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  • NFU Mutual celebrates 100 years of Cornish local assessors

    This year NFU Mutual celebrates 100 years of its Cornish network of farmers who support the rural community by valuing livestock and crop insurance claims. NFU Mutual local assessors are highly regarded farmers who are appointed to ensure that

  • Handling your birds

    Janice Houghton-Wallace says how you interact with your poultry is important It can be all too easy to think that so long as poultry have safe housing, feed and water they could want for little more. However, if we take the time to handle them we

  • Winter barley being developed for booming distilling market

    Sharp increases in the amount of UK barley required for distilling on the back of booming Scotch whisky consumption in overseas markets is prompting Syngenta to evaluate a new winter barley variety with distilling potential. According to Syngenta

  • Our salad days: grow stunning summer salad ingredients

    There are so many salad ingredients to choose from and once you’ve chosen which you’re going to grow, there a multitude of varieties. This is a perfect subject for experimentation. Sure, grow your favourites but try a few different ones, too. There