Farm Life

Siobhan Rutter, 23, lives on her family farm in Tarporley Cheshire. She has just recently graduated from the Royal Agricultural University and has a strong passion for educating the public to where their food comes from.

Getting Jeremy Clarkson on board to drive home the ’back British farming’ message was a PR-savvy move by the NFU, securing, as it did, coverage in the national press and causing a buzz on social media.

A young farmer’s efforts in promoting practical safety tips and discussing mental wellbeing through digital platforms has been recognised.

The Government’s new commitment to soil health will be ’hollow words’ if the House of Commons rejects ’a crucial amendment’ to the Environmental Bill, the Soil Association (SA) has warned.

Focusing on a sustainable future is paying dividends for a North Yorkshire family farm. Chloe Palmer reports.

As a farmer who took part in the UK Government’s genetically modified (GM) crop farm-scale evaluation trials 20 years ago, and as a passionate advocate of the importance of genetic innovation to healthier and more sustainable food production, I read your article ‘The term ‘gene editing’ is confusing consumers’ (FG, July 26) with an uneasy sense of deja vu and a concern that we must learn from past mistakes.

An 81-year-old man and a nine-year-old boy have been killed in separate vehicle-related incidents within days of each other. 

Destocking on Dartmoor has led to molinia (purple moor grass) becoming out of control and taking over the moor.

There is a distinctly autumnal feel in the air now. August has come and gone in a flash, and with September now upon us, the nights are well and truly drawing in.

Summer harvest 2021 has been busier than ever. Labour shortages combined with few ‘good combining days’ have certainly seen the grey hair count increase rapidly.