The case for Hill Farming
Tom Bradshaw, President of the NFU, was featured in questions on Radio4 about the current state of UK Agriculture today. Many grain crops that were
Richard Higgins
16 February 2026
Save Old Malton Countryside and Farmland
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The main problem is that 40% of UK farmland consists of tenant farmers. The farmers do not own the land. Won planning cases can be overturned by appeal. The problem of using prime farmland for solar farms would not arise if the land owners wanted to keep the land they own in agricultural use.
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Further reading
You don’t need AI to stop weeds or measure for chemical fertilisers with HH-2
California was featured on the BBC World Service as having a great solution for Vegetable production by employing AI technology to identify which are plants
Richard Higgins
16 February 2026
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