January 4, 2022
Past, pheasant and future
This month Nigel Akehurst visits Wealden Game Farm at Court Lodge Farm in Burwash to meet founder Paul Smith and his wife Yvette and learn more about their flourishing game business.
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January 4, 2022
Thinning woodland benefits the trees
South East Forestry has a unique approach to woodland management that can deliver a surprisingly good return to landowners.
December 7, 2021
Christmas tree pioneers
Nigel Akehurst visits father and son team Michael and Jon Baker at Littledown Christmas Farm in Westfield, near Hastings.
November 8, 2021
From stable to stubble
Sussex Manures offers a comprehensive and professional, end-to-end service, not just picking up and delivering the manure but spreading it on the recipient’s fields to complete the task.
November 8, 2021
Company’s position strengthened in Kent
The ‘buzz’ generated by the opening of a new depot never fades, even when the premises in question is number 19 in the sequence.
November 8, 2021
Quality of fruit was outstanding
A change to this year’s competition saw fewer judges, but with all of them professional agronomists or technical managers it ensured a high level of scrutiny to which growers responded impressively
November 8, 2021
Improving the genetics of sheep
Nigel Akehurst meets Stuart Fletcher of Fletcher's Flock to find out what it takes to be a first-generation sheep farmer in the High Weald.
October 11, 2021
‘Live’ and in-person
The return of the National Fruit Show brings growers, suppliers and buyers together again
October 11, 2021
Looking on the bright cider life
Nigel Akehurst visits Trenchmore Farm in Cowfold, West Sussex, to meet Rachel Knowles, one of the team behind the award-winning Silly Moo Cider and Wagyu cross Sussex Beef.
September 14, 2021
High demand for servicing
Offering unbeatable customer service continues to keep Uckfield-based pressure washer specialists Pressure Clean operating at full bore.
September 13, 2021
Ploughing a place in the community
While still focusing on ploughing, the match is also an agricultural show in the broader sense.
