Farm Life

A grant from the Garfield West Foundation has been awarded to the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust (NFST) to fund a business and mental resilience programme.

Tributes have been paid to a farmer and AHDB beef and lamb board member who died suddenly at his farm.

Time rolls on and it is even wetter than a month ago. We had a decent week in the middle of tupping, but it has rained pretty much all the remaining days, making ground work tricky.

Farmers must be vigilant and ramp up their security measures following the rising spate in Land Rover Defender thefts, NFU Mutual and North Yorkshire Police have said.

Rural Affairs minister Lesley Griffiths has announced 200,000 of support for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society for 2020-21

I have decided to allocate time in this opinion piece to bovine TB – specifically residual disease.

This week, Defra published its agricultural transition plan (ATP), which sets out some of the major milestones for the sector over the next seven years. Abi Kay reports.

As I write, the misty weather seems to be echoing life. The path ahead is not clear and it is difficult to see anything on the horizon.

Helping to motivate, inspire and guide staff to achieve their best can help a farm business thrive. In the first of a two-part feature, Clemmie Gleeson speaks to two farmers who, although from different sectors and backgrounds, let their staff know what they do matters and is appreciated.

Starting out in farming has been a steep learning curve for Rosie Howes and Scott Brame, but as they told Clemmie Gleeson, they have lots of ideas and plans for the future.