January 28, 2008
Fears of new bluetongue outbreak
JANUARY 28, 2008: Tests are being carried out to check whether there has been a new outbreak of the bluetongue in animals in north-west England.
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January 28, 2008
Making muddy matches
JANUARY 23, 2008: Two sisters who set up an online dating agency for country people havespent two months touring Britain in a motorhome to find out how theytick.
January 28, 2008
DVD features Longhorns
JANUARY 28, 2008: In what is thought to be a first for cattle breed societies, theLonghorn Cattle Society has produced a DVD to promote the breed.
January 27, 2008
Blight ‘worst for 50 years’
JANUARY 27, 2008: Last year was the worst for potato blight in 50 years, but the SoilAssociation said two-thirds of its organic farmers managed by usingblight resistant varieties, crop rotations and burning or choppinginfected vegetation.
January 27, 2008
Gift of life for ‘low’ worms
JANUARY 27, 2008: Scientists carry out some bizarre experiments – and giving worms antidepressants might seem among the strangest.
January 26, 2008
Work out your ‘food print’
JANUARY 25, 2008: Shoppers now have plenty to think about when they buy food – animalwelfare, pesticides, antibiotics, food miles, carbon emissions, not tomention price.
January 25, 2008
Helping growers stay afloat
JANUARY 25, 2008: Garden Organic has joined forces with the Soil Association to helpfarmers account for the loss of produce during this year’s wet growingseason.
January 25, 2008
Veg varieties ‘being killed by EU red tape’
JANUARY 26, 2008: A staggering 98% of vegetable varieties have disappeared over the last100 years and EU regulations are set to speed this decline.
January 25, 2008
Food supply ‘balanced on a knife edge’
JANUARY 23, 2008: The world's food supply is balanced on a knife edge between sufficiency and shortage, according to the National Farmers' Union.
January 25, 2008
West Wales and East Anglia most popular areas for
JANUARY 25, 2008: West Wales and East Anglia are proving the the most popular areas forbuyers looking for a smallholding, according to a a specialist estateagent.
January 19, 2008
Government ‘doesn’t care about farming’
January 18, 2008: Defra and the Government at Westminster don't care about farming and sheep farmers and livestock producers have no sustainable future, it was claimed at the British Wool Marketing Board annual conference in…
