Recent content by former farmer

Nothing new there, sad to say.

I had this issue with a Google Pixel phone, losing Wifi Calling. I read on one of the techie forums you need to do a 'restart' to re-establish your internet connection, this worked.

As others have said the growing season in Tennessee, where presumably you grew up would too hot for quality oat growing, and much better suited to maize (corn). Scotland grows better quality oats and in fact barley than the rest of the UK. The growers up there put it down to the lower...

I recall my late father telling me that the country had been lurching from crisis to crisis as far back as he could remember!

It works on O2 also. I was on Giff Gaff but the cheapo piiggy back networks don't seem to allow WiFi calling and so I had to change. At one time the coverage for mobile signal was reasonably good, in this area. .Whether the system is over loaded or there are too many subscribers for the shared...

My daughter and son-in-law have been living in Amsterdam for the last three and love it! But they both say no one moves to Amsterdam for the weather.

I have enjoyed immensely the DVD by Dylan Winter, a talented author/producer who we seem to hear little of these days.

I have seen this claim before that agriculture in general should be thankful for the coverage we receive on national broadcasting; However if you look a little closer and listen to Farming Today it really is of the most belittling standard. The programme has become little better than daily...

As an aside, what is the incidence of bTb in cattle herds in the Republic of Ireland? Would I be right in thinking their 'pool of infection' in wildlife is much lower?

As you say the suggestion that Nato was a thread to mother Russia was complete drivel. As someone on the forum pointed out Switzerland is dwarfed and fully surrounded by Nato members. Does Switzerland feel threatened? No don't bother to answer. It helps Putin's dishonest narrative to harp on...

The reality is that the grassland part of the rotation generates poor profits, Dairying would be more profitable but the investment and managerial skills required make this an option few farms could even contemplate. If rents were to drop appreciably, then it might be viable, but that is just...

I agree one hundred per cent. I wasn't even able to completely read the book as the author's tone was so nauseating.

Someone on the forum may be able to remember her name, but wasn't the former head of the farming branch of the Coop appointed to some role in the way supermarkets abused their power in the market? One would be very hard put to see any significant difference in the ploys they get up to.

I happened to hear that yesterday, a thorough investigation into many aspects of the current food chain. An aspect that struck me was that subject was on the Food Programme, not carried by Farming Today, where it would have pertinent, Worth taking the time to listen.

I think the organic lobby make a distinction synthesised chemicals and naturally occurring chemicals. They claim the natural ones are less toxic, in reality some they use eg Bordeaux mixture for Blight control is more toxic and definitely less effective, than the synthesised products.