Íæż½ã½ã

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans - blasting a large hole in our shed"

Blogs

Emma Gray's Farming Life: "The mega storm had blown a sizeable chunk out of our lambing plans - blasting a large hole in our shed"

Storm Eowyn caused havoc - has it impacted the start of Emma Gray's lambing season?

clock 26 February 2025 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Hawes - "February is an important month for us in the strawberry propagation world"

In your field

In your field: Dan Hawes - "February is an important month for us in the strawberry propagation world"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops

clock 23 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "All you need for a summer of checking stock with your children and a dog is: a bag of electric fence wire, CDs (Johnny Cash and ABBA), ball valve arms, tennis balls and car seats"

In your field

In your field: Alan Carter - "All you need for a summer of checking stock with your children and a dog is: a bag of electric fence wire, CDs (Johnny Cash and ABBA), ball valve arms, tennis balls and car seats"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162 hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a parish councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

clock 22 February 2025 • 3 min read
Letters: "People crossed the common to find wives mostly, and went back to their roots to be buried"

Blogs

Letters: "People crossed the common to find wives mostly, and went back to their roots to be buried"

Phillip Morgan, from Powys, reflects on the value of common land and grazing rights over his lifetime

clock 18 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - "The loss of a sheepdog is heartbreaking. I recently lost my trusted collie, Blaze... We had built a trusted bond over countless hours of shared experiences"

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones - "The loss of a sheepdog is heartbreaking. I recently lost my trusted collie, Blaze... We had built a trusted bond over countless hours of shared experiences"

Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme on the North Wales coast near Llandudno

clock 16 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Prices go up, markets shift and technology plays a bigger role than ever. But one thing stays the same, you are never quite happy about what the weather is doing"

In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - "Prices go up, markets shift and technology plays a bigger role than ever. But one thing stays the same, you are never quite happy about what the weather is doing"

James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as UK country manager

clock 15 February 2025 • 2 min read
Letters: 'Íæż½ã½ã must not be scared of meeting misinformation head on'

Blogs

Letters: 'Íæż½ã½ã must not be scared of meeting misinformation head on'

Farmer-turned-author, Eryl Jones, reflects on what the agrifood industry can learn from history about misinformation and deception

clock 12 February 2025 • 5 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier – "My heart goes out to those losing good cows through bovine TB"

In your field

In your field: Helen Stanier – "My heart goes out to those losing good cows through bovine TB"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her family at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162ha (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for their 240 pedigree Jersey cows plus followers

clock 11 February 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson – "We all have a voice when it comes to disease control or how our farmland is managed"

In your field

In your field: James Robinson – "We all have a voice when it comes to disease control or how our farmland is managed"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 11 February 2025 • 3 min read
David Exwood: 'Farming is tough, but no one should struggle alone'

Blogs

David Exwood: 'Farming is tough, but no one should struggle alone'

NFU deputy president urges farmers to consider their mental well-being as part of Yellow Wellies' Mind Your Head campaign

clock 10 February 2025 • 3 min read