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MP sends letter to sky lantern event organisers demanding cancellation
A Derbyshire MP has sent a letter to the American organisers of a sky lantern event due to be held later this month near moorland, causing public…
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Peak District sky lantern event criticised amid heightened wildfire risks
A huge sky-lantern event set to commence in the Peak District has been slammed by opponents as irresponsible due to the heightened risk of wildfires…
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UK farming celebrated for efforts to reduce antibiotic use at major event
The UK farming industry fought off entries from as far afield as Malaysia and New Zealand competing for recognition of efforts to slow curb…
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Cumbrian farmer wins award for conservation efforts on his 4,000 acre farm
A Cumbrian farmer has been recognised by the farming and conservation industry for his outstanding efforts to promote good habitat and environmental…
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22-year-old Scottish farmer wins Young Farmer of the Year award
A 22-year-old farmer who works on his family's 400-acre South Lanarkshire farm has won the hotly contested Young Farmer of the Year. Measured on…
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National competition seeks to connect teenagers with food and farming
A national competition is seeking to connect 14-16 year olds – an often hard to reach age-group - with farming. The competition, organised by LEAF…
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Rural Development Group Scotland launched to support local business
A group to progress rural development in Scotland will launch tomorrow at the Royal Highland Show . The Prince’s Countryside Fund, set up in 2010 by…
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Young farmers needed to tell the farming story at Lord Mayor's Show
Passionate young farmers are needed to tell the farming story in one of the most popular historic civic pageants in the world. The NFU is launching a…
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Hands Free Hectare project wins BBC's 'Future Food' award
A world-first project which drilled, tended and harvested a crop of spring barley without operators on the machines has won the BBC's Future Food…
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UK needs foreign workers to keep the nation fed, leading academic warns
The implications of Brexit on the nation’s food production are “major” and include the potential diminution of the workforce required to take food…
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