Research is vital to progress

FARMERS are frequently advised to concentrate on what they can control inside the farm gate, and leave matters which depend on global markets or politics to work themselves out.

It’s good advice not just for farmers but for everyone involved in food production.

Agonising over world trade negotiations or even the Lisbon treaty referendum gets you nowhere.

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