Farm Life

Megan Watkins, 22, grew up on her family farm in Craswall, Herefordshire, where they breed pedigree Texel sheep and Limousin cattle. She graduated in 2021 from Harper Adams University and recently joined Pilgrim’s Pride, in the Dalehead Foods division, as lamb supply chain and procurement coordinator.

It was refreshing to welcome people back on-farm for our first lambing course in two years.

A farm worker has died after he was crushed when working beneath raised farm equipment.

A farmer has received a 12 week prison sentence for safety breaches after an 83-year-old man was fatally attacked by cattle.

Alex Black talks to beef farmer Mat Roberts while Emily Ashworth takes a look at the importance of the Women’s Institute to rural communities

Expanding the global land area for conservation, a key approach to protecting biodiversity, could have an adverse impact on human health and food security in some parts of the world, according to new research.

Proponents of a large-scale move to organic farming in the UK have been issued with a warning as new research showed an EU switch is set to slash crop yields.

A number of items including car and digger parts, trailers, farm vehicles and quad bikes have been recovered following a raid on several addresses in the East Midlands. 

The tenanted sector of agriculture brings together landowners and tenants to create and foster sustainable and profitable businesses with fair rental returns to landowners.

January has been pretty dry so far here in southern Scotland, which is great for ease of travelling about in fields and the stock also look much better when they’re not muddy.