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Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Farm Life

Letters: "Increasing the homegrown food supply should be a national security issue of the 'highest priority'"

Stephen Ramsden, Harrogate, discusses UK food security following news that lamb and beef production have fallen significantly in recent decades

clock 17 June 2025 • 1 min read
Top 5 shearing tips from leading Scottish shearer Hamish Mitchell

Sheep

Top 5 shearing tips from leading Scottish shearer Hamish Mitchell

Scottish champion shearer Hamish Mitchell has given his advice on how to improve and on getting into the competitive arena

clock 16 June 2025 • 3 min read
NSA Sheep South West Preview: Devonshire family prepare to host South West sheep event

Livestock

NSA Sheep South West Preview: Devonshire family prepare to host South West sheep event

The National Sheep Association’s (NSA) biennial event, Sheep South West, is set to take place on Wednesday, June 25, at Weston Farm, near South Molton in Devon, kindly hosted by the Stanbury family

clock 16 June 2025 • 8 min read
Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

Environment

Farming Matters: "You can try to expel nature with a pitchfork, but it will always return"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Chris Clark, first generation Yorkshire upland farmer and author

clock 16 June 2025 • 4 min read
#Farm24 Ambassador: Wilson and Ashley

Farm24

#Farm24 Ambassador: Wilson and Ashley

Introducing #Farm24 2025 ambassadors Wilson and Ashley, aka mixed farmers Rebecca Wilson and Charlotte Ashley

clock 15 June 2025 • 1 min read
#Farm24 Ambassador: Chris Myers

Farm24

#Farm24 Ambassador: Chris Myers

Introducing #Farm24 2025 ambassador, agricultural content creator Chris Myers

clock 15 June 2025 • 1 min read
#Farm24 Ambassador: Kelvin and Liz Fletcher

Farm24

#Farm24 Ambassador: Kelvin and Liz Fletcher

Introducing #Farm24 2025 ambassador, agricultural content creator Chris Myers

clock 15 June 2025 • 1 min read
#Farm24 Ambassador: Emma Gray

Farm24

#Farm24 Ambassador: Emma Gray

Introducing #Farm24 2025 ambassador, mixed livestock farmer, Emma Gray

clock 15 June 2025 • 1 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - "Huge respect to all those farming in remote areas and thank you for welcoming us soft mainlanders when we visit"

In your field

In your field: Kate Rowell - "Huge respect to all those farming in remote areas and thank you for welcoming us soft mainlanders when we visit"

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

clock 15 June 2025 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "I ran after the cattle through brambles and rhododendron bushes for hours"

In your field

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - "I ran after the cattle through brambles and rhododendron bushes for hours"

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

clock 14 June 2025 • 4 min read