Farm Life

Farmers must learn to tolerate their discomfort about mental health topics and listen openly without prejudice.

Farmers must learn to tolerate their discomfort about mental health topics and listen openly without prejudice.

Farmers needed to find the ‘sweet spot’ of a business which was profitable and beneficial to nature to have a business viable for the future.

Christmas has come and gone once again and, like many families, it was very quiet this year, with family celebrations put on hold.

James Bailey, executive director at Waitrose, has said he suspects customers of the premium retailer will not want to buy gene-edited food.

Farming help charity RABI has launched the biggest survey of its kind to identify the key challenges affecting people’s physical and mental health and how these impact on the running of farm businesses.

A pregnant Highland heifer was mauled to death by a Rottweiler dog which had got loose without its owners’ knowledge.

James Lacey is managing director of a Lincolnshire-based horticultural and agricultural business. A specialist in growing and packing flowers, James also grows potatoes, winter wheat and sugar beet. The farm covers about 1,000 hectares of rented land in South Lincolnshire. Follow him on Twitter @hortijames

Five years of fundraising enabled The Countryside Restoration Trust to purchase Bere Marsh Farm, set to be a site to showcase its history, farming and conservation interests. Clemmie Gleeson finds out more.

Trade and Agriculture (TAC) Commission chairman Tim Smith has said part of the bodys job is to stop future trade policy from making food more expensive.