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This month Richard is in the sheep barn talking about the sheep enterprise at Daylesford. Richard lambs 1,250 Lleyn ewes commercially and also lambs 250...

Ok, so maybe not in the sense that you can hop on board, turn the stereo on and get stuck into the hay or silage...

Richard visits the dairy barn to talk about rearing calves on the farm. The farm has a long calving period; from September until the following...

The Soil Association, in collaboration with Catchment Sensitive Farming, will be running soil health workshops in February, where you will have a chance to learn...

This month, Richard is in the turkey field, discussing rearing turkeys for Christmas. He explains that the main reason for starting a turkey enterprise was...

The GWCT Allerton Project has nearly 25 years of applied science and practical farming experience. We recognise the issues raised in the State of Nature...

For decades, upland farming has come under pressure. At one end accused of not being modern enough, and, at the other, of damaging ecosystems. Yet...

Without question, the Brexit referendum result has opened up a significant debate about the future of agriculture in the UK, and the place of organic...

In our October video blog, Richard discusses subsoiling, drilling oats and training sheep dogs to help you on your farm. Subsoiling Richard starts in a...

We all know compost is good, right? Most of us also know that it is almost impossible to get enough good compost from our own...

I believe that an ecological and preferably local and organic approach is the only way to feed the world sustainably. Part of our quest in...

Richard explains that the lambs at Daylesford Farm are weaned from mid-August and the ewes, having worked hard all summer to rear the lambs, are...

Patrick Holden (organic dairy farmer and Director of the Sustainable Food Trust ) recently gave a talk at Daylesford Organic Farm. This video is footage...

In the general stresses that surround farming including making day-to-day business decisions, not annoying the Rural Payments Agency, looking after stock and crops, managing staff,...

Richard Smith visits a stand of red clover at Daylesford Farm and then demonstrates the use of FECPAK to reduce the reliance on anthelmintic drugs...

As the newest member of the Agricology team, working as Communication Assistant, I am excited to have been thrown in at the deep end to...

What farmers face The Department of Energy and Climate Change is no more but the UK’s legal commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from...

As Head Stockman at an ecologically sustainable business like Daylesford , I am lucky enough to graze my cattle on some of the best organic...

In late May 250 delegates from as far away as China and Brazil, with a large contingent from France and Europe, gathered in Montpelier for...

Richard Smith shows the sainfoin crop being mown at Daylesford Organic farm - a follow on from his previous video blogs . Mowing has been...