravan park on the other side. The problem has been...

Interestingly amongst my friend group of young farmers, government policy never comes up as a complaint. It's always the problem of getting access to land that is the issue.

I can think of three brand-new dairy farms near me. Other small dairies are going out of business but the land is being farmed by someone else, so total productivity is the same or increased. I wonder if the general feeling that agriculture is winding down comes from talking to the older...

All I see around here Shropshire/Powys border is increased production: brand-new dairy farms and existing ones increasing in size on top of all the new poultry sheds that were built in the last 15 years. Any productive land that comes on the market is very quickly snapped up for silly prices.

Who the f**k is talking about banning? It's a limit, not a ban.

If 20mph saves even one child's life, it will be well worth it. Desperately needed in my local town.

We run from start date. This means you don't get everyone off in the last two weeks, as everyone uses up their holiday.

Drives me mad as well. That and chasing people for invoices/totals so you can pay them.

Full sentencing remarks of the judge here, have been passed around our fishing club.

To be fair our meadow looks very similar, but it does come good in the summer when everything is in flower.