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Jess Chaffey

Taunton

Features Writer at Newsquest

Features Writer at Bridgwater Mercury News

Print ACE at County Gazette | Editor of Somerset Living Magazine [email protected]

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  • Ewe lamb from Cornwall crowned reserve champion at Three Counties Show

    2 days ago | southwestfarmer.co.uk | Jess Chaffey

    Reserve Champion: Ewe lamb from Adrian Rundles Treworthal Flock from Cornwall. (Image: Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders' Association) AN ewe lamb from Cornwall was crowned reserve champion at the Hampshire Down National Shows competition at the Three Counties Show on June 13. The Hampshire Down competition at the Three Counties Show was the first of three shows dedicated to the breed across the UK. There were more than 100 entries in each event.

  • Taunton farmer fined for polluting stream after slurry stored incorrectly

    3 days ago | somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Jess Chaffey

    James Mitchell, partner of Rumwell Farm Shop, appeared at Taunton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, June 18. He was fined £500, ordered to pay a £200 surcharge and £4,365 in costs. According to the Environment Agency (EA), an officer visited Orchard Farm in 2021 to discuss grant funding for roofing work. They saw a slurry lagoon which had been constructed without prior notification, the EA said.

  • Visitors travel from Northern Ireland to view machinery at dispersal sale

    3 days ago | southwestfarmer.co.uk | Jess Chaffey

    2 1/1 PEOPLE travelled from as far as Northern Ireland to view the machinery on offer at a recent dispersal sale in Dorset. Greenslade Taylor Hunt held the dispersal of tractors, machinery and equipment for Hollis Mead Farms LLP in Dorset, and there was a huge amount of interest from buyers across the south west. There was a lot of relatively new and well looked after kit, which meant many bidders were keen to secure items they wanted, a spokesperson for GTH said.

  • Open Farm Sunday: Hundreds flock to West Middlewick Farm

    3 days ago | southwestfarmer.co.uk | Jess Chaffey

    4 1/1 HUNDREDS of people visited a Devon farm on June 8 for Open Farm Sunday. West Middlewick Farm opened their doors and let visitors taste raw milk, meet the animals and explore the farm. There was also the opening of the new Hayloft Tea Shop, which is the newest addition to the farm shop. John Gibson, from West Middlewick Farm, said: "The support of local people is vital to us and the farming industry.

  • Success at annual machinery sale as Land Rover Defender sells for £6,700

    3 days ago | southwestfarmer.co.uk | Jess Chaffey

    2 1/1 A LAND Rover Defender was sold for nearly £7,000 at a recent machinery sale in North Somerset. Held just of the A38 in Wrington, Greenslade Taylor Hunt (GTH) had their fourth annual North Somerset Collective Machinery sale. A spokesperson for GTH said that despite the mixture of weather - from torrential rain to scorching sun - there was a range of local farmers supplying a range of tractors, machinery and equipment.

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11 Aug 22

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