Farmer Stephen Beck has an online fashion business selling preowned ladies designer clothes.

Entrepreneurial farmer expands into high fashion

26 January 2012

FROM slurry to sequins, Irish beef farmer Stephen Beck is juggling two Best of British industries - farming and fashion. Barbara Collins went to meet him.

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Pedigree ewes on clifftops with their one-week-old Aberdale sired lambs.  PICTURES: Sam Clarke

Poll Dorsets suit coastal farm’s lambing season

27 January 2012

OUT of season lambing may not suit everyone, but for Kingsbridge, Devon-based David Rossiter it is the crux to an expanding sheep business.

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Two gimmer lambs share 8,000gns best price

January 27, 2012

THERE was a joint top price of 8,000gns at the show and sale of Bluefaced Leicester females at Borderway Mart on Monday.

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NSA Winter Fair preview: A positive outlook for the sheep industry

12 January 2012

The NSA Winter Fair takes place tomorrow (Friday, January 27). Katie Lomas takes a look at what visitors can expect at the event.

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Stillborn lamb with arthrogryposis, showing a twisted spine and abnormally flexed deformed legs.

Schmallenberg: The Facts

26 January 2012

What are the symptoms? What to do if you suspect the disease? What’s happenening in Europe? A concise guide to this new disease facing UK livestock.

Louise Down

Roof solar PV preserves land for agriculture only

January 27, 2012

A farmer who takes pride in the green credentials of her business saw moving into solar energy generation as the next logical step.

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Andrew Rennie (left) farms in partnership with his father John (right) and mother Monica.

Self-sufficient system ensures the future of Scottish pig unit

26 January 2012

IT was his entrepreneurial spirit which allowed Andrew Rennie to take a step into the unknown and turnaround the fortunes of his business. Erika Hay visits Aberdeenshire to meet the man behind the methane magic.

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John Walton: Out with the old and in with the new

January 27, 2012

A belated ‘Happy new year’ to you all. The month of doom is nearly at an end, February is just around the corner, nights are starting to draw out and, dare I say it’s warming up a little.

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