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From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

Weather

From the editor: "Winter crops have been waterlogged, growers are struggling to get anywhere near spring fieldwork and livestock farmers are already seeing hay and straw prices climb"

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley (March 22)

clock 21 March 2024 • 2 min read
Young Welsh new entrant couple say 'blanket treating' farms shows lack of understanding from Welsh Government

Farm Business

Young Welsh new entrant couple say 'blanket treating' farms shows lack of understanding from Welsh Government

Hollie Blockley and George Sturla set up their meat box business a few years ago and have thoughts on the way new policies could affect Welsh farm businesses

clock 20 March 2024 • 3 min read
Dan Smith: "The farm welcomes underprivileged children...They leave the farm as better people and consider themselves to have a brighter future"

Young Íæż½ã½ã and Careers

Dan Smith: "The farm welcomes underprivileged children...They leave the farm as better people and consider themselves to have a brighter future"

Dan Smith is a farm manager and consultant managing a commercial, net zero livestock farm for the benefit of underprivileged young people as well as the environment in the Wye Valley

clock 06 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "A cynic might say the Prime Minister's speech and package of announcements was a last ditch attempt to woo farmers"

Politics

From the editor: "A cynic might say the Prime Minister's speech and package of announcements was a last ditch attempt to woo farmers"

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley (February 22)

clock 22 February 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: If you want to be sustainable, focus on farm efficiency

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: If you want to be sustainable, focus on farm efficiency

I start this column on a high; we have just returned from a skiing holiday in France

clock 20 February 2024 • 3 min read
Roger Evans: "There were lots of hoops we had to negotiate"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "There were lots of hoops we had to negotiate"

Part of our exit strategy if you like, was to get planning permission on three of our conventional buildings. I would hasten to add that our exit was forced upon us

clock 19 February 2024 • 4 min read
Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

Farm Life

Emma Smith: With the average age of the British farmer so high, what can we do to encourage young people in?

With a passion for education, Emma Smith, who is from a non-farming background, talks about what more we can do to get people into farming

clock 09 February 2024 • 3 min read
Letters: Charles Goadby - Íæż½ã½ã should think about protesting and remember 'public trust and confidence is our greatest weapon'

Blogs

Letters: Charles Goadby - Íæż½ã½ã should think about protesting and remember 'public trust and confidence is our greatest weapon'

This week's letters from FG readers

clock 05 February 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy talk - Claire Eastham: "We need to build in resilience to differing weather patterns where we can"

Dairy

Dairy talk - Claire Eastham: "We need to build in resilience to differing weather patterns where we can"

Happy New Year to you all Although it probably seems like a distant memory I hope you all enjoyed some quality time with your families over the Christmas period

clock 03 February 2024 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "This spring will be the first year where we get to assess some of the new SFI schemes that we have entered"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ben Yates: "This spring will be the first year where we get to assess some of the new SFI schemes that we have entered"

I am certainly glad to see the end of the long period of wet weather we have been enduring in Somerset since October, and we are currently enjoying a crisp dry spell

clock 01 February 2024 • 3 min read