A one-person paper, made on a working farm.
About Britfarmers — Not a trade magazine. Not a lobby sheet. One farmer writing the paper he wished existed — the one that reads the handbooks for you and shows its working.
Primary sources, always
Every number, rate, and date on this site is linked to the handbook, portal, or release it came from. If I can’t link it, it doesn’t run.
Written by someone on the land
I farm the subject I write about. That means I make the same eligibility mistakes you do — and write up the fix after I’ve made it.
No sponsors, no PR inbox
BritFarmers takes no advertising, no sponsorship, no affiliate commission on grants. Subscribers pay nothing. I keep the farm going.
Dated and checked
Every piece carries a date. Every guide carries a last-checked-against-handbook date. When Defra moves, the page updates or it gets pulled.
How a piece gets made
- 01Read the handbook or release first — in full.
- 02Walk the actual field, call the neighbour, or test the equipment.
- 03Write the piece with every source linked inline.
- 04Sit on it overnight. Re-read. Kill the slop.
- 05Publish with a last-checked date. Update when Defra updates.
What you won’t find
- ✕Press-release repackaging
- ✕Speculative market calls — AHDB releases only
- ✕Sponsored posts dressed as editorial
- ✕“10 best tractors” listicles
- ✕Anything I haven’t checked against the primary source
21 years growing salad and veg in Suffolk, the last two years adding arable. One laptop, one broadband line, one decent chair in the farm office.
Read the author page →Primary source: Defra.