Gordon Rennie
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High wheat yields offer lessons for future resilience (opens the original)
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In February this year, I was riding shotgun in Andrew Darling’s combine in the Canterbury Plains of New Zealand as he harvested a fantastic crop of wheat at 14t/ha. A great result, as wheat yields were generally back 20 to 30% due to a lack of sunshine and wet weather leading up to harvest. Back in Fife, I had the good fortune last week to be able to do the same on Allan Marshall’s combine at East Pitkierie Farm, by Anstruther, as he harvested his first field of LG Typhoon wheat being grown afte
Why AHDB needs greater farmer accountability and democratic reform (opens the original)
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When an organisation is funded by a compulsory levy taken from farmers by law, and its leadership is appointed through closed processes, levy payers are entitled to ask whether the system is serving them properly. This is not a minor concern; it goes to the heart of trust. Farmers are not choosing to support AHDB. They are required to support it. The money is taken whether they agree with its direction, whether they think it is effective or whether they believe it reflects the realities of moder
New Zealand farmers explore Fife's regenerative farming success stories together (opens the original)
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Future Farmers New Zealand recently visited two farms in my part of Fife and I had the good fortune to join them for the day. Our first port of call was Gilston Mains, the HQ of 4 Front Farming Co Ltd. This company was set up in 2017 by four neighbouring landowners who came together to achieve a more regenerative, sustainable and profitable farming system covering just over 5000 acres. The farm manager, Matt Waldie, who is one of the four owners, was our host for the morning and had arranged a t
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