FOLLOWING a successful three-year pilot scheme in the West Midlands and East Anglia, new habitats for declining farmland birds and plants are to be created on arable farms. Farmers throughout England will be able to apply for payments for creating wildlife
Worcestershire 214-3 off 37.1 overs: Herefordshire 210 all out off 47 overs Worcestershire WPC Weston (run out) 5 A Singh (b Cooper) 42 GA Hick (not out) 101 VS Solanki (c Boroughs b Farroque) 41 DA Leatherdale (not out) 14 Extras 11 Total - 3 wickets
ARABLE land values have been resisting strong falls and bumping along within a range of £2,400 to £2,600 an acre, according to national estate agents, Strutt and Parker. During the three months to June of this year, however, they again hit the bottom
DESPITE delays because of the wettest winter ever and the restrictions of foot and mouth, Janet and Martin Harris of Butford Farm, Bodenham, have just completed their organic conversion programme to become the latest members of the growing movement in
LIVESTOCK farmers in Herefordshire, still struggling with foot and mouth, are worried that their problems will escalate out of control this winter if the disease is not beaten, writes Roy Lewis. In a bid to air problems and obtain fair treatment for local
LUDLOW-based wildlife ranger Mike Thornley has been watching and listening intently for another sign of a unique visitor to his woodlands. He was astonished when he spotted evidence of the first breeding nightjars on his Forestry Commission patch for
INITIAL blood testing of stock on the Brecon Beacons suggests there is no evidence that foot and mouth has spread to the mountains. But this week further blood testing was being carried out with the co-operation of graziers. The news has come as a great
Worcestershire 214-3 off 37.1 overs: Herefordshire 210 all out off 47 overs. Worcestershire WPC Weston (run out) 5 A Singh (b Cooper) 42 GA Hick (not out) 101 VS Solanki (c Boroughs b Farroque) 41 DA Leatherdale (not out) 14 Extras 11 Total - 3 wickets
Worcestershire 214-3 off 37.1 overs: Herefordshire 210 all out off 47 overs. Worcestershire WPC Weston (run out) 5 A Singh (b Cooper) 42 GA Hick (not out) 101 VS Solanki (c Boroughs b Farroque) 41 DA Leatherdale (not out) 14 Extras 11 Total - 3 wickets
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