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Farming matters: Dr Jude McCann - 'We are shifting the conversation to a positive space'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Dr Jude McCann - 'We are shifting the conversation to a positive space'

As a charity supporting people within the farming community and wider agricultural industry, the Farming Community Network (FCN) is in a uniquely privileged position to hear about the pressures farmers are facing both in public and behind closed doors

clock 26 December 2023 • 3 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Calum Smith: "I wake up every morning to make them proud of me"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Calum Smith: "I wake up every morning to make them proud of me"

Calum Smith, 28, from Grantown-on-Spey in Moray is a beef farmer

clock 26 December 2023 • 3 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We will spend Christmas in a rented house again'

In your field

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'We will spend Christmas in a rented house again'

I had hoped that I would be writing this from our new home on a small farm, but alas solicitors’ wheels turn slowly and we are to spend Christmas in a rented house — again

clock 24 December 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'These boys are my own version of the South African rugby subs' bench'

In your field

In your field: Dan Jones - 'These boys are my own version of the South African rugby subs' bench'

While a later lambing mostly suits our farming system, this year’s atrocious weather has had even the rams questioning the delayed tupping

clock 23 December 2023 • 2 min read
From the editor: 'Do not underestimate the power of simply checking in on someone'

Blogs

From the editor: 'Do not underestimate the power of simply checking in on someone'

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

clock 21 December 2023 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Darren Hall - 'Using technology and better communication, we will meet the challenges head on'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Darren Hall - 'Using technology and better communication, we will meet the challenges head on'

Having had a busy day cleaning up fencing ready for the arrival of lambs for winter grazing, I attended an open evening at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on behalf of the rural crime team task force of Thames Valley Police

clock 20 December 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: James Robinson - 'Trees were well watered in by the horizontal rain'

Farm Life

In your field: James Robinson - 'Trees were well watered in by the horizontal rain'

Winter is definitely here, both in a meteorological sense and in a farm management sense

clock 20 December 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Helen Stanier - 'The more you want to do, the more cost and inspections you face'

Farm Life

In your field: Helen Stanier - 'The more you want to do, the more cost and inspections you face'

The weather has brought its seasonal challenges, and I am considering adding ‘getting stuck in the mud’ into our risk assessment

clock 18 December 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Ian Garnett - 'We are very grateful to our own team on-farm'

Farm Life

In your field: Ian Garnett - 'We are very grateful to our own team on-farm'

Early December and finally a little dry weather, or should I say a gap in the rain, has arrived

clock 08 December 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: Kate Beavan - 'Trees is becoming a swear word among some Welsh farmers and it shouldn't be'

Farm Life

In your field: Kate Beavan - 'Trees is becoming a swear word among some Welsh farmers and it shouldn't be'

The controversial requirement to join the Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales, to have 10 per cent tree cover excluding hedgerows, has resulted in ‘trees’ becoming a swear word among some farmers and it shouldn’t be

clock 08 December 2023 • 2 min read