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Crop walk with Simon Nelson: Spring crops are decided in the main

Arable

Crop walk with Simon Nelson: Spring crops are decided in the main

The first of the 2024 series where agronomist Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland.

clock 24 February 2024 • 2 min read
In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

Livestock

In your field: James Robinson - "Bovine TB policy, it is like wading through treacle"

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier - "Fresh milk often provokes memories about growing up on, or near, a farm"

Dairy

In your field: Helen Stanier - "Fresh milk often provokes memories about growing up on, or near, a farm"

Helen is a fifth-generation farmer who farms with her parents, David and Anne Shaw, husband, Craig, and their children, Alfred and Hattie, at Grey Leys Farm in the Vale of York. The farm comprises 162 hectares (400 acres) of grass, maize and wholecrop for the herd of 240 pedigree Jersey cows and more than 200 followers

clock 23 February 2024 • 2 min read
Farming matters - Phil Latham: "I was uncertain as to whether I could carry on"

Livestock

Farming matters - Phil Latham: "I was uncertain as to whether I could carry on"

In March 2012 I was notified that one of our cows looked like she had bovine TB in her organs after slaughter

clock 23 February 2024 • 3 min read
From the editor: "A cynic might say the Prime Minister's speech and package of announcements was a last ditch attempt to woo farmers"

Politics

From the editor: "A cynic might say the Prime Minister's speech and package of announcements was a last ditch attempt to woo farmers"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (February 22)

clock 22 February 2024 • 2 min read
Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: If you want to be sustainable, focus on farm efficiency

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Becky Fenton: If you want to be sustainable, focus on farm efficiency

I start this column on a high; we have just returned from a skiing holiday in France

clock 20 February 2024 • 3 min read
David TC Davies - "We must stop Welsh farmers being driven out of business"

Politics

David TC Davies - "We must stop Welsh farmers being driven out of business"

David TC Davies is the Member of Parliament for Monmouth and the Secretary of State for Wales - "Farmers are the custodians of the land and the main guarantors of our food security"

clock 19 February 2024 • 4 min read
Roger Evans: "There were lots of hoops we had to negotiate"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "There were lots of hoops we had to negotiate"

Part of our exit strategy if you like, was to get planning permission on three of our conventional buildings. I would hasten to add that our exit was forced upon us

clock 19 February 2024 • 4 min read
From the editor: "Minette Batters has been the figurehead farming did not know it needed"

Politics

From the editor: "Minette Batters has been the figurehead farming did not know it needed"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor, Olivia Midgley

clock 15 February 2024 • 2 min read
Young farmer Hannah Cuthbert: "The power of talking could help save a life"

Mental Health

Young farmer Hannah Cuthbert: "The power of talking could help save a life"

Lincolnshire young farmer Hannah Cuthbert an provided insight into the challenges young farmers faced with mental health during Yellow Wellies' Mind Your Head week

clock 15 February 2024 • 5 min read