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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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November hot streak

A good month for the Tizzard team, says Chris Wald, with Cheltenham clean sweeps, Ascot perfection and a yard at full stride ahead of...

The fire sale, the forgotten vale and the power of Thank You

It’s the first BV Podcast of the year, and Jenny Devitt’s pulled together a trio of conversation starters from the January issue – from...

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