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Farm animals all across the country are being put through their paces in a bid to win the many coveted prizes at this year's show. This year an incredible 2,356 cattle, pigs, sheep and goats will be at the show, all taking part to try to win the muchcoveted Blue Rosette.
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While many agricultural businesses have been badly affected by the recent rise in fuel prices, Cornish farmer Adrian Coombe has protected himself from any future hikes by having a bio-mass boiler installed, fuelled by the wood off his farmland. Dupath Farm has been in his family since the 1940s, but he and wife Lyn took over the farmhouse, barn and conference centre just two years ago, used for weddings, functions and corporate events for large companies. Keen to make the business as cost-effective as possible, Mr Coombe investigated a commercial bio-mass boiler and was pleased to find out that it not only would it save a great deal on his extremely high electricity bills, through using his own logs, but also it had the potential to generate more than Pounds 6,000 a year in payments fro...
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A FARMING family is fighting the economic downturn by transforming disused agricultural buildings into holiday homes. Six cottages have been created on land at Ash Farm in North Willingham in the Lincolnshire Wolds.
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WITH his Toby jug ears, fleshy lips and wide, wonky grin, his is one of the most recognisable faces on TV. But, as actor Martin Clunes readily admits, there was a time when he worried that his unconventional looks would prevent him being a success.
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When the milk co-operative that bought the milk from Graylands Farm on Dundry Hill went bust two years ago, the Parfitt family had some serious decisions to make. After all, this farm in North Somerset has been run by the same family for the past 80 years and is now into its third generation. The last thing the Parfitts wanted to do was throw away gallons of good quality milk.
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I T'S hard not to laugh at the antics of the piglets that career around cosy strawbedded sheds at Cowshill Farm. For John and Susan Childs, watching these tiny bundles of energy can be a happy diversion from the hard work and long hours that farming demands. At the same time, each piglet and calf is a symbol of hope; both for their family's future in agriculture and for the continuation of native breeds that have come perilously close to extinction. Today the lives of John and Susan, together with their son, Robert, revolve around rare breed Berkshire, British Lop and Mangalitsa pigs and Old Gloucester Cattle. The way they're farming now is very different from the days when they looked after 4,000 hybrid pigs and ran a successful agricultural building business from Hewelsfield, near Col...
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Picture: STACEY OLIVER A LIVESTOCK farmer who claimed he was victimised by Trading Standards has spoken of his anger after a three-year battle to clear his name. David Williams, 52, walked out of Mold Crown Court yesterday having won victory in his long fight for "justice". At the eleventh hour trading standards officers from Conwy County Borough Council decided not to contest his appeal against two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
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A DECADE ago when a farmer sold off his 150-acre arable and beef fattening unit in Shropshire and headed for West Wales, he didn't realise that he would find a wife too as well as a great property for his new venture. Steven Morgan had an open mind as to what type of farming enterprise he was going to go for - depending on the terrain and existing facilities - and romance was far from his mind.
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WITH his Toby jug ears, fleshy lips and wide, wonky grin, his is one of the most recognisable faces on British TV. But, as actor Martin Clunes readily admits, there was a time when he worried that his unconventional looks would prevent him being a success.
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WITH his Toby jug ears, fleshy lips and wide, wonky grin, his is one of the most recognisable faces on British TV. But, as actor Martin Clunes readily admits, there was a time when he worried that his unconventional looks would prevent him being a success.
