Farming feature: A new milestone on my ‘template’ farming journey
Now in my third year of my AHDB Strategic Farm journey, both the workload and my effort are as great as ever.
Let’s support #LocalMarch and ditch the impatient ‘convenience’ culture
Those who are on social media can hardly avoid monthly trending campaigns. Lately we have seen #veganuary and #Februdairy: campaigners trying to get noticed, to promote what they think others should be doing and, if they do, the social media machine roars into action.
Farming opinion: Farming at a crossroads as government publishes new Agriculture Bill
On November 1, 2017, Brian Barker’s farm at Westhorpe, near Stowmarket, became the Agricultural Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) first Strategic Farm for Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. This month he looks at the impacts of the new Agriculture Bill and our withdrawal from the EU Common Agricultural Policy
Farming opinion: Decision-making in farming is as complex as a game of chess
On November 1, 2017, Brian Barker’s farm at Westhorpe, near Stowmarket, became the Agricultural Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) first Strategic Farm for Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. This month he looks at the decision-making process
Farming opinion: East’s crops stress fear as dry spell continues
On November 1, 2017, Brian Barker’s farm at Westhorpe, near Stowmarket, became the Agricultural Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) first Strategic Farm for Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. This month he looks at how his crops are doing after a long, dry spell
Farming opinion: East’s crops stress fear as dry spell continues
On November 1, 2017, Brian Barker’s farm at Westhorpe, near Stowmarket, became the Agricultural Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) first Strategic Farm for Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. This month he looks at how his crops are doing after a long, dry spell
Farming feature: The ice age, farming and our Ipswichian surge soil
On November 1, 2017, Brian Barker’s farm at Westhorpe, near Stowmarket, became the Agricultural Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) first Strategic Farm for Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. This month he looks at the amazing geology beneath his feet.
AHDB Strategic Farmer Brian Barker on why earthworms are farmers’ best friends
On November 1, 2017, Brian Barker’s farm at Westhorpe, near Stowmarket, became the Agricultural Horticultural Development Board’s (AHDB) first Strategic Farm for Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. Here he looks at the dark world of earthworms.
AHDB Strategic Farmer Brian Barker of Stowmarket on his challenge
Now I’m a great believer in ‘marginal gains’ and ‘chain reactions’: if we do a number of things better our development will be accelerated.
