Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
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Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
Mar 2026 Spring has always been my favourite month, with autumn being a close second. I just love the sights of things coming alive again and new life being born; it is natural regeneration in action. At the time of writing, spring crops have been going into nice conditions, with all the hope and expectation …
Celebration with a cause: Staffordshire FCN marks 30 years
Staffordshire FCN’s 30th anniversary Farmers’ Ball brought the agricultural community together for an unforgettable night, raising vital funds and highlighting the growing importance of support for farmers under pressure. Staffordshire FCN held a Farmers’ Ball on 1 November to mark their 30-year anniversary. It was attended by over 400 people who celebrated throughout the night, …
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Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
October 2025 So nice to be looking towards the 2026 cropping and putting 2025 behind us. I think that the ‘25 cropping will be remembered for all the wrong reasons for quite some time and it’s one we hope won’t be repeated! Can you believe that we are talking about next year’s cropping already? Where …
Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
This growing season has proven to be the driest most of us have ever seen, bringing its own challenges and shortages within the plant. Magnesium has been short across the country and is a shortage that needs to be addressed, in my opinion, since to grow a healthy crop, magnesium is the power house of …
Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
At the time of writing things are getting dry! Are we in for another dry spring? The last time the moon was in the present orbit was the 1700s and they had the same weather as we are experiencing now (so I read as I am not that old), going from floods to drought. They …
Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
Another year, another set of problems? I can only feel at the time of writing that we are getting kicked yet again with what I can only describe as the worst budget I have ever seen in my life! Aside from what they are doing to farming; what on earth are they doing to the …
Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
September 2024 How one’s life can change between articles! You never think anything is ever going to happen to you! I can honestly say that it has been the worst year of my life so far! As somebody that has always taken health and safety seriously, you just never know what is around the corner …
Farmer Focus – Tim Parton
February 2024 Water, water everywhere! I bet it turns off just when we need it! What an Autumn/Winter! The rain keeps coming, which makes you wonder if it will turn off just when we rely on it. On a positive, it is wonderful to see how well my soil copes with these extremes, with fantastic …
Farmer Focus: Tim Parton
Written September 2023 Another challenging year and one I hope I don’t see a repeat of for a few years! February being such a perfect month one would expect to pay the penance in March and sure enough it was a cold wet month with little work being achieved on the land, which for somebody …