Blue Faced News Today

The NSA Wales & Border Main Sale, which takes place on 18 September, has attracted 3,500 entries from over 20 breeds selling in 16 rings.

Explore fiber art in all its fabulous forms at the 10th annual Autumn Fiber Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Ruthin primestock sale - October 28

FOR those who, like myself, are stalwarts of Masham Sheep Fair, or those who might make the pilgrimage next year, this event is unique, being…

Unique Yorkshire Dales wool project

Glencroft launches unique Yorkshire Dales wool project

Clothing brand Glencroft is to launch a traceable ‘Farm to Yarn’ Dales wool collection in 2022, following a grant from the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Its been a hard, but exciting road South Cumbrian farmer John Atkinson and his partner Maria Benjamin have trod since we featured them in Farmer three years ago. JOHN Atkinson, born and bred in the Lake District, and Maria Benjamin, who came for work and stayed, are knowledgeable and interesting, passionate and sometimes controversial. John Atkinson’s family has moved just three miles in 600 years, farming in the Crake valley south of Coniston in the Lake District National Park. John,...

NOW RETIRED, David Evans managed St Fort Farm in Fife for 27 years before moving down to Lincolnshire to manage a 4000 acre estate belonging to the Limestone Farming Company for a further 15 years. He spent his retirement in North Wales where he owned 15 acres and kept 20 cows until he was no longer able to look after them, and sold the remainder of his beloved Lincoln Red Herd to the Balcaskie Estate in Fife. He now lives with his daughter near Cirencester, and although increasingly physical...