Opinion and blogs
In your field: Rachel Coates - The cancellation of summer shows has left an empty space in our lives
We are only a few months into our venture and after setting up the milk hut in a morning, I get on with my regular farm jobs, such as calf feeding and the like.
11 August 2020
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In your field: Kate Beavan - 'When we mow the rain usually starts to fall'
03 August 2020
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In your field: Ian Garnett - 'Preparations for this year's crop of turkeys are about to start'
01 August 2020
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In your field: Jon Stanley - 'I am delighted our farming practices are supporting barn owl numbers'
25 July 2020
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In Your Field: Tom Clarke - 'Many a grand farmhouse has a dusty portrait of a peasant in the attic'
24 July 2020
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In Your Field: Charles Bruce - 'We've bought a hydraulic tractor-mounted cow catching pen'
20 July 2020
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In Your Field: Marie Prebble - 'My world record shearing attempt has been cancelled for 2020'
19 July 2020
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Farm Life
Be careful what you wish for. After weeks of dry weather and wishing we could have just a bit of rain after first cut, the weather broke with a vengeance and we seemed to be instantly transported into autumn.
12 July 2020
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Farm Life
Since I wrote my last article back in April things have changed considerably.
11 July 2020
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Farm Life
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote to my MP asking why he chose to vote down the Agriculture Bill when, in the constituency that he represents, the largest sector of employment is agriculture. Do you know what he said?
09 July 2020
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