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In Your Field: Mike Harris - 'The majority of the farm resembles a grassy swamp'

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In Your Field: Mike Harris - 'The majority of the farm resembles a grassy swamp'

clock 15 January 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'CrossFit has helped me get back to being a pocket rocket'

Blogs

In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'CrossFit has helped me get back to being a pocket rocket'

Because we had not had weather as cold as we had in the middle of the month for a while, it took a bit of adjusting to.

clock 03 January 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: James Robinson - 'We now have a cheese named after our farm beck'

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In Your Field: James Robinson - 'We now have a cheese named after our farm beck'

I am writing this with my feet up by a roaring fire, after an entire day spent thawing water pipes and troughs for the cows.

clock 02 January 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'Only time will tell if that was the right decision'

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In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'Only time will tell if that was the right decision'

After an exceptionally mild autumn, winter is definitely here as we discovered first hand when we drove through horizontal sleet on the way up our hill to collect a snow-covered quad bike left there at a gathering a few days earlier.

clock 20 December 2022 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'All that is left to do is wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, hopefully less stressful, New Year'

Blogs

In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'All that is left to do is wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, hopefully less stressful, New Year'

And just like that December has come around yet again, somehow even faster than last year and that means one thing and one thing only: the yard is like a nonstop, revolving door of people known for their sixth sense of arriving when a kettle has just been

clock 19 December 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'Our newborn son means we aren't missing the cows too much'

Farm Life

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'Our newborn son means we aren't missing the cows too much'

I have joined the NFU, which is not a phrase I ever thought I’d say.

clock 06 December 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'Sheep worrying no longer surprises me'

Livestock

In your field: Dan Jones - 'Sheep worrying no longer surprises me'

Winter has definitely announced its arrival to the Great Orme. With the timely delivery of my eBay purchase, an all-weather combating Swanndri coat, the strong winds and horizontal rain have also arrived.

clock 06 December 2022 • 3 min read
In your field: James Robinson - 'we need more farmers, not less, and the energy of new entrants'

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In your field: James Robinson - 'we need more farmers, not less, and the energy of new entrants'

We have been playing musical farm buildings the past week or two.

clock 26 November 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'Social media only shows you the highlights of people's lives'

Farm Life

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'Social media only shows you the highlights of people's lives'

This In Your Field article might feel slightly different from me and might only resonate with younger readers, however, do not worry, I will be back with silly family farming stories next time.

clock 12 November 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: Mike Harris - 'Taking silage out to the cattle soon becomes counter-productive'

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In your field: Mike Harris - 'Taking silage out to the cattle soon becomes counter-productive'

The clocks have changed and the nights are well and truly drawing in. As I write this, I have just come in from preparing the cattle sheds for winter.

clock 04 November 2022 • 3 min read