Farm Life

Parc Farm and the surrounding headland of the Great Orme has an array of wildlife and unique habitats.

A farmer has highlighted the importance of ‘opening the flood gates’ to encourage male peers to speak out about poor mental health. 

This month, Hannah Park and Emily Ashworth look at the skills which are vital to rural livelihoods.

Two years on from its last in-person conference in Birmingham, the NFU and its members returned to one of the UK’s fastest growing cities; a city whose young and diverse population buzzes with the push and pull of urban life on the streets outside the conference venue.

This month, Hannah Park and Emily Ashworth look at the skills which are vital to rural livelihoods.

Last February we welcomed our son into the world and the following morning we also started calving.

Heather Murray, 25, lives in Beeswing, Dumfries, and works as a stockperson at Glenkiln Farms.

Thomas Saunders, 21, grew up on a mixed farm in Oakley, Bedfordshire. He is currently studying at Harper Adams University and is a NFU student and young farmer ambassador.

February on-farm is all winter routine and maintenance, but off-farm it’s a classic month for squeezing in every committee meeting possible before every sheep farmer gets busy lambing.

As I write, all the good done by Mother Nature’s own version of ‘dry January’ is being undone by Febru-rainy.