Farm Life

Studies suggest improved pasture diversity and rotational grazing methods can reduce the overall carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions of UK sheep flocks. Katie Fallon reports.

Trevor Warren always wanted to farm in his own right. His dream became reality when he took on a Cheshire East County Council tenancy with his family in March 2019.

Showing is an enjoyable busman’s holiday for the Mungo Bryson family, who will be returning to exhibit dairy cattle at AgriScot this year from the farm in Mauchline. Wendy Short finds out more.

In our new foodie series championing British produce, Jenny Jefferies, author of two award-wining cookbooks will share monthly recipes with Farmers Guardian.

Grazing livestock are often an integral part of regenerating our land, but good grassland management is key. Jez Fredenburgh reports.

Tenant farmers in Wales have expressed fears that the Governments new Sustainable Farming Scheme will be unworkable, leaving them sidelined.

Watch the interview with Amanda Owen for this month’s podcast, At Home With Amanda Owen with features editor Emily Ashworth.

Emily Mosley, 23, is originally from Derbyshire, but currently works as a farm administrator for Fearn Farm in Tain in the Scottish Highlands. She is also the current vice-chair of Ross-Sutherland Young Farmers Club.

Governments in Cardiff and London must move to end ongoing uncertainties if they want farmers to survive the current turbulence, a union leader has urged.

More than half of farms inspected last year by the Environment Agency (EA) were found to be in breach of slurry and silage permits, with the dairy sector being identified as the main offender, a new report has revealed.