farm life

Vegan organisations are renowned for making farmers and animal products the villains in their advertising, so where do we draw the line?

Cambridgeshire brothers Mat and Lloyd Smith are taking bold steps to safeguard a sustainable future for their family's fenland arable farm. Teresa Rush reports

Summer agricultural shows have cast their spells over generations of farming families. Sarah Todd talks to various show stalwarts to find out what they think makes them so magic.

Amy works on her family’s tenanted farm at Halsall, Lancashire. Working mainly with her dad, Amy farms 285 hectares (704 acres) of arable crops and 550 beef cross cattle which are all reared through to finishing. You can follow her on Instagram @amygingewilkinson

Andy Wear and Jen Hunter produce much more than sheep meat from their Somerset-based 1,260-strong ewe flock. Wendy Short reports

Hannah Hetherington and Tom Martin are 18 months into a Norfolk County Council farm tenancy and learning new things every day. Sara Gregson paid them a visit

Making the most of their unique location in North Fife has enabled the Black family to develop a sustainable business to hand on to future generations. Ewan Pate reports

Joshua Barrier, diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma in 2022, had a day to remember at Diddly Squat Farm

The Amsden family who farm near Hawes have looked to the British Limousin breed to help improve the quality and profitability of their hill farming enterprise

After a career switch, Andy Cato's new priorities include environmental stability and allowing consumers to access sustainably-grown produce