FarmingCAN

This month Emily Ashworth and Hannah Park look at how the sector is evolving by taking on innovative new technologies.

In a new series for Farmers Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYF’s to see what they are doing.

In a new series for Farmers Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYF’s to see what they are doing.

In the latest instalment of the Farming With Nature series, Jane Thynne explores how farmers can make space for nature and boost biodiversity on their land. 

It is no surprise to see that farming’s largest youth organisation is once again raising awareness of British farming and encouraging young farmers to get involved.

McDonald’s is launching a campaign to increase diversity within the industry to mark 10 years of its Progressive Young Farmer programme, which provides hundreds of opportunities for young people to get a foot on the farming ladder.

More than 1,900 individuals across the UK and Europe braved the elements for the 2022 Big Farmland Bird Count this year, organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

Nick and Nicci Lloyd have seen an abundance of wildlife return to Fernhall Farm, Herefordshire, since they began farming the 121-hectare (300-acre) site in 2017.