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In Your Field: James Robinson - 'It's a farmer thing to put off getting ourselves sorted. Animals and silage time always come before the visit to the doctors'

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In Your Field: James Robinson - 'It's a farmer thing to put off getting ourselves sorted. Animals and silage time always come before the visit to the doctors'

Dad had his hip replaced just into the new year.

clock 06 February 2023 • 3 min read
McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Sophie Ascroft - 'I know planting trees on agricultural ground can be controversial - how can we produce food when the ground is covered in trees?'

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McDonald's Progressive Young Farmer: Sophie Ascroft - 'I know planting trees on agricultural ground can be controversial - how can we produce food when the ground is covered in trees?'

In a new series for Farmers Guardian, the 11 new recruits on the McDonald’s Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. Each month we follow one of the PYF’s to see what they are doing.

clock 05 February 2023 • 6 min read
Farming Matters: Paul Temple - 'Will 2023 be the year that Red Tractor actually catches up with the real world?'

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Farming Matters: Paul Temple - 'Will 2023 be the year that Red Tractor actually catches up with the real world?'

Will 2023 be the year that Red Tractor actually catches up with the real world?

clock 05 February 2023 • 3 min read
From the editor: Lack of cash and deterrents allowing fly-tipping to soar

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From the editor: Lack of cash and deterrents allowing fly-tipping to soar

Fly-tipping and littering remain a blight on the UK countryside.

clock 04 February 2023 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk: Matthew Winter - 'This winter is not one I am looking to repeat in a hurry'

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Dairy Talk: Matthew Winter - 'This winter is not one I am looking to repeat in a hurry'

You take for granted what you see every day. I think of this as I catch a glimpse of the Red Arrows practicing above me, which is so commonplace here during winter as to go almost unnoticed.

clock 01 February 2023 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham - 'Cows are now on our meadow hay and settling into their dry period'

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Dairy Talk: Claire Eastham - 'Cows are now on our meadow hay and settling into their dry period'

We are still shut down with TB. It is rumbling slightly, with one reactor in each of the past two tests. Obviously it is sod’s law that the best heifer had to go.

clock 30 January 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'We saved the living room carpet from the flood water'

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In Your Field: Kate Rowell - 'We saved the living room carpet from the flood water'

Last year went out in a deluge of water as our little stream next to the farm turned into a raging torrent and burst its banks, flooding sheds, kennels, steading and almost the house.

clock 24 January 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'We use blow torches for thawing pipes, not cooking creme brulees'

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In Your Field: Amy Wilkinson - 'We use blow torches for thawing pipes, not cooking creme brulees'

Most weeks on the farm I truly believe there is no better job in the world.

clock 23 January 2023 • 2 min read
Young Farmer Focus: Gwenllian Evans - 'Agriculture and farming is all I have ever known'

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Young Farmer Focus: Gwenllian Evans - 'Agriculture and farming is all I have ever known'

Gwenllian Evans, 15, is from Ceredigion, West Wales and is currently studying for her GCSEs.

clock 22 January 2023 • 3 min read
Good Evans: 'Whatever we have it will be a further sign of climate change'

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Good Evans: 'Whatever we have it will be a further sign of climate change'

This month, Roger Evans shares his thoughts on climate change and tells us why a dose of reality and common sense is helpful when dealing with the issues of the day.

clock 21 January 2023 • 4 min read