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At last, the countryside around us in Aberdeenshire is starting to turn green, with the odd splash of yellow but still lots of brown.

Farmers capture carbon for a living. We must be part of the solution to climate change. What’s more, as well as saving the planet, we might be able to earn a few quid in the process. But a frenzy of opportunistic corporate ’greenwashing’ is putting all that at risk.

By way of an update from last month, calf jackets are now off but almost went back on again when May seemed to get mixed up with March. The main herd is also out, but only just.

Complaining about the weather is standard practice for most of us and although I’ve tried to avoid the subject when writing these articles, the recent cold conditions are making it difficult to look past.

In line with the Boris road map, Cornwall was due to reopen on April 12 and promptly did so.

The barley is in and although we had some initial crow issues as it emerged, the trusty crow bangers have done the job and the recent rain is welcome.

We are at that stage in the election cycle when seemingly a blind eye is turned to a massacre of trees and the postie’s bag is heavier than usual.

April has been a dry month here in south Lincolnshire with just 4mm of rain falling, topped off with multiple frosty mornings.

It is very difficult to avoid the obvious topic that is the lack of rain which is now at the forefront of most farmers’ minds. No matter where you are in the country at the moment, we all seem to be in the same boat.