An organic dairy farm situated on a remote stretch of the North Yorkshire coast is quietly making waves with its forward-thinking attitudes. Sarah Todd reports.
February and March are typically my least favourite months of the year, with winter dragging on and any developments in the heavily pregnant ewes generally being one problem or another.
Earlier this month, members of the House of Lords voted through a legislative change which could change farming in this country forever.
This month’s #FarmingCAN special feature explores how creating a positive rhetoric with the public is becoming increasingly important for agriculture.
Good silage will be key to making the most of good milk prices in the face of high fertiliser and feed costs.
Bizza Walters, 24, is from a mixed family farm in Studley, Warwickshire. After studying at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, she works around the UK and abroad as a shepherdess, and is also an NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador.
This month’s #FarmingCAN special feature explores how creating a positive rhetoric with the public is becoming increasingly important for agriculture.
Alastair Brown on the unprecedented times.
It has been one of those fortnights when every job takes far longer than it should do.
One Northumberland dairy farmer has identified ways to potentially reduce the carbon footprint of purchased feed by a predicted 28% and, in doing so, help lower his overall environmental impact.