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',...

Suckler cows and speedboats 鈥� how a watersports diversification has helped an organic beef enterprise to thrive

Few beef farmers can claim that skippering a speedboat is part of the working day, but the Scott-Park family's lochside location has provided opportunities to supplement the income from their organic suckler herd

Wendy Short

06 August 2026 鈥� 7 min read