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Advice on managing cattle on footpaths to be given at farm safety event
Farmers have the opportunity to get advice on managing cattle on land crossed by footpaths at a farm safety event in Cannington. Experts in agricultural activities, including the safe handling of all-terrain vehicles, tractors, and a cattle crush
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Appeal for information after tractor stolen and set alight in Dorset
A TRACTOR was stolen and set alight in Dorset last weekend. Between 5pm on Friday, February 9, and 7am on Saturday, February 10, a tractor was stolen from the Hurn Court Lane area in Hurn. During Saturday, February 10, a report was received
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Award-winning Cornish cider producer boasts new flavours at Tesco
AN award-winning cider producer in Cornwall has announced two of its products will now be available in even more stores after securing a listing with a national retailer. Cornish cider producer, Healeys, has secured a national listing with Tesco
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Thousands of farmers in India protest over minimum food prices
Farmers blocked highways and held demonstrations in many rural areas in northern India on Friday to protest over a range of grievances that have also led tens of thousands to march toward the capital in tractors and wagons. Farmers in the northern
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Dorset hunt reinstated three weeks after illegal foxhunting ban
A Dorset hunt will be able to resume hunting activities three weeks after they were suspended for illegal foxhunting. North Dorset-based The Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt was suspended on Wednesday, January 24 after video footage showed a fox
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Dorset film featuring Gavin & Stacey star launches farming mental health campaign
An award-winning short film shot in Dorset was given a London premiere as part of a new campaign highlighting mental health in the farming community. As part of the annual Yellow Wellies, Mind Your Head campaign 2024, there was a showing of Wake
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Dog rescued from slurry pit by farmer
A DOG was rescued by a forklift truck from a slurry pit in rural Dorset. Firefighters were called to help a terrier which had become stuck in slurry in Martinstown. The dog was rescued by a farmer using a telehandler - a type of forklift truck
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Labour takes lead over Tories among ‘politically homeless’ rural voters
LABOUR has taken a narrow lead over the Conservatives among England’s rural voters, a poll has found. But while the survey suggests Conservative support has collapsed in the party’s heartlands, the head of a major countryside business association
