Category: Dorset Farming

UK agriculture feels the squeeze as the war in Ukraine hits home

Many are talking about the atrocities in Ukraine - but UK farmers are already fearing the repercussions of the war in Europe’s largest granary,...

Farming for a living? | Farm Tales

From petty customer theft to competing with the mega dairies, small farms are fighting against the tide to run a successful business, says Andrew...

Not all dairy farmers… | Voice of a farmer

The community impact of Eunice, that Panorama documentary, and the government’s drive for rewilding - James Cossins muses on a busy few weeks. Here at...

The names we farmers get called… | Farm Tales

...are often predictable and not always flattering. But a new term has appeared which reflects modern green thinking, says Andrew Livingston. Farmers get called a...

Keeping poultry can be ‘fowl’ through winter bird flu season | Voice of a Farmer

A surge in people keeping their own poultry during the lock-down egg shortage could be why ‘bird flu’ is spreading from wild to domestic...

George Hosford: Always adapting, always learning

Louise Stratton interviews George Hosford, Dorset NFU County Chair, and discusses poppies, worms and the excitement of school visits. Our Dorset NFU County Chairman is...

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Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...
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My background, prior to entering politics, is in small-scale commercial rooftop solar. Not the 50MW utility-scale type project being proposed for near Bradford Abbas....

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