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October 11, 2008
Embracing the importance of productive agriculture and reducing regulation that restricts competitive practice are two key steps governments must take to ensure secure food production on a global level, NFU Vice President Paul Temple told…
October 10, 2008
The current slowdown in the economy, soaring fuel costs and declining housing market will have a greater impact in rural Wales than other parts of Britain, warns the Legal Services Comission (LSC).
October 9, 2008
The major stakeholders in the beekeeping industry in the UK have met to discuss the crisis of the declining bee population.
October 8, 2008
Farmers and growers battling to get in crops from saturated fields have been given a life line after Defra announced a further temporary suspension of the rules governing the work while land is wet.
October 8, 2008
The wet August may have been a washout for most people – but it was a big hit with geese. Some regions had three times the average rainfall — and less than half the average…
October 8, 2008
A bumper global harvest could help make up the shortfall in UK production after the wettest August on record brought the domestic harvest to a near standstill.
October 7, 2008
The vice chairman of the NFU board for horticulture will be urging growers to write to their MEPs following this week's joint NFU/HDC pesticide conference in North Yorkshire.
October 7, 2008
Bluetongue vaccine uptake has been as low as 50% in the livestock heartlands of South West and western England – despite a campaign urging producers to vaccinate animals, it is claimed.
October 7, 2008
Two thousand people flocked to Sheringham Park in Norfolk for a special event dedicated to smallholding.
October 7, 2008
People are leaving the agricultural industry in droves because of the lack of income and the continued threat of new and unnecessary regulations such as electronic identification (EID), according to the National Sheep Association.
September 10, 2008
Despite a new Government initiative to help farmland birds, their numbers will continue to drop this year, says the RSPB.
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