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  • How to look after your livestock this Fireworks Night

    With Fireworks Night approaching, pet owners all over the country will be preparing to keep their animals calm. Alongside dogs and cats, farm animals are also easily frightened by loud noises and sudden flashes of bright light, which can startle

  • Brexit - the new deal and what to do now? Advice for farmers

    By Sarah Baker, AHDB strategic insight manager With the Prime Minister’s Brexit Bill ‘on pause’, Brexit ‘flextended’ until January 31 and the country on course for a General Election on December 12, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about

  • South Molton market report for Thursday, October 31

    Stags of South Molton report a few more lambs forward this week, with trade up again, as buyers were very keen to secure lambs; especially the ‘export’ 41- 46kg range. Overall trade was up 3-4ppk on last week with the 41-46kg, well covered lambs up

  • Warning as dog thieves target working dogs

    By Alex Cutler @dorsetechoalex Reporter DOG owners have been given advice on how to keep their dogs safe from thieves as part of a national campaign. Gundog theft awareness week runs from October 31 until November 7 and Dorset Police's Rural