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In Your Field: Ian Garnett - 'Second cut silage was proving challenging'

In your field

In Your Field: Ian Garnett - 'Second cut silage was proving challenging'

Well, we wanted rain and now we arguably have a little too much. Combines in Cheshire have hardly turned a wheel.

clock 22 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Kate Beavan - 'We ate haggis, watched shearing, saw lots of kilts, and made new friends'

In your field

In Your Field: Kate Beavan - 'We ate haggis, watched shearing, saw lots of kilts, and made new friends'

It's showtime. We finally ticked the Highland Show off our wish list. We have never been before, but with the Golden Shears being hosted there this year, coupled with Sam shearing in Scotland, it seemed the perfect time to do it.

clock 22 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'Out of our four children, only one is likely to farm'

In your field

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'Out of our four children, only one is likely to farm'

I was lucky enough to be among those invited to attend St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh to witness the King being presented with the Honours of Scotland (our Crown jewels), and it was a truly memorable experience.

clock 15 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'They arrive outside as man and wife - to a pitchfork-wielding mob'

In your field

In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'They arrive outside as man and wife - to a pitchfork-wielding mob'

clock 15 July 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'This cereals harvest is particularly exciting'

In your field

In Your Field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'This cereals harvest is particularly exciting'

clock 08 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Alan Carter - 'In July, we will be trying something new, and as my dad calls it, 'radical''

In your field

In Your Field: Alan Carter - 'In July, we will be trying something new, and as my dad calls it, 'radical''

clock 08 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'The biggest challenge is simply leaving the farm'

In your field

In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'The biggest challenge is simply leaving the farm'

Last week saw the NFU Cymru week-long campaign and celebration of Welsh Food and Farming.

clock 01 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We need to value the benefit of economic development for farmers'

In your field

In Your Field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We need to value the benefit of economic development for farmers'

This month has disappeared in a blur of work, time with family and farm viewings.

clock 01 July 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'I attended an excellent first aid training course'

In your field

In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'I attended an excellent first aid training course'

As the tabloid press are fond of saying - 'what a scorcher'.

clock 24 June 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: James Robinson - 'As farmers, I know we will have to become more adapted to unusual periods of weather'

In your field

In Your Field: James Robinson - 'As farmers, I know we will have to become more adapted to unusual periods of weather'

While I was writing my previous In Your Field article, I was sat listening to the neighbour's mower cutting their first cut silage, and I was also commenting on the lack of grass on our own meadows.

clock 24 June 2023 • 3 min read