FUTURE FARMING THINK PIECE
December 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLWHEN the New Year is upon us, pessimists tend to herald the approach of apocalypse, gloomy tidings and battening down the hatches. And in a year that may see war in the Middle East, the naysayers may say more in 2003 than usual. Of course, agriculture will not escape the attention of doom-merchants, especially as - dare we say it - farmers are not immune to the odd grumble themselves.But let us, as 2002 slips away, not focus on the prospects for better dairy prices, CAP reform, a WTO deal, a wet spring and a fine summer, but turn to the distant ...
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