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May 30, 2007
Time for a change of religion?
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 2:16 PM | add or read comments (0)
AS the Welsh countryside awaits the appointment of a new rural ministry, one animal more than most is grateful for the tiresome delays.
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May 30, 2007
Secret veggie plans hatched by ministers?
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 2:13 PM | add or read comments (0)
NEXT to the return of foot-and-mouth, or the arrival of blue tongue, it was as bad a headline as farmers could possibly have imagined.
"Secret plans to turn us all vegetarian", screamed the Daily Mail.
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May 29, 2007
Make your voice heard on the fallen stock ban
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 5:47 PM | add or read comments (0)
THERE is a little corner of our smallholding that will forever remind us of the foundation ram of our pedigree Jacob sheep flock.
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May 23, 2007
What's good for the gander.....
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 5:23 PM | add or read comments (0)
SO there I was, carrying a pair of gay Chinese geese from the Royal Welsh showgound, attracting bemused looks from passers-by and little sympathy from the mother-in-law.
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May 15, 2007
There's always someone worse off than you
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 7:08 PM | add or read comments (0)
TIME for a whinge: I’m working late at the office, trying to squeeze a quart of news into a pint of a supplement, when really I should be at home tucking up my three-year-old daughter in bed.
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May 2, 2007
Time to get out the blow dryers and baby oil
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 5:20 PM | add or read comments (0)
AFTER a long hard winter, the waiting is finally over: Tomorrow sees the relaunch of the Daily Post’s Sheep of the Year competition.
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May 1, 2007
Buzzing cows with model planes - call that a hobby?
- Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 11:44 AM | add or read comments (0)
PRETTY much everyone in the countryside is aware of the menace of fly-tipping. If you haven’t had old carpets or builders’ rubble dumped on your land, it can only be a matter of time.
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