THE emergency aid package agreed by the European Commission for those vegetable growers affected by the recent E.coli crisis in Germany is to be increased to €227 million.
An article in the Farmers Guardian reports that dedicated milk producers for Marks & Spencers will be on a standard litre price of 31.737ppl from August 1st.
Most private sewers and drains will automatically be transferred on 1 October 2011 to the ownership of water and sewerage companies, which will take over responsibility for their maintenanc