Farm and country

Living the River Cottage dream

ARCHIE and Hugh are the main reasons why Jennie and Jim Green quit London and headed north for a new life in rural Cumbria.

Last updated 31 August 2007
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New grants scheme

A NEW farmers grants scheme has been announced by the Cumbria Farmer Network.

Last updated 31 August 2007
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Costly new rule for farmers

THE NFU wants a detailed review of the Government’s latest proposals for implementing the EU Nitrates Directive.

Last updated 31 August 2007
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Volunteer forest workers needed

VOLUNTEERS are needed to do some work in woodland at Whinlatter near Keswick.

Last updated 31 August 2007
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Livestock ban to be lifted

LIVESTOCK restrictions will be lifted from 12midnight on Monday, it has been announced.

Last updated 30 August 2007
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Mitchell's to reopen

MITCHELL’S Auction Mart will be open tomorrow as farming in West Cumbria tries to get back to normal.

Last updated 28 August 2007
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Show called off due to bad weather

ONE of Cumbria’s biggest Bank Holiday attractions, Keswick Show, has been cancelled.

Last updated 23 August 2007
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Hunting ban boosts hounds support

A BILL designed to ban hunting has, in effect, created more support for traditional packs including Blencathra Foxhounds in Cumbria, huntsman Barry Todhunter said.

Last updated 23 August 2007
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Show goes ahead without livestock

LOWESWATER Show will go ahead on September 2.

Last updated 23 August 2007
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New members of national park

NEW members of the Lake District National Park Authority includes a distinguished former diplomat

Last updated 23 August 2007
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Livestock marts to restart

CUMBRIA’S livestock marts could be open again by September 10 under a government timetable to get farming back on track following the foot and mouth outbreak.

Last updated 23 August 2007
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Tackling riverside plant invasion

VOLUNTEERS in Cockermouth spent two evenings pulling out an invasive plant from the rivers Derwent and Cocker.

Last updated 17 August 2007
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RSPB reveals fells damage

CUMBRIA’S moors and high fells are severely damaged and degraded, according to a new RSPB report.

Last updated 17 August 2007
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FMD collection point go-ahead

MITCHELL’S Auction Mart has been told by the Government that it can set up a collection point for farm animals to be transported for slaughter.

Last updated 17 August 2007
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NFU wants raw milk price rise

THE National Farmers’ Union is calling on milk buyers and retailers to increase raw milk prices to re-inject confidence into British dairy farming.

Last updated 10 August 2007
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Auction report

MITCHELL’S Auction Co Ltd had forward a catalogue entry of 156 store and breeding cattle and store and breeding sheep.

Last updated 10 August 2007
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Osprey chicks fly

THE THREE osprey chicks hatched this year near Bassenthwaite Lake, thought to be a female and two males have taken their first flights over the last week.

Last updated 10 August 2007
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Frantic bid to call off show

THE HEARTBREAKING decision to call off Saturday’s Cockermouth Show was made with only hours to go before the turnstiles opened.

Last updated 10 August 2007
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Farming at a standstill

FARMING has come to a standstill in Cumbria following the foot and mouth outbreak in Surrey last week.

Last updated 10 August 2007
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Show axed due to foot and mouth

COCKERMOUTH Show, due to be held today, has been cancelled because of an outbreak of foot and mouth in Surrey.

Last updated 4 August 2007
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More news

Loweswater Show cancelled

Last updated at 17:42, Tuesday, 02 September 2008

THIS weekend’s Loweswater Show has been cancelled.

The decision was taken last night to cancel the show after farmers could not get on to the grass to prepare the show field due to persistent rain.

The show, situated opposite New House Farm, in the Lorton Valley, was meant to take place on Sunday.

Show secretary Annette Billinghurst, said: “We are very disappointed that we have had to cancel the show.

“We had hoped that this would be the one show that would go ahead after the cancellation of others, but due to the weather we have not been able to prepare the show field.

"There were major concerns about car parking as well and we reluctantly had to take the decision to cancel it.

“The rain has caused a lot of damage and all the people I have spoken to are very disappointed that it has had to be cancelled.

“It is a small traditional agricultural show and we are bitterly disappointed that we have had to take this decision.”

First published at 14:15, Tuesday, 02 September 2008
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