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How many divorces have started with moving sheep? As a farmer’s wife, I am an easy target for anything and everything that goes wrong when moving animals. It rains. It’s my fault. I am standing nowhere near the animals and they won’t go in the gate. It’s my fault. Can you see a pattern emerging? … [Read more…]
When you run a farm, you need to make sure that you are taking the safety of you and your employees extremely seriously. There are a lot of risks for safety when it comes to running a farm, and this is the case whether you have livestock or not. In this article, we’re going to … [Read more…]
https://unsplash.com/photos/IQVFVH0ajag No matter who you are or what you do, planning for the future is essential. These plans give you and your family the confidence and the peace of mind that everything will be okay. Even if it doesn’t always work out how you expected, you can at least fall back on your … [Read more…]
I think you’d be forgiven for thinking that the story of Chris Jeffery from farmer’s son to celebrity judge would be ordinary. After reading Farming, Celebs and Plum Pudding Pigs! The Making of Farmer Chris, I discovered his life is as far from ordinary as you can get. The TV celebrity judge on Channel 5 … [Read more…]
It will come as no surprise to some people that the price of wool in the UK has plummeted to the worst prices ever. Last year was bad enough. When we sheared our sheep, the shearer took the fleeces and gave us a discount on shearing for the swap. This year, even the shearer didn’t … [Read more…]
I love the role farms have looking after the countryside. From hedgerows and meadows to tree preservation and ponds, most farms are teeming with wildlife and it goes hand in hand with either the crops or the livestock which the farms produce. I marvel at the amazing birds I see at the farm. Bull finches … [Read more…]
https://unsplash.com/photos/hBuwVLcYTnA Nowadays, more and more project managers are tasked with managing remote teams. Businesses are increasingly outsourcing work so that they can benefit from the best talent, irrespective of where in the world the person is based. While technology today makes this possible, there is no denying that there are unique difficulties associated with … [Read more…]
Say you’ve been homesteading, and you have gone from backyard chickens to goats or other small livestock. You have decided you like this farming thing. Now you want to take the next step and start to grow food that you can sell at a farm stand or market as a side gig or maybe even … [Read more…]
Jeremy Clarkson’s hit show Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon Prime has done a lot for the farming industry. His farm shop, Diddly Squat, has seen the surrounding roads in Chipping Norton gridlocked as shoppers scrambled to visit. On the programme itself, when it first opened, the shop only really had potatoes at first and the crowds … [Read more…]
Photo by Elijah O’Donnell from Pexels If you’re starting to get into farming and raising your own livestock, you might be wondering what type of animals are the best and easiest to keep for a beginner. The first place to look into is the needs of each breed and type of animal. … [Read more…]
