Tim Harfield — Working UK farmer with 21 years in commercial agriculture — primarily salad and veg, with arable in the rotation lately. Full stack from hand-harvest to running the whole operation. Writes BritFarmers in the margins of the day. No sponsors, no PR inbox.
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About
Tim has been in UK commercial agriculture for 21 years — primarily salad and veg, with arable added to the rotation in the last two years. Full stack from hand-harvest to running operations. BritFarmers started in early 2026 as a one-person paper for British farmers — independent of any company or trade body, written alongside the day job.
He writes on grants, Defra policy, UK commodity markets, and the small machinery decisions that eat a day. Every piece is checked against the primary source — the handbook, the RPA portal, the AHDB release — with the link published inline.
Beats
- Grants & PolicySFI, Countryside Stewardship, capital grants — the biggest share of the paper43 pieces
- News & IndustryNFU/NFUS positions, processor news, policy moves88 pieces
- Arable & CropsWheat, barley, OSR — soil-health and rotation context30 pieces
- LivestockBeef & sheep — what actually works on a small mixed farm21 pieces
- Machinery & TechnologyUsed kit, FETF-eligible items, precision tech worth the price7 pieces
Contact
- hello@britfarmers.com
- Post
- Suffolk, UK
How the paper is written and corrected: editorial standards · about BritFarmers.
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