Farming News
Prime Minister steps in to halt crisis in uplands communities
Published 10 October 2008
Cumbria's hill farming crisis has prompted the launch of an inquiry into the future of Britain’s uplands communities.
MP tackles rural life in his new role
Published 10 October 2008
CUMBRIAN MP Tim Farron has been appointed the Liberal Democrat’s shadow secretary of state for Defra.
Herdwicks get the highest price
Published 10 October 2008
THE highest prices of the year were paid for Herdwicks in Cockermouth at the weekend.
Help measuring herd mobility
Published 10 October 2008
POOR mobility in dairy cows is costing farmers an average of £180 per case through lost milk sales.
Time to up sticks to New Zealand?
Published 10 October 2008
FRUSTRATED Cumbrian farmers are being targeted by a New Zealand land agency aiming to lure them to the southern hemisphere.
A late autumn harvest and one very early spring lamb
Published 10 October 2008
CONTRACTOR Andrew Sim was so busy with the late harvest he got a big surprise when his children told him one of his ewes had lambed.
Open days for future students
Published 10 October 2008
NEWTON Rigg will hold an open day on Wednesday, October 29 for prospective students interested in the courses on offer.
Dairy cost meeting gives food for thought for farmers
Published 3 October 2008
Dairy farmers gathered at Peastree Farm, Durdar, to learn more about efficient feeding as part of a national campaign.
Computer bus returning to the roads thanks to £20,000 grant
Published 3 October 2008
A cash injection has put the Pentalk computer bus back on the road to farmyards in Cumbria.
Conference on funding
Published 3 October 2008
FARMER groups from across Britain have been invited to a conference at Stoneleigh in November to share good practice and experience.
Record entry of sheep
Published 3 October 2008
MITCHELLS Auction Mart in Cockermouth have a record entry of Herdwick sheep for today’s historic annual sale.
Grant bid to pay for new rules
Published 3 October 2008
THE Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is lobbying the Government for grant aid to help farmers pay for new Nitrate Vulnerable Zone regulations.
Sun shines on ploughmen for a perfect day in the field
Published 3 October 2008
SEVENTY-year-old Nathan Eggleston won the novice class at the charity ploughing match in Allonby.
Dennis has spent fifty years sweet-talking farmers
Published 26 September 2008
Dennis Holliday learned early on in his 50-year career how to sweet-talk farmers when he made a mistake.
Hill farmers could abandon the land within five years, warns NFU
Published 26 September 2008
A critical decline in sheep numbers in the Scottish uplands could hit Cumbria in five years’ time, a national NFU spokesman has warned.
New blood into farming
Published 26 September 2008
THE Tenant Farmers’ Association says county council farm estates are national assets that should be maintained for the future benefit of agriculture.
Farmhouse sells for £376,000
Published 26 September 2008
A FARMHOUSE and more than 30 acres near Carlisle sold at auction for £376,000 this week.
A record turnout at plough day
Published 26 September 2008
A RECORD number of spectators turned out for the annual Walton Ploughing Match on Sunday.
What a difference a dry day makes for crops
Published 26 September 2008
A MAJOR rescue operation began on Cumbria’s harvest this week thanks to the spell of good weather.
