From the BritFarmers record.
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.
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Desks 12
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A way through this page
Four principles — what you get and don’t
- 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
- Read the handbook or release first — in full.
- Walk the actual field, call the neighbour, or test the equipment.
- Write the piece with every source linked inline.
- Sit on it overnight. Re-read. Kill the slop.
- Publish 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
How those principles work in practice — corrections, sourcing, updates — is set out in full on the editorial standards page.
Written & edited by
Tim Harfield — 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.
Primary source: Defra.
Thank you for reading.
