May 23, 2008
Devon set for Bluetongue vaccine
MAY 22, 2008: Devonis set to be the next region to receive bluetongue vaccineas 4m doses are prepared for release in the next week.
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May 22, 2008
Smallholding show a great success
MAY 22, 2008: More than 23,000 visitors attended the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Smallholder and Garden Festival at the weekend, confirming the huge popularity of the event.
May 18, 2008
Shock report on food waste
MAY 15, 2008; New research shows the cost of needlessly wasted foodto UK households is £10 billion a year, £2 billion higher thanpreviously estimated.
May 17, 2008
Irrigation rules may be reformed
MAY 15, 2008: The Environment Agency may reform irrigation rules to allow farmers to take advantageof climate change and abstract more water during wetter summer months.
May 16, 2008
Queen to attend Yorks show
MAY 15, 2008: The Queen and Prince Philip will be attending the Great Yorkshire Show on July 10.
May 15, 2008
Natural England to spend further £72m
MAY 15, 2008: Natural England hasannounced that an additional £72m will be spent on the naturalenvironment this year.
May 15, 2008
Subscriptions link issue resolved
Customers visiting the Country Smallholding website yesterday may have had problems accessing the subscriptions link.
May 15, 2008
CS columnist gives show talk
MAY 15, 2008: CS columnist Tim Tyne will be giving a talk on Practical Shepherding Skills at the Smallholder and Garden Festival this weekend.
May 14, 2008
Call for ‘fair price’ for chicken producers
MAY 14, 2008: Shoppers want to buy British chicken, but producers need to receive afair price to ensure they can meet long term demand, says the NFU.
May 13, 2008
Rural society ‘run to point of extinction’
MAY 13, 2008: Rural society has been run to the point of extinction by a decade of “top-down” government, according to David Cameron.
May 12, 2008
Call for compromise over free range
MAY 12, 2008: Poultry farmers are not able to meet the growing demand forfree-range eggs because of over-strict RSPCA standards on stockingdensity, according to industry experts.
