16.01.14 – Risk, do farmers take enough or too many? In addition to the familiar risks of weather, livestock, ill health and machinery in farming, other risks were cited as not being realistic about on-farm performance, lone working, world markets,…
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Food waste
12.12.13 – Food waste Farmers generally try to practice minimal food waste practices, an example it was felt that more retailers and customers should try to adopt. Different options are now available in such situations, such as AD plants or…
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Fly tipping on farms
14.11.13 – Fly tipping on farms The persistent problem of fly-tipping on farms was tackled in this discussion. The majority of farms said they had experienced problems at some point in their current location, with the scale of the issue…
Water use on farm – abstraction reform
08.11.13 – Water use on farm – abstraction reform Defra and the Environment Agency joined us for this chat on abstraction reform and water use on farm. The key objectives stated for the reform centred on promoting efficiency, increasing long-term…
On-demand food and drink
31.10.13 – On-demand food and drink What is “on-demand food and drink?” Definitions included that it is making sure people have what they want, when they want and how they want; that it is the right product, place, price and…
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Giving your food and farming career a lift
24.10.13 Giving your food & farming career a lift A fantastic level of participation for this discussion which ought to update on the opportunities for youngsters and new entrants looking to enter into the food and farming industries. Alongside NFYFC,…
#Agrichatworld – summary of discussion 16.10.2013
632 contributors, 3,664 Tweets, 890,282 reach and 8.44 million timeline deliveries Participation from UK, USA, NZ, Australia, Canada, Kenya, Holland, EU The next five years will see big changes in our food systems. One of the biggest challenges will be…
Overcoming the big arable challenges
17.10.13 Overcoming the big arable challenges discussion archive This discussion raised awareness of the new Crop Tech show on 30-31st October. Issues pertinent to the show, and in the wider arable sectors, that were discussed included blackgrass, CAP reform, weed…
Let’s chat topical
10.10.13 Let’s chat topical discussion archive A slightly different discussion this week – the biggest topics of the week were put out to the community and the most topical ones debated! The stopping of production of the Land Rover, and…
Working dogs
05.09.13 Working dogs discussion archive The benefit of a good working dog to the farm in terms of its ability, usefulness, companionship, cost and temperament is invaluable. Although quad bikes are more prevalent nowadays, a good dog is priceless and…
