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RPA services hit by unprecedented flooding in Cumbria
HEAVY flooding has left the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) struggling to deliver services to farmers after some areas of North West England were left under up to 8ft of water following torrential rain.
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First Milk sells £18m stake in Wiseman
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Farmgate milk prices must follow market rise
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Government to investigate options for further tenancy reform
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Sainsbury's launches crop sustainability plan
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Farm income to fall 8 per cent in 2010
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Clock ticking on mapping updates
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Warwick accused of 'scientific vandalism'
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BVA launches antimicrobial plan
Latest show news
Ayrshire takes the ArgiScot interbreed title
JUST a fortnight after being bought from the Barr herd dispersal sale Barr Ranger Lottie, an Ayrshire fifth calver, took the ‘super cow’ title in a strong inter-breed line-up.
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Machinery
Agritechnica 2009: 350,000 flock to Hanover show
AGRITECHNICA 2009 saw a rise of seven per cent in exhibitor numbers and a three per cent rise in visitors, with over 350,000 attending this year says DLG, the German Agricultural Society.
Show preview
Welsh Winter Fair preview
The Royal Welsh Showground is becoming a major global attraction with more and more overseas visitors signing in at the International Pavilion.

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November readers' gallery
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