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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We will spend Christmas in a rented house again'

In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We will spend Christmas in a rented house again'

I had hoped that I would be writing this from our new home on a small farm, but alas solicitors’ wheels turn slowly and we are to spend Christmas in a rented house — again

clock 24 December 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'These boys are my own version of the South African rugby subs' bench'

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones - 'These boys are my own version of the South African rugby subs' bench'

While a later lambing mostly suits our farming system, this year’s atrocious weather has had even the rams questioning the delayed tupping

clock 23 December 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: 'Do not underestimate the power of simply checking in on someone'

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From the editor: 'Do not underestimate the power of simply checking in on someone'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (December 22)

clock 21 December 2023 • 2 min read
Letters: 'The bTB battle is one which is beyond our farm gate'

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Letters: 'The bTB battle is one which is beyond our farm gate'

Dairy farmer Susie Mottershead said Joyce Watson's MS comments that dairy farmers with chronic TB should find another business was a kick in the teeth. "Never have I felt the mental health of farmers be so completely disregarded. We are that chronic bTB farm," she said

clock 24 November 2023 • 3 min read
Samuel Kurtz: 'Welsh farmers need a Welsh Government that is going to support the industry'

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Samuel Kurtz: 'Welsh farmers need a Welsh Government that is going to support the industry'

Samuel Kurtz MS, is the Welsh Conservatives Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in the Senedd

clock 24 November 2023 • 4 min read
'Engaged and attentive': TFA's George Dunn meets new Defra Secretary

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'Engaged and attentive': TFA's George Dunn meets new Defra Secretary

The Secretary of State, Steve Barclay 'quickly' got the point that short-term tenancies are a problem when it comes to financing investment to drive productivity and participation in long-term environmental management

clock 23 November 2023 • 3 min read
Farming Matters: Jeremy Gibbs - Giving veterans a place in farming adds value to our industry

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Farming Matters: Jeremy Gibbs - Giving veterans a place in farming adds value to our industry

In this Remembrance Day special, Jeremy Gibbs talks about the success of the Forces Farming initiative which helps army veterans enter the farming industry

clock 11 November 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: 'Our industry's biggest asset is an empowered, fearless farming community'

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From the editor: 'Our industry's biggest asset is an empowered, fearless farming community'

This week from Chief Reporter Rachael Brown (November 2)

clock 02 November 2023 • 2 min read
Letters: Labour policy on TB 'mad and dangerous'

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Letters: Labour policy on TB 'mad and dangerous'

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers (October 27)

clock 01 November 2023 • 2 min read
Chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss: "I know how interested the industry is in the potential to use vaccination to curb this terrible disease of avian influenza"

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Chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss: "I know how interested the industry is in the potential to use vaccination to curb this terrible disease of avian influenza"

Having attended the recent G7 chief vets forum in Japan, chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss discussed some of the most difficult animal health challenges facing the farming industry today – including avian influenza, African swine fever and antimicrobial resistance

clock 17 October 2023 • 3 min read