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Category: Dorset Farming

Beef is beef. Except when it neighs.

A decade after the horsemeat scandal, how have we ended up in a place with more risks than ever to our food, asks Andrew...

The weight of accusation

Farmer James Cossins looks back at the strain of the last month – caused almost entirely by a complaint about his animal care As I...

There’s been a complaint …

With our national newly-sanitised view of ‘Countryfile-d’ farming, complaints about animal welfare are on the increase, reports Andrew Livingston British winter is synonymous with sideways...

The science of profit

Blandford farmer George Hosford abandons the stats and checks his crystal ball to see if his profit calculations will be accurate this year Below left...

A Dorset motorway?

Could there actually be an economic case for ploughing a motorway through Dorset, asks Andrew Livingston Here’s a horrific notion to get you started for...

Settling in to winter on the farm

As the season turns, life in the Tarrant Valley slows. James Cossins finds it’s a time for looking ahead – to TB tests, feed...

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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...

The list of unwanted gifts

It’s that time of year when we’re packing up the last of the festive detritus and looking forward to the first spring flowers …...

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