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Fashionable Pets - The Longer View

I meant that a pet can tie you down. I was not suggesting that a pet can be worn around your neck and nor should it. OK maybe a snake could but I don't want to get bogged down in the subject. Read More...

Posted Aug 08 2008, 09:01 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Sick and Tired - The Longer View

We have had a few international lorry drivers collecting daffodil bulbs this week. One of them arrived with a teenage son who climbed out of the cab and was sick in the middle of the yard thrice. He then started... Read More...

Posted Aug 08 2008, 08:53 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Ten Month Harvest - The Longer View

We don't have the normal farm excitement of a four week harvest in the summer. We are harvesting crops from February until October (and if we've really annoyed the rain gods, sometimes November). In fact we haven't grown any wheat... Read...

Posted Aug 08 2008, 08:08 AM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Summer Lightning - The Longer View

I quite like a summer storm like we had last night. It had been very hot and humid all day and it really cleared the air (sorry if you are trying to get some harvesting done and that remark... Read More...

Posted Aug 08 2008, 07:52 AM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Cake Takes the Biscuit - The Longer View

The Longer View Matthew Naylor blogs from The Fens Cake Takes the Biscuit By Matthew Naylor on August 6, 2008 6:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) cake.jpg "So what message would you like on the cake" "Could you please write...

Posted Aug 06 2008, 07:37 AM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

What Does a Blog Look Like? - The Longer View

I've just been talking to my mate, Will, who works in design - he's much cooler than me. We were talking about the blog's new look. He said that it reminded him of a bit of some old Lincolnshire promo. ... Read More...

Posted Aug 05 2008, 10:54 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

WTF - The Longer View

So what do you say to that then? I didn't have a clue that this was on the cards. It's like a mini relaunch. How appropriate that a blog from the Fens should be illustrated with trees and hills. Hey... Read More...

Posted Aug 05 2008, 06:48 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Blog Upgrade in Progress - The Longer View

Hello. This is not Matthew. This is Adam, the blogmeister for Famers Weekly's publisher, RBI.I'm just doing a little bit of work to upgrade the blog's look and feel, so apologies if you see something weird for the next hour... Read More.....

Posted Aug 05 2008, 05:18 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Drags On Den (The Longer View)

I'll tell you what. I have no respect for them there "Dragons". I read the business press but I hadn't heard of a single one of them before that programme started. They have gained their profile through the programme rather than business...

Posted Aug 04 2008, 11:03 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Dogging (The Longer View)

I'm thinking of getting a dog. The urge has just come over me. We always kept dogs throughout my childhood and my grandfather was a labrador breeder. Although I like dogs, my overwhelming memory is of smelly cars, barking and dog mess. ... Read More...

Posted Aug 04 2008, 07:25 AM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Hold on to Your Sides (The Longer View)

Look. I've just seen this in the Telegraph. This is believed to be Britain's oldest joke. It's Ango Saxon. Read More...

Posted Aug 01 2008, 08:02 AM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

WTO (The Longer View)

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Posted Jul 31 2008, 08:13 AM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Doh! Ha (The Longer View)

So the Doha round of the World trade negotiations have collapsed. This is a sad end to seven years of negotiations. It is a bold aim to work towards a global community and successful negotiations would have been good news. Eventually it... Read More....

Posted Jul 29 2008, 11:33 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

Our Food, Our Future (The Longer View)

Did you hear the Radio 4 documentary today about food inflation? You catch it again here. It was an intelligent analysis of food inflation presented by Tom Heap. I heard Tom speak at the Oxford Farming Conference a few years... Read More...

Posted Jul 28 2008, 11:03 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

New Podcast Episode (The Longer View)

There's a new Pure Tilth episode up today here. It's quite a funny one, actually. We talk about tractors holding up the traffic, drivers giving farmers the bird, farmers fashions. Allsorts. It's a right old ramble.... Read More...

Posted Jul 28 2008, 08:15 PM by Zibb.com: (Industry News & Blogs)

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