Thriplow Farms Annual Report 1997: A horrible year

There is nothing worse than a whingeing arable farmer (except perhaps a self-righteous environmentalist). Raised on a diet of subsidies, shielded from the cold and drafty market place and supported by a doting Brussels, some of today’s East Anglian farmers have the chutzpah to complain that their lives are hard. And so they are if you take the past year in isolation and forget about the previous two decades.Read the full report