Electronic sheep IDs ‘will cripple industry’

8:30am Thursday 5th June 2008

SHEEP farmers have been urged to lobby their MPs and Euro MPs to fight the planned individual electronic identification (EID) of sheep.

	Show director backing bluetongue measures
	9:11am Thu 29 May 08
	THE honorary director of the Great Yorkshire Show has used his car to drive home the message for farmers to vaccinate against bluetongue disease.

	Elk and bison roaming as farm takes on rare breeds
	8:52am Tue 27 May 08
	FOR more than half a century, a farmer has looked out of his windows over rolling fields full of sheep and cows.
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	Hundreds expected to join farmers for annual open day
	9:33am Mon 26 May 08
	HUNDREDS of people are expected to head for the countryside on Sunday when farmers hold their fourth annual Open Farm Sunday.

	Farming chief criticises plan to create woodland
	8:16am Sat 17 May 08
	A FARMING leader has criticised plans to turn some of the region's most productive arable land into woods.
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Thousands of farmers still waiting for funding

8:40am Thursday 8th May 2008

THOUSANDS of farmers, including many in the region, have still not received their single farm payment for last year.

	Plans to expand grouse project
	8:43am Thu 1 May 08
	A CAMPAIGN to save the rare black grouse from extinction has been such a success in the North- East that a plan was announced yesterday to repeat it in other parts of the country.

	Don’t be sheepish, you could be a star of anniversary rural show
	9:10am Thu 1 May 08
	THE importance of sheep to the region has long been recognised at the Great Yorkshire Show, with more than 30 breeds competing for the prizes.

Pig farm given clean bill of health following inspection

9:48am Saturday 12th April 2008

A PIG farm at the centre of neglect allegations from undercover animals rights activists has been given a clean bill of health.