Ben Harman
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Sep 14, 2026
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- Jul 11, 2026
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Opinion: Brief break from farm interrupted by fire brigade call - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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It’s never going to be a good thing when the phone rings at 3am. Harvest was over — the earliest either my father or I could recall on this farm — and praise be, it wasn’t a disaster. Notwithstanding the paltry 64mm of rain over four months, we still managed 3t/acre, which will cue an audible sigh from fellow farmers. In a sensible world I would describe that as almost 7.5t/ha, but alas I still struggle with units. In my world, cold weather is measured in Celsius, while warm weather is measured
Opinion: Ministerial 'musical chairs' is damaging for farming - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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The Roman writer Petronius Arbiter sums up our current situation well, which is remarkable given he was born nearly 2,000 years ago. He is said to have written: “Every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we were reorganised. “I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.” See also: Opinion – farming on ed
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