February 18th, 2011 by Caroline Stocks
Dear oh dear. I can’t image the NFU team are a bunch of happy bunnies at the moment. Having given DEFRA secretary Caroline Spelman a telling off this week for not taking farming seriously enough, this morning it’s emerged government plans for a badger cull to tackle bovine TB are being delayed. The setback until [...]
February 26th, 2010 by Caroline Stocks
You haven’t been waiting here since Wednesday night to find out who was crowned NFU vice president have you? Oh dear, I should’ve directed you to NayLo’s website – after all, he’s the place for breaking news, hey Kit Papworth? In case you don’t know, Gwyn Jones got the nod for the job. Gwyn’s a [...]
February 24th, 2010 by Caroline Stocks
This must be how catholics felt when they were waiting for the next Pope to be announced after John Paul II popped his clogs. Not that NFU president Peter Kendall has keeled over or anything, but the union’s AGM is underway, which means in about half an hour the vote to elect a new president [...]