Farming News
'Heads should roll' after £20,000 loss at Cumbrian auction firm
Published 2 January 2009
A former chairman of Penrith Farmers’ and Kidd’s has called for action after the company made a £20,000 loss last year.
Seminars will explain nitrate rules
Published 2 January 2009
Free seminars on reducing nitrate pollution are being held in Penrith next week.
New team to help Cumbrian farmers
Published 2 January 2009
A new team has been created to offer free advice to Cumbrian farmers on Environmental Stewardship Schemes.
Cumbria farming advice group loses fifth of its funding
Published 24 December 2008
Cumbria Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group has a challenging year ahead, members heard at the charity’s annual meeting.
Payments are early present for Cumbrian farmers
Published 23 December 2008
Some Cumbrian farmers got an early Christmas present last week when they discovered their Single Farm Payments were already in their bank accounts.
Shops should pass on benefits of beef boom to Cumbrian farmers
Published 23 December 2008
Cumbrian farmers should be benefiting more from a consumer spending boom on English beef, according to the National Beef Association.
Mart issues more shares to pay off debts and raise extra cash
Published 23 December 2008
MITCHELL’S Auction Company has issued more shares to raise cash and pay off some of its debt.
Hill farmers get share of £31m funds
Published 23 December 2008
CRISIS-HIT Cumbrian hill farmers are to grab a large slice of a new £31 million annual support scheme.
Cumbria hill farmers get share of £31m funds
Published 19 December 2008
CRISIS-HIT Cumbrian hill farmers are to grab a large slice of a new £31 million annual support scheme.
TV presenter Helen Skelton urges farmers to dig deep and raises £25,000
Published 12 December 2008
A charity auction in Carlisle raised more than £25,000 thanks to the generosity of the farming community.
Dairy farmers in crisis talks after milk co-op’s price cut
Published 12 December 2008
Hundreds of Cumbrian farmers attended emergency meetings with Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB) this week following the milk co-operative’s announcement of a 2p per litre price cut.
Young farmers pit wits
Published 12 December 2008
ALMOST 500 young farmers took part in this year’s county quiz competition.
Border Charolais Club stalwart Nora retires
Published 12 December 2008
NORA Jefferson has retired after almost 20 years as Border Charolais Club secretary
Report on OPs is unearthed
Published 12 December 2008
CUMBRIAN MP Tim Farron, who is also the Shadow Secretary of State for Defra, has called on the Government to respond to the uncovering of a report on organophosphates.
No sign over good times promised for farming
Published 10 December 2008
GOOD times were trumpeted for farming in 2008, but the much heralded turnaround never really got off the starting blocks this year.
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Published 9 December 2008
CUMBRIAN dairy farmer Matt Fisher, from Penrith, will soon swap his overalls for more tropical attire after winning a trip to Malaysia.
Co-op is ‘dead duck’ after dropping price
Published 9 December 2008
After calling for a dairy super co-op in last month’s Cumbria Farmer, county NFU chairman Russell Bowman has branded Dairy Farmers of Britain a ‘dead duck’ following its 2p per litre price drop.
EID petition for Benn
Published 9 December 2008
THE Country Land and Business Association (CLA) presented Secretary of State Hilary Benn with a petition of more than 2,000 signatures opposing the implementation of electronic sheep tagging.
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Published 9 December 2008
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has come under fire for not appointing a dedicated farming minister to the House of Lords.
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Published 9 December 2008
BRITAIN’S hospital patients, civil servants, armed forces personnel and others eating in government establishments are being fed increasingly seasonal, home-grown food, Farming and Environment Minister Jane Kennedy has said.BLUETONGUE BTV1 has been found in five imported cattle on premises near Blackpool.CATTLE farmers are to receive grants on a sliding scale next year for the collection and disposal of over 48-month-old cattle that die on farms. Defra has given the National Fallen Stock Company a £2 million grant to ease the transition when free collection of fallen cattle taken for BSE testing ends in January.FARMERS and land managers in 110 areas across England are being encouraged by Natural England to co-ordinate conservation work through High Level Stewardship Schemes.
