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Over the past month or so, the Scottish Government have been busy re-stating their aim to double the value of Scottish Food and Drink by… Read More »Challenges Ahead for Farming

There have been no shortage of headlines since my last column and apart from the usual – Hard vs. Soft Brexit?, others such as -“Red… Read More »Unacceptable Accidents in Farming

“Beef Slump” … That headline faced me this week as I ripped open the packaging on one of my weekly farming papers. The theme continued… Read More »Inaction Causing Crisis

Last weekend, in an effort to escape the troubles of the real world, we sat down and looked for an old classic film to watch… Read More »Groundhog Day

Where do we go from here? That was a question put to me by a farmer just after Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation.… Read More »Where do we go from here?

“We all have a duty to do whatever we can to help save our planet from global warming” …The words of David Attenborough speaking last… Read More »Climate Change & Farming

In this edition of Farming North, I am going to focus on life for farmers after Brexit.  Even though there isn’t any deal passed by… Read More »Speed of Change

The findings of a recent report into the future of farming quoted some rather alarming statistics … In 1920 each farmer fed 19 people, by… Read More »Seismic Changes in Store for Farmers

When I first ventured into the world of commercial radio, we were taught how the business worked and how the sales team were just as… Read More »Farming North – Foundation Apprentices Needed

Regular readers of this column will know that at this time of year I like to make some predictions of the future for farming.  However,… Read More »A Look Forward to 2050