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In your field: Rachel Coates - 'Shows are back but £4 for an ice cream is a sign of the times'

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In your field: Rachel Coates - 'Shows are back but £4 for an ice cream is a sign of the times'

May used to be my favourite month, but it is becoming a very busy one. Too busy to properly enjoy, what with turnout and silaging, along with all the tasks which are required in preparation.

clock 05 June 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: James Robinson - 'Our farm is an odd shape but I love farming here'

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In your field: James Robinson - 'Our farm is an odd shape but I love farming here'

Hello everyone. I am not sure what to write for my initial In Your Field piece, but I suppose I should introduce myself first.

clock 04 June 2022 • 3 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - 'I wonder about the value placed on food and on food security'

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In your field: Ian Garnett - 'I wonder about the value placed on food and on food security'

clock 29 May 2022 • 2 min read
Dairy Matters: "It needs effectively communicating how rewarding working in the sector is"

Livestock

Dairy Matters: "It needs effectively communicating how rewarding working in the sector is"

Fraser Jones milks 1,450 Holstein Friesians and employs 37 people across three sites near Welshpool. Herd health, sustainability and welfare are key priorities for Fraser, who is a Disease? Not On My Farm! ambassador for MSD Animal Health.

clock 26 May 2022 • 6 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan - 'The Royal family has a history in farming and Prince Albert was a keen follower of agricultural science'

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In your field: Kate Beavan - 'The Royal family has a history in farming and Prince Albert was a keen follower of agricultural science'

Following the swedes and turnips, the original plan was to disc the ground to prepare the seedbed for barley, but it was too hard and we had to plough.

clock 26 May 2022 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk: "The comparison between the soil in the field and under the hedge is stark"

Livestock

Dairy Talk: "The comparison between the soil in the field and under the hedge is stark"

Dan Burdett and his family own and run the 300-hectare (741-acre) Cockhaise Farm, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. The farm is home to an organic autumn-calving herd of 240 Holstein and Friesian crosses. He also contract farms another organic autumn-calving herd of 220 cows at Bore Place near Edenbridge, Kent.

clock 25 May 2022 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: "Fast forward to today, 40p is not enough"

Livestock

Dairy Talk: "Fast forward to today, 40p is not enough"

Becky Fenton and husband Paul milk 180 pedigree Holsteins under the Springlebee prefix at Centenary Farm, a Cheshire county council farm. In 2021, they bought a farm in Staffordshire and they plan to farm there once the new dairy set-up has been built.

clock 24 May 2022 • 3 min read
In your field: Kate Rowell - 'There's more brown hares than I've ever seen before'

Livestock

In your field: Kate Rowell - 'There's more brown hares than I've ever seen before'

Lambing’s almost over (at last) and calving is well through here at Hundleshope.

clock 22 May 2022 • 3 min read
In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'Does identifying manure by smell class as a career skill?'

Farm Business

In your field: Amy Wilkinson - 'Does identifying manure by smell class as a career skill?'

I, like many, headed down to Birmingham and to LAMMA Show recently.

clock 21 May 2022 • 2 min read
In your field: Mike Harris - 'A caesarean was the only way the calf was going to come out'

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In your field: Mike Harris - 'A caesarean was the only way the calf was going to come out'

It has been another busy month on-farm. Calving is almost over, barring a couple of stragglers. As is the way with calving or welcoming any new life onto a farm, some things have not quite gone according to plan.

clock 15 May 2022 • 3 min read