Cards that reveal more than a plain Christmas message

• Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 3:02 PM | add or read comments (0)

IT’S always interesting to see what arrives in the office postbag each Christmas.

Unlike the affluent business desk, where festive freebies abound, the Daily Post’s impecunious farming editor must content himself with CCW calendars and FUW diaries, neither of which can be passed off to relatives as makeweight Christmas presents.

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Snow bird mystery on Anglesey

• Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 6:44 PM | add or read comments (1)

CAN anyone help 75-year-old Owen Jones? He’s been perplexed by a strange-looking heron-like bird spotted on marshes near his Anglesey home.

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Brazilian beef bites back

• Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 3:31 PM | add or read comments (0)

IF anyone needs a friend right now, it’s those nasty Brazilian ranchers who ship beef in vast quantities to Europe.

For years Europe’s farmers have argued that lower production standards enjoyed by their South American counterparts gives them an unfair advantage in the marketplace.

Now it looks as the EC is finally running out of patience.

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£12,500 - not bad for a day's work?

• Posted by Andrew Forgrave at 7:22 PM | add or read comments (0)

THANK God that’s over. The Winter Fair in Builth doesn’t have quite the same blood vessel-bursting effect as its summer cousin, but it has its moments.

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