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Roger Evans: "It's a merry-go-round where one sector supports the other"

Dairy

Roger Evans: "It's a merry-go-round where one sector supports the other"

Roger Evans discusses the price of ewes, reminisces  about some of the mobile phone technology he used to have, and talks about the perils of coming into contact with a hornet

clock 27 November 2023 • 4 min read
Small changes can improve farm security - 'a well-lit farmyard can deter potential intruders'

Rural crime

Small changes can improve farm security - 'a well-lit farmyard can deter potential intruders'

Tom Shelbourne, from West Country Tech, has worked in rural security for the last seven years, and here he reminds farmers that small changes can really help increase security on farm.

clock 27 November 2023 • 2 min read
Dairy Farmer: From the editor - Signs of milk price stability but there is still some way to go

Dairy

Dairy Farmer: From the editor - Signs of milk price stability but there is still some way to go

clock 27 November 2023 • 1 min read
Dairy Talk - Matthew Winter: "A welcome social break from a job that can be isolating at times"

Dairy

Dairy Talk - Matthew Winter: "A welcome social break from a job that can be isolating at times"

Our embryo transfer technician joked that when he drove away from a farm in late March he cheerily wished his client a 'Happy Christmas', having just implanted 30 embryos

clock 27 November 2023 • 2 min read
Samuel Kurtz: 'Welsh farmers need a Welsh Government that is going to support the industry'

Blogs

Samuel Kurtz: 'Welsh farmers need a Welsh Government that is going to support the industry'

Samuel Kurtz MS, is the Welsh Conservatives Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in the Senedd

clock 24 November 2023 • 4 min read
Young Farmer Focus - Antony Eavis: "There is no money in the world which would actually make me want to give up farming"

Young Farmer Focus

Young Farmer Focus - Antony Eavis: "There is no money in the world which would actually make me want to give up farming"

"British farmers are more than just farmers, they are a lifeline for the country"

clock 24 November 2023 • 3 min read
In your field: Dan Jones - 'A delayed tupping suits our area's harsh spring'

Farm Life

In your field: Dan Jones - 'A delayed tupping suits our area's harsh spring'

There is no escaping the weather. Like every farm in the UK, we have been battered over the past few weeks

clock 22 November 2023 • 2 min read
In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'I am really hoping next month we can write about our new farm'

Farm Life

In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'I am really hoping next month we can write about our new farm'

A year ago we arrived in Exmoor with a threeweek-old baby and an 18-month-old toddler, not really knowing anyone and not quite sure what we were going to do

clock 22 November 2023 • 2 min read
Farming matters: Brian Richardson - 'It is vital industry does not lose sight of net zero goals'

Farm Life

Farming matters: Brian Richardson - 'It is vital industry does not lose sight of net zero goals'

I remember being in Birmingham for the NFU conference in 2019 and the NFU launching, on behalf of the farming industry, a target for net zero on agriculture of 2040, 10 years sooner than the Government’s own target for the wider UK economy

clock 22 November 2023 • 3 min read
Letters: Red Tractor 'lost all credibility and should be scrapped'

Politics

Letters: Red Tractor 'lost all credibility and should be scrapped'

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers

clock 22 November 2023 • 1 min read