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FUW concern over Welsh sheep statement

Deputy agriculture minister Alun Davies decision to invest in a Welsh EID electronic reporting system raises major concerns and should not have been…

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Sheep lines extended at New Forest show

The sheep section of The New Forest & Hampshire County Show (NFHCS) is a real success story with numbers of entries rising every year. As all the…

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The shearing goes on despite storm

The weather bomb across the North Island has wrought havoc through most areas but in Masterton, apart from the noise on the tin roof, there’s little…

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Concerns rise over Schmallenberg

Welsh livestock farmers have expressed their worries about the potential spread of Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) following the increasing incidence of…

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Brothers chase National Shearing crown

Three brothers from Northland have achieved a possible first in all qualifying for the final stage of one of New Zealand’s premier shearing…

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Sheep farmers shown how BWMB sells wool

A group from Gloucestershire this week got to see exactly what happens to their wool once it leaves their farms thanks to a visit to the headquarters…

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Smith rolls on towards big shears showdown

Northland giant Rowland Smith took a big step forward in the countdown to the Golden Shears when he won the Taumarunui Shearing Jamboree open final…

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Kiwis odds-on to shear World title

New Zealand is taking on the World next week, and will almost certainly win. That’s the view of the TAB in its opening book on the World shearing and…

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