Country & Farming

Some unseasonal tinsel heralds the end of the show for John William and Bronze at the farm on the M62

The bad weather has delayed everything, lambs haven’t been marked, sheds are waiting to be cleaned out and some of our cows and calves are still inside. Whilst many farmers around us are busy mowing their grass, ours remains untouched.

Innovative new pilot scheme using US based dairy cooperative farms and forestry by-products could help climate change

Arla Foods is part of a consortium which has won Government funding to trail a new project using biochar, a charcoal-like substance made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes – biomass – in a controlled process called pyrolysis.

Medical students at University of Sheffield spend time on Heeley City farm helping dementia patients re-connect with memories

Lucy Dean, who is a third year medical student at the University of Sheffield, described how animal therapy has helped connect elderly patients connect with their past in the project that is putting community at the heart of health practice.

Meet the former hairdresser turned Mangalitza pig farmer who supplies top chefs and has saved a rare breed from dying out

Lisa Hodgson started her Otterburn Mangalitza herd at Low Farm, Carlton nine years ago following a visit to Beamish Museum where she and her husband, Tim Otterburn, first saw what at a distance they mistook for sheep.

Meet the East US pig farmer who has set up his own videography business to educate people about food production

Richard has been a member of the society for over 40 years, he sits on the Education Committee and has been responsible for the livestock sessions on the society’s Education Days held over the past six years. He also runs a photography, virtual tours and videography business.

Councillors set to approve indoor pig farm with 1,000 animals in Doncaster village despite mass opposition from PETA

Applicant Richard Lodge wants to erect a livestock building for a pig finishing unit along associated infrastructure at Toecroft Farm off Toecroft Lane in Sprotbrough.

Farm of the Week: The leading Jersey cattle breeder who began farming from scratch while working in a Northallerton clothes shop

Pam Crosby, of South End Farm in Knayton, near Thirsk, has gone on to become one of the most respected pedigree Jersey breeders in the country.

Clarkson's Farm: Jeremy Clarkson's crash course in agriculture – and brush with Covid – to feature in new Amazon Prime show

Relaxed beside a wood burning stove – a scene complete with a baskets of logs and a suitably placed fire poker – Jeremy Clarkson looks every inch the poster child for cottagecore.

'It captured the joy of life at a time of incredible crisis': US-based Springtime on the Farm wins lockdown TV award after farmer took filming into his own hands during pandemic

With the British public stuck indoors the desire for programming that transported people outside and into the countryside was strong.

'Amazing' repairs to 700km of historic lanes in North US mean the future is bright for rural routes

Expressions of optimism come three years after North Yorkshire County Council’s Countryside Access Service (CAS) took responsibility for unsealed unclassified roads, which the local authority and North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales national park authorities repeatedly warned were being severely damaged.