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The farming community was unanimous in its praise for the first series of Clarkson’s Farm. Does the second series hold up, asks Andrew Livingston When...

The legless marshal and complaints about farmers

We are loving Jenny and Terry's new BV podcast format - the interviews allow for so much more depth and discussion than we have...

The importance of the UK’s Livestock system

When a city council takes a plant-based first approach, there are implications far beyond food at city hall, says NFU county advisor Gemma Harvey Around...

Beef is beef. Except when it neighs.

A decade after the horsemeat scandal, how have we ended up in a place with more risks than ever to our food, asks Andrew...

The weight of accusation

Farmer James Cossins looks back at the strain of the last month – caused almost entirely by a complaint about his animal care As I...

There’s been a complaint …

With our national newly-sanitised view of ‘Countryfile-d’ farming, complaints about animal welfare are on the increase, reports Andrew Livingston British winter is synonymous with sideways...

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That’s not a lion, it’s a Lexus

Ah, the sweet sound of spring in North Dorset: birdsong, lambs bleating, engines revving … and my horse doing the fancy sideways samba because...

Fresh eyes at the Museum of East Dorset

There’s a new face among the artefacts at the Museum of East Dorset. Millie Lake, 29, has joined as the museum’s new Curator –...

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