Category: Dorset Farming

Future Farmer: 5-year-old Giles Apsey.

Giles was a year old when Fluffy was born – she was one of a triplet who needed to be bottle fed. He took...

Serious sheep worrying in Dorset

The Easter weekend is synonymous with the return of leaves to the trees, the flowering of daffodils and the birth of new life on...

Fowl play or cluckonomics?

Andrew Livingston explores the implications of proposed welfare legislation changes and the ripple effects on food supply and pricing Once upon a time – in...

The end of an era:Minette Batters bows out

Passing the torch: as Tom Bradshaw steps into the pivotal role, he faces the daunting task of upholding farming’s future. Andrew Livingston reports I cannot...

Much ado about many things

Though there’s been TB testing at Rawston this month, James Cossins’ thoughts are fixed firmly on the national picture and finding a way forward As...

Beware the tractors in town | Farm Tales

The public perception challenge: how British farmers’ protests could risk alienating the very people whose understanding they need Despite being borderline Gen Z, I have...

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Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...
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Form and function … and food

Jennie Gilbert’s taste for great design makes for pottery that you really want to eat off. Fanny Charles talks to Chalke valley potter Jennie...

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