Farming latest
Timetable agreed for tenant group future
NFU Scotland’s vision for a better future for the tenanted sector has moved one step closer with a timetable agreed for the delivery of outcomes from the group.
Last updated 18 April 2012
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Beltex are top of the hoggs
THE Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 1,195 store hoggs and feeding ewes, 183 in-lamb sheep and 50 ewes with lambs at foot at the weekly sale at Longtown on Tuesday, April 3.
Last updated 12 April 2012
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Killer parasites threat to lambs
SAC vets are warning that parasitic worms are hatching earlier this year, putting lambs at risk of the potentially fatal digestive irritation they cause.
Last updated 11 April 2012
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Feedback called for on college merger bid
LAND-based industries in Dumfries and Galloway are being invited to have their say on the proposed merger of Scotland’s four leading colleges for the sector at a public consultation event at Barony College near Dumfries on April 18.
Last updated 11 April 2012
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Winter is still with us
THE Easter weekend has now come and gone, although the reminders that winter isn’t over are obvious to us all.
Last updated 11 April 2012
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Warning on fires
DUMFRIES and Galloway fire and rescue service is warning land users who are carrying out controlled muirburning this month to take care.
Last updated 5 April 2012
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Thefts on TV show
THE theft of 11 in-calf Galloway heifers housed in a shed on a farm near Canonbie is to be featured in BBC Scotland farming programme Landward tomorrow night at 8pm.
Last updated 4 April 2012
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Averages are up
LAST Tuesday was the Kirkcambeck sale of 662 store cattle where trade, although a touch easier, was still pleasing for vendors, with averages up £146 on the year.
Last updated 4 April 2012
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Tick alert after EU bans drug
FARMERS and walkers are being warned to be vigilant over the coming months as a new scientific study into ticks and Lyme disease in Scotland is launched.
Last updated 29 March 2012
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Support payments
PAYMENTS from the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) are being paid this month, the Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has confirmed.
Last updated 29 March 2012
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Interest high in breeding sheep
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 58 prime cattle, nine young bulls, 36 OTM cattle, 5,675 prime hoggs and 6,565 cast ewes and rams at the weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday, March 22.
Last updated 29 March 2012
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Machinery sale busy
MONDAY witnessed the quarterly sale of plant and machinery in Longtown.
Last updated 28 March 2012
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Time running out to enter Farmer Award
THERE are five weeks to go to submit entries for the Future Farmer Award 2012 and have the chance of winning £4,000.
Last updated 21 March 2012
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CAP talks
DEFRA minister Jim Paice has held talks with representatives of NFU Scotland about the proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Last updated 15 March 2012
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Store hoggs meet fantastic trade
Last updated 15 March 2012
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Are we ready for take-off?
WHO would have believed after last week’s unseasonally mild weather, we would have had white hill tops again this year?
Last updated 7 March 2012
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Woodland awards entry date
WOODLAND owners and managers are being urged to prepare their entries for this year’s prestigious Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards and compete for a share of the £7,500 prize money.
Last updated 7 March 2012
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