Category: Dorset Farming

The future of our food is… bugs (yes, really!) | Farm Tales

Shocking as it may sound, insects will prove the path to sustainable food stocks, argues Dorset farmer and writer Andrew Livingston. This new year means...

The cruellest month!

January is traditionally bleak but we’ve got a lot to celebrate and farmers are working hard for the good of us all, explains Louise...

Four legs bad, spring crops good | Voice of a Farmer

We had a terrible Christmas with the animals, but the spring crops are looking good, hopes James Cossins I think we will be pleased to...

Our Christmas lamb nativity disaster! | Farm Tales

It’s not the greatest idea to include farm stock with your church nativity play, explains Andrew Livingstone. With this being the month of good tidings...

Working on the solutions

In last month’s column, Louise Stratton was considering how farming is part of the solution to climate change; this month she muses on how...

My least favourite month is over | Voice of a Farmer

Farmers are working together to improve the habitat and increase quality food production, but we can’t be undermined by lower standard imports, argues James...

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From rain-soaked fields to foal-filled stables

The joy was four ‘foaled’ at The Glanvilles Stud in May, and Lucy Procter explains the fascinating feet corrections (plus Honeysuckle is pregnant!) The photos...

Name that village …

Last month’s mystery postcard was successfuly named quite swiftly on Facebook – it was Cowgrove, just outside Wimborne!This month Barry has offered a clue:...

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