Opinion and blogs
In your field: Kate Beavan - 'When we mow the rain usually starts to fall'
An Irishman, a Welshman and an Englishman travelled to Scotland to shear sheep and this month the young shearers hit their goal, each shearing 400 plus sheep in a day. Well done lads.
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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In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'Farmers' need a shop, don't stop slogan'
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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Arable
In your field: Ian Garnett - 'We will be building a new shed this autumn to help us expand our herd'
How the fodder stores have changed in three weeks. Throughout the first half of the year there have been significant concerns about tonnages of crops grown from grass all the way through to arable crops, largely as a result of difficult weather conditions.
06 July 2020
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