Livestock Farmer Focus FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: A year of TV highs and disease lowsReflecting on the year, I’d say 2024 has been a roller coaster. I have gained enormous satisfaction from creating a pig unit set up on self-drilled grass leys in early… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Bovaer fallout shows the struggle we haveI can’t believe we’ve reached this stage of the year already – it seems to have flown in. What I also can’t quite get my head around is the fact… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Will robot shed be ready for Christmas?It soon comes round, does Christmas. There never seems to be enough time in December to get everything done, especially when there’s an ongoing project – in this instance, our… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Good and bad of farming social mediaOver the past few weeks we’ve seen the positive impact and negative impact of social media within agriculture. First, a positive impact gathering people together from across Britain to demonstrate… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Farmland tax quarrel should focus on profitsI wasn’t going to mention it, but after a long chat with Farmers Weekly, it seemed to boil down to whether I want to risk upsetting people. So, I am… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Tax changes will push families to plan soonerOver the past few weeks, I have been involved in several events organised to voice the great concerns within the agricultural industry over the changes in inheritance tax laws. This… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Renewed bull team helps conception rateWe got our first taste of winter in the last week of November. We had around nine inches (23cm) of snowfall, followed by a very quick thaw. Other than this… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Dipping our toe into cattle productionLike our terminal-sired tups, the Aberfield SRs have been flying through the ewes, with everything covered in a fortnight. It seems that the teaser has done his job well. This… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Oz trip proves again 'grass isn’t greener'My wife, Debbie, and I are in Australia visiting our daughter in Sydney. We have travelled south to Victoria where we have caught up with other family members as well… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Would a new national park stifle farming more?Following on from the UK government Budget, I have been wondering what’s next in terms of barriers to a farming future. The relentlessness of policy changes includes the cruel inheritance… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Supply chains are vulnerable to farmer protestTell me if this sounds familiar: we are a family farm – I’m fourth generation teaching the fifth. From 1919, each generation has developed this business, improving it for the… FARMER FOCUSFarmer Focus: Three-times-a-day milking means earlier finishWe moved to three-times-a-day milking at the start of the month. I believe milk price and feed price currently lend themselves to it, but the real driver is to try… More articles
