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Survey highlights starling and song thrust decline

7:10am Thursday 28th March 2013

STARLINGS and song thrushes are being seen less frequently in school grounds, according to this year’s RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch.

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Motorcyclists 'are damaging Lake District pass'

3:40pm Tuesday 26th March 2013

MOTORCYCLISTS have been slammed for continuing to illegally use a popular Lake District pass.

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Enjoyable stress!

11:50am Thursday 22nd March 2012

Mother’s Day was wonderful. Nice weather and a fantastic meal with Brian and my son at Kirkby Lonsdale – but now it’s back to business.

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Awesome spirit

11:29am Friday 9th December 2011

THE Christmas Fat shows are well under way at the local auctions now. It is a time when we can all get together and show some of our stock.

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Choices have to be made

5:58pm Tuesday 18th October 2011

THIS month we have been busy getting stock ready for the sales.

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High risk of fluke

1:45pm Wednesday 14th September 2011

In the past, I have mentioned the parasite forecast (www.nadis. org.uk) which can indicate likely problems for livestock.

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Salon for gimmers

5:46pm Tuesday 6th September 2011

THIS week we are busy among the mule gimmer lambs - mule lambs being a cross between a hill breed ewe and a blue faced Leicester tup – and a gimmer being a girl.

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Weather is a pain

6:44pm Wednesday 24th August 2011

THE weather is being quite a pain at the moment.

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Plan for lambing

6:52pm Tuesday 28th June 2011

MOST people will associate lambing with springtime, but to plan for that can mean starting in the early summer.

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Whenever anyone needs a hand we will help and they help us

2:29pm Friday 24th June 2011

TODAY I’m going to tell you about farming people and families.

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'We don’t always see the cow is coming ‘on heat’" - Farmer Andrew Long writes

10:35am Tuesday 14th June 2011

WELL it’s all go at the moment!

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I’ve seen many outbreaks of diseases, but the farm carries on

9:24am Tuesday 17th May 2011

I RECENTLY took part in a Radio 4 programme on foot and mouth.

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Springing to life

11:57am Thursday 21st April 2011

WITH grass growing and cows being turned out, the diseases that come about while they are housed disappear.

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'A good example of how farming and farm vetting has changed' - Farm vet Iain Richards writes

2:48pm Thursday 31st March 2011

IN Andrew Long’s last column on these pages he mentioned vaccinating his cattle.

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Spring into action

7:27pm Friday 11th March 2011

WE HAVE taken advantage of a warm and dry spell and spread our pasture fields with fertiliser.

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Busy time ahead

6:51pm Friday 25th February 2011

I am starting to see more lambs in the fields, which is a pleasant reminder of the coming spring.

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Spring in the air

6:53pm Monday 21st February 2011

We’ve been putting the in-lamb sheep inside today as they are due to start lambing now.

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Twin lamb alert

4:27pm Thursday 3rd February 2011

Jane Knowles’s column last week was interesting. As she says, twin lamb disease can be treated if caught early.

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