Farm Life

You could be forgiven for thinking it was March. Cooler temperatures have somewhat hampered grass growth of late.

We have had our first Covid-19 vaccination, so there is light at the end of the tunnel and the Easter sunshine helped.

Abigail Woodhouse, 20, is from Ravenglass, Cumbria, and works full-time on her family’s dairy farm with her parents and older brother.

Countryside and farming stalwart the Duke of Edinburgh has been remembered.

Wildlife groups have urged the Government to introduce a legally binding target to halt the decline of habitats and species by 2030 at the latest.

Wildlife groups have urged the Government to introduce a legally binding target to halt the decline of habitats and species by 2030 at the latest.

Wresting a living from a way of farming that is as old as the hills sees traditional shepherding combined with more modern thinking and, as one mother and daughter team told Gaina Morgan, it is about finding the balance.

Worries over the supply of milk prompted a group of Sark residents to fundraise for a community dairy which will be run by Suffolk dairy farmers Jason and Katharine Salisbury. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only disrupted supply chains, but it has also impacted on the industry’s workforce and its training needs. Hannah Binns reports on what has changed and the positive framework it has created going forwards.

A worker has died in a heather burning incident.