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Mid-August and the weather continues to challenge us; in our case for silage making. Sneaking odd days is the best we have managed but quantity and quality have been surprisingly good for late summer.  

When it comes to assessing the reality of Brexit there is no need for anyone to listen to predictions, we can now see the reality of the new world some wanted.

It all began with my dad having a hernia operation, which meant I would be running the yard, and that was not really a big deal.

I don't understand how social media algorithms work, nor if your devices are really listening to you all of the time, but it certainly seems that way sometimes, when your social feeds show an advert that exactly fits your life.

The old adage says that charity begins at home. But in the case of farming, we know that goodwill extends far beyond the hearth.

I was writing my last piece just as I had finished evening milking at the start of our once-a-day milking for two months.

Geoff Sansome is head of agriculture at Natural England.

August already, although it has felt like October here for the past few weeks. July was a good month on the salads after a tough start to the season.