Andrew Meredith
@Merry_Meredith
Editor of @farmersweekly Former dep business editor, arable reporter, farmer. Got a story? DMs open.
Plenty on the SFS in this week's @FarmersWeekly and plenty more to come as @PhilipCaseFW and Anne Dunn head to the @royalwelshshow from tomorrow. Here's my bit: fwi.co.uk/news/opinion/e…
Food security starts with water resilience. My editorial this week on the 71st anniversary of the end of rationing fwi.co.uk/news/opinion/e…
After days out at PX Farms and Groundswell, all signs point to the big getting bigger at a faster rate. Are we on the cusp of a new farming aristocracy? This week's editorial: fwi.co.uk/news/opinion/e…
Morning. Squeezed a quote from a character played by Angelina Jolie's ex into this week's editorial. Anyone else been watching Landman? fwi.co.uk/news/opinion/e…
Shrinkflation 📈📈📈
🚨 NEW: Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the UK will be "fat free" by 2035 under plans to widen access to Ozempic and Mounjaro for "everyone who needs them" [@hoffman_noa]
Agriculture is a mainstay of Ukraine’s economy. In regions close to the front the Russians have begun sending drones to set fields alight economist.com/europe/2025/07…
Another record broken. We have never combined winter wheat as early as the 16th July- not even 1976. Heavy land. October sown. 14.9% MC
I bought a picnic for four at M&S
A $52 billion withdrawal by a single client at BlackRock has dealt a blow to the world’s biggest asset manager thetimes.com/business-money…
Utterly utterly awful. Spring Barley ~4t/ha. Started at 13% this morning, stopped now at 11.2%.
🗞️ In this week’s issue: Drivers’ views on five high-density big square balers, why smaller cows could be a concern for dairy-beef supply chain, plus a Land and Property Special.
The government finally responds on lead ammunition. A 3 year transition from 2026 will see lead banned from 2029 a year ahead of HSE recommendations. It’s the right thing to do, but a challenging timetable theguardian.com/environment/20…
Hermès
It's not coming back. I walked around London today and it felt like I was in the wet market that supplied the bar in Star Wars. It's never coming back. It died in 2007, but maintained a chimera for the early 2010s. But now Paddington Bear is welcome to it. It's beyond…
The Ballad of Purpose-Bred, by Ken Tebbit. First issue of July, 60 years ago
Wheat is done for 2025. Diamond seeding pattern produced 115 bu/acre… not too shabby.
Arable at scale in excessive of 1 combine will fail going forward on all but the best of land. Bigger overheads, more hps, more staff costs, higher repair bills. All the areas that need addressing for profitable ag on the average and below land
Good morning from Groundswell. Plotting a schedule amid a campsite slowly coming to life.
If you want a prime example of a piece of content you know the journalist enjoyed writing, look no further than this from machinery editor Oli Mark fwi.co.uk/machinery/4x4s…
