Newspaper Columns

There are some items which come around regularly on my MFR and Radio Borders farming programmes … some of which are fairly easy to present… Read More »B-Day

The news that Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a campaign to boost the popularity of traditional roast meat should come as no surprise to… Read More »The future for roast dinners

There’s a new woman come into my life … She’s rather small, lives in the kitchen and seems to be very clever at doing lots… Read More »Alexa and the future of farming

I was delighted last week to get the chance to meet Dennis Overton, who is set to become Chairman of Scotland Food and Drink (SF&D)… Read More »Meet Dennis Overton – the new chair at Scotland Food & Drink

Yesterday my eyes were drawn to a story about the latest research into    so-called super foods … I’ve been intrigued by these super foods ever… Read More »Superfoods… The environment and feeding ourselves

2017 … What a year that was! It all started so well with that dry spring and cattle and sheep farmers enjoying great lambing and… Read More »Farming 2017 into 2018

“A fresh row has broken out” … That’s all too often a headline I find myself using on my MFR farming programme and this week… Read More »Organics vs Non-Organics row

Glyphosate … how did a simple weed killer become such an emotive topic? Recently it’s been hitting the headlines as a debate has raged throughout… Read More »Glysophate – the debate

So many headlines containing the words “No Deal on Brexit” have dropped into my inbox over the past few weeks that I wonder if there… Read More »Brexit – Deal … Or No Deal?

“Farmers are always moaning about the weather” was the passing comment from another customer in my local village shop this morning and for the summer… Read More »Farmers are always moaning about the weather