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Lamb quads
Published 8 January 2009
YOUNG Ashley Fisher got more than he bargained for when he stepped in to help his dad deliver lambs.
Farmers to get less
Published 8 January 2009
THE firm that owns the Lake District Creamery in Aspatria has cut the price it pays farmers for milk.
2,500 sales for farming films
Published 8 January 2009
CUMBRIA Farmer Network sold more than 2,500 copies of its films depicting the highs and lows of hill farming in Cumbria.
Turkey auction success
Published 1 January 2009
MORE than 150 people turned up for the annual turkey auction at Mitchell’s Livestock Centre near Cockermouth.
Milk price cut of 2p is a body blow for farmers
Published 11 December 2008
A DAIRY co-operative is cutting the price it pays to Cumbrian farmers for milk by 2p per litre.
Pupils’ trees will help town bloom
Published 4 December 2008
PUPILS from across Workington have been planting trees this week.
Woodlands in Cumbria being snapped up
Published 20 November 2008
CONSERVATIONISTS and people looking for an idyllic investment are snapping up woodlands in Cumbria.
Cockle-collecting ban
Published 13 November 2008
DWINDLING stocks have forced fishing chiefs to impose a ban on cockle harvesting in Scottish waters of the Solway Firth.
Buttermere Shepherds' Meet cancelled
Published 25 October 2008
TODAY'S Buttermere Shepherds' Meet was cancelled due to safety fears because of bad weather.
Auctions boom despite credit crunch bust
Published 23 October 2008
A COCKERMOUTH auction company has seen its sales rocket over the last few months, despite the credit crunch.
Million pound FMD compensation claim settled
Published 4 October 2008
A £4.4M COMPENSATION claim against Cumbrian law firm Baines Wilson, arising out of the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, has been settled.
Pioneering nature reserve
Published 3 October 2008
ONE OF Cumbria’s best havens for wetland flora and fauna has become a pioneering 70-acre nature reserve at Bassenthwaite.
Fear over fall in sheep numbers
Published 3 October 2008
A CRITICAL decline in sheep numbers could hit Cumbria in five years, a national farmers’ union spokesman has warned.
Warning over killer livestock disease
Published 25 September 2008
GOVERNMENT minister Hilary Benn has urged Cumbrian farmers to vaccinate against the killer animal disease bluetongue.
Auction firm’s chairman is ready to retire
Published 18 September 2008
THE CHAIRMAN of Mitchell’s Auction Company in Cockermouth is to retire at the end of the year.
Farmers face huge losses after deluge
Published 18 September 2008
WEST Cumbrian farmers face huge losses after two months of rain ruined harvests, throwing the farming industry into another crisis.
Loweswater Show cancelled
Published 2 September 2008
THIS weekend's Loweswater Show has been cancelled.
Loweswater Show cancelled
Published 2 September 2008
This weekend's Loweswater show has been cancelled.
You can’t beat the charity sheep stakes – just for shear excitement
Published 28 August 2008
AN UNUSUAL race day was held in Cockermouth on Sunday as sheep took to the track for charity.
Blue tongue protection zone increased
Published 21 August 2008
FARMERS are being urged to take up the blue tongue vaccine after it was announced this week that Cumbria is to be included in the protection zone.
Loweswater Show cancelled
Last updated 17:42, Tuesday, 02 September 2008
THIS weekend’s Loweswater Show has been cancelled.
The decision was taken last night to cancel the show after farmers could not get on to the grass to prepare the show field due to persistent rain.
The show, situated opposite New House Farm, in the Lorton Valley, was meant to take place on Sunday.
Show secretary Annette Billinghurst, said: “We are very disappointed that we have had to cancel the show.
“We had hoped that this would be the one show that would go ahead after the cancellation of others, but due to the weather we have not been able to prepare the show field.
"There were major concerns about car parking as well and we reluctantly had to take the decision to cancel it.
“The rain has caused a lot of damage and all the people I have spoken to are very disappointed that it has had to be cancelled.
“It is a small traditional agricultural show and we are bitterly disappointed that we have had to take this decision.”
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