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Sheep come a cropper in Wimmera
As cropping increases, what exactly does the future hold for sheep in western Victoria, asks SIMONE DALTON With another disappointing cropping…
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Sheep tagging concerns outlined at European Parliament
NFU Livestock Board Chairman, Alistair Mackintosh, has outlined the concerns of farmers in Wales and England over EU sheep tagging rules to an…
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Wool quality is essential for good sheep management says Border Leicester breeder
Fleece quality has always played an important part in the breeding policy of Ellie Stokeld’s Border Leicester flock – and while it has brought her…
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New Zealand wool boss to talk to UK producers
Sheep and beef farmer Mike Petersen, Director and Chairman of Meat and Wool New Zealand, will be attending the British Wool Marketing Board’s Annual…
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Them and us attitude must go sheep farmers
Meat companies needed to shed their "them and us" mentality and work together, southern sheep farmers said. Those spoken to yesterday expressed their…
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1,100 sheep farmers voice serious concerns in Tullamore over future of industry
IN excess of 1,000 sheep farmers were in attendance in the Tullamore Court Hotel last Thursday night to hear IFA President Padraig Walshe say that…
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Federated Farmers call for political recognition of farming s importance
Federated Farmers say farming is New Zealand’s future and is calling for political parties to recognise this. The Federation say that farmers are the…
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Wool board set to discuss impact of falling throughputs as national flock declines
The infrastructure of the British Wool Marketing Board is directly related to the number of sheep in the UK and the fleeces they produce. If the…
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Shear Brilliance - English Shearers Triumph in Norway
The England Sheep Shearing team returned home from Norway last week with heads held high after a tremendous performance at the Golden Shears World…
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A stampede for rural show
Cattle and sheep will be back at this year’s Countryside Live, having been banned from the North Yorkshire event last year because of foot and mouth…
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