A family farm of over 1,300 ha. with a variety of enterprises plus 360 ha. which we contract farm means that there is a lot going on and, as manager for the whole farm on behalf of the family, I aim to keep the farming operations relatively simple. On the arable side we work on a 3 year rotation of Wheat, Barley, Oilseed Rape with approximately 400 ha. of each. This is managed with the help of a Foreman, a tractor driver and a couple of part timers.... 

Hello everyone, the time of the month has come round to sit down on a wet evening and write another blog for you on here. You will have to forgive me for this blog being heavily about myself and my family as that has taken up my main focus in the past little while since writing last. For those of you who may not have heard on the various social media platforms that Rachel and I are part of, we have had our first child, a baby girl, Bonnie Williams... 

It was good to see Ukraine in the news for all the right reasons this week as they hosted England for the world cup qualifier in Kiev. I was lucky enough to acquire some tickets and enjoyed a fantastic game that was only marred by some mediocre football. The season has changed with the end of the long hot summer marked by cooler “coat and jumper” autumn temperatures.  Time to dig out the fleece. Wheat harvest is complete with official figures...