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Cowmen Comment: Christopher Murley - Like most farmers we are very glad to have come through what has been a very long and wet winter"

Livestock

Cowmen Comment: Christopher Murley - Like most farmers we are very glad to have come through what has been a very long and wet winter"

Dairy Farmer commentator Christopher Murley tells us about his Jersey herd in far flung Cornwall.

clock 15 May 2020 • 4 min read
In Your Field: James Powell - 'Cattle won't be turned out while we have plenty of fodder'

Livestock

In Your Field: James Powell - 'Cattle won't be turned out while we have plenty of fodder'

It is hard to remember a better climate for lambing. We have had six weeks of warm, dry days and, just as the last few hoggs lamb down, we had last week’s welcome rain to get the grass growing ahead of demand.

clock 09 May 2020 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Phil Garnham - 'Some heroes wear tractor overalls and worn out wax jackets'

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Phil Garnham - 'Some heroes wear tractor overalls and worn out wax jackets'

At the end of February, a Government Minister made the warm and friendly remark that Britain does not need its own farming industry.

clock 03 May 2020 • 3 min read
In your field: Jon Stanley - 'Let's hope the shows come back stronger next year'

Farm Life

In your field: Jon Stanley - 'Let's hope the shows come back stronger next year'

It’s May 1 already. How this strange and troubled year is flying by, which is amazing given all the events and shows we had planned to visit are now just a passing thought as the dates get closer on the calendar. Very disappointing.

clock 02 May 2020 • 2 min read
In your field: Tom Clarke - 'At times this past month I have considered quitting'

Farm Life

In your field: Tom Clarke - 'At times this past month I have considered quitting'

Why do we farm? Honestly, what’s in it for us? My sense is that only a minority of farmers farm because they chose to.

clock 01 May 2020 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Rona Amiss - 'I want to show compassion to walkers who stray off a footpaths'

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Rona Amiss - 'I want to show compassion to walkers who stray off a footpaths'

My goodness, even my relentless cheerfulness is struggling as wave after wave of bad news on Covid-19 is broadcast each hour.

clock 26 April 2020 • 3 min read
In your field: Christine Ryder - 'By writing for FG I have met some fabulous people'

Livestock

In your field: Christine Ryder - 'By writing for FG I have met some fabulous people'

Well, this is a funny one. We live in very strange times and now we are nearing the end of lambing time there is time to reflect.

clock 26 April 2020 • 2 min read
In your field: Charles Bruce - 'The surface in some fields is just like talcum powder'

Arable

In your field: Charles Bruce - 'The surface in some fields is just like talcum powder'

We have now almost completed the spring work, with spring barley coming through the ground fairly evenly and its top dressing of fertiliser being applied at the end of last week.

clock 25 April 2020 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Jim Beary - 'Focus must be on healthy, sustainable and affordable food'

Farm Life

Farming Matters: Jim Beary - 'Focus must be on healthy, sustainable and affordable food'

Jim Beary is a mixed upland livestock farmer in the Peak District and a member of the Future Farmers of Yorkshire at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.

clock 19 April 2020 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Thomas Carrick - 'It's the best lambing weather I can remember'

Livestock

In Your Field: Thomas Carrick - 'It's the best lambing weather I can remember'

Thomas Carrick is part of a family-run upland beef and sheep farm in the North Pennines, near Alston. With pure-bred Swaledales to produce Mule lambs, they also run Salers cross cattle with Aberdeen-Angus calves which they finish at home.

clock 18 April 2020 • 2 min read