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More than 20 arrests in Dorset drugs crackdown

MORE than 20 arrests were made in Dorset as part of a national crackdown on drug dealing. The country-wide operation…

Busman’s holiday in France

by Ruth Kimber. We have done the maize harvesting – this makes an excellent nutritious silage for the dairy cows….

Energy measures get cautious welcome from farmers’ leader

The Government’s energy support package for business has received a cautious welcome from the NFU. Prime Minister Liz Truss has…

The risk of acorns this autumn

by Alice Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS. Friars Moor Livestock Health Like other farm vets and farmers, I often find myself thinking…

NFU award recognises Ukraine farmers

Farmers in Ukraine who have faced up to the horrifying and devastating challenges of the Russian invasion have collectively…

Look out girls, Humphrey the Ram is warming up!

by Tria Stebbing. The time is running away with us and the evenings are drawing in. Nature is providing us…

Close at hand, the basket stood with nuts from brown October’s wood

by A J Selby. Ask any group of people to name their favourite season and many will plump for spring…

If Napoleon had this cream, history may have been different…

by Fiona Chapman. One of the highlights of walking in the woods in autumn is coming across glossy, tactile and…

Meditations in nature: The phantom of the forest

by Susie Curtin. It is not often that I set out into the woods with an agenda, but I have…

How to beat procrastination

by Alice Johnsen. Many years ago we were repairing a barn. It was not an easy job and there was…