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  • New campaign celebrates farmers' role in keeping nation fed

    A NEW campaign led by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society is aiming to celebrate and highlight the crucial role farmers are playing to keep the nation fed amid the worst public health crisis for a generation. Farm To Fork is a new social media-led

  • Virtual dairy pedigree sale to be held this month

    A VIRTUAL dairy pedigree sale is to be held later this month. Under the present regulations due to the coronavirus crisis, which have closed down markets and much of the UK economy, Harrison & Hetherington is holding what it says is the UK’s very

  • Sean has been showing a lot of promise

    SEAN Mitchell’s enthusiasm for pedigree livestock breeding and showing has been paying off since he came home to work on the family farm near Skelton in Cumbria. Though his plans to repeat his success on last year’s show circuit have been put on

  • Northern Farmers of the Year have a real recipe for success

    LAMBING 2020 has recently started for this year’s Northern Farmers of the Year - and also Sheep Farmers of the Year - Caroline and Andrew Hunter ,who farm more than 2,250 acres of predominantly tenanted hill land near Bellingham in North Northumberland