Farmers weekly

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Just been talking to Tim Relf, I asked why they don't do an article once a month on council tenants, as a lot of them start with very little. His reply. Those are the one's that fall by the wayside and never do any good, our readers would rather hear about successful businesses .

The reason of my call was to complain that Kate Bevan is not a new breed of farmers wife, our wives have always been multiskilled and multitasking.

 

[Baling Hay]

Successful business defined by Farmers Weekly: Born into a large farm, inherit land and use that as leverage to expand by taking on contract agreements and FBts.

I quit buying Farmers Weekly 7 years ago, it is just pure sh!t now.

 

[Walterp]

Don't get 'Farmers' Weekly', it's been going down in content ever since Jane King got the Ed's chair.

The remark about tenants illustrates my point: everyone knows that tenants are, generally speaking, keener and more able farmers than their born-with-a-silver-spoon owner-occupier neighbours - they have to be, to run their businesses, live and pay the rent.

If I look around me, I see farmers that have expanded (in this area of traditionally smaller mixed farms) to run thousands of acres of corn, livestock or dairy - whilst someone like my brother, who has been waiting for the last 30 years to inherit 160 acres, is still sitting on the same acreage that he was working on in 1969.

If Mr Relf doesn't know that, why are you reading his publication?

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

Not everyone wants to read about huge estates with squillions of acres & (to some of us unachievable yields) - its boring . TFF is far more interesting as you get a more balanced view of farming - I would imagine there's big landowners as well as tenants on here . There seems to be quite a lot of snobbery in Farmers Weekly .

 

[Jim Bullock]

Not everyone wants to read about huge estates with squillions of acres & (to some of us unachievable yields) - its boring . TFF is far more interesting as you get a more balanced view of farming - I would imagine there's big landowners as well as tenants on here . There seems to be quite a lot of snobbery in Farmers Weekly .

Being a small arable farmer (300ha rented and owned) by todays standards I have to say I totally agree. But if you think the FW is bad at representing the small producer...take a look at some of the other specialist arable magazines and it appears that unless you have in excess of 2500 acres (+ the Challengers, Bateman, Lexion on tracks) you do not really count...

 

[dragonfly]

Being a small arable farmer (300ha rented and owned) by todays standards I have to say I totally agree. But if you think the FW is bad at representing the small producer...take a look at some of the other specialist arable magazines and it appears that unless you have in excess of 2500 acres (+ the Challengers, Bateman, Lexion on tracks) you do not really count...

So true!

 

[SilliamWhale]

Being a small arable farmer (300ha rented and owned) by todays standards I have to say I totally agree. But if you think the FW is bad at representing the small producer...take a look at some of the other specialist arable magazines and it appears that unless you have in excess of 2500 acres (+ the Challengers, Bateman, Lexion on tracks) you do not really count...

Don't you write in one of them?

 

[llamedos]

Now is the chance for those of you who are like minded to do something about it, ask @JP1 about writing your own pieces for his News and Blogs thread

 

[Chris F]

I have been out doing some training for the Farmers Weekly marketing machine:

http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index....ereals-stand-f-640-6.24531/page-7#post-463054

 

[7610 super q]

I have to say it's becoming boring.I've no interest in arable farming in Argentina.Those "Best farmer" awards are a farce. All this twaddle about women in farming is patronising.
And I'm not interested in £300k combines and 400hp tractors.And pretending farming is a bed of roses.And it's an elf n safety PR machine.And stop talking the price of corn down.

That's enough for now.I'll be back in a while with some more.

 

[GTB]

As a livestock/hill farmer I think FG is miles ahead. I totally agree with all above. The FW team need a reality check.

 

[Kevtherev]

Bring back Big farm Weekly anyone remember it?

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

I don't buy FW but mrs bought it when she went to get FG. He also stated in his opinion the FG only caters for farmers in the 80 to 110 acre bracket.

 

[GTB]

I don't buy FW but mrs bought it when she went to get FG. He also stated in his opinion the FG only caters for farmers in the 80 to 110 acre bracket.

Cocky barsteward!

 

[exmoor dave]

Cocky barsteward!

wonder if mr relf would know a farmer if he ever bumped in to one!

 

[Clive]

Printed media is very last decade guys, it's just no one seems to have told them that yet ! TFF is where the cool kids hang out these days

 

[Daniel]

Printed media is very last decade guys, it's just no one seems to have told them that yet ! TFF is where the cool kids hang out these days

Let us know when you need a TFF team to go on an all expenses paid jolly to Germany to test some tractors and then decide that the Fendt is best followed by JD and then the rest in a random order....

 

[JP1]

Let us know when you need a TFF team to go on an all expenses paid jolly to Germany to test some tractors and then decide that the Fendt is best followed by JD and then the rest in a random order....

We could be more efficient. We could sort out next year's awards and winners on the way over there

 

[Clive]

Let us know when you need a TFF team to go on an all expenses paid jolly to Germany to test some tractors and then decide that the Fendt is best followed by JD and then the rest in a random order....

Great idea, you never know it may just happen one day if this place keeps growing as it has so far

Better that real farmers write reviews than a bunch of journo's surely ?? and importantly beyond constraints of commercial agenda !!

 

[Badshot]

Let us know when you need a TFF team to go on an all expenses paid jolly to Germany to test some tractors and then decide that the Fendt is best followed by JD and then the rest in a random order....

rubbish to Germany, I fancy the JD v Case in America