RIP Welsh Lamb?

• Posted by Arnold Pennant at 10:40 AM | add or read comments (0)

RECENTLY I attended a meeting about food and farming which was designed to bring together the farmers on one side and food industry boffins on the other.

Unfortunately there were not many farmers present which I suppose is not surprising bearing in mind the recent battering they have received from the FMD crisis.

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End of cheap oil means end of cheap food

• Posted by Arnold Pennant at 3:55 PM | add or read comments (0)

AS IF we had not had enough problems this year, there is now another in the form of high oil prices.

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Supermarkets free to carry on fleecing producers

• Posted by Arnold Pennant at 2:16 PM | add or read comments (0)

THE recent publication of the Competition Commission’s preliminary report into the supply of food in this country has proved just another “kick in the teeth” for the farmers.

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Life after the storm

• Posted by Dan Owen at 3:29 PM | add or read comments (0)

By Arnold Pennant
It is welcome to report a bit of good news for a change. All the regulations regarding foot and mouth disease have gone thankfully. There are two immediate lessons which should be learned from the most recent outbreaks. The first is that the foot and mouth virus should not be tampered with by scientific boffins and the second is that if bureaucrats which to impose restrictions on other peoples’ businesses that they should be prepared to pay compensation if they get things wrong.

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Foot and Mouth disease

• Posted by Dan Owen at 9:38 AM | add or read comments (0)

By Arnold Pennant
Perhaps it is a good thing to have been away so much recently, because it has meant that I have largely missed the ravages of the foot and mouth disease epidemic. It has also meant that you can reflect on it from a distance.

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Wouldn't it be nice if the government cared about its farmers?

• Posted by Arnold Pennant at 3:41 PM | add or read comments (0)

THERE are certain times in history when you can look back and be relieved that you made certain decisions.

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