A project aiming at taking the guesswork out of choosing the most suitable paddocks for lambing should help improve lamb survival rates say researchers. The Sustainable Farming Fund funded Triplets for Profit project is one of several initiatives looking into ways of helping improve lamb survival and is being carried out on farms in the Dannevirke district by farm and business consultants Sheppard Agriculture. The Sustainable Farming Fund funded Triplets for Profit project is one of...

The Bleemels run the 240 acre farm as a store, restaurant and petting zoo, giving tour groups a taste of old-style farm life, maintaining a two-acre garden and selling produce, sweets and antiques. The Bleemels opted to expand from agriculture into hospitality shortly after moving to the property, which has been in the family since 1816, and realizing that it would be difficult to preserve as a traditional farm. We don't go on vacation and things," said Anna Bleemel, who cooks the food for...

Much of that former industry has been replaced by a burgeoning tourist industry. The aquarium, built about 15 years ago, now has a flock of gentoo penguins to join the ranks of sea turtles at the Riverfront, where there are a host of restaurants and destinations within walking distance. That explains the gentleman at the tiny five-gate airport's information desk, who had two of the melon-sized fruits on a towel beneath his folded hand. The trains that pre-date the Civil War and were the...

Defra is advising farmers that the current arrangements for tagging will continue to apply after 30 June until further notice, and that they should continue with current requirements as normal. PR Newswire : UK withdraws application for extension to double tagging derogation media.netPR. Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds said: "It is now clear that the best way forward will be to withdraw our application and work with the industry to put in place a workable solution on sheep...

Elks Parade Chairman Bobby Acquistapace estimated between 6,000 and 7,000 kids at the mini rodeo a gateway event for the 64th annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo and a field trip opportunity for teachers to give their students, some for the first time, a look at the rodeo lifestyle. Elks Parade Chairman Bobby Acquistapace estimated between 6,000 and 7,000 kids at the mini rodeo a gateway event for the 64th annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo and a field trip opportunity for teachers to give their...