Farm Life

Farmers must prioritise their mental well-being as they are the farm’s greatest asset, a new social media campaign has highlighted.

Autumn is always busy for a sheep farm and with the onset of some very heavy rain and strong winds the season has definitely arrived in a hurry.

Farm fires left the industry with a £49.1 million bill in 2019 a five year high.

A major fundraising effort has been launched in a bid to plug a £1 million black hole in Young Farmers’ Clubs’ coffers.

US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has warned global adherence to rules set out in the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy would double world food prices and plunge millions more people into food insecurity.

Less than half of beef and sheep farmers in New Zealand were confident in the future of the industry, the lowest level since 2017.

The first weekend in October saw us at the farmers’ market in Huntly town square, despite continuous heavy rain the customers turned up in their usual good numbers and good spirits to provide us with a good day’s trading.

Not too many livestock prefixes survive for 80 years but the Collessie name is an exception and one that continues to go from strength-to-strength. Ewan Pate reports.

A household name in the shearing world, Matt Smith, alongside his wife, Pip, has swapped the clippers for the butcher’s block as part of his new venison venture. Ruth Wills paid them a visit.

Only 19 per cent of farmers plan to fully retire, a new study from the University of Exeter in collaboration with NFU Mutual has found.