What does good look like for dairy businesses?
A detailed understanding of a business’s current financial position, coupled with a clear plan to…
Author John Swire
John Swire
John Swire - Deputy editor of Agronomist and Arable Farmer as well as responsibility for the Agronomist and Arable Farmer and Farm Business websites. After 17 years milking cows on the family farm John started writing about agriculture in 1998 and has since written for a variety of publications and has developed a wide circle of contacts within the industry. When not working John is a season ticket holder at Stoke City and also of late has become a fitness freak, listing cycling, swimming and walking as his exercises of choice.
Next generation voices consider the future of farming
The UK’s largest livestock trading company Harrison & Hetherington, and their parent company H&H Group, has led…
Russell’s expand its dealership with acquisition of Platts Harris Ltd
New Holland has announced that Russell’s have now completed their acquisition of neighbouring New Holland…
Ktwo announce 5-year partnership with North American importer.
Ktwo are a leading British manufacturer of farming machinery and they have now secured a…
DEFRA plans to phase out direct payments herald ‘seismic change for farmers and landowners’
Farmers and landowners can now see the full impact of the planned reduction in payments…
Agricultural Contractors have access to Grant Funding in 2021
The NAAC is delighted that Defra will offer new Farming Investment Fund grants to agricultural…
The port of Ipswich receives its largest ever vessel of liquid nitrogen
The Port of Ipswich has taken delivery of its largest shipment ever of liquid nitrogen…
SRUC appoints first Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship
An academic who plays a key role in the United Nations’ Global Peatland Initiative has…
Evidence of serious misuse of antibiotics in farmed animals in US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada exposes public health threat of trade deals, campaigners warn
A new report by campaign group the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics is calling for…
Path to sustainable farming remains veiled despite government announcement
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has said that farmers in England will be left feeling…