Will's World WILL'S WORLDWill's World: 10 delicious confessions of a Groundswell goerThe present Mrs Evans and I have just spent two days at Groundswell. It’s my favourite farming event, by some distance, and it’ll take me some time to properly process… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: The soundtrack of my farming childhoodMake hay while the sun shines, they say. And for the past few weeks, on and off, I’ve been doing just that. What marvellous weather we’ve had for it; I… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: A modern farmer's guide to influencing peopleIt was just a few seconds after getting a face full of wheat chaff and rat shit that I began to question my life choices. I’d done everything I could… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: What if Zeichner and Reed came to our farm?I’ve been particularly enjoying the videos that shadow justice secretary and wannabe Tory leader Robert Jenrick (patience Bob, you’ll all get a go soon enough) has been posting online lately.… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Spring tour with some Springsteen thrown inWhat is it they say? Leave the farm once a week, the county once a month, and the country once a year. I’m not sure it fits particularly well with… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: If you want a sensible solution, hire a farmerI don’t particularly like this phrase – mainly because it makes me sound like one of those perma-furious types who spend their time writing letters to the Daily Mail or… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Long live the farmer's faithful four-legged friendOne of my numerous daughters recently asked me: “What’s the best thing about being a farmer?” I was a little preoccupied at the time, so I assured her that I’d… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: A farmer’s guide to surviving without rainThere are many things that we Welsh do well. Flag design, spectacular scenery, emotionally roaring out a national anthem, agricultural shows, and some of the best food and drink products… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Rugby World Cup is perfect time to plug proteinThis will be a familiar tale to fellow parents. Several years ago, the eldest of our numerous daughters expressed an interest in playing rugby. She’d enjoyed watching the game with… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: A farming day when nothing goes wrong? If only“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same” – so wrote Rudyard Kipling, in his seminal 1895 poem If. I’ve always particularly… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: Smelly TikTok craze is dripping with nostalgiaBeef tallow is, as the popular parlance goes, having a moment. You may rightly ask how a middle-aged farmer could possibly know anything about what’s currently in vogue with the… WILL'S WORLDWill's World: How to get more bang from your spring barleyLike everyone else who put spring barley in the ground this year, I’ve been praying for rain. Also like everyone else who put spring barley in the ground this year,… More articles
