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Suppose some form of LVT comes in.

Should farmers pay a flat rate or should there be concessions for doing public goods?

Producing meat, grain and veg are obviously deemed a public good. The cycles in market pricing make this challenging.

ELMS and SFI are promoted (wrongly IMO) as a public good, done in the name of Nature. They were cynically introduce...

Are we now starting to see the consequences of destocking the hills with the wave of wildfires currently around the country.

Any pea viners going yet? Usually see them around Lincs show.

Hi All
Am new to crops, but need some advice.
Have an area of old pasture- west of the Irish Sea, would like to grow barley on it.
Don’t fancy winter barley after old Lea, while it is good loam, there will be a stone problem to be sorted, probably pH/lime also.
I was thinking of ploughing it in next few weeks, roundup 1st, then pig slurry, then plough, picking th...

Let's make a list. I'm sure we can get to 10.