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Come and meet our baby lambs

11:31am Thursday 18th March 2010

VISITORS can see what goes on behind the scenes when Overbury Farms opens up its lambing sheds.

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Innovation award

11:28am Thursday 18th March 2010

A PRIZE of £1,000 will be given to the winner of an innovation award at the British Pig & Poultry Fair at Stoneleigh Park in May. For details and an entry form, visit pigandpoultry fair.org.uk/abninnovationaward.

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Flock competition

11:27am Thursday 18th March 2010

THE Cotswold Sheep Society is organising a flock competition this year. The large flock section will be for flocks with more than 20 ewes of breeding age, shearlings and older, and the small flock section will be for up to 19 ewes of breeding age. Judges will visit flocks in July to see how they are managed, judge breeding and marketing strategies and hear about ambitions for the future. “It is a wonderful opportunity to show off your flock and your knowledge to the judges,” said Angela Reid of the society.

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Launch of organisation for agricultural women

11:27am Thursday 18th March 2010

A voluntary organisation has been launched aimed at offering a fresh viewpoint on the agri-food industry – with a hint of pink.

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Game event to last for a fortnight

11:27am Thursday 18th March 2010

THE British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC) has extended its Taste of Game week into a fortnight-long event from November 6 to 20.

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Flower show’s 25 year anniversary

11:12am Thursday 4th March 2010

TWENTY-five years ago the national Spring Gardening Show first burst into flower as a small regional flower show on the Three Counties Showground.

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Downturn scuppers grow-your-own event

11:12am Thursday 4th March 2010

THE launch of the Edible Garden Show has been postponed following concerns among potential sponsors and exhibitors over the uncertain economy.

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RSPB writes ‘letter to the future’

11:11am Thursday 4th March 2010

POLITICIANS are being urged by the RSPB not to sideline the environment in the struggle to reform the economy.

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Gains in campaign to end cruel horse trade

10:44am Thursday 4th March 2010

...this is just one step forward to end the single biggest abuse of horses in Europe, so we must not lose momentum...

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Former flat racer is a real cracker!

10:44am Thursday 4th March 2010

A FORMER winner on the flat, Rockcracker has proved to be a real cracker for a young Vale of Evesham horsewoman.

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