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Pushing ahead with plans for vintage tractor show anniversary year
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Pushing ahead with plans for vintage tractor show anniversary year

Taking place from 4-5 November, the Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show has already opened competition entries, which close on 13th September

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August 2023
Land based T levels to be launched
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Land based T levels to be launched

Jane Brooks looks at new qualifications for young people in the land-based industries

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3 mins  |
August 2023
Could your bees be starving in the sunshine?
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Could your bees be starving in the sunshine?

Claire Waring looks at what to do if the forage runs out in late summer

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5 mins  |
August 2023
Later season seed sowings
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Later season seed sowings

Kim Stoddart explains which vegetable seed can still be sown this month for longer lasting harvests ...

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August 2023
New introductions to the current flock
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New introductions to the current flock

Acquiring new stock is always an exciting time but, as Paul Donovan investigates, introducing them to an established flock can have its difficulties

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August 2023
Taking care of turkeys
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Taking care of turkeys

Keeping turkeys happy and healthy by understanding what they need

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August 2023
Reporting from a very special poultry sale
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Reporting from a very special poultry sale

Grant Brereton meets a respected breeder

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August 2023
But what exactly is a True Bantam?
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But what exactly is a True Bantam?

Grant Brereton takes a closer look at these spectacular small chickens

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August 2023
Hot Summers and Poultry Drinkers
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Hot Summers and Poultry Drinkers

Hot, dry summer days brings a new set of challenges when providing water to your poultry. Fiona and Hugh Osborne describe how they have solved some of these issues.

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August 2023
Keeping ducks free of diseases
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Keeping ducks free of diseases

Liz Fairbrother says your observation and management will help to keep your ducks dabbling

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August 2023
Vet advice from an experienced poultry vet
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Vet advice from an experienced poultry vet

Not only holiday makers like hot weather and especially red mite! so do parasites

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August 2023
Influx of new buyers pushes up prices of amenity land at auction
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Influx of new buyers pushes up prices of amenity land at auction

lan Kitson Director, Cheffins reflects on why the market for grazing land land is on the up

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August 2023
Smallholding down under - bushfires, brown snakes but satisfying
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Smallholding down under - bushfires, brown snakes but satisfying

Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at living off the land in Australia

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August 2023
Small but mighty; why Lowlines are perfect for smallholders
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Small but mighty; why Lowlines are perfect for smallholders

Standing at just over one-metre tall, Lowlines are the perfect fit for smallholders.

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August 2023
It's a Dog's Life Down on the Farm - and on the smallholding...
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It's a Dog's Life Down on the Farm - and on the smallholding...

In his bi-monthly series, Jeremy Hobson continues to discuss the life of the smallholders' dog as a working companion and pet

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August 2023
What can happen if a goat's brain or nervous system develops a fault?
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What can happen if a goat's brain or nervous system develops a fault?

Goat Vet, David Harwood BVetMed, FRCVS, looks at what can go wrong and considers prevention

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August 2023
Getting Started with Longhorns
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Getting Started with Longhorns

Wade Muggleton took the big step of keeping their own cattle and he hasn't looked back!

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5 mins  |
August 2023
Building a better fruit cage
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Building a better fruit cage

Fiona and Hugh Osborne extensively use fruit and vegetable cages to protect valuable crops.

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August 2023
Excitement builds for 2023 Blacknose Beauties National Show & Sale
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Excitement builds for 2023 Blacknose Beauties National Show & Sale

The immensely popular Blacknose Beauties National Show & Sale returns once again to H&H Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th August.

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August 2023
Transporting livestock thoughts on trailers
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Transporting livestock thoughts on trailers

John Sones gives top towing tips and looks at the legalities

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July 2023
Beat the heat!
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Beat the heat!

Andrew Fothergill, National Poultry Advisor at Farmgate Feeds gives his advice on keeping your hens comfortable in the warmer months.

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July 2023
Cost of Living Crisis: How we can grow back
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Cost of Living Crisis: How we can grow back

Andrew Oldham shows how to take back some control of your food

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July 2023
From Fleece to Floor
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From Fleece to Floor

Jack Smellie explains the process of turning newly shorn fleece into fibre for rug making

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5 mins  |
July 2023
Can My Goat Dairy Be Eco-Friendly?
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Can My Goat Dairy Be Eco-Friendly?

Tamsin Cooper finds greener ways to manage productive goats

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July 2023
Alpacas-Identification and Record keeping
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Alpacas-Identification and Record keeping

Joy Whitehead explores what you must do, what you might do and what you should do!

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5 mins  |
July 2023
Happiness in herbs Top Ten to grow
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Happiness in herbs Top Ten to grow

Kim Stoddart outlines her pick of the most flavour some, resilient best for your smallholding biodiversity-boosting, vegetable garden....

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June 2023
Everything's Coming Up Rhubarb
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Everything's Coming Up Rhubarb

Andrew Oldham praises a very British practical crop, easy to grow but so diverse in uses and recipes

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June 2023
Time to talk turkey again
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Time to talk turkey again

Liz Fairbrother says with summer upon us we need now to think of the festive season and plan for turkeys

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June 2023
Get cracking with eggs.
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Get cracking with eggs.

Paul Donovan investigates the biology of an egg which is a marvel of nature

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June 2023
Keeping the flag flying for pure breeds of poultry
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Keeping the flag flying for pure breeds of poultry

Grant Brereton gets breeders and owners together and considers eBay for hatching eggs

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June 2023