Farmers Guardian
Ash Dosanjh Freelance
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The floods: 4,000 farmers file claims, says NFU Mutual
16 August 2007
AS the clean-up operation following the recent flash floods continues, the NFU Mutual says around 4,000 farmers have now filed insurance claims.
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Council to review sell-off proposal for county farms
August 3rd 2007
STAFFORDSHIRE County Council is to carry out a more detailed review of its proposal to sell off its county farms.
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Waitrose to abolish the use of all farrowing crates
25 July 2007
WAITROSE has announced that it is to phase out the use of farrowing crates from all its British and Danish pig farms supplying the group with bacon.
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Miliband’s ‘access all areas’ plan for British coastline
June 22nd 2007
ENVIRONMENT Secretary David Miliband has called for the whole of England’s coastline to be opened up to the public for the first time.
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Miliband's 'access all areas' plan for English coast
19 June 2007
ENVIRONEMNT Secretary Mr David Miliband has called for the whole of England’s coastline to be opened up to the public for the first time.
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Coming down hard on any outbreak of bluetongue in UK
May 18th 2007
GOVERNMENT and industry advisers will ‘come down hard’ on suspected cases of bluetongue, were the livestock disease to hit the UK following last year’s outbreak in northern Europe.



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