Research by The Prince’s Countryside Fund shows barriers new entrants face.
Instigating a worm control programme for young cattle can present a challenge if anthelmintic resistance issues are to be avoided. Wendy Short reports.
Looking to improve his dairy herd’s yield and production efficiencies, Nigel Harper has been able to boost milk production from home-grown forage, with maize silage now accounting for a larger proportion of the herd’s total mixed ration diet.
A young dairy farmer’s bold future plans and willingness to adapt his milk production model to meet new regulatory and market requirements is helping to drive forward his family’s business forward. Debbie James reports.
It is not the usual thing to be able to willingly walk through the doors of a prison for any given reason. But what is more unusual is to see a working mixed farm.
The integration of cover crops has been the key ingredient for one farmer in his move to improving the health and resilience of his heavy clay soils.
Championing the idyllic yet realistic life in rural Britain, here are 12 farmers showing their day-to-day life as they navigate farming, fun and the odd fail.
²ÝÁñÉçÇø and landowners need to start viewing natural capital as an asset to be managed. We asked Mark Tufnell, president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), for his advice.
Organisers behind a natural capital marketplace launched in Devon say the world – literally – is its oyster when it comes to where buyers will come from.
Soil is everything to mixed farmers John and Julie Joseph. Gaina Morgan finds out more about their regenerative approach on their mixed farm.