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Thousands of smallholders and country enthusiasts from all over the UK will be visiting the RWAS Showground, Builth Wells, Wales tomorrow and Sunday for the annual Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival.

Upwards of 90,000 people are expected to visit the Devon County Show over the next three days. But visitors to the Westpoint, Exeter, showground will find fewer cattle on show due mostly to movement restrictions in place because of TB.

The NFU has called on the Government to introduce transitional arrangements to help the cattle industry cope with plans to transfer the cost of TSE testing of fallen cattle over 24 months.

The horse and pony showing classes at the forthcoming Royal Bath and West Show have attracted many top names from all over the country.

The NFU says it is concerned that premature changes to Environmental Stewardship (ES) schemes risk making them increasingly complex and could reduce the opportunities for more farmers to get involved.

Allegations that foreign imports are being passed off as British beef by caterers are very disappointing says EBLEX, the AHDB Beef and Lamb Sector Company.

WHEN it comes to the short and often wet and windy days of winter it makes sense to lessen the work of looking after the poultry as much as you can.

"WHAT'S in a name? That which we call a rose: By any other name would smell as sweet" has, it must be admitted, a far finer ring to it, than has, "What's in a colour? That which we call an egg: By any other colour would taste the same".

The Bluetongue Protection Zones has been extended and merged from today, following the delivery of additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine.

LAYING hens are usually taken for granted, they just keep laying eggs and they are easy to look after. Easy maintenance is always quoted especially to the newcomer who has decided to attempt to enter the wonderful world of poultry keeping.