Wresting a living from a way of farming that is as old as the hills sees traditional shepherding combined with more modern thinking and, as one mother and daughter team told Gaina Morgan, it is about finding the balance.
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only disrupted supply chains, but it has also impacted on the industry’s workforce and its training needs. Hannah Binns reports on what has changed and the positive framework it has created going forwards.
I have always been in admiration of progressive farmers and their rotational grazing, use of technology and, of course, the latest improvements of weatherproof clothing from New Zealand.
It is great to see our oystercatchers, lapwings and curlews have all returned in the past few weeks as the season gradually changes from winter to spring, and hopefully the next to return will be the cuckoo and the swallows.
Harper Adams University is teaming up with supermarket Morrisons and advanced breeding specialist Raft Solutions to develop the UK’s first School of Sustainable Food and Farming.
Now in its sixth year, the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health BVD survey provides an interesting snapshot of how the UK is faring in its bid to control BVD. Katie Jones looks at the survey results.
A sheepdog recruited by the National Trust to work rare breed sheep off the Suffolk coast hopes for calm seas and not ‘ruff’ waters as he sets sail on the commute to his new job.
Last week’s warmer weather gave crops a much-needed boost as they exit a cold, wet winter.
One of the leading pioneers of the modern-day turkey industry, Raymond Twiddle, has died following a three year battle with Leukaemia.