Farm Life

Margaret the goat joined a Farmers Guardian meeting this week after Cronkshaw Fold Farm goes viral with goats on video calls

Margaret the goat joined a Farmers Guardian meeting this week after Cronkshaw Fold Farm goes viral with goats on video calls

February already. Time flies while you are having fun, or the older you get, the more time flies.

Tree planting initiatives must not be exploited by super rich landowners to the detriment of food production, a Worshipful Company of Farmers virtual question time was told.

Beth Alexander, 23, is from Blairgowrie, Scotland and farms 800 suckler cows and 1800 ewes across three upland units. She also works in the industry development team at Quality Meat Scotland as a cattle and sheep specialist.

With 2021 looking like another bumper year for holidaying in the UK once coronavirus restrictions are lifted, we look at the glamping trend and ask how farmers can use the time now to prepare for the upcoming season.

The Tenant Farmers Association has called on central Government to take action to stop county farm sell-offs after Staffordshire County Council (SCC) approved the sale of seven more farms on its estate.

Environment Agency (EA) bosses have told Ministers they need a greater budget if they are to ‘reverse the decline in nature’.

FOR almost a decade Farmers Guardian has sought to highlight the often shocking toll of dogs attacks on livestock via its Take the Lead campaign.

Vibrant green paddocks ease down to the rugged coastline at Caulston Farm as they have done for centuries, but a strategic approach that drives how this land is farmed has an entirely modern grounding today. Rachel Lovell rep