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As per the title. He's posted a link to an article which discusses this (badly) in further depth, also highlighting how the Fascists supported small family farms. So: Organic/holistic/environmentalist farmers. How do you feel when other "farmers" tell you that you shouldn't forget your Fascism...

On one of the threads discussing ELMS & funding, concerns were raised about how farmers might access funds, especially with regards to the "Local Nature Recovery" and "Landscape Recovery" strands, which on the surface, seem to be aimed at larger organisations/quangos/charities. One of my...

Really interesting report published recently by the food research collaboration: https://foodresearch.org.uk/publications/the-supermarket-system-balanced-on-a-knife-edge/

Is now happening - see here: https://www.ft.com/content/ce180ed3-67c5-4e47-91e3-32049866cae1 Just another way that UK ag is showing how sustainable it can be. I like the idea of circular systems - turning waste into eggs, via some maggots.

We are constantly looking to develop out curriculum here at Hartpury, hopefully in line with developing the kinds of skills that the industry actually wants. To this end, we would be grateful if you could complete the following short survey. It is my boss' name on the form, but I am happy to...

Planting huge numbers of trees to mitigate climate change is “not always the best strategy” – with some experimental sites in Scotland failing to increase carbon stocks, a new study has found. Experts at the University of Stirling and the James Hutton Institute analysed four locations in...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/france-passes-sensory-heritage-law-after-plight-of-maurice-the-noisy-rooster I've seen notices on the way into French villages explaining that the country has noises and smells etc.... Now it's gone one step further....(y)

Righto, So, the nipper (12) wants some ferrets and I, being a single dad (and soft touch) have given tentative assent to getting some. However, I don't like the thought of them being idle when she isn't here, and also like getting her out into the countryside, so am thinking of buying some nets...

[Moderator note: large amount of content moved off Rashford dairy promotion thread about Churchill on to separate politics thread] Churchill (and his statue) Has been "controversial" since 1910 (Tonypandy), 1919 (Glasgow) and from at least 1920 in Ireland. I find this Churchill fetishization...

Did anyone here go to that? What were your thoughts? I thought there were a couple of "elephants in the room", one of which was definitely genetics...…. I was, however, very pleased at the time spent on sheep things - everyone loves cattle and sheep don't normally get a look in.

I seem to have a powertrain fault on my Volvo V60, which diagnostics has suggested is a dirty MAF sensor. Has anyone gone about cleaning them themselves? How did it go?

Bit of a long shot this but: I have just taken up a job lecturing on Ag Sci degrees at Hartpury and am looking for somewhere to live within about 1/2 hours drive - I have checked all the usual outlets. Looking for: 2 bed small house (or similar) preferably in the country, I have a daughter...

If you had to have an indoor lambing flock, what breed would you choose and why? Would you pen them individually or have some sort of system whereby they could still roam and were lambed in batches? Bear in mind that I'm not a massive fan of mules, but I'm willing to have my mind changed. This...

Three shear. Out of Peter Baber stock. Has been put to outdoor lambing Exlana ewes to produce market lambs. £200. Pics to follow.

Three shear - Does everything he's supposed to do. All of his offspring have been born out of doors with no difficulty. Never been fed anything but grass. £200. Pics to follow.

Proven Exlana Ram, 3 Yr old. Does everything he's supposed to. £200. Also have a couple of woolshedding teasers for meat price plus a tenner.

These are either Charrolais or Suftex X Easycare ewes that I'd been breeding from because I had more grass available than I could breed replacement ewes. None shed, except around the wool line. There are a few shearlings that have never lambed, but the two tooths and older have all lambed...

Due to a cock-up with teasers last year (basically I hadn't realised it would take them so long to become infertile after their vasectomy) I had a rather spread out lambing this year with a number being born middle May. I am now running out of grass and am going to put all the females in as...

I have just been offered about 60ac of turnips. However, to do with whatever scheme the landowner is in, they can't be fertilised, so apparently they won't have much top to them. How many sheep do you think I could put on them? I imagine the sheep could be up there for a few months max. They...