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How to walk a dog near sheep – with farmer Rich
Dogs can harm sheep and their lambs, so how do you keep them safe when walking in the countryside? Farmer…
Farmer Rich Heady reflects on life under lockdown
What a difference a month makes. In my last article I was discussing the possibility of empty fields, redundant grain…
Video: Planting oats, with farmer Rich Heady
I’ve been planting oats that will be harvested this summer and help provide breakfast for the nation. I’m part of…
Video: The journey of oats to porridge, with farmer Rich Heady
I’m Rich and I grow crops, including oats ā come with me and see what oats are, how we grow…
The ups and downs of lambing time on Heady Farm
March and April bring lambing and spring crop planting. Having owned sheep for a number of years now, I have…
Video: Our multi-coloured field of cute calves
Farmer Rich Heady show us his five different breeds of cow and two breeds of bull, that have given a…
“Don’t panic, we’ve got sheds of wheat and fields of beef”
Listen to a short sound snippet from English farmer Rich Heady, about his thoughts on coronavirus and food. Rich says:…
‘Too much tail’: When a farmer’s crop gets rejected
We have all our grain sampled and tested so that we know the quality of our crops, and where best…
Video: Rich Heady ‘bedding the cattle’
Just to clarify, when I ābed the cattleā it is very different to bedding a woman or man ?. Bedding…
Rich’s farm diaries: Climate change and lusty rams
I hope you have all enjoyed Veganuary…a lot of farmers get their knickers in a twist about this, but when…
Behind the scenes at Oxford Farming Conference 2020
I was lucky enough to be selected as an āEmerging Leaderā for this years Oxford Farming Conference. Here is a…
Video: Bringing a livestock market back to the market square
Winslow Christmas Primestock show has been going 150 years. It is a show and sale of cattle and sheep, right…
Autumn on Heady’s farm ā told by farmer, Rich
This yearsā Autumn crop planting has been a disaster. Every time the soil got close to being dry enough to…
Video: A new lease of life for Rich’s oilseed rape?
Mixed farmer, Rich Heady, in Buckinghamshire, England,Ā gives an update on how his oilseed rape is coping with the 2019…
Video: Rich Heady on his first field of direct drilled wheat
Direct drilling our first field of wheat for 2019. New season, new seed drill, new method. lets hope we can…
It’s a wet autumn on Heady’s Farm
During October we should have been busy planting next yearās crops, but for the large part ground conditions have been…