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Farmer Writes: calendar farming doesn't work
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Gerald Potterton
Gerald Potterton

Farmer Writes

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Gerald Potterton farms tillage and some beef at Kildalkey, Co. Meath.

Gerald Potterton reflects on his last adventure driving 90 head of skittish cattle in Co Meath.
By Gerald Potterton on 02 November 2017
Gerald Potterton, aside from hearing tales of newlyweds, argues that farming is becoming increasingly difficult due to the restrictions of the calendar.
By Gerald Potterton on 19 October 2017
Gerald Potterton laments the anti-glyphosate movement and the damage it could do to food production.
By Gerald Potterton on 05 October 2017
Gerald Potterton casts an eye back at what he thinks is the best farm machine of the past half century.
By Gerald Potterton on 21 September 2017
With the changeable weather, straw has been difficult to save for Gerald Potterton, while he takes a look back at how the harvest done in the old days.
By Gerald Potterton on 07 September 2017
Gerald Potterton is happy with his wheat crop but far less so with his first ever crop of home-grown potatoes.
By Gerald Potterton on 24 August 2017
Gerald Potterton writes about his love affair with penetrating oils and lubricants.
By Gerald Potterton on 10 August 2017
Gerald Potterton has had the harvest creep up fast on him, so much so that the annual stay-cation had to be cut short.
By Gerald Potterton on 13 July 2017
Gerald Potterton takes a critical eye to the country's politicians while wondering about the future of CAP funding.
By Gerald Potterton on 29 June 2017
Gerald Potterton accepts that climate change is real but feels that agriculture takes an unnecessary high proportion of the blame.
By Gerald Potterton on 15 June 2017
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