Farm and country

Creamery back in production

WORK will resume at the end of next week at the Lake District Creamery in Aspatria.

Last updated 19 February 2009
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Towns and villages to share £8m fund

WEST Cumbrian towns and villages will share in an £8m funding scheme to improve rural communities.

Last updated 19 February 2009
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Meeting to discuss hill farming issues

A CONFERENCE for hill farmers in Cumbria will take place next Thursday at Penrith Rugby Club, from 10am to 3.30pm.WEST Cumbria has the highest rate of MMR vaccination in the county, but the level still falls short of the recommended target.A SCHEME to offer ex-smokers free leisure centre passes could be set up in West Cumbria later this year. NHS Cumbria’s stop smoking service is piloting the ‘quit and get fit’ scheme in Carlisle and Barrow and people must stay off cigarettes for four weeks to get a pass. If successful, it could be rolled out across Cumbria.A TURTLE washed up on west Silloth beach has been identified as a loggerhead, more commonly found off African, Florida or the Mediterranean coasts.PEOPLE donating clothes to charity are being warned about rogue advertisers.A SELLAFIELD worker who tailgated the car of an off-duty policeman has been handed an 18-month driving ban and 150 hours of unpaid work.

Last updated 22 January 2009
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Farm project to produce bird map

FARMERS in Cumbria are being encouraged to turn birds into cash by discovering exactly what lives on their land.

Last updated 15 January 2009
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Plans for farm trip facilities

A WINSCALES farm could soon have an indoor space for visiting school parties to use to make their trips easier.

Last updated 9 January 2009
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Lamb quads

YOUNG Ashley Fisher got more than he bargained for when he stepped in to help his dad deliver lambs.

Last updated 8 January 2009
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Farmers to get less

THE firm that owns the Lake District Creamery in Aspatria has cut the price it pays farmers for milk.

Last updated 8 January 2009
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2,500 sales for farming films

CUMBRIA Farmer Network sold more than 2,500 copies of its films depicting the highs and lows of hill farming in Cumbria.

Last updated 8 January 2009
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Turkey auction success

turkeyauction MORE than 150 people turned up for the annual turkey auction at Mitchell’s Livestock Centre near Cockermouth.

Last updated 1 January 2009
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Milk price cut of 2p is a body blow for farmers

A DAIRY co-operative is cutting the price it pays to Cumbrian farmers for milk by 2p per litre.

Last updated 11 December 2008
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Pupils’ trees will help town bloom

treeplant team PUPILS from across Workington have been planting trees this week.

Last updated 4 December 2008
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Woodlands in Cumbria being snapped up

CONSERVATIONISTS and people looking for an idyllic investment are snapping up woodlands in Cumbria.

Last updated 20 November 2008
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Cockle-collecting ban

DWINDLING stocks have forced fishing chiefs to impose a ban on cockle harvesting in Scottish waters of the Solway Firth.

Last updated 13 November 2008
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Buttermere Shepherds' Meet cancelled

TODAY'S Buttermere Shepherds' Meet was cancelled due to safety fears because of bad weather.

Last updated 25 October 2008
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Auctions boom despite credit crunch bust

herdwicksauction A COCKERMOUTH auction company has seen its sales rocket over the last few months, despite the credit crunch.

Last updated 23 October 2008
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Million pound FMD compensation claim settled

A £4.4M COMPENSATION claim against Cumbrian law firm Baines Wilson, arising out of the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, has been settled.

Last updated 4 October 2008
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Pioneering nature reserve

031008inglewood ONE OF Cumbria’s best havens for wetland flora and fauna has become a pioneering 70-acre nature reserve at Bassenthwaite.

Last updated 3 October 2008
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Fear over fall in sheep numbers

A CRITICAL decline in sheep numbers could hit Cumbria in five years, a national farmers’ union spokesman has warned.

Last updated 3 October 2008
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Warning over killer livestock disease

GOVERNMENT minister Hilary Benn has urged Cumbrian farmers to vaccinate against the killer animal disease bluetongue.

Last updated 25 September 2008
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Auction firm’s chairman is ready to retire

THE CHAIRMAN of Mitchell’s Auction Company in Cockermouth is to retire at the end of the year.

Last updated 18 September 2008
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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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