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  • Feisty new flavour on the cards

    AT the Royal Show this year which runs from July 1 to 4, the September Organic Dairy will release an exciting new flavour onto the ice cream market of honey and ginger. Made from pieces of stem ginger mellowed by a pale golden honey, the flavour of the

  • Elephant grass shows potential

    WITH interest growing in miscanthus or elephant grass, ADAS at Rosemaund, Preston Wynne, is staging an arable open day today (Thursday) to tell farmers about research into the crop. Elephant grass is a comparatively new to many farmers, although ADAS

  • Many incomes fall well below minimum level

    MANY farmers in Herefordshire have incomes well below the national average, a National Farmers' Union boss said this week. According to the latest UK agricultural review, the average farmer has just £10,000 - way below the minimum wage - for reinvestment

  • Royal Welsh to open with bang says director

    THE Royal Welsh Show will return this year with a bang with practically all its regular and well-loved features, particularly livestock at its core, the honorary show director, Harry Fetherstonhaugh, told the society's annual meeting at Newport. "I am

  • Sigh of relief after tests prove negative

    LIVESTOCK farmers breathed a sigh of relief as the preliminary results of the suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease in Leicestershire came back negative. DEFRA said the initial test results on a sow were negative for both foot-and-mouth and swine vesicular

  • Euro MPs seek action as France plans lamb ban

    EURO MPs have demanded action over the French plan to ban all imports of British lamb from Monday. West Midlands Conservative MEPs Philip Bushill-Matthews and Malcolm Harbour had a face-to-face meeting with EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler to

  • Claston project is subject of inquiry

    A PROPOSED multi-million pound centre to showcase Herefordshire food and drink is to be the subject of a local inquiry, despite being given the go ahead by Herefordshire Council, writes ANITA HOWELLS. The project planned for Claston Farm, Dormington,