Restoration work is taking place at the most damaged blanket bog peatland in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Thousands of tonnes of coir, brash and stone have been brought this spring to Fleet Moss, Oughtershaw […]
Tributes have been paid to a popular young farmer and stocksperson who has died aged 26. Hannah Brown, originally from Newton-le-Willows, passed away last month after an illness. Hannah grew up on the farm of […]
Dales shepherdess and TV star Amanda Owen has revealed she had her eighth child on her own in front of the fire rather than travel to hospital. The mother-of-nine, who farms with husband Clive at […]
Ten pockets of woodland are being planted by watercourses in the upper River Ure catchment over the next few weeks. Newbiggin Beck in Wensleydale is one such area where trees are about to go into […]
“We are enthusiastic about the changes that can be made to the farm,” said Jenny Bowes by the lambing shed. Ghyll Bank Farm near Orton in Cumbria, which she runs with husband Lenny, is one […]
An £8.5 million project to connect, restore and enhance the Tees and Swale valleys has been launched. Tees-Swale: naturally connected programme, predominantly funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, is a five year scheme being […]
It was a bitter winter’s day in March 1979 and Jennie Harker was anxiously awaiting her husband’s return. Clifford had gone to feed their sheep that morning, but it was dark and he was late. […]
Planning has begun on this year’s Great Yorkshire Show following the announcement of the Government’s roadmap out of coronavirus restrictions. The Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) has confirmed that it is planning for the show to […]
The Wensleydale Agricultural Society says it will hold the 107th Wensleydale Agricultural Show this year, although what shape it will take will depend on covid-19 restrictions. Organisers say the success of the 106th show, which […]
Farmers are launching numerous bids across the region to diversify by converting low value farmland into dog exercise parks, following mounting concerns over thefts and livestock attacks. Dozens of proposals to securely fence off land, […]
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