farming

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Countryfile Presenters

Adam Henson’s animals: Glamrock pigs

Wheat crops

Sara Maitland: Is growing crops to create energy the best use of Britain’s farmland?

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Wildlife stories

British fava beans – history and recipes

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Can the UK feed itself after Brexit?

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Michael Gove backs total ban on bee-killing pesticides

Abergavenny Food Festival 2017

Opinion: a bold vision for the future of farming

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Farmland birds and butterfly numbers boosted by nature friendly farming

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Wildlife stories

Common pesticides putting bumblebees at risk of extinction, finds research

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How to get into farming

Fruit pickers working in intensive fruit farming environment harvest strawberries from poly tunnels in summer sunshine.

Migrant labour shortage leaves British farmers struggling at harvest time

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Five big stories affecting rural Britain right now

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Things to do in June – days out & country events

UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 12: Sheep ewe and lambs shelter by drystone wall and gorse bush in Exmoor National Park, Somerset, United Kingdom (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Countryfile Presenters

Adam Henson: learning farming speak for sheep and pigs

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Wildlife stories

Pesticides affect bees’ spatial memories, finds study

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‘Nature-first’ Welsh shepherd wins £1 tenancy to £1m Great Orme farm