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Will's World: One man’s inspiring journey from woe to grow

Good lord, it’s September already. My numerous daughters, much to their collective indignation, are back in school, I’ve started splitting logs whenever I get a spare hour or two, and…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

‘It happens here’: Farming urged to confront domestic abuse

Domestic abuse is not an urban problem that occasionally reaches the countryside. It happens behind farmhouse doors too, where aspects of rural and farming life can make it extraordinarily difficult…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Harvest Photo Comp 2026: Your top shots

A huge thankyou to everyone who entered Farmers Weekly’s annual harvest photo competition. In what was a record year for speedy harvests, we had over 1,300 stunning images submitted to the…

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School pupils get hands-on taste of farming careers

More than 40 school pupils have gained hands-on farming experience as part of a programme aimed at attracting a more diverse agricultural workforce. The 43 Year 9 and 10 pupils…

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Rabi drought fund swamped within hours

A £2m emergency drought fund for farmers has been fully allocated in its first regional phase, after demand for support saw the £400,000 South West allocation fully subscribed within an…

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ITV launches search for farmer looking for love

ITV is searching for single British farmers willing to put rural romance to the test in its new dating series Farming for Love. Presented by Lisa Hogan, who is familiar…

YOUNG FARMERS

Rebekah Housden: Rain and autumn brings invasion of midges

September brings back the familiar daily rain to our small oasis in North Cumbria, signalling an imminent breeding season for the sheep. Travelling to the other end of the county…

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Four live calves born in potential Galloway first

A pedigree Galloway cow has given birth unassisted to four live calves in what could be a first for the historic breed. Political of Balgray delivered three bull calves and…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Veteran paddlers launch £10,000 YANA challenge

Three Norfolk kayakers with a combined age of 245 years are taking to the water this month in a bid to raise £10,000 for rural mental health charity You Are…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Herdsman loses weight and falls back in love with farming

A Wiltshire dairy farmworker who lost nearly 60kg in weight says transforming his health has helped him “fall back in love with farming again”. Dan Chivers, from Lyneham, lost 58.06kg…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Hawkstone Farmers Choir gives £100,000 mental health boost

The Hawkstone Farmers Choir and Hawkstone Brewery are donating £100,000 to farming and mental health charities following the choir’s Britain’s Got Talent success. The choir handed over £50,000 at Jeremy…

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Will's World: Steve missed my farm, but he hit my last nerve

I’ve just spent a few days away with my best mates from the old Harper Adams days. We decided to end the summer with a 15-mile walk along a section…

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Britain’s Fittest Farmer 2026: Meet the finalists

The competition has been as scorching as the weather this year, and our 35 finalists guarantee that the ultimate showdown will be just as hotly contested as the qualifiers. We…

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Farmer braves body wax to raise £10,000 for charities

A Warwickshire farmer and livestock haulier has endured a chest and back wax – and sacrificed both eyebrows – to raise more than £10,000 for charity. David Mawby, who farms…

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Rebekah Housden: Rain and autumn brings invasion of midges

September brings back the familiar daily rain to our small oasis in North Cumbria, signalling an imminent breeding season for the sheep. Travelling to the other end of the county…

YOUNG FARMERS

Ben Blacker: 5 takeaways from this year's flash harvest

Harvest has come and gone in a flash this year. Apart from oilseed rape, yields have been disappointing – particularly considering how promising things looked two months ago, before the…

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Welsh farms urged to open doors to young people

Farmers across Wales are being urged to help bring young people into agriculture by offering farm visits, work experience and employment opportunities. The National Lottery-funded Green Careers Pathway supports 16-…

YOUNG FARMERS

Jess Tilley-Moore: Use sheep medicines more responsibly

If in doubt, drench it. Not everyone says that, but we’ve all met someone who’s convinced a wormer can solve just about anything. As a 20-year-old first-generation farmer with my…

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Britain’s Fittest Farmer 2026: Meet the finalists

The competition has been as scorching as the weather this year, and our 35 finalists guarantee that the ultimate showdown will be just as hotly contested as the qualifiers. We…

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WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: One man’s inspiring journey from woe to grow

Good lord, it’s September already. My numerous daughters, much to their collective indignation, are back in school, I’ve started splitting logs whenever I get a spare hour or two, and…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: Steve missed my farm, but he hit my last nerve

I’ve just spent a few days away with my best mates from the old Harper Adams days. We decided to end the summer with a 15-mile walk along a section…

WILL'S WORLD

Will's World: How shank beat schnitzel in the war

Did everyone get the government emergency alert on their phones last week? At the time I was coaching a rugby training session with my under-14s girls, who need very little…

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Will's World: Losing a fight with a blackberry bush

What passes for a romantic date these days, the present Mrs Evans and I have just returned from a very pleasant evening spent blackberry picking along the wood that borders…

 
 
 

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HEALTH AND WELLBEING

‘It happens here’: Farming urged to confront domestic abuse

Domestic abuse is not an urban problem that occasionally reaches the countryside. It happens behind farmhouse doors too, where aspects of rural and farming life can make it extraordinarily difficult…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Herdsman loses weight and falls back in love with farming

A Wiltshire dairy farmworker who lost nearly 60kg in weight says transforming his health has helped him “fall back in love with farming again”. Dan Chivers, from Lyneham, lost 58.06kg…

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Hawkstone Farmers Choir gives £100,000 mental health boost

The Hawkstone Farmers Choir and Hawkstone Brewery are donating £100,000 to farming and mental health charities following the choir’s Britain’s Got Talent success. The choir handed over £50,000 at Jeremy…

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Farmers choir trains to tackle mental health conversations

Members of the Hawkstone Farmers Choir have completed mental health training to help them support people struggling in farming communities. The choir completed the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution’s (Rabi) one-day course…

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FARMLIFE FRAMED

Harvest Photo Comp 2026: Your top shots

A huge thankyou to everyone who entered Farmers Weekly’s annual harvest photo competition. In what was a record year for speedy harvests, we had over 1,300 stunning images submitted to the…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

7 glorious Harvest Photo Competition entries so far

Photos are flying in for this year’s Farmers Weekly harvest photo competition, in what is an extremely dry harvest. With more than 300 uploads to the gallery so far, there’s plenty of…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: Dolly and Annie make winning team

This week’s Photo of the Week features Dolly McNamara, aged eight, winning first prize in the young handler contest at the Essex Young Farmers Show with her Limousin cow Annie.…

FARMLIFE FRAMED

Photo of the Week: Yarrow the bull chillin' in the sunshine

This week's photo was submitted by Darren Becskehazy, head of cows at Herring Farm in the Lincolnshire Wolds. It shows Yarrow, a Lincoln Red bull – one of the 80-strong…

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