events

The Country Show

Across the country each summer a large number of country shows are organised, celebrating everything that the countryside has to offer, from agriculture and stock judging to country crafts and traditions. Tomorrow, one of the largest shows, The Royal Welsh Show, opens its doors to the public. Today it’s the final day of the RoyalContinueContinue reading “The Country Show”

Searching for Common Ground at the ORFC and the OFC

I will be spending the next couple of days at the 10th Oxford Real Farming Conference and the 73rd Oxford Farming Conference and my mission is simple, but also overwhelmingly complex: to search for common ground between the two. How are these two conferences similar and how are they still fundamentally different? Is there aContinueContinue reading “Searching for Common Ground at the ORFC and the OFC”

The East of England Farming Conference

Last week I attended the East of England Farming Conference which was held at the East of England Showground near Peterborough. For a farming conference with such an established sounding name you might be surprised that it is only a few years old, with this event only the fourth to take place in its history.ContinueContinue reading “The East of England Farming Conference”

An Insight to Ukrainian Agriculture, present and future

You may not be aware but this week has been Ukrainian Week in London, a major initiative launched by Bate Toms, Chairman of the British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (BUCC), and Yuriy Kosyuk, founder and Chairman of MHP, an agricultural company listed on the London Stock Exchange. As part of the week I attended a business event at the Savoy (Tuesday) organised by the FinanicalContinueContinue reading “An Insight to Ukrainian Agriculture, present and future”

Woodland Trust event calls for farmers to respond to Defra Command Paper

Last week I attended an event organised by the Woodland Trust and hosted by Stephen Briggs at his farm in Cambridgeshire. The aim of the afternoon was partly to introduce farmers to the potential for using agroforestry on their farms, partly to discuss the Defra ‘Health and Harmony’ consultation document and partly to encourage delegatesContinueContinue reading “Woodland Trust event calls for farmers to respond to Defra Command Paper”