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Dorset Farming

Batters review dismantles the ‘0.6% myth’ and warns farming is being priced out of survival

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Minette Batters’ long-awaited Farming Profitability Review, published today, delivers a forensic challenge to one of the most persistent assumptions in Whitehall: that farming is...

Black Pug Books

‘I won’t give up’: Local world champion devastated by theft of race-winning bike

Nina May June Bolam nee Weed

Castle Cary Community Choir Christmas Concert (all the C’s including Carols!

equestrian

Equestrian Dorset

November hot streak

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A good month for the Tizzard team, says Chris Wald, with Cheltenham clean sweeps, Ascot perfection and a yard at full stride ahead of...
Dorset community news

Festive fun and top-class racing this winter at Wincanton Racecourse!

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As the jumps season gets into full swing, Wincanton Racecourse is preparing to welcome racegoers to a trio of festive fixtures that have become...

First runs and winter prep

Finishing strong, dreaming bigger

DORSET HISTORY

FROM THE BV...

Wildlife & farming

George Hosford’s had enough – and so has the Grumbler

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What happens when the people who own the land stop caring about it? In this final episode of the year, George Hosford returns with...

Ploughing up old problems – and new ones

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George Hosford muses on profit-driven big agribusiness, vicious mink and the rediscovered therapy of a day behind the plough A letter landed in my lap...

Batters review dismantles the ‘0.6% myth’ and warns farming is being priced out of survival

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Minette Batters’ long-awaited Farming Profitability Review, published today, delivers a forensic challenge to one of the most persistent assumptions in Whitehall: that farming is...

Dorset NFU fills the room

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A packed hall was the scene for Dorset NFU’s County Annual Open Meeting at the end of November. County chair Tim Gelfs wanted to...

Dorset Food & drink

Dorset Food & Drink

A View From the Saddle: two riders, one ridiculous adventure

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Two old bikes, two older riders and one dog-eaten pair of bifocals – Giles and Annie Henschel return to the road after 30 years Giles...

Pan di Higo

Reconnecting with food, farming, and the land

Spiced Pumpkin Cornbread

Wake up!

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December’s BV – and a formal apology from the BV Team.

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After a year-long internal review, we regret to report that The BV has repeatedly caused unexpectedly high levels of enthusiasm across rural Dorset. Findings include: •...
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latest jobs

A COUNTRY LIVING

A Country Living

Flying in the fear factor

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Armed with hawks, falcons and fierce dedication, Dorset’s Ryan Ashworth blends old-world falconry with modern pest control – and finds wild beauty The poet WB...
A Country Living

Dorset’s very own Batman

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Zoologist Steve Masters is helping Dorset’s bats fight back against their spooky reputation – with harp traps and a passion for hand-winged wonders Blood-sucking fiends...

Core values

Voice of the showground

Bud, bloom, berry … repeat

In the company of bees

dorset walks

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