BARNARD CASTLE. – This week's meeting was our Christmas meal at Smallways, and a great night was had by all. Next week's meeting is carol singing around our usual route, so could members meet at Barnard Castle Post Office at 6.30pm and wear something
AN INDEPENDENT North Yorkshire-based animal nutrition business has been taken over.A-One Feed Supplements of Dishforth is a leading specialist manufacturer of feeds and supplements for piglets, ruminants and game in the UK and Ireland. Established by
A NEW £4.4M truck stop and lorry park has been handed over to Exelby Services on the A1M.The new facility at Coneygarth provides parking for up to 80 lorries and replaces their former Londonderry Garage which was previously on the site. As well as re-fuelling
FOXHILLFARM Infinity, a February 2013 born maiden heifer from the Alford's of Devon sold for the 8,000gns top price at the 2014 Red Ladies Derby at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, (Dec 12). Sired by the 22,000gns Hartlaw Excaliber and out of Bankdale Chanel
EXTRA measures to combat bovine TB in England have been confirmed by Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss. A Biosecurity Action Plan sets out plans to help farmers reduce the risk of disease spread on their farms – and a new service will give
THE 2015 NIAB TAG Outlook Conference takes place at the Holiday Inn at Scotch Corner on Wednesday, February 18.The 30th anniversary conference has attracted a strong line-up of speakers including Sir Jim Paice, MP and former Defra minister , who will
FARM incomes are likely to fall further in 2015, according to a leading farm business consultancy.But Andersons believe the best farm businesses – those which made the correct investment decisions during the better times – will still see opportunities
MORE than 140 farmers have attended five events organised by the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) to find out how they can help Barn Owls thrive on their farms. Local experts Robin Arundale, John Olly and Philip Hamner have given farmers across
Sir, – Joe Willis (A Dales Life, D&S, December 12) does a wonderful job of skewering the Tories’ dishonest and patronising leaflet.Their new candidate seems to have learned from the incumbent that you ‘work hard on behalf of local residents’ by being
Sir, – The launch of the ‘Feeding Britain’ report confirms what many of us have known for some time. The huge rise in the usage of food banks demands immediate and urgent action. It’s not scaremongering; the facts are now plain for all to see. Time and
Sir, – I cannot let Alan Hunton's letters, D&S Nov 14 and Dec 5, go unanswered. He is so misguided.Mr Hunton advocates banning driven grouse shooting. If banned, hen harrier numbers will fall, possibly to the level of extinction in this country – and
