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Farming Matters: Baroness Kate Rock - 'I am already seeing evidence of wealth advisers telling large estates to take back rented land'

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Farming Matters: Baroness Kate Rock - 'I am already seeing evidence of wealth advisers telling large estates to take back rented land'

Baroness Kate Rock is hopeful that newly elected Labour MPs in rural constituencies are already talking sensibly about finding a way forward to protect farms from ‘oblivion’

clock 09 November 2024 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Dan Hawes - 'We need cold weather to transition the plants'

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In Your Field: Dan Hawes - 'We need cold weather to transition the plants'

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent

clock 08 November 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier - "The change in the cows' diet has been noticed by an observant customer"

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In your field: Helen Stanier - "The change in the cows' diet has been noticed by an observant customer"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 21 September 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk: Dan Burdett - 'The challenge for us is to maintain a productive and, most importantly, profitable farm'

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Dairy Talk: Dan Burdett - 'The challenge for us is to maintain a productive and, most importantly, profitable farm'

After many years of complaining about dry springs here in Sussex, I finally got my comeuppance this year, with March and April both delivering more than 100mm of rain.

clock 23 May 2023 • 3 min read