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A Shropshire farming family is shaping their potato business with an eye firmly on the future so that it’s ready to deal with the challenges ahead, including ensuring they have an adequate supply of water. CPM pays them a visit We’ll be growing crops to feed humans, not animals, when there are no farming subsidies. By Lucy de la Pasture A crystal ball would be one of the most useful tools for agribusinesses. Even though dealing with the unexpected is part and parcel of farming, right now change is coming from all directions – political, economic, technological and social with a large pinch of climate change to factor into the mix. Shropshire potato grower Richard Solari predicts that as well as farming without subsidies, the future is one where glyphosate will be a dim and distant memory and water will be scarce. All of these are resources on which farming has become reliant, he says. Richard was speaking to a group of delegates, all with an interest in water; including fellow growers, the Environment Agency and all the agents in between that help facilitate the procurement of abstraction licenses, advise on water use and provide irrigation equipment.…
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