26 March 2024
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It has been a challenging lambing season, but things seem to be improving. It helps when the rain stops and the sun comes out, fingers crossed it will continue. We started the season with cases of Schmallenberg...
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Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, at Constantine, Cornwall, where they milk 130 cows and supply Saputo. Total cattle numbers stand at 420 head kept on 162 hectares (400 acres). Alan and his wife Sarah have two children, Ross and Dana and the family also run three self-catering holiday lets
13 July 2025
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Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent. The business grows outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses and produces more than four million plants a year. The arable side includes environmental schemes, with a mix of wheat, oilseed rape, beans and barley crops
12 July 2025
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James and Isobel, with their two young children, recently bought their first farm, and plan to run beef and sheep over 13.8 hectares (34 acres), renting a further 44.5ha (110 acres). James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm.
06 July 2025
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2 min read
