When the rain stops

After Chris’ report this week, Will and Ben are joined by Paul Macer, Consultant with Kite and David Christensen, Oxfordshire farmer, to talk about forage management in the context of the incredibly wet weather experienced across the country this past season. Paul and David discuss some of the challenges on farm as a result and outline strategies for when it begins to improve to get on top of things, emphasising the need for patience. They discuss lessons that can be learned from the last year and what farmers can do to plan and mitigate for these kinds of issues in the long-term, touching on how this relates to TCFD and the potential cost to the industry of rectifying these issues, if investment in food security for the future isn’t prioritised by policy makers.