Farming

Action to support Lake District farmers

Fears that farmers do not feel supported by the Lake District National Park Authority has prompted a report to be written about the relationship.

Last updated 11 November 2011
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Growing support in Cumbria for take-over of ailing farming advice charity

Uncertainty still surrounds the future of farming charity Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group after a week-long scramble to try to rescue the ailing organisation.

Last updated 11 November 2011
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Change of date for Cumberland Show

Donella Rozario photo The Cumberland Show is changing date in an attempt to lure more people to the area’s agricultural showcase. (4 comments)

Last updated 11 November 2011
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‘Superb’ Agri-Expo showpiece puts Carlisle centre stage

AgriI-Expo in Carlisle confirmed its presence on the national show stage on Friday, attracting an estimated 10,000 people and more than 600 livestock entries.

Last updated 4 November 2011
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Lake District Cheese brand worth £60 million, says First Milk

Farming co-operative First Milk says the value of its Aspatria-made Lake District Cheese brand has risen to £60 million.

Last updated 4 November 2011
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Green power plant at Cumbrian farm switched on today

Cumbria's first anerobic digester at Dryholme Farm, near Silloth, started supplying electricity to the national grid today.

Last updated 4 November 2011
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Thousands at Carlisle's Borderway mart for Agri-Expo

Thousands of people, including a busload of Finnish farmers, descended on Carlisle’s Borderway Mart for an agricultural event yesterday.

Last updated 29 October 2011
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Longtown mart’s excellent year marred by having to write off bad debt

Longtown Mart had one of its best years marred by bad debt which forced Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart to write off £782,000 of money owed.

Last updated 28 October 2011
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Cumbria farmers set to resume live calf exports

Live calf exports from Cumbria will resume within days after a computer problem at the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency was fixed.

Last updated 28 October 2011
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Cumbria police aiming to keep peace as hunting season begins

John Shaw photo Cumbria police will use high visibility patrols to reduce clashes between huntsmen and protesters during the hunting season which starts next week.

Last updated 28 October 2011
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Wigton auctioneer receives Blamire Prize for contribution to farming

Blamire Prize award photo An auctioneer has been handed one of the highest honours in Cumbrian agriculture.

Last updated 21 October 2011
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Recruits wanted for new rural leadership project in Cumbria

A rural leadership project has been launched in Cumbria.

Last updated 21 October 2011
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NFU claims Cumbria's farmers would lose out if political boundaries change

Farmers would lose out if plans to change Cumbria’s constituency boundaries go ahead, according to the NFU.

Last updated 21 October 2011
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Plans for a 500,000-gallon slurry lagoon near Carlisle rejected

Margaret and Derek Monk photo Hotly contested plans for a 500,000 gallons slurry lagoon on the outskirts of Carlisle have been refused.

Last updated 21 October 2011
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Rise in milk price helps lift the fortunes of Cumbrian dairy farms

Andrew Sims photo Dairy farmers in Cumbria are making more money from their milk – but surpluses still stand at less than a penny per litre.

Last updated 21 October 2011
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Cumbrian conference debated future of Lakeland

Fifteen senior farming and environment figures have met to discuss the future of the Lake District and how to ensure its survival.

Last updated 14 October 2011
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Computer problems leave Cumbrian farmers out of pocket

Andrew Wright photo A computer glitch has suspended calf exports and left hundreds of Cumbrian farmers with black and white dairy bull calves and thousands of pounds out of pocket.