David Cameron’s “no-deal” Brexit would mean the loss of thousands of royal farm jobs, a royal farm group has warned.David Willetts, the chairman of the Royal Agricultural Council, told the BBC that the Government was “going to make a massive gamble” in its plan to retain the royal farming sector.In a letter published by the […]
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‘Weirdly, it’s a lot of the same people’: The family behind a quirky and quirky farm
It’s a quiet farm on a quiet road in central Ontario that looks like any other.But its not quite that.The name is “Bacon Farms” and the farmhouse sits right next to a barn full of dairy cows, but the farm is something else altogether.It’s the farm of an eccentric family that makes its name with […]
Which farm has the best strawberry in Ireland?
The strawberry farm in Cumberland, Co Donegal, is the home of Maggie’s Strawberry Farm, which also has the country’s biggest strawberry farm.The strawberry fields are planted with 3,500 to 5,000 berries.The strawberries are grown in a beautiful landscape, with the fields surrounding a meadow.The fields are dotted with small trees that are also used as […]
California farm bureau to give farmers a $3.6m bonus
Farm Bureau of California President Bob Crouch will give a $1 million bonus to more than 100 farmers as part of an agreement with state lawmakers, the agency announced on Tuesday.The deal is part of a larger $1.8 billion farm subsidy package passed by the California legislature last year.Crouch said in a statement the money […]
Why is the Cumberland Farms sinkhole growing?
With the state’s population expected to reach more than one million by 2025, a growing number of rural areas are facing severe water problems.But, in some areas, it’s not just water problems that are getting the attention of the Cumberlands.It’s also the land itself, according to Robert L. Brown, an emeritus professor of forestry and […]
Kentucky’s “caught the recession”
Kentucky’s economy has finally turned around, and it has done so without the help of the federal government.The state’s farm economy has increased by 12 percent over the past year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, while the rural economy has been hurt by the loss of about 6,000 jobs.In the past two months, […]