Category: Dorset Farming

Is it the year of the egg? |Farm Tales

Pessimism, promises and poultry: Andrew Livingston asks if 2025’s lofty food and farming goals may already be slipping through our fingers When you return to...

Championing rural Britain

The BV takes a look inside the Countryside Alliance’s fight to protect rural traditions and livelihoods and to drive sustainable countryside policies Many people have...

Two FCN quiz nights coming up!

January and February can often be a hard slog for the farming community – with seemingly-constant inclement weather combined with dark mornings, short days...

A quick catch up with the FCN

Christmas has so many different meanings to each person and every family. For me, it’s the tradition that makes Christmas important – and as...

Watch where you put your finger …

Last month my partner and I actually managed to sneak away for a well-earned break. For a whole weekend we managed to have no...

The serious matter of brooms

With rain-soaked weeks, compost chaos and sweeping revelations, George Hosford has been navigating a turbulent autumn on the farm It’s been quite the soggy autumn...

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The value of local knowledge and intelligence

The Dorset Insider, a new sporadic column dedicated to shedding light on local matters with unfiltered honesty and a critical eye. The author –...

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