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F
hug
h
Culley, Ceylon-bo
r
n and a tea plante
r
’s son, played an
active
r
ole in t
h
e f
r
uit g
r
owing indust
r
y of t
h
eEaste
r
n counties.
Fa
r
ming at hockley Fa
r
m, nea
r
F
r
ating, in sout
h
Essex, hug
h
waswidely known to f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s t
hr
oug
h
h
is full and active
pa
r
ticipation inmany
r
oleswit
h
in t
h
e indust
r
y, and t
h
e
community inw
h
ic
h
h
e lived.
Se
r
ving on local NFU f
r
uit committees and t
h
eEssex and
Suffolk F
r
uit G
r
owe
r
s g
r
oup,
h
ewas seldom absent f
r
om local
meetings andgat
h
e
r
ings of f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s, andpa
r
ticipated in
t
h
ei
r
many excu
r
sions ab
r
oad. he se
r
ved as a
r
ea
r
ep
r
esentative fo
r
t
h
eApple andPea
r
Development Council in
t
h
e 1980s alongwit
h
ot
h
e
r
s suc
h
as Ad
r
ianSc
r
ipps, and
o
r
c
h
est
r
atingwit
h
colleagues a c
h
ange of t
h
e t
h
enC
h
ai
r
man.
As a f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
hug
h
was an ea
r
ly adopte
r
of Gala as a
majo
r
desse
r
t apple,
not only p
r
omoting it
wit
h
inC
h
ecke
r
s - an
Essex-basedg
r
owe
r
’s
co-ope
r
ative at t
h
at
time - but also t
hr
oug
h
t
h
eGalaClub, t
h
at
was t
h
en in its infancy.
hug
h
was also closely
involved in t
h
e
foundation of
PlantsmanA
r
dleig
h
Sto
r
age, a pionee
r
ing
business at t
h
at time.
hewas a dedicated
suppo
r
te
r
of
h
is local
c
h
u
r
c
h
, as a
c
h
u
r
c
h
wa
r
den and
c
h
o
r
iste
r
, andwas
often seen about
d
r
iving
h
is famousw
h
ite van - in t
r
ueEssex style! hug
h
was a
keen spo
r
tsman in
h
is younge
r
days, andwas known by all to
be bot
h
a gentleman and a gentleman, possessing a s
h
a
r
p
sense of
h
umou
r
and impis
h
smile. hug
h
’s sonMa
r
k iswell
known in t
h
e indust
r
y t
hr
oug
h
h
iswo
r
k at O
r
c
h
a
r
dWo
r
ld Ltd, a
pionee
r
ing suppo
r
te
r
of Gala g
r
owing in t
h
eUK.
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MArCh 2017
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r
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r
owe
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hug
h
Culley - 1934 to 2017
Fa
r
mBusiness Income figu
r
es –NFU
r
esponse
T
h
e latest Fa
r
mBusiness Income figu
r
es suggest t
h
at fa
r
me
r
s
a
r
e still feeling t
h
e impact of an unp
r
edictable and volatile
ma
r
ketplace, t
h
eNFU
h
as said. NFUP
r
esidentMeu
r
igraymond
said t
h
at w
h
ilemany secto
r
s
h
ad seen imp
r
oved fo
r
tunes –mainly
due to t
h
e falling value of t
h
e pound – t
h
ewide
r
indust
r
ywas
suffe
r
ing f
r
om s
h
a
r
p
r
ises in [t
h
e cost of] fa
r
m inputs, suc
h
as fo
r
feed, fe
r
tilise
r
s andmac
h
ine
r
y.
“It is good news t
h
atmany secto
r
s a
r
e cu
rr
ently seeing
imp
r
oved commodity p
r
ices. howeve
r
, fo
r
all secto
r
s t
h
ese figu
r
es
can quickly c
h
ange and steep
r
eductions in t
h
e dai
r
y andpoult
r
y
secto
r
s only go to emp
h
asise t
h
at fa
r
me
r
s a
r
e in an ext
r
emely
volatile secto
r
,”
h
e added. “Looking a
h
ead, t
h
is unce
r
tainty s
h
ows
no sign of abating and t
h
e
r
ewill bemany c
h
allenges a
h
ead as
B
r
exit negotiations begin.
“Wit
h
t
h
at inmind, I am callingon t
h
e gove
r
nment to ensu
r
e
t
h
at it can int
r
oduce a domestic ag
r
icultu
r
al policy t
h
at
h
elps build
amo
r
e p
r
ofitable fa
r
ming indust
r
y, by focusing on p
r
oductivity,
volatilitymitigation and envi
r
onmental measu
r
es, as
h
ig
h
lig
h
ted at
ou
r
r
ecent confe
r
ence. Ou
r
indust
r
y now needs ce
r
tainty and fi
r
m
commitments f
r
om gove
r
nment if t
h
e count
r
y is to feel t
h
e benefits
of a t
hr
iving food and fa
r
ming indust
r
y. NFUmembe
r
swant to
delive
r
on a vision s
h
a
r
edwit
h
Gove
r
nment fo
r
an inc
r
easingly
p
r
ofitable, competitive and sustainable food and fa
r
ming secto
r
.
We
h
ave been clea
r
onw
h
at we believe is needed to ac
h
ieve
t
h
is. Fi
r
stly, un
r
est
r
icted access to t
h
eEu
r
opeanma
r
ket, secondly,
continued access to a competent and
r
eliablewo
r
kfo
r
ce bot
h
p
r
e-
andpost-fa
r
mgate and t
h
i
r
dly, a new ag
r
icultu
r
al policyw
h
ic
h
assists in t
h
e development of an inc
r
easingly p
r
oductive,
p
r
og
r
essive and, above all, p
r
ofitable fa
r
ming secto
r
.”
