According to the Farmers Weekly, farm minister Jim Paice, has announced that badger cull pilot schemes will take place in West Gloucestershire and West Somerset.
Farmers from the areas can now apply for culling licences to tackle the devastating impact of bovine TB, he said.
Mr Paice made the announcement in a written ministerial statement on Thursday (19 January).
The two areas in West...
According to the Farmer Guardian more than 200 people turned out to support a farmer who is refusing to sell his land for the development of a new generation nuclear power station.
Dairy farmer Richard Jones and his family has farmed at Caerdegog, near Llanfechell, for 300 years and says losing 65 acres of the farm’s best agricultural land plus another 20 acres of rented ground would make the holding unviable.
Developers,...
According to the Farmers Guardian the National Beef Association has welcomed the appointment of Professor Christopher Wathes to oversee the two English pilot badger culls.
Farming Minister Jim Paice announced that Prof Wathes had been appointed as chairman of the independent panel of experts that will oversee the pilots when he unveiled their location – West Somerset and West Gloucestershire – last week.
Prof Wathes is...
According to a report in the Telegraph, the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) have found that the typical number of house hunters registered per branch in December was 294, 32 more than the average figure for November, with viewings continuing right up until the Christmas break.
The percentage of first-time buyers also rose to 21pc, continuing the increase since this section of the market...
According to the Farmers Guardian the New Zealand Farmers Federation is campaigning for sheep shearing to be included in future Olympic Games.
Calling for sheep shearing to become an Olympic sport, the federation claims wool clippers are world-class athletes and that sheep shearing is now a bona fide sport which deserves international recognition.
Speaking ahead of the World Shearing Championships, due to be held on New...
A report in the Farmers Guardian says that DEFRA Ministers are set to unveil the broad location of the two English pilot badger cull areas today.
The areas were selected by Ministers from a shortlist of ‘about eight’ submitted by the NFU and National Beef Association.
The groups of farmers in these areas, which demonstrated good levels of farmer support and the presence of boundaries to limit the negative effects of culling...
A report in the Farmers Guardian says that while the pressure is on councils to sell off their farms to raise revenue, one local authority has outlined its commitment to bolster them.
UK farming has suffered under the regime of reduced Government subsidies and now the industry is to take a further hit in a round of local authority cost-cutting.
But Cheshire East Council’s Cabinet member...
Wiseman Dairies has accepted a cash offer of £279.5m from the German dairy group based in Market Drayton, Muller.
Executive Chairman of Wiseman's said "The combination of Muller and Wiseman make strong commerical and strategic sense, creating a leading integrated dairy business in the UK with complementary positions in the yoghurt and potted desserts market and the fresh milk market".
Müller is a Luxembourg incorporated company...
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THE role agricultural shows play in rural Britain has probably never been more important. That was the finding of a Farmers Guardian survey of readers into what makes a good agricultural show. David Boderke reports.
The past 10 years have seen major upheaval for the agricultural show scene, so Farmers Guardian decided to ask readers for their views on what shows...
According to the Farmers Guardian the number of Welsh herds under bovine TB restrictions is on the rise and compensation payments are falling, according to the latest Welsh Government figures.
The figures show a proportionately higher incidence of TB in 2011 than 2010, highlighted by the fact that in the first eight months of 2011 the number of Welsh herds under restrictions stood at 1,119 (140 per month) in comparison to 114 per...
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