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In your field: Kate Rowell - 'It cost us 拢1,200 to shear our sheep and the wool was just worth 拢218'

In your field: Kate Rowell - 'It cost us 拢1,200 to shear our sheep and the wool was just worth 拢218'

I was incredibly lucky recently to be asked to attend the British Farming Awards as the 鈥檖lus one鈥� of my good friend Sheena Horner who was being recognised as the Farmers Guardian Farming Hero for 2021 (she had invited her husband first but he unfortunately couldn鈥檛 make it).

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clock 29 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
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Farming matters: Niall Blair - 'Government must stop playing games with ag policies'

clock 21 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
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In your field: James Lacey - 'I've never gone through as many fuel filters as I did in October'

clock 20 November 2021 鈥� 2 min read
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In your field: Mike Harris - 'Our sheds flooded and we were powerless to stop it'

clock 20 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
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Farming matters: Abi Reader - 'We need to feel part of a rural team now more than ever'

clock 17 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
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In your field: James and Isobel Wright - 'Our red Devon bull flipped me into the air and into the mud'

clock 16 November 2021 鈥� 2 min read
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Farming matters: David Hill CBE - 'Biodiversity net gain as a new income stream for farmers'

clock 09 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'We must show that pasture-fed food is good for the nation'

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In your field: Thomas Carrick - 'We must show that pasture-fed food is good for the nation'

As I sit down to write this we are in the middle of some seriously wet weather.

clock 06 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
In your field: Rachel Coates - 'It was great to be back at an in-person event'

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In your field: Rachel Coates - 'It was great to be back at an in-person event'

Rachel and husband Stephen and family farm 66ha (163 acres) mainly tenanted at Baildon, West Yorkshire. They milk 85 pedigree Holstein and Jerseys, selling milk to Meadow Foods. They also have an on farm vending machine. Their son, Ben, works full-time on farm and daughters Felicity and Zoe also work in the agricultural sector. Rachel is a director of the local farmers鈥� market.

clock 06 November 2021 鈥� 3 min read
Farming matters: Jim Beary - 'It is never easy breaking the mould and changing direction'

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Farming matters: Jim Beary - 'It is never easy breaking the mould and changing direction'

It has a while since I last wrote an article and there has been a lot going on, having taken on another farm and unfortunately suffering from Covid-19 along the way.

clock 20 October 2021 鈥� 3 min read