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The very latest posts from a dozen (and growing!) blogs about farming in the UK:

• Daily Farm Update At Farming Friends 06/01/09
  posted at 17:01 on 06/01 by Sara @ Farming Friends at Farming Friends
  "It was very frosty this morning and all taps frozen up. Cats - Four cats were crowded at the door this morning. Stripe was no where to be seen but when I went to get the poultry out he was walking..."
• our christmas - part three
  posted at 19:42 on 06/01 by paula at Locks Park Farm
  "I arrived at my mother’s home and found her, her body a poor old jumble of bones, crookedly crumpled on the bed. “Mummy I hear you’ve had a fall?” “Oh yes darling, I think I must have.” “Where do..."
• Skipton show old season lambs hit £88/head
  posted at 15:50 on 06/01 by Jonathan Long at Taking Stock
  "Prime lambs were first to enter the competition fold, as Skipton Auction Mart staged its opening show of 2009 yesterday - a day which kick-started the New Year in good style, with sheep prices well..."
• Is that a winkle on the beach?
  posted at 16:43 on 06/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "Warning: Don't click through to the rest of this blog post if you're offended by the sight of naked flesh. Now that's got the boring, worthy warning out of the way, here's the fun bit. The photo..."
• Pussy footing about
  posted at 16:27 on 06/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "More big cat news - a sighting by Forestry Commission officials and an article about the Eurasian Lymx in the Sunday Sun. If you're interested in the topic, here's my account (and video) of the big..."
• Hoggets reach £84/head at St Boswells
  posted at 14:28 on 06/01 by Jonathan Long at Taking Stock
  "With talk abounding of the £100 hoggett this spring vendors at St Boswells are well on the way there already with a top price of £84 achieved at the market yesterday for Texels from Messrs Dunlop,..."
• The big freeze
  posted at 14:25 on 06/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "Crank the heating up: tonight's set to be another chilly one. Experts say temperatures dropped as low as 14F (-10C) in parts of Scotland last night and that tonight even parts of the normally balmy..."
• Holiday - what holiday?
  posted at 11:56 on 06/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "Farmers work hard. That's indisputable. I was still surprised, however, to see the results of a Farmers Weekly poll of over 2000, asking how many days they'd have off over Christmas. Nearly half..."
• It's a hoot in Cornwall
  posted at 11:05 on 06/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "Here's something you don't see very often: a snowy owl in Cornwall."
• Looking forward to a hectic 2009
  posted at 11:02 on 06/01 by Jonathan Long at Taking Stock
  "Well, with most auctioneers back in the swing of things after the Christmas and New Year break things are slowly starting to hot up on the sales front. This weekend sees the round of in-lamb ewe..."
• South west mourns loss of leading auctioneer
  posted at 10:46 on 06/01 by Jonathan Long at Taking Stock
  "Farmers from across the south west will gather at Exeter Market later today for a memorial service for auctioneer Alan Venner of Husseys. Alan, one of the areas leading sheep auctioneers for many..."
• our christmas - part two
  posted at 20:17 on 05/01 by paula at Locks Park Farm
  "It’s 30 December and Berengère’s family are arriving to stay with us over the next five days. This is their first visit and I know they are really looking forward to seeing the farm, the animals, the..."
• My crystal balls
  posted at 15:01 on 05/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "Someone asked me recently: What will 2009 have in store for country dwellers? So, imagining myself to be the lovechild of Russell Grant and Mystic Meg (and that's not an image you want to dwell..."
• Royal Smithfield Club announces new president and chairman
  posted at 15:52 on 05/01 by Sarah at Taking Stock
  "The Royal Smithfield Club has elected Robert Stovold, Godalming, Surrey as club president for 2009.   Mr Stovold who has been a member of the Royal Smithfield Club since 1950 has served on the..."
• Taking heart. Or Hart.
  posted at 14:46 on 05/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "One of bits of my job I enjoy the most is getting involved the Kids Art competitions that we run here at Farmers Weekly. We get hundreds of entries, so it always seems a shame we can't publish..."
• Morris minor
  posted at 13:37 on 05/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "  Morris dancing is dying out, it seems, if this article in The Daily Telegraph is to be believed. I particularly like the title of the guy they quote, Charlie Corcoran. Bagman of the Morris..."
• Two adults and one horse to see Australia, please
  posted at 13:22 on 05/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "I've always been a bit wary of horses and when I read tales like this, it reminds me why - a horse going to the cinema. Not sure the CCTV footage would prove conclusive, though, if you were relying..."
• January 5
  posted at 11:24 on 05/01 by Tim at Field Day
  "Five days in, and I've already broken three resolutions: To read a newspaper every day To eat meat a maximum of once a day To talk about my cats less At this rate, I'll have failed abysmally on..."
• our christmas - part one
  posted at 21:53 on 04/01 by paula at Locks Park Farm
  "christmas eve carols hatherleigh town square 24 dec 08 So where have I been? What blanket of fug was thrown over my head rendering me silent? The first was the same as for many of you, I shouldn’t..."
• Daily Farm Update At Farming Friends 05/01/09
  posted at 15:25 on 05/01 by Sara @ Farming Friends at Farming Friends
  "It had snowed in the night and was white over this morning as it had frozen over the snow and it wasn’t melting.  Cats - Hurray, I was greeted this morning by the cries of Stripe the cat. I don’t..."

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