Farming 
RPA’s minuscule payout calls system into doubt(0)
We need a new Government because….this type of ridiculous bureaucracy is the the most dnagerous aspect of this silly Government. TIME FOR CHANGE. The Rural Payments Agency has sent a 2005 SFP cheque for a single penny to a north Devon farmer, raising questions as to whether the agency is using both time and resources efficiently. [...]
Full Story»Government incompetence?
During the terrible week the Government has had a little noticed piece of news was that there had been a new outbreak of foot and mouth from the came place the previous Government lead took place. Once again this is disastrous and this tops of a week ion which the Government has been show utterly incompetent [...]
The rise of bluetongue disease
Do our hard pressed farming communities really need another menace to stalk them? One just hopes that this new disease does not spread too far and is an isolated case. This is just reason number one why G Brown would be mad to call an election. My view is that the sooner he calls it the better, because [...]
Supermarkets operate a cartel over milk prices
There are going to be many farmers who agree that it is about time the OFT acted over the operation of the supermarkets as cartels. If you want to see what this means in real terms then take a look at prices since just 2000. recently, Tesco agreed to raise milk prices way above inflation [...]