Farm Life

Organic milk is in ‘short supply’ in the UK as producers convert back to conventional or retire.

There can be no doubt that culling badgers under licence from Defra has been a tremendous success for bovine TB control from a farmer’s perspective.

A three-year plan to improve the family dairy herd business has seen some significant changes made to the dairy system run by Wallace and James Hendrie. Melanie Scott reports.

Pig producers are edging towards profitability, but recouping the losses of the last three years will take a long time. Cedric Porter reports.

As labour supply remains a challenge for the agricultural industry, understanding how to best attract future employees, is key to combating the hidden costs of staff turnover.

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

Alice Dyer and Adam Lockwood are new entrant farmers growing baby leaf salad crops across 142 hectares (350 acres), rented from six landowners, including a 53ha (130-acre) Warwickshire County Council tenancy near Evesham to grow their organic business.

A sophisticated raid on a large quantity of plant protection products took place at a secure distributor store in Norfolk earlier this month.

A farmer has been fined £8,000 after a teenage worker overturned a six-tonne dumper he was driving, suffering serious head injuries.