As is traditional in England, I feel obliged to start this blog with a weather report. I am not sure if any of you are aware, but the early May bank holiday saw the highest recorded temperature since records began. That in itself is slightly less impressive when one discovers that records only began at the turn of the last century. However, it was ...

December marks the start of the festive period and as the song goes, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." However, for a young aspiring agronomist December is not all about winding down, but gearing up! The winter months give an ideal opportunity for meetings, discussion groups, farm planning, cropping reports, assessing harvest results and ...