Hadlow College’s Lambing Weekend Returns
One of the most anticipated events in the Spring calendar is almost here, with Hadlow College’s Lambing Weekend set to return to Kent’s only rural and land-based college later this…
Why South East rural communities can’t be taken for granted at upcoming general election
Tim Bamford By Tim Bamford, Regional Director Country Land and Business Association (CLA). – People in the countryside have faced a generation of economic neglect. Despite covering 85% of our…
MP Tom sees high-tech facilities at Kent rural college first hand!
Tom Tugendhat (third from right), with (from left to right) Dan Cotton, Assistant Principal Land Based Curriculum at Hadlow College, David Gleed, Chief Executive and Executive Principal at North Kent…
Council Leader urges government to protect agricultural land across Thanet
The Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr Rick Everitt, has said that a letter received last week from Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Rachel Maclean MP, provides no…
Rural business group supports government climbdown on oil boilers’ ban and energy efficiency targets
The CLA has welcomed the Government’s climbdown on banning new oil boilers and setting energy efficiency targets for landlords. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed a number of changes to…
122-year-old vintage traction engine wheel stolen from vehicle in Ashford field
Information is being sought after a distinctive wheel from vintage farming machinery was stolen near Ashford. The theft, which is believed to have taken place from around 7pm on Wednesday…
Bird flu curbs lifted in Folkestone and Hythe – but residents warned to remain vigilant
Kent County Council has reported that the last of the disease control measures put in place near Elham, Folkestone and Hythe, following confirmation of the highly pathogenic (HPAI) H5N1 strain…
Burglar who stole equipment worth £55,000 from farms across Kent jailed
A burglar who stole more than £55,000 worth of agricultural equipment from farms across Kent has been jailed. Between 14 July 2022 and 6 March 2023 Jamie Broadmore stole the…
Fruit and veg grower in Kent wins top award
Caroline Ayears Johnson of Watts Farms receiving the Emsden trophy from Paul Cobb of FWAG Watts Farms, a Kent-based family business that grows a rainbow of crops, has won a…
Kent potato crop in danger: Colorado beetle detected
Colorado beetle discovered in Kent Photo: DEFRA A beetle larvae identified in a field in Kent was confirmed yesterday, (Tuesday 11 July), by Defra and the Animal and Plant Health…