Calving tips: III. Assisting the newborn calf
By Alice EJ Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS Friars Moor Livestock Health This…
Farmer’s future now in safe hands as couple’s share opportunity bears fruit
By Miranda Robertson A young farmer has been given a huge boost for his future in the industry after a…
The inspiring Dorset farmer who was a pioneer in the field of vaccination
A headstone in a church graveyard in Worth Matravers bears an epitaph for Dorset farmer Benjamin Jesty. “He was…
Green team celebrating great first year
An environmental group is celebrating a great first year after planting 250 trees and making 200 bottles of apple…
Farm vets and internal specialist referrals
By Alice Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS Friars Moor Livestock Health If you have been unfortunate enough to have a pet…
Modern dairy farm in same family for 90 years
Sitting on the edge of Sherborne, Castle Farm has been home to the Dimond family for almost 90 years….
Farmers are crucial – especially now
As the days start to lengthen our farmers have turned, or are just about to turn, their energies to…
Quality produce from a family devoted to keeping it local
Five generations of the Cossins family have been farming at Rawston Farm since 1877. The farm, which stands in…
Last chance for farmers to sign up for pesticide amnesty
Farmers in North Dorset can still sign up to participate in a Dorset Pesticide Amnesty, which is being held…
Concerns raised over new farm strategy
“You can’t be green if you are in the red,” said NFU Somerset chairman and farmer Tom Kimber in…
