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Celebrating Dorset sustainability: the Love Local Trust Local Awards are open to all Dorset farmers, fishermen and food producers

The Love Local Trust Local Awards are proud to recognise and celebrate small, independent Dorset producers and businesses. Entering the Love Local Trust Local...

Badgers and TB:farm frustration

Trying NOT to bang on again about the weather, George Hosford presents a candid look at the farming community’s battle with TB instead There was...

Future Farmer: 5-year-old Giles Apsey.

Giles was a year old when Fluffy was born – she was one of a triplet who needed to be bottle fed. He took...

Serious sheep worrying in Dorset

The Easter weekend is synonymous with the return of leaves to the trees, the flowering of daffodils and the birth of new life on...

Fowl play or cluckonomics?

Andrew Livingston explores the implications of proposed welfare legislation changes and the ripple effects on food supply and pricing Once upon a time – in...

The end of an era:Minette Batters bows out

Passing the torch: as Tom Bradshaw steps into the pivotal role, he faces the daunting task of upholding farming’s future. Andrew Livingston reports I cannot...

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BHS Dorset Pleasure Ride

In aid of the BHS Ride Pleasure Ride Out UK Fund Sunday 10 September9:30am - 11.30amMagiston FarmSydling St NicholasDorchester, DT2 9NR Advance booking£20 Adults - £10...

Fresh eyes at the Museum of East Dorset

There’s a new face among the artefacts at the Museum of East Dorset. Millie Lake, 29, has joined as the museum’s new Curator –...

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