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Farmer's fury at Barrow flooding
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[Offaly Express] - Farmer Peter Luttrell said many farmers couldn't access their land at all this year, making it unlikely they'll meet the Department of Agriculture's doubling of output plans set out in Harvest Francis Dempsey questioned whether ecological
Six decades of toiling the land comes to a close
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[This is Cornwall] - Main picture: Farmer Peter Gratton, left, and farm worker Tony Shorland at Court Farm, Ashcombe. Left, clockwise from top – in years gone by: The South Devon Hunt at the farm; Peter riding Smart Fellow at a local Point to Point; Court Farm from the air
Exploring the region's food
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[ABC Online] - Hydroponics farmer Peter Newbury says he and his wife fell in love with the Agnes Water area ten years ago and decided to stay. The soil wasn't suited to farming so their solution was to trial hydroponics and they've been doing it ever since. "We
Lucerne fills crop gap in rotation and cuts costs
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[Farmers Guardian] - At Pitcot Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan, organic farmer Peter Davies grows 16 hectares (40 acres) of lucerne to incorporate in the feed ration for his 300-head suckler herd and flock of 600 ewes. As an organic producer, his only input on the crop is
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