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Stories for 30 October 2002

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Abi takes centre stage

A LEOMINSTER woman took centre stage at a major London theatre this week.   more...

Animal health help hits the road

AN animal health roadshow designed to help sheep farmers achieve a more effective control of roundworms is visiting Leominster today (Thursday).   more...

CAP reforms to raise challenges for farm industry

CHANGES expected to revolutionise the management of farms from a production-led system to one encouraging a more environmental approach to countryside management could not have come at a worse time, according to a spokesman for a top-ten accountancy firm with offices in Hereford.   more...

Day to boost membership

NEW Members Week was rounded off by the Herefordshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs with a special day in High Town, Hereford, which proved to be a fun-filled occasion.   more...

Forecast of drops in profits for farms

A TYPICAL medium-sized combinable crop farm will struggle to make a profit next year. This is the grim message from the 55th edition of the Agricultural Budgeting and Costing Book that has just been published.   more...

David to take over reins as NFU chief

The new regional director of NFU West Midlands is to be David Collier, who was brought up in Staffordshire and whose first job with the NFU was in Tamworth.   more...

Survey forecasts drop in profits

WHILE net farm income for the average lowland farming client rose from £5 to £18 per acre, profits for next year will fall back to £12 an acre - still below the five-year average of £23 per acre, according to a survey by accountants Deloitte and Touche.   more...

Stockton ewe sale gets off to a flyer with 6,000gns top bid

LARGE crowds and a strong demand ensured the sale of John Sinnett's Stockton ewes got off to a flying start, yielding a top price 6,000 guineas.   more...

Budget crucial to fuels venture

PLANS are taking shape to turn familiar home-grown crops like sugar beet, cereals and oilseed rape into renewable fuels but, according to the National Farmers' Union, the success of the venture relies on the Government.   more...

New self-propelled apple harvester put through its paces at orchard

AN impressive new self-propelled apple harvester was demonstrated for the first time in Herefordshire by Ravenhill Farm Services of Beech Business Park, Hereford.   more...

Group's pledge to save markets

THE need to retain livestock markets was vital to ensure competitiveness in farming, a meeting of Farmers' For Action in south Herefordshire heard on Thursday last.   more...

Farrier's success at contest

HEREFORD farrier Mark Evans was a member of the Wales team of four that won the annual international shoeing competition at Stoneleigh for the third successive year.   more...

  
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