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  FARMLAND has out-performed both equities and commodities in terms of value growth and levels of volatility over the past 17 years, with momentum continuing into the first quarter of 2013, according to Chesterton Humberts’ latest rural research report.
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  REDUCING water use on beef and sheep farms is the aim of a research and development project recently launched by EBLEX.
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  FIGURES issued by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) indicate more than 30 farmers left the industry in April alone in England and Wales and the latest Kingshay Dairy Manager costings for conventional Holstein Friesian herds show margins over purchased feed are currently £17,775 down on an average farm. This follows one of the toughest years in living memory for the sector.
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  RISING unemployment, shrinking profits and plummeting confidence in countryside businesses have thrown the rural economy to the brink of a further recession, according to a new survey by the CLA and land agent Smiths Gore.
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  A STUDY launched by Sir David Attenborough giving a health check for wildlife in the UK has revealed species of Dorset’s heathlands, marine areas, grasslands and coast which have experienced serious decline and, in some cases, extinction.
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  A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry has revealed more robust scientific data and a standard model to measure carbon sequestration is needed to help the beef and lamb sector meet the twin challenges of sustainable food production and reducing environmental impact.
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  THE Government has hardened its resolve to press ahead with summer badger culls after figures showed that bovine TB is “running rampant” in the south west.
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  THE Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has granted MSD Animal Health a provisional marketing authorisation for Bovilis SBV, the first vaccine specifically targeting the Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) in cattle and sheep.
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           <title>Source straw bedding early</title>
           
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  THE Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is urging livestock producers to start planning now to secure their straw supply and has launched a new web page to help.
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  REDUCING water use on beef and sheep farms is the aim of a research and development project recently launched by EBLEX.
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