Category: Dorset Farming

Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show results

If you've not managed to take a look at the September issue yet, you might like a shortcut to this year's 2022 Gillingham &...

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Dry crops aren’t always a good thing, says fifth generation farmer James Cossins, as he explains late night combine harvesting and reducing fire risk some...

Good barley, bad supermarkets and a very bad £100,000 tractor bill

Dorset NFU county chairman George Hosford gives show visitors an insight to the life of a modern farmer with his July farm diary Our winter...

Poison or pollinator? | Farm Tales

Ragwort is a menace to all animal owners, says Andrew Livingston – but he suspects his passion for picking the poisonous plant isn’t popular...

Major field fires in Dorset cause Red Alert

"The really frightening thing was the speed at which the fire took hold. It engulfed the field of corn so quickly, despite the efforts...

Embracing FarmTok

The disconnect between comsumers and the food on their plates has arguably never been wider – Andrew Livingston suggests that social media can help Twenty...

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Feel the Heat: Great Dorset Chilli Festival Returns This August!

Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August 2025 Mark your calendars and spice up your summer! The Great Dorset Chilli Festival returns for its 14th year...
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Love in triangles – the Bloomsbury set in Dorset

Dorothy Parker famously said of the Bloomsbury Group that “they painted in circles, lived in squares, and loved in triangles.” While this group of...

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