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Quad bike fears recede

FEARS that new EC rules would force farmers to abandon their quad bikes have receded.Read

Dunbia staff get active for children’s hospice

DUNBIA (Wales) has selected the Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice as its charity partner for 2012.Read

We’ll find out identity of dirty tricks culprit, say top show couple

A HUSBAND-and-wife show cattle team are hoping for a hassle-free Christmas after becoming embroiled in a dirty tricks campaign.Read

Young farmers game for a laugh

COMEDIAN Tudur Owen turned mentor for his latest project – coaching young farmers on comedy routines.Read

Xmas theft

CHRISTMAS meat orders, worth thousands of pounds, has been stolen from a butcher's shop in the Rhondda.Read

Sid the Butcher becomes unlikely tourist attraction in Llangollen

AN OUT-SIZED statue of a jolly butcher – currently decked out as Santa – has become an unlikely tourist attraction in Llangollen.Read

Help us shape the CAP, says minister

MEMBERS of the Welsh public are being urged to help shape the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).Read

Farming and rural news in brief

Farming brought to the massesRead

Is Swissy the oldest working cow in Wales?

ONE of the grand old dames of Welsh farming is still going strong after 18 years and 15 calves.Read

We’ll make Welsh Lamb taste even better

IS it possible to make sweet Welsh hill lamb taste even better?Read

LACKING Christmas gift inspiration? Running out of ideas and time? According to Chester Zoo, there’s no need to fall back on dull favourites such as perfume and socks: this is the year to give your loved one a chicken for Christmas.

You don’t even have to look after your hen. Instead they will be sent to India to help poor families make a living.Read

Farming and rural news in brief

Upgrade grants for farm B&Bs;Read

Lack of badger cull is a ‘betrayal’ of North Wales farmers

THE continuing failure of the Welsh Government to implement badger cull trials to help combat the threat of bovine TB is a “betrayal” of the farming industry, say furious farming leaders.Read

Planning guidance in Wales is ‘unclear’

PLANNING policy guidance issued to assist in delivering rural enterprise dwellings is inconsistent in the way it is interpreted across Wales, according to a North Wales property consultants.Read

Woodlands ‘undervalued’

THE benefits of woodlands and forests are “greatly undervalued” according to the Council for the Protection of Rural England.Read

Jones Baler: What a glorious job for a young man

BETWEEN 1950 and 1964, John Bumby worked for Jones Balers at Rhosesmor, mostly in the research department.Read

Jones Balers: Rise and fall of a farming dream

Two farming brothers from North Wales took on the mighty world of agricultural machinery – and almost won. Andrew Forgrave, Rural Affairs Editor, reportsRead

Demand for water is set to rise sharply – in England anyway

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Jones Balers have scarcity value

ONE of the most ardent Jones Balers enthusiasts is Noel Jones, son of founder Glynne Jones.Read

RSPB Cymru warning over fishing threat to albatrosses

THOUSANDS of albatrosses are being killed each year by longline fishing and trawling, RSPB Cymru warned yesterday.Read