Diversification

Covid-19 has brought mixed fortunes for diversified farm businesses. Ewan Pate and Hannah Binns report.

The temporary reduction of VAT rates from 20% to 5% will remain in place until March 31 2021

Farming families looking to ‘future-proof’ their businesses have been urged to register for the Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme.

With a view to securing a viable business future for the historic Penllyn Estate Farm, the family partnership behind it has recently added a farm shop and kitchen to their interests. Gaina Morgan finds out

With theatrical performances under threat due to Covid-19 restrictions, an arable farmer in the Midlands has constructed an earthen amphitheatre to provide the arts industry with a space to perform.

Just a few days ago ‘Desert Dorset’ was a dust bowl. The milking herd has been on a full silage diet as there was just no grass and no growth as it has hardly rained for more than a month.

It has been nearly 10 years since Andrew and Ruth Davies realised their dream in buying their own holding near Swansea. Home to their award-winning charcuterie business, Gaina Morgan finds out more about where it all began.

Countryfile presenter Adam Henson said he recognised some in the farming community did not think the BBC’s flagship Sunday evening show was ‘agricultural enough’, but that he tried to make farming accessible to all.

When we were in lockdown, one of the key challenges for our agritourism business and for others was not knowing how long the lockdown would last.

Commentary on farmers being a resilient breed never seems far from the centre of debate in farming circles, but few have had to face a test as severe as the one met head-on in recent months by Simon and Jackie McCreery. Ewan