17/01/14: New! GFMT article: Market-aware farming: commodities training at Writtle College

In this article, Henry Matthews, senior lecturer in agriculture at Writtle College, UK discusses commodities training at Writtle College.

Traditionally farmers are poor at marketing, being predominantly concerned with producing the crop to the best of their ability within the constraints of soil type, climate and utilisation of inputs. Beyond the farm gate was of little concern. This approach was encouraged by a subsidy system put in place at first in the UK after the Second World War though the Agriculture Act of 1947, and then by the European Union through the CAP after Britain joined the Common Market in 1973.

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Market-aware farming: commodities training at Writtle College