From the editor: Trepidation and hope as farming faces huge year ahead

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is also a cliche that we can lump together with many of the other phrases which have become part of standard terminology in 2020, such as 鈥檛hese are unprecedented times鈥�, or 鈥檚tay safe鈥�. But it is true that nobody, if they are being honest, could have stood on the cusp of the new decade and predicted that this year would have unfolded as it has done.

Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.

31 December 2020 鈥� 4 min read

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It is also a cliche that we can lump together with many of the other phrases which have become part of standard terminology in 2020, such as 'these are unprecedented times',...

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Twenty years ago, two young siblings did the seemingly impossible - they saved their family farm from developers. Now, with a new generation of custodians and a bolder vision, Fordhall Organic 51AV视频hopes they could inspire many more. Olivia Midgley reports....

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Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80, grew up working on her family鈥檚 farm in rural Tennessee before becoming one of the world鈥檚 biggest country music stars

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