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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Farmer « Shropshire Star</title><description>News from The Farmer, the B2B farming newspaper.</description><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:09:35 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Farm minister to address Shropshire Chamber of Agriculture]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/26/farm-minister-to-address-shropshire-chamber-of-agriculture/</link><description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson will be taking time out from his busy agenda to address farmers in his home county Shropshire next month.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/26/farm-minister-to-address-shropshire-chamber-of-agriculture/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:04:27 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Young Farmers]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feed the world at Shropshire conference]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2013/02/21/feed-the-world-at-shropshire-conference/</link><description><![CDATA[The question of how farmers will feed the world’s booming population will be addressed at a conference being held at Harper Adams University in February.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2013/02/21/feed-the-world-at-shropshire-conference/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:27:48 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[NFU conference debates challenges ahead]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/21/nfu-conference-debates-challenges-ahead/</link><description><![CDATA[The ICC in Birmingham will become the focal point for UK farming next week when  the NFU 2013 conference gets underway.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/21/nfu-conference-debates-challenges-ahead/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:21:49 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free HS2 seminars in Cheshire and Staffordshire]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/21/free-hs2-seminars-in-cheshire-and-staffordshire/</link><description><![CDATA[Landowners and farmers likely to be affected by the proposed  High Speed Rail line are being invited to attend  HS2 Seminars in Cheshire and South Staffordshire to find out more details and access free impartial advice from specialists.   ]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/21/free-hs2-seminars-in-cheshire-and-staffordshire/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:19:41 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schmallenberg virus in most flocks and herds]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/21/schmallenberg-virus-in-most-flocks-and-herds/</link><description><![CDATA[Most cattle herds and sheep flocks in this region would give a positive blood test reading to the Schmallenberg virus according to the Staffordshire veterinary practice EC Straiton and Partners, and the Shropshire practice Lambert, Leonard and May.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/02/21/schmallenberg-virus-in-most-flocks-and-herds/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:17:14 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[NSA Central Winter fair will kick start the sheep industry]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2013/01/14/nsa-central-winter-fair-will-kick-start-the-sheep-industry/</link><description><![CDATA[The NSA Central Region Winter Fair – held at Bakewell Market on Thursday, January 24 – has the potential to ‘kick-start the 2013 farming year’ according to NSA Chief Executive Phil Stocker.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2013/01/14/nsa-central-winter-fair-will-kick-start-the-sheep-industry/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:03:39 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paterson says badger cull pilots will go ahead this summer]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/01/14/paterson-says-badger-cull-pilots-will-go-ahead-this-summer/</link><description><![CDATA[Bovine TB is the most pressing animal health problem in the UK and the badger cull pilots will go ahead this summeraccording to the Defra secretary of state, Owen Paterson.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2013/01/14/paterson-says-badger-cull-pilots-will-go-ahead-this-summer/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:03:38 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invest in farm machinery after the new year to benefit from tax break]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2013/01/10/invest-in-farm-machinery-after-the-new-year-to-benefit-from-tax-break/</link><description><![CDATA[Farmers thinking of buying new machinery should wait until January 2013 and save themselves thousands of pounds in tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2013/01/10/invest-in-farm-machinery-after-the-new-year-to-benefit-from-tax-break/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:03:39 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crops]]></category><category><![CDATA[Machinery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blogs from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Young Farmers]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamper venture for local cheesemakers]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/12/10/hamper-venture-for-local-cheesemakers/</link><description><![CDATA[A family run Shropshire dairy farm which produces hand-made cheese is now offering its products in hampers hoping to give sales a further boost this Christmas.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/12/10/hamper-venture-for-local-cheesemakers/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:08:30 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2012/12/10/christmas-is-coming-and-the-geese-are-getting-fat/</link><description><![CDATA[British Goose Producers was formed in 1982 as a sector group of the British Poultry Council when the industry was struggling to survive at a time when turkey totally dominated the Christmas market.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2012/12/10/christmas-is-coming-and-the-geese-are-getting-fat/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:08:02 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warning over water-logged grassland]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/12/10/warning-over-water-logged-grassland/</link><description><![CDATA[Water-logging could be causing significant damage to grass leading to decreased yields and lower nutrient value for grazing animals, EBLEX has warned.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/12/10/warning-over-water-logged-grassland/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:07:19 +0000</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milk shortage warning this winter ]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/09/10/milk-shortage-warning-this-winter/</link><description><![CDATA[With milk deliveries six per cent down on last year and some pasture grazers reporting milk production down 30 per cent there could well be a shortage of milk this winter.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/09/10/milk-shortage-warning-this-winter/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:02:33 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farm minister opens livestock event before returning to backbenches]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2012/09/10/farm-minister-opens-livestock-event-before-returning-to-backbenches/</link><description><![CDATA[Livestock 2012 was officially opened by farm minister Jim Paice in what in what turned out to be his final day in the job.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2012/09/10/farm-minister-opens-livestock-event-before-returning-to-backbenches/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:02:19 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[News from The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebranded livestock event prepares for bumper two days]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2012/08/13/rebranded-livestock-event-prepares-for-bumper-two-days/</link><description><![CDATA[Livestock Incorporating Dairy Event will provide a comprehensive learning and business opportunities for all producers whether farming dairy, beef, sheep, pigs or poultry, on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 September, at The NEC, Birmingham.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/2012/08/13/rebranded-livestock-event-prepares-for-bumper-two-days/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:00:30 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category><category><![CDATA[Machinery]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fresh Start Dairy Academy launched]]></title><link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/08/13/fresh-start-dairy-academy-launched/</link><description><![CDATA[ 

A pilot initiative supported by the Prince’s Countryside Fund for new entrants to dairy farming has been launched at Reaseheath College, Cheshire.]]></description><guid>http://www.shropshirestar.com/business/the-farmer/farmer-news/2012/08/13/fresh-start-dairy-academy-launched/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:59:40 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Farmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category><category><![CDATA[Young Farmers]]></category></item></channel></rss>
