If you had asked anyone a few years ago who would be shining the best light on what a brutal and thankless job farming is, who would have put their hands up and said Jeremy Clarkson? The guy continues to cause controversy but when it comes to this programme, he's got it right. Showing the heart and soul of the farming world, the community, the animals, the care and the …

I was in two minds about watching the second series of Clarkson’s Farm. Some of the recent comments by the eponymous presenter are no good at all and he never really seems to show any motivation to think about what he’s said or change his ways. However, this show is one of the only ones out there that’s really managing to highlight how difficult farming is at the moment, in …

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show as a family catch-up day out. It’s a farm show located between those two towns and it’s been going for a long, long time. It’s not a huge show but it’s well stocked with cows and sheep being judged, lots of tractors, some old steam engines, plus plenty of independent stalls from people selling their high quality …

Since The Grand Tour became more of An Occasional Jaunt, the three presenters have been trying their hand at other things, usually turning their hobbies into business ventures. James May learned to cook and bought a pub, Jeremy Clarkson got into farming in a big (tractor) way, and Richard Hammond ploughed all his time and money into a classic car restoration business. All of them have made TV shows along …

I'd sort of only heard of Open Farm Sunday from when I used to listen to The Archers. But finally I have tracked one down and attended. Cute animals, robotic milking machines, a walk through the fields. What's not to like?

I've wanted to go to a ploughing match for ages - ever since I heard the antics from one on The Archers. I like country and farming stuff, but I couldn't quite imagine how a ploughing match would work. My parents have been keeping an eye on when and where ploughing matches have been taking place, and finally all the stars were aligned (read: I got myself organised) so that …

Mr C is often surprised, no, actually, the word is aghast, at the number of podcast episodes I have to listen to and how far back some of them are dated. I recently tried to play him a TWiT episode from March. Actually, even I think that is a bit extreme, but in some cases, it doesn't really matter how old the information is. I listen to Farming Today, and …