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MONDAY * There were those, and I was one of them, who thought that the supply of wheat in the world was running out. But a recent fall in UK [...]

MONDAY * 2008 has begun in much the same vein as 2007 left off--no sooner have I sold a tonne of something than I wish I hadn't. First I panicked [...]

MONDAY * A week has not started like this for years. I rang Will, my grain merchant, for a price on new crop malting barley. Before I had a chance [...]

MONDAY I have read a lot recently about the plight of tenant farmers looking to retire but not having enough capital to buy a house of their own. Over breakfast [...]

MONDAY A weakening grain market has been a consistent trend since midsummer, but who cares? The wheat prices have fallen by [pounds sterling] 60/t from the high of last June, [...]

MONDAY * I can never suppress a chuckle at the names plant breeding and agro-chemical companies come up with for their new varieties or products. I presume Syngenta has put [...]

MONDAY * Spent the morning showing my bank manager around the farm for my annual review. When we got back to the office he asked: 'Have you considered going back [...]

MONDAY * It's an ill-drying wind that brings no one any good. While my crops look parched by the April and early May drought, the prospect of reduced yields has [...]

MONDAY I can't get the Smithfield Show out of my head. It is disappointing to hear it is either to be scrapped or become a purely livestock event. Smithfield provided [...]

MONDAY * It's nice to start the year with news that British food and drink exports are on track to hit their highest levels in almost a decade. Food from [...]

MON The weather definitely seems to have improved this autumn. Like many farmers I had naively put it down to global warming or good luck, so imagine my surprise when [...]

MON MY SENSE of farming unreality increases by the day. Every working hour I become painfully aware of the increasing disparity between the cost of everything I buy and the [...]