Farmers in South Cheshire gathered in Nantwich today to protest against the Government’s plans to impose Inheritance Tax on some family farms.
While thousands travelled for a major demonstration in central London, local ones protested on Sainsbury’s roundabout on Middlewich Road in Nantwich.
Nantwich Town Council says it will “discuss alternative delivery methods” with organisers of external markets it plans to withdraw from.
It says the decision to withdraw from around 12 externally organised Artisan and Antique Fair markets was taken because of difficulties attracting staff and wellbeing on existing workers.
Councillors have backed plans to axe around 10 externally run Antique and Artisan markets in Nantwich town centre.
The proposal would see the council stage more live music and children’s activities on the square in their place.
Cheshire East Council is to support a badger vaccination programme in the borough.
The authority will be partnering with Cheshire Badger Vaccination Programme (CBVP) to carry out the vaccinations.
Two young farmers are looking forward to global travel thanks to an annual scholarship run by Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society.
Sarah Heath, a trainee land agent from Tarporley, and Rebecca Kelsall, a herdswoman from Sandbach, have each been awarded £2,000 John Platt Travel Scholarships.
Police, countryside rangers and council teams are targeting irresponsible dog owners to cut the number of attacks on livestock in South Cheshire.
A new ‘Get a Grip’ campaign has been launched to ensure pets do not harm farm animals and nesting birds.
The badger vaccination programme is to be extended in Cheshire after more funding was secured by the Wirral & Cheshire Badger Group (W&CBG).
The charity’s programme began in 2014 on the Adlington Estate in Cheshire East.
Agricultural advisors in Nantwich have won funding to help 50 farmers with their businesses. The Reaseheath College advisors won a bid to secure almost £50,000 from The Prince’s Countryside Fund.
More than 70 farmers gathered at a dairy farming conference at Reaseheath College in Nantwich. Delegates packed the John Platt Farming Innovation Centre to hear speakers presenting real life case studies of their own businesses.
Hundreds of dairy farmers from Nantwich and South Cheshire have joined in the protests over milk prices. The farmers have been demonstrating outside processing firms calling on fairer prices for their milk.
A Nantwich student is among four finalists in a national competition to find the UK’s most talented dairy students. Will Astley, of Reaseheath College, was shortlisted for the final of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) Dairy Crest Dairy Student of the Year.
Nantwich farmers are being advised to attend a free training event in Cheshire to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain’s most dangerous industries. Nearly 8,000 free places are being made available at Safety and Health Awareness Days (SHADs) across the country, with the aim of cutting the number of deaths and injuries.
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