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Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "A wet but positive start to spring calving"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Ifan Roberts: "A wet but positive start to spring calving"

After a steady start to calving at Houghton Lodge in early February we were fully back on track by the beginning of March and had delivered over 630 calvings in four weeks equating to 59% of the expected 1,070 calvings due by the beginning of May

clock 17 March 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Nothing makes you fly like pure adrenaline on arriving to find most of our big bullocks out and making a break for it down the road"

Farm Life

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "Nothing makes you fly like pure adrenaline on arriving to find most of our big bullocks out and making a break for it down the road"

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

clock 17 March 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - Succession Planning: "Fair is not always the same as equal, which might well become our mantra"

Farm Life

In your field: Kate Rowell - Succession Planning: "Fair is not always the same as equal, which might well become our mantra"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 14 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

Blogs

From the editor: "Supermarkets should leave warm words on the shelf and put them into action"

This week from Íæż½ã½ã editor Olivia Midgley (March 14)

clock 14 March 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Alan Carter - "The children asked some great questions"

Farm Life

In your field: Alan Carter - "The children asked some great questions"

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 13 March 2024 • 3 min read
Careers special: Women in Food and Farming conference encourages self-belief

Young Íæż½ã½ã and Careers

Careers special: Women in Food and Farming conference encourages self-belief

Emily Ashworth attended the Women in Food and Farming discussion at LAMMA 2024

clock 08 March 2024 • 1 min read
Farming Matters: Abi Reader - "All this would leave anyone wondering what actual farming does Wales want?"

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Abi Reader - "All this would leave anyone wondering what actual farming does Wales want?"

Welsh farmers set out 5,500 wellies at the Senedd in Cardiff to warn that thousands of jobs would be lost under current SFS proposals

clock 08 March 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "This level of distrust must be 'urgently' repaired if Red Tractor is to get farmers back on side"

Politics

From the editor: "This level of distrust must be 'urgently' repaired if Red Tractor is to get farmers back on side"

This week from Íæż½ã½ã's chief reporter Rachael Brown (March 8)

clock 07 March 2024 • 2 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
Jenny Jefferies: "[We] converted to regenerative agriculture about seven years ago, and one of the key principles of this is the introduction of livestock into the arable system"

Blogs

Jenny Jefferies: "[We] converted to regenerative agriculture about seven years ago, and one of the key principles of this is the introduction of livestock into the arable system"

Jenny Jefferies is an award-winning cookbook author with a passion for British agriculture. Her latest book explores regenerative farming around the world, and how this method could unite us on the quest for net zero and a sustainable food system

clock 05 March 2024 • 5 min read