Agricultural journalist at Farmers Weekly for more than 16 years. Freelance from Feb 2015. Tweeted as @farmersweekly from 2008 -2015. [email protected]
Such sad news to hear about Ian Potter. Over the years I've interviewed him numerous times about the dairy sector or BPS entitlements and I always appreciated his candour.
Let's talk turkey.
1. Free range farms now have MANY unsold turkeys due to media stories of shortages
2. Bird flu is NOT a risk other than to supply: there is LOTS of availability
3. Just search online: Pipers, Fosse Meadow, Copas, John Howe, Packington, Paul's...plenty of choice
When I wake up tomorrow morning there will be an additional 180,000 mouths to feed globally. Fascinating fact from Jonty Armitage at @StruttsRural briefing.
Fantastic to have so many familiar faces in the room as our London #Land & #Property Briefing gets underway at @BNPParibasUK headquarters. Weβve got some really insightful talks planned across the morning from our #residential and #rural teams.