Young farmer club membership swells despite industry worries
MEMBERSHIP of Cumbria’s young farmers’ clubs is booming despite dwindling numbers of agricultural workers.
We shouldn't pick up the tab
A Carlisle farmer who is suing over last year’s foot and mouth outbreak says it is wrong for farmers to pay for the leak
Bluetongue vaccine ignored
Thousands of Cumbrian farmers are failing to vaccinate their stock against bluetongue according to evidence from county vets.
Good prices paid at auction of machinery
Hundreds of people attended a tractor and machinery sale at Penrith mart this week. The credit crunch has done little to suppress demand for second-hand farm machinery and in some cases, it seems to have even fuelled prices.
Computer bus returning to the roads thanks to £20,000 grant
A cash injection has put the Pentalk computer bus back on the road to farmyards in Cumbria. Newton Rigg, then run by the University of Central Lancashire, stopped funding the bus two years ago at the same time as withdrawing most of its Pentalk courses.
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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. Natures Nest eggs are already on sale at Morrisons supermarkets for £1.62 – 10p per half dozen more than its standard free range eggs.
Nine Cumbrian farms are still tested for Chernobyl radiation
Nine Cumbrian farms remain under post-Chernobyl restrictions more than two decades after radiation from the nuclear power plant contaminated the county.
Hill funding threat
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron fears the new Uplands Entry Level Scheme will leave many hill farmers without vital funding
Biomass fuel cash boost
Farmers, foresters and biomass producers can apply for up to £200,000 each under a new grant scheme
‘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.
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.
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