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Industry is bucking the trend

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:40:00 +0000

By Debbie James Confidence isn’t a word used often by economic commentators in these straitened times.

No sense in bid to ban raw milk

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:00:00 +0100

Nothing quite compares to the fresh, creamy taste of milk straight from the cow.

Letters

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:29:51 +0100

Dear editor – Nothing stands still, 100 years ago there was hardly a herd of dairy cows with more than 25 cows, today most herds have more than 100 cows and some have over 1,000 cows.

Shows thrive by sticking to roots

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:28:58 +0100

No amount of money has given me more pleasure then a shiny £1 coin contained in a brown envelope, my winnings after coming third in a cake making competition at a local agricultural show.

Farmer letters

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:40:00 +0100

Plans for the proposed slurry lagoon in Hermon raise a number of issues.

Weathering storm of climate control

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:40:00 +0100

While most of the population lapped up the sunshine and cloudless skies that dominated the weather pattern in recent weeks, farmers were getting twitchy about the absence of rain.

National parks must strike a fine balance

Sat, 28 May 2011 10:20:00 +0100

It’s 62 years since the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act guaranteed the preservation of the nation’s most valued landscapes and kept major development out.

Memory lane could lead to a sad future

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:40:00 +0000

I recently took a trip down memory lane, or rather the lane that led to the dairy farm where I spent most of my childhood.

World at turning point for action on climate change

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:10:00 +0000

We finally had the white Christmas we all longed for, pretty as a picture, but was it as joyous as the one Bing Crosby used to know? Was it heck.

Let’s not forget why we’re here!

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:00:00 +0000

AT the recent NFU Cymru conference, Wales’ rural affairs minister defended her new land management scheme, Glastir, from a volley of criticism.