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Keep it Local for Livestock Welfare

Megan Perry of the Sustainable Food Trust, examines why small abattoirs are essential for farmers, smallholders and all those who value local food production

A Common Interest in Rare Breeds

Rare Breeds Survival Trust Chief Executive Christopher Price celebrates people, places and their livestock

Wot no tomatoes?

Why smallholders are uniquely positioned to weather the supply chain storm. Liz Wright follows the ever-changing issue of food supply.

Wildlife watchers needed this spring

Volunteers needed to record garden wildlife for nationwide 'Living with Mammals' survey

Early-nesting birds... catch the worm!

Getting off to an early start, the RSPB give you the species to look out for on and around your smallholding

Building Resilience in the Gardener: A Change in Mind-Set

Extract from The Climate Change Garden by Sally Morgan & Kim Stoddart Published by Cool Springs Press £18.99

Spring into action and join our Egg Club

Are your spring chickens laying more eggs than you know what to do with? Well, that's music to our ears, and to the ears of the hens waiting to be rehomed by us.

Spring into hen keeping

Lisa Mancell, National Coordinator from Farmgate Feeds, gives her advice on how to get started with hens

Successful Hatching in an Incubator

Fiona & Hugh Osborne guide you through how to get the best hatch rates from your incubator.

Nottinghamshire is not all Robin Hood but is also usefully situated in the middle of England with much to offer

Welcome to our regular column all about the best places to buy a country smallholding

Taking stock of your flock in the spring-body scoring and shearing

Joy Whitehead also prepares for the Show season during this busy time of the alpaca year

Pets or pests?

Continuing her series for novice shepherds, Liz Shankland explains the highs and lows of playing foster parent to motherless lambs.

Watery Mouth Disease in lambs

Lamb Health Report from APHA

How to avoid bringing infection in to your flock or herd from incoming stock

Sophie Cranfield, Westpoint Vets, Horsham discusses managing the risks when buying-in animals to add to your existing livestock

Breed Focus: Ouessant Sheep

Helen Babbs finds out about the world's smallest sheep breed

Native Breeds for Modern Needs

Rare Breeds Survival Trust Chief Executive Christopher Price examines the place of rare breeds today

Preparing Goat-Kids for Life

Tamsin Cooper considers techniques based on natural behaviour

Harvesting rainwater

Last year saw the UK's highest-ever temperature only a few miles from us at Coningsby, Lincolnshire 40.3C!

When the going gets tough, the smallholder needs to pause and take stock

Jack Smellie shares her secrets on surviving the difficult days and living your dream

Cold snaps have not been enough to remove fluke risk for cattle and sheep, warn industry experts

Although, as forecast, cases of disease due to liver fluke have remained relatively low so far this winter, there are reports of both acute and chronic disease in some areas of the UK.

Planting The First Seed

Could you be involved in the Wildlife Trusts recently launched scheme?

Fancy a career change?: Free practical forestry training courses made available

Coppicing is just one of the skills you could learn on a free course

Cost of living to hit farm business margins in 2023

High inflation and the impact of the cost of living on consumer demand will continue to impact farm business planning in 2023, according to the latest AHDB Agri-market Outlook.

Gardeners invited to help the RHS solve the mystery of the giant willow aphid

The RHS is calling on gardeners to send in sightings of the giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) to help learn more about this elusive species and the ways it interacts with garden plants.

Time to grow your own cup of tea for a truly British cuppa!

Michael Wale reaches for his allotment shed kettle and reports on home grown tea

NFU say Urgent action needed to secure home-grown food supply

Government faces a stark choice: back British food production in order to secure a homegrown supply of sustainable food or risk seeing more empty shelves in the nation's supermarkets.

British Wool praised for wool prices

British Wool has been hailed as an example of collective marketing and praised for its success in improving prices for UK sheep farmers.

RHS make predictions for 2023

As we head towards 2023, the nation's 30 million gardeners can look forward to flourishing houseplants, bountiful herbs and a multitude of ways to help the environment says the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

Look out for Potato Day!

For heritage varieties and a huge selection, Potato Days up and down the UK are back this year.

Animal Behaviour?

Two welsh ponies interacting but are they fighting or playing?