Calving is well underway with our senior cow Julia kicking things off in mid-February with a lovely heifer calf.
Apart from our grass fields being animated by lambs and calves and the odd daffodil begrudgingly enduring the frosts, snow and rain, there are no obvious signs that spring is around the corner here just yet.
Last year saw the first reduction in the amount of land rented to farmers since Farm Business Tenancies were introduced in 1995, according to Defra’s own figures.
A couple of days at the NFU Conference made a change from my usual working week, it was my first time at the conference.
At the beginning of January my parents went on a well-deserved holiday to Egypt.
Our farm road is the absolute bane of my life and has been ever since I started to drive.
There has been bad news this month - and I’m still coming to terms with it - Ken Bruce’s announcement that he is leaving BBC Radio 2. Who saw that coming?
There can be no doubt that culling badgers under licence from Defra has been a tremendous success for bovine TB control from a farmer’s perspective.
Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood are new entrant farmers growing baby leaf salad crops across 142 hectares (350 acres), rented from six landowners, including a 53ha (130-acre) Warwickshire County Council tenancy near Evesham to grow their organic business.
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