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Young Farmer Focus - Jack Bedlow: "Demonstrating organisational skills was really important in helping the farm run efficiently"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Jack Bedlow: "Demonstrating organisational skills was really important in helping the farm run efficiently"

Jack Bedlow, 27, is a mixed-arable farmer from Cambridgeshire. He is also treasurer of Newborough Young Farmers Club.

clock 30 June 2023 • 2 min read
This month on the family farm: Leaving her job for the family farm - 'I have to say, what an underappreciated art butchery is'

Farm Life

This month on the family farm: Leaving her job for the family farm - 'I have to say, what an underappreciated art butchery is'

Lowlands farm, in southwest Birmingham, is home to Beth Withers and her husband, Tom. Here, she talks about bringing up her growing family at Lowlands, and the balance between motherhood and farming.

clock 28 June 2023 • 5 min read
Talking agronomy with Ben Boothman: Winter barleys are approaching the final furlong and harvest is just around the corner

Arable Farming

Talking agronomy with Ben Boothman: Winter barleys are approaching the final furlong and harvest is just around the corner

Ben Boothman is an independent agronomist and member of the Arable Advisor Group and the Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC), covering Yorkshire and the North East. He is BASIS, FACTS and BETA qualified and studied for a degree in agriculture and crop management at Harper Adams University.

clock 27 June 2023 • 3 min read
In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'I attended an excellent first aid training course'

In your field

In Your Field: Rachel Coates - 'I attended an excellent first aid training course'

As the tabloid press are fond of saying - 'what a scorcher'.

clock 24 June 2023 • 2 min read
In Your Field: James Robinson - 'As farmers, I know we will have to become more adapted to unusual periods of weather'

In your field

In Your Field: James Robinson - 'As farmers, I know we will have to become more adapted to unusual periods of weather'

While I was writing my previous In Your Field article, I was sat listening to the neighbour's mower cutting their first cut silage, and I was also commenting on the lack of grass on our own meadows.

clock 24 June 2023 • 3 min read
Good Evans: 'People can't eat trees and wildflower meadows'

Dairy

Good Evans: 'People can't eat trees and wildflower meadows'

This month, Roger Evans discusses his fascination with the stories behind old farming pictures, how farmers are no longer recognised for the work they do in producing food, and why romance certainly isn't dead in the countryside.

clock 23 June 2023 • 3 min read
Dairy Talk: Gemma Smale-Rowland - 'These [weather] extremes seem to be coming much more commonplace'

Dairy

Dairy Talk: Gemma Smale-Rowland - 'These [weather] extremes seem to be coming much more commonplace'

Is it a British obsession with the weather or is it just farmers. I wonder what it would be like to work in an office and the weather have no effect on your life other than deciding if it is a BBQ for the weekend or not

clock 23 June 2023 • 2 min read
Farming Matters: Janet Swadling - 'Skills and knowledge lie at the heart of the industry's ability to innovate and adapt'

Farming Matters: Janet Swadling - 'Skills and knowledge lie at the heart of the industry's ability to innovate and adapt'

Janet Swadling OBE is a TIAH board member and former chief executive

clock 23 June 2023 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Ellie Dugdale: 'I feel it is important to back British farmers as they continue to supply the nation with high quality food'

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Ellie Dugdale: 'I feel it is important to back British farmers as they continue to supply the nation with high quality food'

Ellie Dugdale, 24, is a sheep and dairy farmer from Giggleswick in North Yorkshire

clock 23 June 2023 • 2 min read
Dairy Matters: "We will just batten down the hatches and wait for the tide to change"

Dairy

Dairy Matters: "We will just batten down the hatches and wait for the tide to change"

Tenant dairy farmer Liz Haines discusses the impact that cost of production is having on her business and how she expects to ride out the storm

clock 23 June 2023 • 3 min read