Category: Dorset Farming

Roundup and the road ahead

As glyphosate faces renewed scrutiny, George Hosford argues that routine pre-harvest use risks threatening its future altogether There is a row brewing over the future...

LOVE LOCAL TRUST LOCAL AWARDS RETURN FOR FIFTH YEAR – ENTRIES NOW OPEN

The Love Local Trust Local (LLTL) Awards are officially open for 2026, marking the fifth year of celebrating the outstanding farmers, producers, makers, retailers...

Dorset farmer guilty, and repeatedly fails to comply with slurry notice

A Dorset dairy farmer has been fined after failing to comply with a formal anti-pollution notice, following more than a decade of slurry-related incidents...

Dynamic? Really?

Tim Gelfs, Dorset NFU chair, questions whether Dynamic Alignment and the animal welfare bill will protect or sell out British farming Our current leaders are...

Rain, reactors and running out

Bovine TB dominates farm life, George Hosford says, as flawed testing and policy inertia persist (and January rain only adds to the pressure) The total...

North Dorset farmer banned from keeping sheep after welfare conviction

He has been convicted of animal cruelty after dozens of animals were found emaciated, neglected and dying after repeated welfare failures A north Dorset farmer...

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