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In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'Conference breaks up the busy week'

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In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'Conference breaks up the busy week'

A couple of days at the NFU Conference made a change from my usual working week, it was my first time at the conference.

clock 11 March 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'From dogsbody to management material in the space of 12 days'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'From dogsbody to management material in the space of 12 days'

At the beginning of January my parents went on a well-deserved holiday to Egypt.

clock 25 February 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'The farm track potholes had become almost impassable'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'The farm track potholes had become almost impassable'

Our farm road is the absolute bane of my life and has been ever since I started to drive.

clock 25 February 2023 • 3 min read
In your field: Mike Harris - 'The NFU's lack of fight over the Basic Payment Scheme is unacceptable'

Farm Life

In your field: Mike Harris - 'The NFU's lack of fight over the Basic Payment Scheme is unacceptable'

There has been bad news this month - and I’m still coming to terms with it - Ken Bruce’s announcement that he is leaving BBC Radio 2. Who saw that coming?

clock 20 February 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'Sadly, there are more giant pandas left than Saddleback pigs'

Farm Life

In your field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'Sadly, there are more giant pandas left than Saddleback pigs'

Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood are new entrant farmers growing baby leaf salad crops across 142 hectares (350 acres), rented from six landowners, including a 53ha (130-acre) Warwickshire County Council tenancy near Evesham to grow their organic business.

clock 18 February 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'A ewe in the school hen house was a new one'

Farm Life

In your field: Dan Jones - 'A ewe in the school hen house was a new one'

I often consider the unique challenges of farming the Great Orme.

clock 13 February 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: James Robinson - 'It's a farmer thing to put off getting ourselves sorted. Animals and silage time always come before the visit to the doctors'

Farm Life

In Your Field: James Robinson - 'It's a farmer thing to put off getting ourselves sorted. Animals and silage time always come before the visit to the doctors'

Dad had his hip replaced just into the new year.

clock 06 February 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'We saved the living room carpet from the flood water'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'We saved the living room carpet from the flood water'

Last year went out in a deluge of water as our little stream next to the farm turned into a raging torrent and burst its banks, flooding sheds, kennels, steading and almost the house.

clock 24 January 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'We use blow torches for thawing pipes, not cooking creme brulees'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'We use blow torches for thawing pipes, not cooking creme brulees'

Most weeks on the farm I truly believe there is no better job in the world.

clock 23 January 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'What new entrants really need is access to land and capital'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'What new entrants really need is access to land and capital'

After the dry spring and summer we saw last season it was hard to imagine we would now be paddling around in sodden fields again, but here we are.

clock 17 January 2023 • 2 min read