Joe Stanley reflects on the farm’s winter jobs and examines the role that game shooting plays in the rural landscape

Joe Stanley reflects on the ups and downs of the farming year past and looks forward to the one ahead

Farmer Martin Hole explains the challenges of farming with wildlife in a protected wetland. Interview: Lorna Maybery

The production of rice, baked beans and melons in the UK suggests a rosy future for the UK’s food self-sufficiency. But, asks Michael Barker, are such crops a sustainable solution or just an exercise in what’s possible?

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Ever resilient, farmers nonetheless need help to be ...