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Shadow Secretary of State for the Department of Farming Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Tim Farron MP has called on Hilary Benn to increase the investment in bee health research or risk losing the British honey bee for ever.

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Bridget’s bid to be top woman farmer

1:35pm Friday 21st November 2008

AN Abergavenny woman is bidding for the title of Wales Woman Farmer of the Year at next month’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Winter Fair.

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RABDF president elect is unveiled

1:30pm Friday 21st November 2008

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers’ president elect is Lord Rooker, former Defra Minister of State for Sustainable Food and Farming and Animal Health.

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County’s Nuffield scholars take the stage at industry conference

1:29pm Friday 21st November 2008

The aim of the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is to give enthusiastic individuals the opportunity to study aspects of farming, land management, horticulture and the food chain.

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Double delight for Co-op's on-farm education programme

2:58pm Thursday 13th November 2008

The Co-operative Group has received two major awards for its ‘From Farm to Fork’ outdoor learning experience for primary schoolchildren.

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Meeting addresses ways to cut carbon footprint

12:37pm Friday 31st October 2008

The Farming Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) was set up in 1969 to provide farmers with independent advice as to how to farm profitably, while respecting wildlife and the environment.

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Sarah is new county chairman

12:37pm Friday 31st October 2008

The new county chairman of the Herefordshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs is Sarah Wells, a member of Hereford YFC.

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Anthea’s quest to find out what happens from ‘farm to fork’

12:38pm Friday 31st October 2008

Aspiring Euro MP Anthea Mcintyre is carrying out a ‘farm to fork’ food investigation in Herefordshire.

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YFCs in clean sweep

12:39pm Friday 31st October 2008

Herefordshire Young Farmers Clubs swept the board at the Countryside Live Primestock Show in Harrogate, competing against all the other counties in the national YFC federation, managing to win all the trophies on offer.

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