Archive

  • Welsh shearing team head to France for World Championships

    The Welsh Shearing Team will be heading to France next month for the 2019 Golden Shears World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.  Currently busy packing, the seven strong team will soon be setting off for Le Dorat in France. The international

  • Study reveals potential for African swine fever vaccine 

    Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have identified African Swine Fever virus (ASFV) proteins that can trigger an immune response in pigs. The team hopes to develop a vaccine using these proteins that is capable of protecting against the deadly

  • Multi-million pollinator project gets green light from EU

    A NEW project that aims to reverse the declines of wild pollinators by working with landmanagers is set to receive a multi-million pound investment from the EU’s North Sea Region Interreg Programme. BEESPOKE (Benefitting Ecosystems through Evaluation

  • Cornish Producer Wins BBC Food and Farming Award 

    The Cornish Duck Company has won the title "Best Food Producer" at the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2019. The prestigious awards were presented last week in a star-studded ceremony at City Hall in Bristol, where Roger and Tanya Olver picked up their