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A Newcomer to Dairy Farming

Chris Webb | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Dairy Cows, Farming, Dairy Farmers, Cows, Dairy, Farmers, Shropshire, Milking, New Farmers, UK Dairy, UK Lifestyle News
Chris Webb

I'm already half-awake when the soft ping of my alarm nudges me to get out of bed. It's four o'clock and there's a ninety minute drive to the farm, so I need to get going. I quickly pull on some old clothes and head out into the dark, frosty morning.

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Farmers Fear For Livestock Cut Off By Snow

The Huffington Post UK | David Hobbs | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK
Read More: UK Weather, Farming, UK News, UK Farmers, Livestock, Livestock Farmers, UK Farming, UK Snow, Snow, Cold Weather, Cattle, Sheep, UK News

Livestock farmers are becoming increasingly fearful for their livelihoods as the heavy snow and wintry weather threaten their animals. It's believe...

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My War Against GM Crops

Michael Hart | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Stop the Crop, European Union, Roundup Herbicide, Brussels, Corporate-Europe-Observatory, GM Crops, Friends of the Earth, Farmers, UK Impact, Video, UK Tech News
Michael Hart

When herbicide-tolerant crops were first introduced the promise was that they would mean less herbicide use and so have less environmental impact and lower cost to the farmer for weed control. But herbicide use is back to where it had been before GM crops were introduced.

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Tesco In Fresh Local Meat Pledge

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Tesco, Northern Ireland, Local Produce, Groceries, Farmers, Business News, Horsemeat, Supermarkets, UK Business, Horse Meat, UK News

Supermarket giant Tesco is to double the amount of fresh meat it sources in Northern Ireland. Following on from his earlier pledge to work more clo...

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Tesco Pledges To Bring Meat Production 'Closer To Home' - But You'll Foot The Bill

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Charlie Thomas | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Tesco, British Farms, Farmers, Horsemeat Scandal, Supermarket, Business News, Chicken Meat, Horsemeat, British Meat, UK Business, Butchers, British Farmers, UK News

Tesco's boss has vowed to bring meat production "closer to home" and work much more closely with British farmers in the fallout of the horsemeat scand...

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Hold Your Horses!

Jude Thorne | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Horsemeat, Farmshop, Food-Traceability, Farmers, Horses, Food, Horse Meat, UK Farming, UK Lifestyle News
Jude Thorne

So where can consumers buy with confidence without needing a DNA testing kit? With the real guardians of food traceability and provenance, local farm retailers and local butchers, of course.

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Charlie Thomas

Family Butchers Benefit From Horsemeat Scandal - But For How Long?

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Tesco, Horsemeat Scandal, Farmers, Horsemeat, Business News, UK Business, Horsemeat in Burgers, Aldi, Butchers, Family Butcher, UK News

Family butchers have reported a surge in sales following the fallout of the horsemeat scandal, but the spike could disappear unless action is taken to...

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15,000 Crocodiles Bust Out Of South African Farm

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK
Read More: South Africa, Crocodiles, Escaped Crocodile, Reptiles, Farmers, Pondrif, Limpopo River, Rakwena-Crocodile-Farm, Limpopo, Musina, UK News

Around 15,000 crocodiles have reportedly escaped from a farm in South Africa. The owner of Rakwena Crocodile Farm was apparently forced to open th...

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'In Relation to Animals, all Humans Are Nazis' - Animal Rights Today Part One

Hannah Gal | Posted 01.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Dairy Cows, Chickens, Animal Rights, Pigs, Farmers, Milk Production, Battery Cages, Gary Yourofsky, Martin Luther King, Richard Dawkins, Rosa Parks, Mandela, UK Lifestyle News
Hannah Gal

'When we were children', he explains, 'we listened to our parents read us a story about animals, we smiled and giggled, we mimicked the noises the animals made, we wanted to play with them.. not have someone shove a knife in their throat and cut them up into pieces'.

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Parliamentary Vote Opposes Badger Cull Proposal

Henry Smith MP | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Bovine TB, Politics, UK Green, Biosecurity, Farmers, Badger Cull, Badger Shooting, UK Environment, UK Politics News
Henry Smith MP

There are three principle reasons why I was one of those Members to ask a House of Commons business scheduling committee for a debate on the proposed badger cull and why spoke and voted against a cull in the debate I secured on the floor of the House last Thursday.

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Controversial Badger Cull To Be Delayed

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Wildlife Activists, UK Environment, Badger Cull, Farmers, Tb, Badger, Defra, Owen Paterson, Mary Creagh, UK News

The badger cull is set to be delayed after questions over the cost and effectiveness of the scheme. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is expecte...

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Top Scientists Say Badger Cull Will Increase Cattle TB, Not Reduce It

PA | Posted 14.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Conservative Party, Environment, Animal Rights, UK News, UK Environment, Badger Cull, Farmers, UK Politics News

A group of professors from leading universities and zoological institutions across the UK have urged the Government to reconsider controversial plans ...

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Wet Summer To Push Up UK Food Prices

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Nfu, UK Economy, Farmers, Environment, Food Prices, Guy Gagen, UK News

Food prices are likely to rise after farmers in England and Wales reported poor harvests due to the rainy summer. Wheat yields fell 14.1% this year...

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Charlie Thomas

Have They Had Their Bacon? UK Pig Farmers Quitting The Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Bacon, UK Farmers, Sausages, Supermarkets, British Retail Consortium, Pig Farmers, Asda, UK Farms, British Bacon, UK News, Sainsbury's, UK Farming, Pig Farming, UK Business, Business News, Pork, British Farmers, UK News

British pig farmers are being forced out of the market or to cull livestock as the price of producing pork continues to rise. Following a number of...

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The Problem Isn't Badgers, It's (Politically Led?) Bad Science

Hilary Burrage | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Rural Economy, Farmers, Science, Bovine TB, Badgers, Tuberculosis, Defra, Animal Rights, UK Politics, Badger Cull, UK Animals, UK Politics News
Hilary Burrage

National Farmers' Union and the majority of farmers - but not all - may believe that badger culls will do the trick, and a lot of politicians want to keep the farmers onside. And it will probably pay electoral dividends for a while. But longer term this 'solution' is could even make things worse...

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How Now Brown Cow?

PA | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Dairy Industry, UK Farmers, UK News, Animalols, Cows, Social Networking, UK Animals, UK Weird News, UK News

How cows make friends is to be investigated in a three-year study. Scientists want to understand more about "social networking" within dairy herds....

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Farmers Stage Blockade Over Price Of Milk

Press Association | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Dairy Farm, Farming, Dairy Farmers, UK News, UK Farming, Farmers, Milk, Farmers for Action, National Farmers Union, Milk Prices, UK News

Hundreds of farmers blockaded processing plants into the early hours of the morning in a protest against the price they are paid for milk. Supporte...

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The Strange Phenomena of Animal Mutilations

Darren Perks | Posted 05.09.2012 | UK
Read More: UK, Conspiracy Theories, Ufo, Cattle, Darren Perks, Ranchers, USA, Colorado, Nevada, Conspiracy Road Trip, Farmers, Powys, Shropshire, Extraterrestrials, Animal Mutilation, Stiperstones, Breacon, Radnorshire, UK News
Darren Perks

Reports of inexplicably mutilated animal carcasses have been around for years in the UK and around the world.

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Give the Supermarket Watchdog Sharp Enough Teeth

Meredith Alexander | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Tesco, Queen's Speech, UK Impact, Developing Countries, UK Politics, Supermarket Watchdog, Food Miles, Farmers, Competition Commission, Vegetable Imports, Actionaid, UK Politics News
Meredith Alexander

You would be startled if a supermarket tried to charge more than the sticker price at the till and shocked if they took extra money from your credit card several days after you went shopping. Supermarket suppliers, on the other hand, face these practices every day.

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Watch Out, Caroline Spelman's About...

pa | Posted 12.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Farming, UK News, Farmers, Badger Cull, Rural Affairs, Bovine TB, Cattle, Badgers, Green Issues, Countryside, UK Politics News

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is to announce further plans to tackle bovine TB in badgers. In July the Government revealed controversial p...

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VIDEO: Angry Snake Charmer Unleashes Venomous Serpents On Government Officials

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 01.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Funny, Cobra, India, Video, Hakkal, UK News, Snakes, Tax Office, Farmers, Snake Charmer, Strange, Village, UK Weird News, Odd, Land Revenue, UK News

An angry snake charmer caused chaos at a government office when he released a bag of serpents at land revenue officials in India. Deadly cobras we...

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Public's Taste Buds Fuels Huge Rise In Lamb Rustling

PA | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Trading Standards, Lamb, Welsh Lamb, UK Food, Black Market, Illegal Trading, Farmers, Christmas Market, UK News

Lamb rustling has rocketed by 250% in the last year as thieves increasingly target mouth-watering black market profits. The public's taste for tend...

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MPs Call For Trade Ban On Battery Eggs To Save UK Farmers

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Eggs, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Chickens, Battery Farmed Eggs, UK News, Efra, Free-Range, Farmers, European Union, Battery Cages, Eu, Ethical Farming, UK News

British farmers will lose out to foreign producers thanks to an EU directive prohibiting the farming of ‘battery’ eggs, claims a report published ...

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Yes, We Can Farm From Our Computers Now

Turnstyle | Posted 21.09.2011 | UK
Read More: England, Internet, MyFarm, Farming, Tech, Cambridgeshire, Agriculture, Farmers, Jon Alexander, Food, Websites, Wimpole Estate, UK News
Turnstyle

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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The new Slow Food UK

Dermott Sales | Posted 14.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Garden, Farmers, Food, Organic, Artisan, Slow, Local, Markets, Covent, UK News
Dermott Sales

Slow Food might still get a bad press and it does come in for its fair share of criticism but it I think it will eventually surprise its critics when they see the changes that have taken place throughout the whole organisation.

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