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Ruling offers hope for harvest work

Beleaguered Shropshire farmers still struggling to get their harvest in as a result of the bad weather have been granted a reprieve after a further extension by the Government to use heavy machinery on waterlogged soil.

Burberry? Let’s just forget our ’summer’

The fashion pack see nothing but dewey-eyed romance in the interminable rain and the cloying mud of our “summer”, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous.

Weather favours harvest for farms

Thousands of pounds worth of crops farmers feared would be ruined have been saved thanks to a break in the summer washout weather.

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Rustling warning to sheep farmers

Farmers in Powys and Shropshire have been warned to be on guard after an increased number of sheep rustling incidents.

Farmers fear late harvest delays

Shropshire’s harvest will be the latest for years, with scores of acres across the county ruined by weeks of torrential rain and widespread flooding.

Time to bin the turkey twizzlers

In the last 20 years our calendar has been bombarded with events from the bizarre to the ridiculous, writes Rural Affairs Editor Nathan Rous, among them take-your-dog-to-work day, national smile month and the slightly-dodgy-ticker week.