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Talk of workforce shortage is plentiful in the farming press and agri-social media, but solutions are much harder to find.

Bunning’s most compact rear discharge spreader is hard at work for one Welsh poultry enterprise. Jane Carley finds out how the spreader is fitting in with the farm business.

February 2021 Arable Farming Issue

February 2021 Dairy Farming edition

Supporting each other is key, says John Wharton.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø from all parts of the UK are reporting a positive impact on many areas of cattle health since embarking on BVD eradication programmes. And with the extension of funding for BVD Stamp it Out in England until June 2021, accompanied by a target of an additional 2,500 herds signing up, hopefully more farmers will see the benefits soon.

Supporting each other is key, says John Wharton.

As our financial year drew to a close on January 31 we found ourselves trying to sift through the wreckage of a year ravaged by Covid-19.

On our first date Isobel told me I was the first farmer she had ever met. Our second date was a trip to see my sheep and we ended up dagging out some fly strike and she didn’t balk then and hasn’t since.

A derelict farm in the middle of the Peak District provided the pivotal opportunity for one couple to embark on their farming career. Ruth Wills finds out more.