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Letters: Red Tractor interim chair 'does not get it'

Letters: Red Tractor interim chair 'does not get it'

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

Farm Business
Farmers Guardian
clock 15 July 2024 • 1 min read
In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier - 'At this point they decided that their midnight snacking wasn't over'

clock 12 July 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "It has been a welcome relief to have received several milk price increases through the spring"

clock 12 July 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy

Roger Evans: "You could tell the financial state of dairy farming just by looking at these scraper tractors"

clock 12 July 2024 • 4 min read
Dairy

Dairy Matters: Phil Latham - "The heckling is over, it's time to deliver the promised change"

clock 12 July 2024 • 4 min read
Politics

From the editor: By joining the dots between food security, public investment and the national growth agenda the sector will gain confidence and thrive

clock 11 July 2024 • 3 min read
Farm Life

Farming matters: Jenn Neill - 'We need to connect the next generation to farming and food'

clock 10 July 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan - 'There is a way forward, but we all need to be part of the discussions'

In your field

In your field: Kate Beavan - 'There is a way forward, but we all need to be part of the discussions'

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees.

clock 08 July 2024 • 2 min read
Young Farmers Focus - Joanna Brookes: "My grandparents bought our farm in 1947, and ever since, it has evolved in many ways"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmers Focus - Joanna Brookes: "My grandparents bought our farm in 1947, and ever since, it has evolved in many ways"

Joanna Brookes, 21, from Wilmcote in Stratford-upon-Avon, is a student at the Royal Agricultural University who has plans to work in agricultural policy making in the future

clock 08 July 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - 'The weather was so hot, we even made some hay'

In your field

In your field: Ian Garnett - 'The weather was so hot, we even made some hay'

Ian farms in partnership with his family near Knutsford, Cheshire. They manage 700 commercial pedigree Holstein/Friesians on 445 hectares (1,100 acres). Replacements are homereared and cows are on a composite system. Ian is a representative for Sainsbury’s Dairy Development Group and sits on the AHDB Genetics Advisory Forum

clock 06 July 2024 • 2 min read