DORSET Police's Rural Crime Team has urged the public to be on the lookout for a white Mitsubishi L200 with the registration number Y*11*KY. The driver has been seen on farms in the Piddle Valley today asking to buy or borrow tools and other requests
LAMBING sheds to the rear of Ilsington Farm, Tincleton, could be converted to commercial use writes Trevor Bevins. Dorset Council is being asked for its views on the development, which is allowed under planning rules for agricultural buildings which
Minette Batters has been re-elected as president of the National Farmers’ Union. Mrs Batters, a beef farmer from Wiltshire, will serve as president for another two years alongside Stuart Roberts as deputy president and Tom Bradshaw as vice president
Police seized weapons from couple's home weeks before Winsford murder Licensed weapons had been seized by police from the home belonging to a couple who are at the centre of a double shooting investigation, writes Amy Cole. The woman, named
KUBOTA has announced its new M6002 series of tractors. The first unit has been presented at FIMA 2020, the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery taking place in Zaragoza, Spain, from February 25-29. This new tractor has been developed
DRONE patrols have been launched across the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council area's urban heaths writes Jim Durkin. The latest technology will give officers on the ground a bird’s eye view in a bid to reduce arson attacks, poaching and
Secretary of state, George Eustice, addressed the 2020 NFU conference. In this first major address he focussed on succession and payment schemes. He began by outlining his personal experience of farming. "Now as many of you will know, I also
A PORKIE pet that was believed to be a micro pig and had to be given up by his previous owner when he grew too big is waiting to be re-homed five years later writes Jason Lewis. Neville is a cross between a Kune Kune and a Vietnamese pot bellied
THE MARKET report from Sedgemoor Auction Centre for Monday, February 24, is as follows. The total stock was 1,232 head. Excellent trades all round. Prime and culls improved and hoggs holding at high levels. (101) UTM & (13) OTM Prime Cattle.
