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  • Where smallholders get more property for their money

    Fenland is a term applied loosely to a large area of Eastern England from the South of the Wolds in Lincolnshire, to parts of Norfolk and across into North Cambridgeshire. Fenland, the area covered by Fenland District Council is more tightly defined,

  • Training day for horse riders and rights of way enthusiasts

    The British Horse Society are holding a free training session (for members)on bridleways and rights of way on the 23rd Jan 2010 at the Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, starting at 10am, the days. The day includes lunch. To find

  • Farmers and smallholders surveyed on fluke control

    The National Sheep Association and Janssen Animal Health carried out a survey recently to look at farmers’ attitudes to fluke control. With the fluke threat estimated to reach peak levels in some areas this winter, the results are timely. Some 400 farmers

  • Holsworthy fayre success for south west farrmers

    The 2009 Holsworthy and Stratton Winter Fayre took with a good entry of cattle, sheep and produce on display and going under the hammer. Taking the overall supreme championship in the cattle lines was Liskeard based Nigel and Elizabeth Bunkum with one

  • Farmers and smallholders surveyed on fluke control

    The National Sheep Association and Janssen Animal Health carried out a survey recently to look at farmers’ attitudes to fluke control. With the fluke threat estimated to reach peak levels in some areas this winter, the results are timely. Some 400 farmers

  • Sheep shearing personality of the year is named

    Doug Lambie, who farms in North Wales and is a Shearing Instructor with the British Wool Marketing Board, has been awarded the Shearing Personality of the Year title presented by the British Isles Shearing Competition Association (BISCA). Doug, 45,

  • Drive for woodland cover - Royal Cornwall Show competition

    The drive to create new woodland cover in Cornwall is given fresh impetus by the value of trees in carbon offsetting. Geraint Richards, secretary of the forestry section of the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association (RCAA), says carbon offsetting