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Ag student view: Harriet Lyon - 'Like so many other students, I feel the pandemic cut my first year short'

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Ag student view: Harriet Lyon - 'Like so many other students, I feel the pandemic cut my first year short'

clock 22 January 2022 • 4 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'A neighbour had asbestos dumped in a gateway'

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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'A neighbour had asbestos dumped in a gateway'

The new barn is here. After a month of delay due to supply chain issues, the holes have been dug, the concrete has been poured and the steel is going up.

clock 22 January 2022 • 2 min read
Farmer anger over peatland restoration project

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Farmer anger over peatland restoration project

Lack of consultation over a Government-funded peatland restoration project on Dartmoor, Devon, has led to a breakdown in trust between moorland users and officials and damaged a culturally important heritage site.

clock 21 January 2022 • 3 min read
From the editor: Country people face being priced out of property market

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From the editor: Country people face being priced out of property market

LAND - they are not making any more of it. And, therefore, the price of it continues to rise as demand comes from a growing number of avenues.

clock 21 January 2022 • 2 min read
Young farmer focus: Josie Troop - 'There is more you can offer a business than just experience'

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Young farmer focus: Josie Troop - 'There is more you can offer a business than just experience'

Josie Troop, 23, currently lives on her family’s beef and arable farm in Newark, Nottinghamshire and is the NFU’s student and young farmer ambassador for the East Midlands.

clock 21 January 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'I follow the seasons, like generations of upland farmers before me'

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In your field: Dan Jones - 'I follow the seasons, like generations of upland farmers before me'

NEW WRITER - Dan Jones farms 650 ewes at the National Trust-owned Parc Farm, which sits on the Great Orme, a limestone headland which rises up 207 metres (683 feet) on the North Wales coast near Llandudno. His Farm Business Tenancy covers the 58 hectares (143 acres) at Parc Farm, plus 364ha (900 acres) of grazing rights on the hill.

clock 21 January 2022 • 3 min read
In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'SFI is carrot, rather than stick. Albeit a rather small carrot.'

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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'SFI is carrot, rather than stick. Albeit a rather small carrot.'

Happy new year. January is always a month that flies by but in theory should be quiet, with little other than routine feeding to be done.

clock 20 January 2022 • 3 min read
UTV falls into river killing man and injuring others

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UTV falls into river killing man and injuring others

A man has died and several others injured after a UTV and trailer fell into a river when a bridge collapsed.

clock 19 January 2022 • 1 min read
Family farms continue to play vital food production role

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Family farms continue to play vital food production role

The future role of family farms came in for much scrutiny at the Oxford Farming conference this year.

clock 18 January 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: Rachel Coates - 'A wrong number led to an unexpected discussion with a farming personality'

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In your field: Rachel Coates - 'A wrong number led to an unexpected discussion with a farming personality'

By rights, when you read this Stephen and I should have had a couple of days in Glasgow at the Semex conference, which is always an interesting and thought provoking conference. However, it has obviously been cancelled due to restrictions in Scotland.

clock 18 January 2022 • 2 min read