Farm Life

Forecasters have warned the weather is set to turn colder as UK farmers experience a first taste of winter. 

In farming circles we know that Christmas is approaching not through gaudy lights plastered to houses or driveways, but the fact winter fairs are taking place across the UK and quality stock is on display.

British Columbia has suffered its second agricultural disaster during the past six months. By Bruce Jobson.

Ben Greenfield, 24, is a butcher and third-generation farmer from Twycross, Leicestershire. The farm runs 1,000 Texel cross breeding ewes, 500 free-range laying hens and a few pigs.

November has seen the return of the Young Farmers dinner dance season here in south west Lancashire.

A dairy farmer who says he is lucky to be alive after he was impaled by a three-foot bale spike hopes his story will act as a warning to other farmers to prioritise health and safety and not be complacent.

A farmer has sparked an appeal for information after thieves stole 220 solar panels and two inverters worth approximately £70,000 from a field in Lincolnshire.

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has accused Defra Minister Lord Benyon of giving a ‘completely incorrect’ account of a recent meeting with Farming Minister Victoria Prentis to the House of Lords.