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Category: Dorset Farming

Crops in, cows out – just add water

With rainfall low and food security a priority, Dorset farmers push back on proposals to reduce farmland in favour of trees and stewardship It has...

Power from the ground up

Brain’s Farm near Wincanton is producing biomethane and preparing to supply digestate back to farms, completing a truly circular energy cycle It is predicted that,...

Hungry yet, Westminster?

I can’t believe that we are already in April. Where has the time gone? The start of 2025 has been an exceptionally busy time...

Baroness Minette Batters named President of Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society

The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society has named a new President – and she’s no stranger to championing British farming. The Right Honourable Baroness...

The green farming dream lies in tatters

No support, no clarity and no way forward as the plug is pulled on the Sustainable Farming Incentive, says George Hosford Few English farmers will...

Helping hands for farming families

The Farming Community Network were thrilled to receive a cheque for £10,000 this month. Dorset Training was set up as a farmer-owned membership in...

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Weaning a Thoroughbred Foal

It’s September, and the first lot of early foals born in February and March have turned five months and are weaned and roaming their...
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Sherborne Abbey Primary celebrates 25 years with song, stories and a century of memories

Sherborne Abbey CE Primary School celebrated a special milestone last week – 25 years since the official opening of its current site on Lenthay...

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