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November 6, 2023
I AM back. It has been a challenging time but I am through it now, so returning to writing about farming matters. The agreed statement below concludes my 20 yea...
November 15, 2022
HENLEY Sailing Club’s end of season laying up supper on Saturday looked decidedly spooky, with members embracing the theme of pirates, ghouls and treason....
October 6, 2022
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May 22, 2022
Twenty-five years ago, when the term "net zero" was barely known, south Oxfordshire farm manager Simon Beddows unknowingly began his carbon-cutting
April 28, 2021
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January 28, 2021
Walkers are trampling on my livelihood, says farmer ); ); A FARMER is asking walkers to be more considerate as they are damaging his crops by straying from footpaths. Simon Beddows, farm manager at Coppid Farming Enterprises in Dunsden Green, appreciates exercise is important to people during the coronavirus lockdown but says it is affecting his livelihood. Some of the footpaths that run through the farm, which is owned by the Phillimore Estate, have increased from 1m to 5m in width. Although...
January 20, 2021
BBC News Published image copyrightOlly Harrison image captionFarmer Olly Harrison said walkers had strayed far from the paths into one of his fields Crops are "being damaged nationwide" by lockdown walkers avoiding mud, a rural business organisation has said. The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) said an influx of people walking over planted crops was affecting farmers businesses. One farmer said there had been a tenfold increase in walkers during lockdown, while another had seen a 5f...
January 20, 2021
With exercise restricted in England by lockdown laws, some walkers are inadvertently damaging crops as they eschew public footpaths churned into mud.