Farming

A rare dairying opportunity

Friday, February 26, 2010

A DAIRY holding of 250 acres in West Dorset is about to come on the market.

Hazel Lane Dairy Farm on the edge of Puncknowle near Bridport has been run within the Puncknowle Manor Estate for many years. Owners Jim and Sarah Wild have successfully managed the farm, making...

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Ten year ban for sheep farmer

Friday, February 19, 2010

A SHEEP farmer from Dorset has been banned from keeping livestock for ten years after being prosecuted for causing unnecessary suffering to animals....

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Pasture to Plate

Friday, January 29, 2010

Feeding the world, tackling climate change Does technology have the answers? I wonder how many column inches have been written about whether or not...

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Farmers Diary for January by Ruth Kimber

Friday, January 29, 2010

Christma seems a long way off, having had all that weather between then and now! We were very busy over the festive season in the farm shop and at...

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Farmers Diary for December by Ruth Kimber

Friday, December 11, 2009

WE are having such a wet time, thank goodness the cattle are safely in the barns for the winter! Still, we have to be grateful that all this rain...

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Christmas flavours at the Udder Farm Shop

Friday, December 11, 2009

A MOUTH-watering array of goodies meets your eyes when you visit The Udder Farm Shop, on the A35 west of Shaftesbury, close to the East Stour...

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Another fine year for Fatstock Show

Fred Brown (left) colects a donation of £1,000 for Bristol Oncology Unit from show society president Richard Arney.

Friday, December 11, 2009

THIS year's Frome Fatstock Show enjoyed great support from across the region with entries up across all sections. The overall supreme champion prize...

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Farmers diary for Novemberby Ruth Kimber

Friday, November 06, 2009

WHAT a lovely Autumn we are having. We been able to reseed pasture, mole plough the maize fields to break up any underground pan which waterlogs the...

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