Farm Life

An 82-year-old man has been trampled and killed by a herd of cows during a walk in the Yorkshire Dales with his wife and dogs.

A farmer came to the rescue after a herd of cows escaped onto the M25.

A fatal accident inquiry has heard a young Scottish farmer drowned in half a foot of water after a quad bike overturned and trapped him underwater.

In the unlikely scenario that I ever appear on Mastermind, my specialist subject will be the complete works of Henry Brewis.

The weather is fantastic and it would have been great if agricultural shows, events and festivals which usually occur had been able to take place. The irony of having fantastic weather on the Easter and May Bank Holidays, when people cannot or should not be going anywhere due to lockdown is a double blow.

A physiotherapy career is not a natural precursor to farming, but Hannah Darby has brought insights from outside agriculture back to the family farm. Chloe Dunne reports.

William Kinston, 17, is a dairy farmer’s son from Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, and is currently studying an agriculture level three diploma at Reaseheath College, Cheshire.

Why are tractors not allowed on the German autobahn? Without speed limits, a trusty tractor just cannot hold its own against gangs of lean, mean BMWs or Audis. Gaggles of tractors bouncing out onto these roads would just be sitting ducks.

Always up for a challenge, Belgium-born Laura Hinnekens is making her mark on the UK trialling scene despite some language barriers. Hannah Binns caught up with her to find out more.

Around half of Welsh farmers who applied for Glastir payments for 2019 commitments were still waiting for their money at the start of May, prompting concern about how the planned post-Brexit scheme will function.