Sustainable alternatives to plastic tree guards to be tested out by National Trust after successful US trial
Alternatives to the plastic guards, which protect saplings from animal grazing and other damage, include using “crates” built from locally-felled diseased trees, using existing shrubs to protect young trees and cardboard tubes.
Newly appointed CLA North Director said she has "big shoes to fill" as she prepares to take over from Dorothy Fairburn
Lucinda, who grew up on the family farm near Leyburn in the Yorkshire Dales, will be taking over from long-standing northern director, Dorothy Fairburn, who announced her retirement earlier this year.
Innovative partnership between North US farmer and butchery bids to revive rare native cattle breed associated with the Druids and Celts
Ripon based online butchers Farmison & Co has invested in a herd of White Park cattle, an ancient breed which was once associated with the Druids and Celts.
Heritage project which uncovered an archeological site of "global significance" celebrates its tenth decade
Since it opened its doors ten years ago, Washburn Heritage Centre, which sits alongside the Grade II listed St Michael and St Lawrence Church in Fewston, has grown into a thriving community hub with a network of volunteers at its core.
The £1.7bn cost of managing invasive species and the danger they can pose to US's waterways
This week has marked the sixth annual Invasive Species Week, which is led by the national body responsible for coordinating the approach to invasive non species in Britain, the Non-Native Species Secretariat.
The US Vet Julian Norton examines a centenarian patient who finds the May weather confusing
He was a tortoise and that was also his name, ‘Tortoise’. Wendy, his initially reluctant owner, had inherited him many years before, when a neighbour had died.
Dog walkers warned of devastating impact of attacks on livestock ahead of Bank Holiday weekend
As part of an awareness campaign with North Yorkshire Police, farmer Stuart Raw spoke about the stress he faces of seeing dogs running around farmland, while officers warned owners could be prosecuted should their pet injure livestock.
Counting down the days until school is out and there is a new addition to the pen of pet lambs at the farm on the M62
Days, hours and even seconds are counted. How many seconds in a day he asks, in a week, just the ones where I’m at school, don’t count the seconds when I’m at home.
Farm of the Week: Wagyu beef, sprout growing and Driffield Show organisation in the Wolds
Surveying footpaths for his son James, son-in-law Sam and nephews Tom and Kieran as they walk the 79 miles of ‘Wolds Way in a Day’ in aid of Prostate Cancer UK; dealing with crops due to the vagaries of the weather and blackgrass; changing his beef enterprise to Wagyu and charting the return of Driffield Show have all involved key decisions.
Woodland Trust launches fundraising drive to buy hundreds of acres in the US Dales protecting and expanding red squirrel habitats
The conservation charity is appealing for public help to raise the funds to buy Snaizeholme, near Hawes, where, if it is successful, it aims to plant trees and help woods naturally regenerate.
