The combination of high land prices, escalating input costs and low returns is a perpetual challenge for farmers. In the Netherlands where the price of arable land averaged €63,000/ha (£58,000) in 2016, the economics are stacked against agriculture. With a background...
Summer months – light nights, silage time and the season for agricultural shows. It’s the time of year when jams and preserves get competitive, beer tents are buzzing, and farmers show and parade some of the country’s finest livestock. Our agricultural shows are,...
Jane Craigie, Managing Director of Jane Craigie Marketing and Co-Founder and Director of the Rural Youth Project was presented at the 2019 Royal Highland Show with an associateship of Royal Agricultural Societies – the CARAS award. The award, presented by UK Council...
We have all read an article or listened to a speech where the emphasis on the “Next Generation” was paramount to the future of our industry and whilst I don’t disagree we have an important role to play, we must collaborate across generations for the sustainability of...
Recently I joined four other Rural Youth Project delegates and fifteen Scottish Enterprise Rural Leaders on a mission to “think different” about our communities and businesses. Hailing from all corners of Scotland, strangers soon became friends after five days...
Growing up at Scotland’s most southerly point, where tractors and cows dominate the roads, meant heading down the swarming motorway towards Oxford, was an exciting adventure for my country bumpkin-self. After accepting a Summer internship with agri -comms specialist...
Growing up on a farm, you take for granted what people do and don’t know about the agricultural industry – I knew all about birth (well the cow and sheep version), what bread is made from, why cows have tags and most importantly why you should never speak when the...
At JCM we are excited to be working with a brilliant new benchmarking project for arable farmers. Led by Eric Anderson of Scottish Agronomy, 4Sight Farming looks at the costs of producing a crop from field up and in much greater detail – not just the obvious inputs,...
I have a confession – ever since my early teens I have wanted to be Tom Cruise!! I want to soar through the skies in a fighter jet, doing twists and turns as he did in the film Top Gun. What I didn’t want to be was a women working in the agricultural and rural sector...
We are delighted to announce our very own Jane Craigie has been appointed chair by the IFAJ Executive Committee for their “Vision 2025” committee which will be responsible for developing a strategic vision and action plan for IFAJ. This is IFAJ’s second visioning...