November 8, 2021
Improving the genetics of sheep
Nigel Akehurst meets Stuart Fletcher of Fletcher's Flock to find out what it takes to be a first-generation sheep farmer in the High Weald.
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October 11, 2021
‘Live’ and in-person
The return of the National Fruit Show brings growers, suppliers and buyers together again
October 11, 2021
Looking on the bright cider life
Nigel Akehurst visits Trenchmore Farm in Cowfold, West Sussex, to meet Rachel Knowles, one of the team behind the award-winning Silly Moo Cider and Wagyu cross Sussex Beef.
September 14, 2021
High demand for servicing
Offering unbeatable customer service continues to keep Uckfield-based pressure washer specialists Pressure Clean operating at full bore.
September 13, 2021
Ploughing a place in the community
While still focusing on ploughing, the match is also an agricultural show in the broader sense.
September 13, 2021
Log concept was simple but persuasive
A business venture that was originally set up to keep a property company’s staff busy during quiet times has proved so successful that it is now being offered as a franchise.
September 13, 2021
Spacious and well-equipped site
We are hoping customers will join us at the open day to see what we now have to offer here in Hampshire.
September 13, 2021
Farming and camping
This month Nigel Akehurst visits small-scale poultry farmers J A Keen & Son at Etherley Farm, a 165-acre National Trust tenanted farm situated at the foot of Leith Hill, an area of outstanding natural beauty.…
August 16, 2021
Two combines for the price of a service
An Aldington farmer produces the original invoice, revealing that in April 1962 the family business paid around £5,500 – including an ‘out-of-season discount’ – for not one, but two, Matadors.
August 16, 2021
Turning a corner after TB setback
This month Nigel Akehurst visits Hook and Son to meet father and son team Phil and Steve Hook, organic dairy and raw milk producers located at Longleys Farm in Hailsham, East Sussex.
July 19, 2021
The cherry on the cake
Despite having been known and respected in the UK for more than ten years, Chilean fruit growers FGA (Fruit Growers Alianza) lacked one thing – English cherries.
