From the editor: Trepidation and hope as farming faces huge year ahead

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is also a cliche that we can lump together with many of the other phrases which have become part of standard terminology in 2020, such as ’these are unprecedented times’, or ’stay safe’. But it is true that nobody, if they are being honest, could have stood on the cusp of the new decade and predicted that this year would have unfolded as it has done.

Ben Briggs
Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.
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From the editor: Trepidation and hope as farming faces huge year ahead

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is also a cliche that we can lump together with many of the other phrases which have become part of standard terminology in 2020, such as 'these are unprecedented times',...

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