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Ryan Coates, 27, runs Newtoncroft Farms, alongside his father Brian and uncle Martin in Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire. He is Leicestershire Young ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’ Club county chairman, vice-chairman of Midlands and East Anglia Hereford Breeders’ Association and a member of UK Hereford Youth.

With family at the heart of the business, Blaze farm had to make the decision to grow or leave the farm. With a thriving retail business now under its belt, Emily Ashworth meets Katy Powell to hear more about the farm’s journ

These are strange times to be writing a column. Covid-19 is wreaking havoc everywhere. The food supply chain has taken a massive hit and many farmers are hurting right now.

There is no doubt that beating the Covid-19 pandemic will require a sustained, collective effort unknown in this country since the end of the second world war.

After years of building up the farm business, The Jersey Royal Company is a thriving enterprise growing Jersey Royal new potatoes. Emily Ashworth meets William Church, the Director of Sales and Marketing.

Members of the farming community have rallied together to raise money for a specialist cancer hospital as one of their nearest and dearest battles a brain tumour.