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Bella Cariaso – The Philippine Star November 9, 2024 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — During the holiday season in 2022, the country saw an unprecedented onion crisis, with retail prices of the bulbs hitting an eye-watering P700 a kilo. The crisis was blamed partly on wrong importation policy that was not in sync with the […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Mahayuti alliance government in Maharashtra, failed to keep several promises it made on healthcare and farmers’ welfare in its manifesto for the 2019 Assembly elections, a study has found. Apart from the BJP, the ruling alliance in the state comprises the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena […]
7th November 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak A Christmas tractor run will go ahead despite “considerable number” of farmers deciding not to take part following changes to inheritance tax that were announced at the Autumn Budget. Photo by Sheepy & District Ploughing Association. The charity Christmas tractor run, organised by Sheepy Ploughing Association, will take place […]
6th November 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak A Cocker Spaniel called Daisy has been reunited with her owners eight years after she was stolen from home in Mole Valley, Surrey. Daisy was only one year old when she was stolen, Surrey Police. Daisy, who was one at the time, was stolen along with three other dogs […]
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4th November 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak A substantial number of livestock has been killed and two barns with equipment were destroyed in a blaze, leaving a Guisborough farm owner “devastated”. Blaze broke at Margrove Park in Guisborough, photo by Cleveland Fire Brigade UK. Cleveland Fire Brigade were called to the incident at Margrove Park in […]
2nd November 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak Well-known farmer-comedian Jim Smith and popular local musicians, Peter Morrison and Seamus MacLennan, will take to the stage on Skye this December for an unforgettable night of music and laughter. Jim Smith will perform at RSABI’s #KeepTalking event this December. The event, aimed at Skye farmers and crofters, is […]
1st November 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak Plans to build a solar farm as big as 144 football pitches on top-quality farmland in Lincolnshire have met with mixed responses from local residents. Stock photo. The solar farm would be built between Sleaford and Boston, covering 77 hectares of land near Little Hale Fen, south of the […]
30th October 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak Farming organisations have responded to the Autumn Budget 2024 that was announced earlier today by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, explaining how it will influence farmers and their businesses. Photo by HM Treasury. As part of the Autumn Budget, the government has announced the farming budget will remain at £2.4 billion […]
29th October 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak More than 950 wheels of cheddar, worth £300,000, have been stolen from a London-based artisanal cheese maker. Patrick Holden of Neal’s Yard Dairy said that 22 tonnes of Hafod, Westcombe and Pitchfork Cheddar were stolen on 21st October. The fraudsters who posed as an agent of a French supermarket […]