The diary extracts are taken from the East Penrest farm website. The views expressed are solely those of the farmers concerned.
Scientists can be rigid, but science is always open to new research and information.
Somehow I had thought the NFU's stand was one taken because of vested interests, not through sheer stupidity. I had felt quite hopeful when I heard that extraordinary statement. But no, the NFU is not making a U-turn. Here is a man representing farmers and he doesn't seem to know that cattle were housed early last autumn because of the constant rain, and many farmers have already run out of forage. He has a list of 50 questions that needs to be answered apparently.