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SADC. The Cattle Show Ring.
SADC has just ended. Did the rest of the world notice, let alone take heed of its outcome? In the major countries, some lowly civil...
Aug 23, 20248 min read
Olympic Closing Ceremony, Medical Update and Bull or Bullshit.
I have little to say about the Olympic closing ceremony except that I found it more enjoyable than the opening ceremony. Mainly because...
Aug 16, 20249 min read
Jambanja in the UK. Bit of Nostalgia, the Unpleasant Duties of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU).
The world is a funny place and, to be honest, at times, a sad place. Watching the UK news reminds me of events during our farm evictions,...
Aug 9, 20249 min read
Controversy, Myths, Taking on Presidency of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) .
This week, I witnessed what I considered two controversial presentations, one of interest only to a few and the other a spectacle viewed...
Aug 2, 20246 min read
Will Land Prices Kill Family Farms in Europe? Farmers are In Court Over Land, and 1994 Personality Changes in Zimbabwe Commercial Agriculture Leadership.
A couple of weeks ago, following our visit to our friends the Pichards in the Alentejo and visiting a beautiful property owned by an...
Jul 26, 20248 min read
I Did It Before Someone Else Did. Research and Extension and ‘The Farmer’ Magazine.
I only had a visit to the local clinic this week for a dressing change, and hopefully, next week, I will have a free week before...
Jul 19, 20248 min read
My Non-Fishing Fishing Trip. The Importance of Integrity When in Office.
I am writing this in my hotel room at 10 am on Monday, overlooking the marina at Olhão. We booked a Bluefin Tuna fishing trip last year...
Jul 12, 20248 min read
Unanswered Questions and Some of the Tasks in My Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) Role.
Following my writing, Angus Selby answered some of the legal issues around the proposed Farmers Compensation Agreement (FCA) and,...
Jul 5, 20248 min read
Yet Another Hospital Stay, Good News and Congratulations and Good Luck to the New ARAC Board
This blog will be short as I am still confined to my hospital bed. It is now Wednesday, and while I’m sure I may get out before Friday,...
Jun 28, 20247 min read
I Would Rather Be Fishing.
I am starting to write this before I go to the hospital, as I may not have access to my computer before the normal publication time on...
Jun 21, 20246 min read
Reminisces and Commercial Farmers Union (CFU). Invited to Participate in New Blackfordby and Notice of Further Stomach Cancer Surgery.
As always, when I touch on the compensation issue for the farmers who got their farms confiscated in Zimbabwe in my blog, I always get...
Jun 14, 202410 min read
Frustration in Trying to Achieve A Common Goal and An Enjoyable but Wasted Trip to The World Economic Forum in Cape Town in 1994.
Just to let you know, I wrote this blog before I received the update from the Compensation Round Table Group on Thursday. I thank them...
Jun 7, 20248 min read
Relocation, Restructuring and Agrichange.
I have been a bachelor this past week or so as Rozanne had to go to Edinburgh to sort out some family business matters. How things...
May 31, 20249 min read
Correction and Shenanigans, Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) and Land Matters 1994.
Following last week's blog, Tim Henwood, president of the CFU from 1999 to 2001, who is now a resident in Australia, corrected me on the...
May 24, 20246 min read
Sad Week, Goodbye Nick, Nick and Gavin.
Every now and again, you have weeks with little cheer. Last week, in my joyful oblivion, while visiting farms with friends in the...
May 17, 20246 min read
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