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Diaries of a ‘milk from grass’ pioneer

Diaries of a ‘milk from grass’ pioneer

A Touch of Grass is the somewhat weighty, but fascinating account of Alan Kyle’s life. A pioneering farmer born in 1937 in Northern Ireland, he has drawn the words from diaries he wrote from 1952 until retirement in 1999, and includes hundreds of photos of the farms,...
What’s this grass?

What’s this grass?

Last week I went on a grass identification course run by the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS). This is a habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Plantlife...
Pasture-fed farming is profitable!

Pasture-fed farming is profitable!

The programme cover of the Oxford Real Farming Conference urges its delegates to ‘Enjoy and get involved’, and that is exactly what nearly 800 people did last week at the Oxford Town Hall. Whilst the heritage Oxford Farming Conference (70 years of age this year), was...

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