How to control heifer rearing costs
Dairy producers are being urged to take a more strategic approach to heifer rearing, as rising input costs place increasing pressure on profitability. Heifer rearing remains one of the most…
Don’t look to Government for help, warns CAAV
Jeremy Moody
After more than 60 years of market management and political manipulation, British farming is free to make its own choices – provided it can get over the current crisis. That’s…
An education in the field
This year’s Royal Bath & West Show offered something for all the family, not least the interactive rural educational sections. From Lakeside Farm to the bee and honey marquee, families…
Supreme stock at Bath & West Show
Berkshire gilt, Fairoaks Royal Saphire 8th, by Alkington Nama, took top honours in the pig ring
A tremendous turnout of livestock competed for top honours at the Royal Bath & West Show on May 28-30, with the judges hard-pushed to select their interbreed winners. In the…
Government plea: Help food and farming to grow
Long Service Awards were presented to:
L-R (front row): Will Yeats, Anna Claire Seymour, Peter Sherborne, Mary James, Robert Dimonds
Rear row: Catherine Look, William Fox-Pitt, Alice Plunkett, Carol Paris, Rupert Uloth
Farming is being hamstrung by lack of government understanding and support – but there are significant opportunities ahead. That’s according to speakers at the Royal Bath & West Show this…
See the power of the past at the Royal Bath & West Show
Playing a key role in the agricultural revolution, visitors to this year’s Royal Bath & West Show can get up close to a wide range of vintage tractors. Exhibits dating…