Farm focus

Wresting a living from a way of farming that is as old as the hills sees traditional shepherding combined with more modern thinking and, as one mother and daughter team told Gaina Morgan, it is about finding the balance.

British Saanen and Toggenburg milking goats may not be a typical enterprise associated with the Cumbrian uplands, but that has not stopped it becoming the mainstay of a direct sales venture on one farm. Wendy Short reports.

Tasked with turning around the 12,000 acre farming operation on a highland estate is no mean feat, but it’s one 25-year-old farm manager Chloe Malcolm has grasped by the horns.

With Leaf’s Open Farm Sunday event set to go ahead face-to-face when lockdown eases, as well as online, Farmers Guardian caught up with one farming family gearing up to welcome members of the public again this year.

Having now retired from his rugby refereeing career, Nigel Owens is busy developing his own farm in west Wales, with pedigree Hereford cattle at the core of his operation. Laura Bowyer finds out more.

On-farm vending retail has snowballed on one Flintshire family farm, where everything from raw and pasteurised milk to fresh meat, eggs and honey is available to buy from self-service machines.

Five years after buying Mill Farm in Norfolk, Duncan and Mary MacGregor have introduced pedigree Beef Shorthorn cattle and Poll Dorset sheep and continue to invest in the business. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

Sheep farming is well suited to the rolling Mid Wales hills, but John and Laura Lewis have successfully built on this to create a more resilient business. Gaina Morgan finds out more about their unique glamping venture.

Three years ago, Karl Franklin began using Instagram to champion British produce and dispel myths surrounding farming. After recently establishing his own flock, he now shares his farming journey with an audience of more than

Rethinking the approach to grassland management has been central to some significant cost savings at Tal y Fedw Newydd Farm, where the John family have extended their grazing season by more than two months. Gaina Morgan repor