This week's blog is from Alex Black, Farmers Guardian's head of news and business.
This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers.
Phil Warham has been an agronomist with Agrovista for six years. He gained a degree in Land and 51AVÊÓÆµManagement at Harper Adams and managed farms for several years afterwards. He now advises on combinable crops, cereals, maize and vining peas in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and into Leicestershire. Key interests include direct drilling and soil health, as well as making farms profitable. In his spare time he is a keen runner, cyclist and horseman.
Murray Craig, 23, is a beef and sheep farmer in Penrith, Cumbria
George Swann is an independent agronomist, member of Arable Alliance and proud member of the Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC). He covers south Yorkshire, north Nottinghamshire and north Lincolnshire. George has a BSc (Hons) degree in Biology, is BASIS and FACTS qualified and also has BASIS Advanced Potatoes. George's expertise lies in helping his clients achieve maximum output whilst remaining as economical and sustainable as possible for the future.