Blogs

In Your Field: James and Isobel Wright - 'Encouraging signs for new farm tenancies'

Blogs

In Your Field: James and Isobel Wright - 'Encouraging signs for new farm tenancies'

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.

clock 18 March 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'Conference breaks up the busy week'

Blogs

In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'Conference breaks up the busy week'

A couple of days at the NFU Conference made a change from my usual working week, it was my first time at the conference.

clock 11 March 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'From dogsbody to management material in the space of 12 days'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'From dogsbody to management material in the space of 12 days'

At the beginning of January my parents went on a well-deserved holiday to Egypt.

clock 25 February 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'The farm track potholes had become almost impassable'

Farm Life

In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'The farm track potholes had become almost impassable'

Our farm road is the absolute bane of my life and has been ever since I started to drive.

clock 25 February 2023 • 3 min read
In your field: Mike Harris - 'The NFU's lack of fight over the Basic Payment Scheme is unacceptable'

Farm Life

In your field: Mike Harris - 'The NFU's lack of fight over the Basic Payment Scheme is unacceptable'

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?

clock 20 February 2023 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Phil Latham - 'It is hard to get people to engage with the reasoned argument for culling'

Livestock

Farming matters: Phil Latham - 'It is hard to get people to engage with the reasoned argument for culling'

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.

clock 19 February 2023 • 3 min read
In your field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'Sadly, there are more giant pandas left than Saddleback pigs'

Farm Life

In your field: Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood - 'Sadly, there are more giant pandas left than Saddleback pigs'

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.

clock 18 February 2023 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Natalie Bennett - 'Could farmers be more exposed to drug resistant microbes?'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Natalie Bennett - 'Could farmers be more exposed to drug resistant microbes?'

Natalie Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle is an Australian-British politician and journalist who served as Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016.

clock 14 February 2023 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'A ewe in the school hen house was a new one'

Farm Life

In your field: Dan Jones - 'A ewe in the school hen house was a new one'

I often consider the unique challenges of farming the Great Orme.

clock 13 February 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: James Robinson - 'It's a farmer thing to put off getting ourselves sorted. Animals and silage time always come before the visit to the doctors'

Farm Life

In Your Field: James Robinson - 'It's a farmer thing to put off getting ourselves sorted. Animals and silage time always come before the visit to the doctors'

Dad had his hip replaced just into the new year.

clock 06 February 2023 • 3 min read