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Lack of good broadband 'holding back' rural businesses and farmers
Welsh farmers have stressed that more has to be done to improve mobile phone coverage and access to superfast broadband in rural Wales. Members of…
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Farmers urged to plan for financial strategy ahead of possible future downturn after 2020
Farmers could enjoy a buoyant couple of years ahead of Brexit but the industry may face another downturn after 2020, experts have warned. They…
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Cumbrian commoners restart the process for a 'commons council' due to Brexit
Cumbrian commoners have revived plans for a 'commons council' to ensure commoning 'remains viable' in a post-Brexit world. Commons councils are…
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Suspended sentence for farmer whose cattle trampled man to death in Wiltshire
A farmer who was repeatedly warned to control his cows has been spared jail after a retired university professor was trampled to death in his field…
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Welsh farmers relying heavily on subsidy payments, according to new survey
It is 'difficult to see' how Welsh farms can produce food without relying heavily on BPS payments that are often higher than income, according to…
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25-year Food and Farming Plan 'must unlock rural potential or risk severely harming it'
Rural business leaders and farmers will tell the Government today (6 December) that the 25-year Plan for Food and Farming must unlock the investment…
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Charity campaign launched to reduce Christmas waste via anaerobic digestion
In the run up to one of the busiest times of the year for food producers and retailers, ReFood, one of the UK’s leading food waste recycler, has…
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Farmers share stories twelve months on from worst floods in living memory
Twelve months on from the worst floods and storms to hit Cumbria and North Lancashire in living memory, a selection of farmers share their stories on…
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Petition calls for tougher penalties for fly-tipping, 'occurring far too frequently'
Farmers are being urged to sign a government petition that is aiming to impose tougher penalties on rural fly-tippers. New fixed penalty fines of up…
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Rural communities to come together to shape own sustainable energy plans
Rural communities have a new way to help the country meet its obligation to tackle climate change, following November's approval of the historic…
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