In your field: Dan Jones - 'A delayed tupping suits our area's harsh spring'

There is no escaping the weather. Like every farm in the UK, we have been battered over the past few weeks

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In your field: Dan Jones - 'A delayed tupping suits our area's harsh spring'

News reports of just how dire the situation is for many farmers has put my own situation into perspective. I have got away with it lightly in comparison. The resilience shown by farmers across the UK...

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