Jim Webster
CAP reform? It could all quickly become irrelevant
The first lot of figures are out; we have to wait for October to get to know the rest.
Last updated 12 July 2011
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Winds of change blowing through world of planning
A lady of my acquaintance told me recently that local planners had been helpful to a Cumbrian farmer.
Last updated 10 May 2011
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We’re in danger of gentrifying the Lake District
What better place to be brought up than on a farm? Living and working with animals and a good dose of slurry gives you a tough and well-tested immune system, and you also acquire a good working knowledge of vehicle handling, working dogs, livestock and the more vernacular elements of the English language.
Last updated 9 November 2010
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The turkeys have decided: we’re abolishing Christmas
We are now supposed to be entering a period of major government cost-cutting. But are we? And how does government cost-cutting work?
Last updated 7 September 2010
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Educating RITA – and our political masters
The review of the Rural Payments Agency is out and I’ve read most of it.
Last updated 10 August 2010
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We need politicians to fight this EU nonsense
We have a problem. At some point we’ll have to put EID tags in lambs. I have done the sensible thing; I’ve wandered round auction marts looking at what other people have used, with the idea of finding the smallest and lightest.
Last updated 13 July 2010
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‘Never vote Liberal, they nearly ruined agriculture’
So here we are in the early days of a coalition government but what does it mean for agriculture? The one piece of political advice my grandfather gave me was ‘never vote Liberal, they nearly ruined agriculture’.
Last updated 8 June 2010
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Countryside is not a playground!
I’ve been fuming about the case of John Cameron. You’ll have read that his insurance company decided to settle out of court “against his better judgement” and pay Shirley McKaskie an undisclosed sum.
Last updated 11 May 2010
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Margins for error?
Natural England has just published its plan for how it intends to go about setting up a coastal access route for the whole English coast.
Last updated 13 April 2010
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