Spirits were high in the West Country last week when Devon Show became the first fully-fledged county event with general public attendance to be staged since 2019. 

Looking back at an entry in a previous year’s diary is always a stark reminder of how two years are never the same, and possibly more so when you are a farmer.

The fifth Groundswell event was the biggest yet, welcoming farmers to cultivate new ideas and dig out the latest thinking on regenerative farming techniques. Alice Dyer and Chloe Palmer went along.

It is already halfway through 2021; where on earth does the time go? This year seems to have flown by faster than usual as I have been busier than ever working on different projects across the farm.

Hannah Rees, 24, is from Clarbeston Road, Pembrokeshire. She is currently studying at Harper Adams University and has completed a research project looking at mental health within agriculture.

Reported plans by financier Ben Goldsmith to breed wildcats on his Somerset estate have raised the issue of species reintroductions without proper assessment of the potential impact on the countryside.

A retired lecturer was walking an elderly deaf and blind dog through a field of cattle when they charged and trampled them both, an inquest heard.

July 2021 Arable Farming Issue