You are in: Home>News Big Sheep Race offers an alternative to the Grand National 12/04/2007 12:00:00 Farmers Weekly Its going to be an exciting day for people who like a flutter this Saturday, not only is the GrandNational on at Aintree but there is an alternative sheep race being held at Abbotsham, North Devon. You are in: Home>News Big Sheep Race offers an alternative to the Grand National 12/04/2007 12:00:00 Farmers Weekly Its going to be an exciting day for people who like a flutter...

Welsh aggregate agricultural output and income figures for the year, published on the Welsh Assembly Government website, shows total income from Welsh farming fell by around 44m - 29% - down to 107. The alarming crash in incomes occurred as gross output fell by 2%, mainly because of reductions in the dairy, sheep and poultry sectors. Meanwhile total farming costs, covering feed, veterinary expenses, fertilisers, maintenance and contract work, rose by 24m to 771. FUW president Gareth...

Unconditional love of one's fellow creatures, whether they be black, white or purple, clean shaven, bearded or with a long bushy tail: what a heart-warming sentiment. When populists and Christian fundamentalists darkened the doorstep of the Dutch parliament, and a small ray of hope came to us all in the form of a young woman with the courage to go against the grain. They're a Protestant sect whose distinguishing mark, my encyclopaedia tells me, is the belief that the second coming of...

We are to be dropped at the roadside just north of Lindos, and the driver will leave our transport at the far end of the walk, setting off from there to meet us and join us. We glance back at Lindos, the great buttress of rock crowned with the historic castle and acropolis, towering above its ancient village and then the scene slides behind a rock bluff as we drive round a bend and descend to the start of our walk, at a turn off into olive groves above the shore. We also climb the steps...

Farmers welcome water contained in snow, but ranchers stymied by mud. Drought conditions are confined to the western part of the state, with reduced severity, except for the far western quarter of the state. Topsoil moisture for the state was rated at 93 percent adequate to surplus for the week ending April 8, up from the previous week's 87 percent and better than last year's 89 percent, according to the ag statistics report. Factors against planting: Soil temperatures and management...