Farming

Study will show how much carbon is stored in Cumbrian farm land

Academics believe Cumbrian farmers could be quite literally standing on savings that could help their business.

Last updated 6 January 2012
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H&H Bowe welcomes new year with new name, new jobs

Carlisle company H&H Group today revealed it is starting a recruitment drive after growing further.

Last updated 6 January 2012
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Milk testing firm records its appreciation of Helen

milkrec2mw A CUMBRIAN milk recorder who visits farms in the early hours to test the cows and milk has celebrated 40 years on the job.

Last updated 23 December 2011
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Reforms could mean less cash and new restrictions on crops

herdsheepmw CUMBRIAN farmers are facing a major financial hit and could be forced to change the way they farm yet again under proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms.

Last updated 23 December 2011
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Bid to build better relations between farmers and national park bosses

valemw National park chiefs say they are working to foster closer relationships with farmers in the Lake District.

Last updated 16 December 2011
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Work starts on major upgrade at Milk Link's Lockerbie dairy

mbcreamery1 Work has started on a £20 million investment at a dairy supplied by a string of Cumbrian farmers.

Last updated 16 December 2011
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First Milk to pay new year bonus to members

Dairy co-operative First Milk will pay a new year bonus to its members.

Last updated 16 December 2011
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MP Rory Stewart urges people to have their say on drainage plan

An MP wants people to make their views known on moves to create an internal drainage board.

Last updated 16 December 2011
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Newton Rigg’s new principal ready to listen to the industry

Wes Johnson photo Newton Rigg is set to become the nation’s centre of excellence for upland farming under the stewardship of new principal Wes Johnson.

Last updated 16 December 2011
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Cumbria farmers urged to help birds and bees

Farmers in Cumbria are being urged to plant a specialist range of flowers to help speed up the recovery of declining farmland birds and bees.

Last updated 12 December 2011
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RSPB raises concerns about north Cumbria drainage board plan

Objections have been raised to the proposed establishment of an internal drainage board (IDB) covering the Waver and Wampool catchments.

Last updated 9 December 2011
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Cumbrian farmer's ‘difficult time’ after claims about private life published

Alistair Mackintosh photo A leading Cumbrian farmer has spoken of a “difficult” couple of weeks following claims published on a website about his private life.

Last updated 9 December 2011
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New slurry rules prompt Cumbrian dairy farmer to quit industry

Robert Horn photo Another Cumbrian dairy farmer has left the industry and blamed regulations for rendering small herds unviable.

Last updated 9 December 2011
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ID boost for Cumbria's sheep breeders

Cumbria sheep breeders will be among the biggest beneficiaries of a three-year delay on individual movement reporting for older animals.

Last updated 9 December 2011
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Cumbrian firm secures deal to supply free range eggs to Booths supermarkets

A Cumbrian egg company has signed a deal to supply a supermarket chain.

Last updated 2 December 2011
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Plan for 'green energy' digester submitted to Carlisle council

Plans to build a ‘small’ £500,000 anaerobic digester on a Cumbrian organic farm could pave the way for upland farmers across the country to tap into renewable energy.

Last updated 2 December 2011
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