Farm Life

A well-known Exmoor farmer has spoken out about his story of dealing with mounting pressures on his farm while battling colon cancer.

The Countryside Alliance has hit out at a Tesco plan to boost fake meat sales by 300 per cent over the next four years.

Women working in leading roles in grain businesses have urged young women to seriously consider the variety of roles available in the agricultural industry

Women working in leading roles in grain businesses have urged young women to seriously consider the variety of roles available in the agricultural industry

Tabitha Salisbury is an Education and Public Engagement Programme Coordinator at LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming). Growing up on a tenant farm in the South West, Tabitha went on to study Agriculture at the Royal Agricultural University. She is currently based in Morpeth, Northumberland. 

Alana Black has a Bachelor of Communication – Public Relations and in 2018 was announced as an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Trailblazer for her work on communication and succession planning in family farming businesses. Alana, who now lives in Aberdeenshire is a freelance agricultural communicator and a Rural Youth Project vlogger.

Molly Biddell is part of the Savills Rural Research team, specialising in agri-environmental policy, natural capital and net zero. She has recently been appointed as an ambassador for LEAF Open Farm Sunday. Her family run a diversified farming business in the west of Surrey, and she continues to muck in whenever she can.

What a month February turned out to be. Mother nature put on quite the show, kicking off with rain, then the cold with extremely sharp and hard frosts, then came some snow and to finish we had a mix of strong winds and sunshine.

A Cumbrian farmer has been rescued after he fell into a 60ft sinkhole while riding a quad bike.