The Farmer Network has for many years supported young people to explore a farming related business idea, many of whom have gone on to create their own business. Some have set off to farm in […]
Farmers in the Yorkshire Dales are invited to attend meetings to discuss the often difficult issue of succession and retirement. The Farmer Network says it often talks to members who are facing decisions on who […]
The deadline for entries to the Wensleydale Agricultural Show is this Wednesday. The event will take place on Saturday, August 26 near Leyburn. The show features a range of competitive classes including local livestock, horticulture […]
Upland farmers will be briefed on how they could earn thousands of pounds a year from a government payment scheme, at meetings to be held this month. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has organised […]
A pioneering agricultural scheme that supports nature recovery, mitigates climate change impacts and provides opportunities for people to discover and understand rural landscapes could be extended beyond the boundaries of national parks and areas of […]
A Dales farmer and chair of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has been elected chair of National Parks England, the body which provides a collective voice for National Park’s across the country. Neil Heseltine’s […]
A new documentary film promotes understanding of hill farming in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Stephen Bostock and nephew Dave Fullerton share the hardships and joys of their working life at Hall Farm in Gammersgill […]
A trial that officials say could rejuvenate the trade in hill sheep fleeces began this week on a vast peatland in the Yorkshire Dales In December the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority awarded a Farming […]
A farmer was taken to his funeral by tractor and trailer today, with the vicar leading the procession on another tractor. John Metcalfe’s coffin was brought to church on a trailer pulled by a classic […]
Fencing and a forestry track are currently being installed to allow for the planting of a large native broadleaved woodland in Arkengarthdale. The trees will be on the steep fellside beneath Fremington Edge. Managing the […]
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