Saturday, 06 September 2025
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Rocking around clock on combine
06/09/21
THIS year’s harvest is definitely not a vintage one but there are much better yields of grain than last year. Oh, the agony and ecstasy of harvest! It marks the culmination of a year of hard work battling against the elements. When we plant the ...
Three wishes for new farming year
10/01/22
HAPPY New Year. Things can only get better. That would make a catchy tune... oh, it has already been done. Never mind, there must be other ways we can diversify our income because farming is never going to make anyone rich, especially now. ...
Two weeks until food has gone...
09/08/21
AROUND August 20 we will run out of food. That’s a sobering thought but actually it’s not likely to happen while we can still import food. The statement does bear further scrutiny, though. This is the date that the country would ...
Helping rare wild birds to survive
05/04/21
AS a farm, we are a member of the Christmas Common Cluster, which is a group of farmers and landowners who have got together to work on environmental projects in our area. By working collectively, as well as on our own projects,...
Animal antics at the Henley Show
11/09/12
Ferret racing, showjumping and sheep shearing were among the animal attractions at the 2012 Henley Show.
Open Farm Sunday a sunny success
15/06/14
HUNDREDS of people visited Shiplake Farm as part of Open Farm Sunday. There were trailer tractor rides, a machinery display and cattle on show. A cake stall raised more than £500 for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air ...
Police help round up 20 alpacas after farm escape
30/06/14
POLICE were called in to help round up 20 alpacas after they escaped from a farm. The animals slipped out of an open gate at Bozedown Alpacas, off the B471 in Whitchurch, shortly before 11am on Monday. Residents ...
Hundreds visit farms
16/06/14
HUNDREDS of people visited Shiplake Farm as part of Open Farm Sunday. There were trailer tractor rides, a machinery display and cattle on show. A cake stall raised more than £500 for the Thames Valley and ...
Charity convoy
21/07/14
A CONVOY of tractors will take part in a pub crawl around villages in South Oxfordshire next month. The event, organised by the Kidmore End branch of the Royal British Legion, will starts at the ...
Open afternoon at farm
AN open day will be held at Chalkhouse Farm in Chalkhouse Green on Sunday (2pm to 6pm). Attractions will include a rare breeds animal display, heavy horse demonstrations, pony and donkey rides, ...
Man who started poppy farming in Britain
11/08/14
THEY have become a familiar site in fields across South Oxfordshire in early summer — beautiful swathes of pale purple poppies. Now the man from Chalkhouse Green who introduced the growing of ...
Farmers laugh off the cold for charity tractor run
19/05/14
A CONVOY of 55 vintage tractors set off from Fingest on a 27-mile charity run through the Chilterns. Farmers gathered in a field near the Chequers pub on Sunday for a short service conducted ...
Set-up begins for Henley Show
05/09/12
We meet Henley Show chairman Mike Cannon as organisers prepare for the arrival of up to 20,000 visitors on Saturday.
Farmyard fun at Chalkhouse Green Farm open day
27/07/12
Families met the animals and enjoyed cream teas at Chalkhouse Green Farm's fund-raising open day on Sunday.
Estate owner leads protest
17/02/14
THE owner of the Hardwick Estate in Whitchurch is to lead a protest in London on Thursday. Sir Julian Rose and his supporters will gather outside the Polish embassy in support of the ...
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