Farm Life

Whether Covid-19 has brought about change or meant business as usual, the farming calendar is ticking over as it always has. Here, photojournalism student Jack Bailey tells his family’s story. Hannah Park reports

Despite the rise in consumer demand for organic products and subsequent growth in organic land, industry representatives have voiced their concerns the UK sector ’lags behind’ its European counterparts.

A self-employed contractor has died after falling through a fragile roof on a farm in the West Midlands.

With thousands of consumers joining virtual farm tours across the country, the first online Open Farm Sunday (OFS) proved to be a huge success.

An organic farm which has focused on sustainable farming methods over the past 12 years has delivered a range of environmental benefits while operating at a profit.

Industry has called for a mass ‘culture change’ within the agriculture community to deter the illegal use of mobile phones while driving.

Honda has announced it will not supply quad bikes to the Australian market from 2021.

North Yorkshire police have arrested a man in relation to a series of thefts from rural premises, after a stolen van with false plates was stopped.

I am now an expert (almost) in all manner of virtual meetings. I’ve also been made very aware of how poor my connectivity is on the farm.

It is getting dry. Locally, light land is practically burning up, heavy soils look to be about 10 days behind and last year’s bumper silage crops look like they will be needed.