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Voice of a Farmer | August 2021

We finally started our cereal harvest in July after being a week or two late. Our first crop to harvest is the winter barley...

Local Farm is helping young people feel needed, wanted and valued.

A Dorset youth farming project was featured on BBC Countryfile in July. ‘Future Roots’ - based at Rylands Farm, a 30 acre smallholding near...

Voice of a Farmer | July 2021

After an extremely wet May, June finally settled down to a spell of some warm dry weather. We were able to finish silage making...

A Farmers Eye on Clarkson’s Farm

You would think as a farmer, the last thing I would want to do at home in the evenings is watch programmes on farming,...

The Australian Trade Deal – What Does It Really Mean to Our Farmers?

With over 30 years’ experience in hospitality, food and drink at The Langton Arms, a successful butchery in the form of Rawston Farm Butchery...

Bovine TB at Westleaze

Last month we had the dreaded news that our herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle had gone down with Bovine Tuberculosis. This was the first...

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Kingston Maurward Equestrian Seeking Student Horses

Kingston Maurward College is a BHS Centre offering full-time equine courses at Level 2 and Level 3 starting each September and apprenticeships which start...

Oh good, it’s mud season again

It finally rained, it’s autumn eventing season – and for Jess Rimmer it’s a fresh reminder that eventers are never quite satisfied Right – I...

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