Free range egg investments are coming home to roost for David
Farmer David Brass has launched a premium egg brand which could bring thousands of pounds of extra revenue to the county.
‘Stagnating with no really good quality courses and little of use’
Newton Rigg is letting Cumbria’s farmers down and forcing them to find an education elsewhere, according to the county’s Young Farmers’ leader.
Top honour for caring farmer
A Cumbrian farmer’s dedication to the welfare of horses has been recognised with two British Horse Society honours
Biomass fuel cash boost
Farmers, foresters and biomass producers can apply for up to £200,000 each under a new grant scheme
Polish workers step in to plug dairy skills gap – milking cows
A small army of Polish workers are milking Cumbria’s cows as farmers desperately try to plug a skills gap. An estimated 200 Poles are already helping out on dairy farms, more than 30 of them in the Longtown area alone.
Sheep abortions pose serious risk to humans too
Abortion is still one of the major causes of economic loss to the sheep industry in the UK. It causes concerns for animal welfare and, in some cases, poses a risk to the health of shepherds and others who come into contact with sheep at lambing time.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Every farmer in Cumbria faces Catch 22 situations from time to time – and Grasmere shepherd Peter Bland knows all about it.
