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But what has the NFU done for you?

Helping farmers to produce the food we need Unlike any other industry, everyone has a connection with farming. Why? Because the food you eat has...

Voice of a Farmer | September 2021

The first three weeks of August were particularily challenging in getting this years harvest underway. With a considerable lack of sunshine and crops slow...

Agriculture Deemed the Most Dangerous Industry

It is an unfortunate fact that of all the major industrial industries, agriculture is the most dangerous with fatalities being around 20 times higher...

New Dorset Crop Circle in Blandford Forum

Hot on the heels of the Dorset crop circle that appeared on Okeford Hill a few weeks ago, a stunning new design has appeared...

Pepper, is he worth the salt?

What’s your favourite brand promise? ’No tears’, ‘melts in your mouth, not in your hand’ and ‘gives you wings’ are pretty synonymous with some...

Voice of a Farmer | August 2021

We finally started our cereal harvest in July after being a week or two late. Our first crop to harvest is the winter barley...

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Honeysuckle the wonder horse

Though The Glanvilles Stud is teeming with foals, March could only belong to Doug and Lucy Procter’s most famous mare Many column inches have already...

Farewell to Adrienne Howell

IF Mere had a 'national treasure' it would surely be Adrienne Howell, who died on 13th January, aged 87. She was an active part...

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