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Cheese prices push farmers to limit

Cheese prices push farmers to limit

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

It cannot have escaped your attention – assuming you pass through the portals of your local supermarket now and then – that there is a lot of cheap cheese about this summer. And at remarkably low prices.

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I won't mourn end of Royal Show

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Much forced gaiety was in evidence as the Royal Show closed its gates for the final time last week – but for those of us who were obliged to...

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Profit should not be dirty word for farmers

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

If the conservation lobby wants to know why it still sparks the occasional adverse reaction from farmers, I have the answer. It's because there are...

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Bleak future for schools

Bleak future for schools

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

No signs of any falling off in demand for second homes in the more scenic parts of the region, but how much more damage are we going to allow to be...

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Going from scandalous to surreal

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

OFF to the Bath and West today to see if any new records are being set – on the catering front.

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Crop spraying

Crop spraying

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

T he NFU president always has something of a tightrope to walk. He's got to be on pretty good terms with the Government in order for his voice to be...

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Best of British? Our food's real identity

Best of British?  Our food's real identity

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

So is the EU finally going to haul down the flag of convenience under which so many food products are surreptitiously sneaked into our homes?

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A long way to go yet

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Blossom everywhere in the apple orchards, with growers like Somerset's Julian Temperley declaring it to be one of the most spectacular shows they can...

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Benn in a spot of bother

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Still no reply from Hilary Benn to the invitation he was sent to come to talk to South West farmers about his TB policies – or lack of them

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Warning from French farms

Warning from French farms

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

The case of Canadian pigs being infected with swine flu by a worker who had been on holiday in Mexico put me in mind of the reluctance of some farmers...

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