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From the lambing shed: A reflection of the highs and lows of lambing time

Sheep

From the lambing shed: A reflection of the highs and lows of lambing time

Bizza Walters, a well-known sheep farmer from Warwickshire, looks back on lambing this season

clock 30 March 2024 • 4 min read
From the editor: "Social media has been alive with pictures and videos of cattle being turned out after a winter that has felt like a lifetime"

Politics

From the editor: "Social media has been alive with pictures and videos of cattle being turned out after a winter that has felt like a lifetime"

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley (March 28)

clock 28 March 2024 • 2 min read
View from the rostrum: Glyn Lucas - "Why are the policymakers in Europe and across the world not appreciating the importance of food and the vital role of the farmers?"

Shows & Sales

View from the rostrum: Glyn Lucas - "Why are the policymakers in Europe and across the world not appreciating the importance of food and the vital role of the farmers?"

Glyn Lucas on why farmers are undervalued

clock 27 March 2024 • 4 min read
Malcolm Morley: "Íæż½ã½ã grow the farm vets of the future"

Blogs

Malcolm Morley: "Íæż½ã½ã grow the farm vets of the future"

Malcolm Morley is Senior Vice President of the British Veterinary Association

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

Dairy

Good Evans: "It's not that I'm anti-tree, but I would just pick and choose where they went"

This month, Roger Evans discusses the situation in rural communities, delves into the world of politics and recounts a tale about rats and chainsaws

clock 22 March 2024 • 5 min read
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