Gerald Potterton

Farmer Writes: Lessons in organisation from Mrs P

Knowing where everything is, what everything is, and having a few shelves can make all the difference on a busy farm.

FARMER WRITES 9 September 2026

Farmer Writes: Lessons in organisation from Mrs P

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Farmer Writes: Autosteer is not without its downsides

Farmer Writes: Autosteer is not without its downsides

FARMER WRITES 26 August 2026

One wheat variety was my 2026 harvest star - another a 'bloody disgrace'

One wheat variety was my 2026 harvest star - another a 'bloody disgrace'

FARMER WRITES 12 August 2026

Farmer Writes: is this one of the great summers of our time?

Farmer Writes: is this one of the great summers of our time?

Farmer Writes: is this one of the great summers of our time?

FARMER WRITES 29 July 2026

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

FARMER WRITES 15 July 2026

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Farmer Writes: I'm blissfully living in a 1970s timewarp

Farmer Writes: I'm blissfully living in a 1970s timewarp

Now before you bite my head off for saying they are a dying breed, I agree there are many young women doing great work on farms, perhaps juggling an off-farm job with child rearing and all rest of it.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: shower dodging to spray the ear wash on wheat

Farmer Writes: shower dodging to spray the ear wash on wheat

While dodging showers spraying the ear wash on the wheat, I was surprised and encouraged by how the crops look.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: Brexit was Britain’s Titanic hour

Farmer Writes: Brexit was Britain’s Titanic hour

How the mighty have fallen and as a race, Great Britain is still in Empire mode and has failed to adjust to a post-colonial world.

NEWS 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

The list of Moore drill owners reads like a who’s who of progressive tillage farmers in the 1980s, writes Gerald Potterton.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: suckler farmers the backbone of the beef industry

Farmer Writes: suckler farmers the backbone of the beef industry

The suckler men (and women) have persevered and for the past 18 months are receiving decent money for their weanlings.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: are we happier today than people were in 1926?

Farmer Writes: are we happier today than people were in 1926?

Gerald Potterton's thoughts turn to the incredible progress in agriculture in the last 100 years.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: why astronauts have really flown to the moon

Farmer Writes: why astronauts have really flown to the moon

While we await this plug-in-and-play satellite near the moon to start working, we have to endure another week or two of bad weather.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

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