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November 28, 2007

RIP Welsh Lamb?

RECENTLY I attended a meeting about food and farming which was designed to bring together the farmers on one side and food industry boffins on the other.

Unfortunately there were not many farmers present which I suppose is not surprising bearing in mind the recent battering they have received from the FMD crisis.

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November 15, 2007

End of cheap oil means end of cheap food

AS IF we had not had enough problems this year, there is now another in the form of high oil prices.

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November 5, 2007

Supermarkets free to carry on fleecing producers

THE recent publication of the Competition Commission’s preliminary report into the supply of food in this country has proved just another “kick in the teeth” for the farmers.

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