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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...

Voice of the Farmer | June 2021

I think after last months article where I mentioned  that during the month of April, we had not received any measurable rainfall and that...

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Rolling fields, raising dreams

Spring brings dry fields, quiet sunrises and the patter of new hooves – for Lucy Procter, it’s the season of hope for the futures...

Farewell to Adrienne Howell

IF Mere had a 'national treasure' it would surely be Adrienne Howell, who died on 13th January, aged 87. She was an active part...

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