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Alastair Brown on the year’s trade.

The energy crisis has led to unprecedentedly high fertiliser prices, with potential for them to rise further before spring 2022.

I start with a falswhood. Did you know that the carbon footprint of the Coca-Cola company is greater than that of the entire UK livestock industry? No?

High Peak MP Robert Largan, Conservative, put forward a Bill in Parliament last week that would ban the use of disposable barbecues on open moorland and give councils the power to prohibit their sale.

October started and ended dry and I cannot remember a kinder autumn than the one we are currently having. I am sure at some point the weather will turn for the worst and test us, but for now long may it continue.

This week, we have launched a consultation on the future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.