Recent content by Jake Nixon

The Farmer Network up here that cover Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales normally advertise a few placements or will advertise for people looking for placements so maybe give them a try? There should be plenty of people lambing up dale through April (y)

They certainly are! Unfortunately they seem to be better at organising a Ball than they were at running a farm 😂 They're still hoping for one this year but I think they're being optimistic!

I went to create an account the other day to find that I already had one! A few minutes of trying the guess whatever password I set 5 years ago and I'm back 😁

Yes very much on the quiet side! Everything has been online since last Easter which hasn't been too bad but it has been slightly amusing that our African compadres seem to have a better internet connection for accessing the teaching materials than I do on the edge of the Dales!

Hi all! I'm Jake and from Richmond in North Yorkshire. I'm a new entrant into agriculture after farming skipped a generation in my family. I am in my final year at the Royal Ag in Cirencester and then going on to be a trainee Dairy Farm Business Consultant (Whilst hopefully avoiding becoming...

Well they've got to keep us students entertained for our last six months somehow, I don't think the wild geese would appreciate us going back to chasing them instead 😂

I always thought 2 cuts was good going before going away to gain my piece of paper but have since been told to move with the times 😂

The number of responses so far have been far greater than I expected so once again thank you all very much, especially to those who have volunteered for further participation! I will publish the second questionnaire shortly, this will aim to collect silage analysis, production costs, and milk...

Hi there! I am a final year student agriculture student at the RAU in Cirencester and for my dissertation I am conducting research into the supposed benefits of multicut grass silage over the traditional 3/4 cut system to see if in reality it is as good as its cracked up to be. I am looking...