Industry welcomes ombudsman announcement
Farmers Weekly
13 January 2010

Ombudsman plan 'a victory for consumers'
Farmers Guardian
13 January 2010

Supermarket ombudsman gets go-ahead|
The Guardian
13 January 2010

Farmers 'can't wait for bovine TB vaccine'
Western Morning News
6 January 2010

Government Cannot be trusted on food strategy
Farmers Guardian
5 January 2010

DECEMBER 2009

Gordon Brown paves way to streamline DEFRA
Farmers Weekly Interactive
9 December 2009

M&S embarks on labelling overhaul
Food Manufacture
7 December 2009

Budget deficits could hit farm support
Farmers Weekly Interactive
7 December 2009

One in four farmers is living in poverty
The Telegraph
4 December 2009

1 in 4 English farmers 'living in poverty'
Farmers Guardian
2 December 2009

NOVEMBER 2009

Fury after report calls for livestock cuts
Farmers Weekly
26 November 2009

Tornado, gales and more storms batter Britain
The Independent
23 November 2009

Strong tenant farm sector vital
Farmers Guardian
19 November 2009

Nick Herbert: Meat-free Mondays won't save the planet
The Independent Online
16 November 2009

Tories reveal plans for 'conservation banks'
guardian.co.uk
16 November 2009

Tackling bovine TB should be top priority
Western Morning News
12 November 2009

OCTOBER 2009

Ministers slam 'go vegetarian' call
Western Morning News
30 October 2009

Farmers' bank details go missing
Western Morning News
October 30 2009

Farmers' personal details missing
BBC News
29 October 2009

Yesterday in Parliament - Coastal Access
Guardian Online
27 October 2009

RPA slammed for wasting £680m of public money
Farmers Weekly Interactive
15 October 2009

Whitehall ‘must source more British food’
Land Gazette
13 October 2009

Conservative Party conference: farmers have something to look forward to
The Telegraph
9 October 2009

Conservatives 09 video: Tories would put the 'F' back into DEFRA
7 October 2009
Farmers Weekly

Conservatives 09: Soil Association must stop scare tactics
Farmers Weekly
6 October 2009

Tories will make Whitehall buy British
This is Cornwall
6 October 2009

A Conservative Government would buy British
Farmers Guardian
6 October 2009

Conservatives 09: Whitehall to buy food to British standards
Farmers Weekly
6 October 2009

Conservatives 09: 'No backsliding over ombudsman'
FarmersWeekly
6 October 2009

Market place is the key to prosperity - Conservatives
Farmers Guardian
6 October 2009

In The Hot Seat: Jim Paice unveils Tory farming plans
Farmers Weekly
5 October 2009

Conservatives 09: Cutting out meat is not green solution
Farmers Weekly
5 October 2009

SEPTEMBER 2009

Tories adopt carrot approach to the environment
Farmers Guardian
30 September 2009

Hilary Benn to change water law for clubs and groups
Guardian
28 September 2009

The rural quangos draining our taxes
The Telegraph
24 September 2009

Tories boost British produce
Western Morning News
22 September 2009

Tesco Backs Conservative Honest Food Campaign
International Supermarket News
22 September 2009

Retailers back calls for better food labelling
Farmers Weekly
22 September 2009

Store giants pledge to end misleading food labelling
Yorkshire Post
22 September 2009

Tesco backs 'country of origin' meat drive
The Independent
21 September 2009

Tesco pledges support to Tory Honest Food labelling campaign
Farmers Guardian
21 September 2009

Tesco promises to end 'misleading' meat labelling
The Telegraph
21 September 2009

Natural England powers could be clipped by Tories
Farmers Guardian
17 September 2009

Tories plan to charge farmers for the cost of a badger cull
Farmers Weekly
11 September 2009

Milk Link opens innovation centre to improve business
Farmers Weekly
9 September 2009

Milk Link unveils £1m innovation centre
Western Morning News
9 September 2009

Tory attacks 'unmitigated disaster' of RPA
Western Morning News
4 September 2009 

Defra considering new agency to police lightbulbs
The Telegraph
01 Sep 2009 

AUGUST 2009

Buy British? Chance would be a fine thing?
The Daily Express
30 August 2009

Department for the Environment has worse recycling rate than national average
The Telegraph
29 August 2009

Less food for more people. It doesn't add up
The Telegraph
28 August 2009

Public told to snoop on lightbulb law breakers
The Telegraph
24 August 2009

Labour to target hunt ban voters
This is Cornwall
17 August 2009

Defra splashes cash on advisors as farmers face cuts in subsidies
Yorkshire Post
06 August 2009

Dismay over extra waste
West Sussex Today
5 August 2009

JULY 2009

Dragons' Den to decide how to spend
Western Morning News
28 July 2009

Nature will never be spent if we act to save our countryside
Lets Recycle
24 July 2009

Conservatives launch online countryside debate
Western Morning News 
25 July 2009

Big hitters shape new countryside policy online
Farmers Guardian
24 July 2009

Herbert attacks government's "zero ambition" for waste
Lets Recycle
21 July 2009

Mp's call for end to landfill
West Sussex Today 
21 July 2009 

Government urged to halt dairy exodus
Farmers Guardian
20 July 2009

Commons meeting on the future of dairy industry
The Journal, Newcastle
17 July 2009

Tory says ban on hunting will be repealed
Yorkshire Post
16 July 2009

The Royal pledges to still play a vital role
Yorkshire post
11 July 2009

Cool reception for deal on set-aside land
Yorkshire post
9 July 2009

Farmers not forced to help wildlife
Telegraph
9 July 2009

A ‘landmark moment’ – industry response to set-aside decision
Farmers Guardian
9 July 2009

Labour has shut 200 rural schools, say Conservatives
The Guardian
7 July 2009

Home rule plan for villagers
Western Morning News
7 July 2009

MP launches rural action campaign
Chichester Today
7 July 2009

Royal Show: Quangos under scrutiny as Tories unveil rural action plan
Farmers Guardian
7 July 2009

We'll run subsidised dial-a-taxi service for rural areas stranded by bus cuts, say Tories
Daily Mail
7 July 2009

Tories pledge to end Labour's rural 'disrespect'
24dash.com
7 July 2009

Royal Show 09: Tories plan quango review
Farmers Weekly Interactive  
7 July 2009

Tory pledge to protect rural post offices
The Telegraph
7 July 2009

Northern Villages Face Role as Theme Park
Yorkshire Post
6 July 2009

Severn Trent pushes for radical water-supply rethink
The Independent 
5 July 2009  

Environment ministers pressed on cuts
The Independent
2 July 2009

JUNE 2009

Farming has a beef with vegetarian ministers
29 June 2009
Daily Telegraph

MP's rallying call - return powers to local people
23 June 2009
West Sussex Today

Tories announce emergency dairy summit
Farmers Guardian
23 June 2009

Tories announce 'Dairy Summit' to help struggling milk producers
Farmers Weekly
22 June 2009

MP is pressed into action on farm
18 June 2009
Newmarket Journal

Brass from muck hastens drive for lucrative waste deals
17 June 2009
The Financial Times

Former farm minister backs badger cull
16 June 2009
Farmers Weekly

Defra consider 'Bio-banking' system
16 June 2009
Daily Telegraph

Disaster fears after Yorkshire trials for barcoding of sheep
16 June 2009
Yorkshire Post

Tories attack over damage done to rural communities
16 June 2009
Yorkshire Post

Tories condemn Government's lack of support for rural communities
16 June 2009
Western Morning News

Tories condemn Government's lack of support for rural communities
16 June 2009
24 Dash

North Sheep: Chemicals have a vital role
12 June 2009
Farmers Guardian

The Government must stand back and let farmers and rural businesses get on with..
12 June 2009
Farmers Weekly

Farmers face more government turmoil
10 June 2009
Eastern Daily Press

Defra minister Jane Kennedy has left her post in government, to be replaced by Jim Fitzpatrick
8 June 2009
HortWeek.com

The £1,000 cost per year threat to sheep farmer
5 June 2009
Yorkshire Post

Financial support to be focused on moors
5 June 2009
Western Morning News

Hill farmers will pick up a large tab
5 June 2009
Farmers Guardian

Tories: We will put the 'F' back into farming
5 June 2009
Western Morning News

Financial support to be focused on moors
5 June 2009
Western Morning News

Seafoods firm hailed by visiting MPs
5 June 2009
Whitby Gazette

Tories to attack 'decade of disrespect'
4 June 2009
Western Morning News

Hill farmers will be £1000 worse off – Paice
3 June 2009
Farmers Guardian

Nick Herbert MP welcomed to the borough
2 June 2009
Stourbridge News

Food labelling: The New English Cook
2 June 2009
Saturday Telegraph

MAY 2009

Reversing the decline in agricultural production would be a priority for a Tory...
29 May 2009
Farmers Weekly

Farmers' voice in Europe
29 May 2009
Farmers Guardian

Cameron and Clegg call for badger cull
28 May 2009
Farmers Guardian

Tory promises to delay chips
27 May 2009
Yorkshire Post

Tory shadow: Fishermen need a friend
26 May 2009
Scarborough Evening News

Norfolk farmers should be pioneers of agriculture and at the forefront of the...
22 May 2009
Eastern Daily Press

Farmers make special plea for Bovine TB help
21 May 2009
North Devon Journal

No sign of new labour at our county shows
20 May 2009
Western Morning News

Fishermen's details 'lost by agency'
16 May 2009
The Cornish

Shadow minister takes up invite to see TB chaos
14 May 2009
Western Morning News

Badgers must go before farmers do
14 May 2009
The Telegraph

LIVESTOCK: Pressure mounts over changes to EID proposals
8 May 2009
Farmers Guardian

Estate of play for village kids as prospective MP opens grounds
6 May 2009
Dorest Echo

Sheep shearers to get `fast-track' UK immigration
1 May 2009
Farmers Guardian

APRIL 2009

Plan for country parks to offset new rural housing
21 April 2009
Western Morning News

Bongo drums are vets strategy tool
14 April 2009
The Western Mail

Bongo-playing vets in `motivational' sessions
8 April 2009
Cornish Guardian

Fisheries man given taste of the industry
10 April 2009
Farmers Guardian

Bongo lessons for vets . . . and the public pays expense Government vets paid to bang bongos
8 April 2009
The Daily Telegraph

The ups and downs of being a national park; Labour calls it a gift to the nation, residents are jubilant. So why isn't everyone delighted by the South Downs' new status?
4 April 2009
The Times

ANALYSIS: Defra claims cost sharing `will improve confidence'.
3rd April, 2009
Farmers Guardian

South Downs Park plan lambasted by industry
3 April 2009
Farmers Guardian

Tories put pressure on government's compulsory set-aside land scheme
2nd April 2009
North Devon Journal

MARCH 2009

Water Rates
30 March 2009
Daily Mail

Minister in the mire over farmland figures
28 March 2009
Western Morning News

Gaffe as minister gets basic farm figures wrong
27 March 2009
Farmers Weekly

Bovine TB is out of control - Tories
27 March 2009
Farmers Weekly

Jobseeking Brits sign up for farm work
27 March 2009
Farmers Weekly

COUNTRY VIEW: Fuel poverty
27 March 2009
Farmers Guardian

Figures reveal true scale of dairy farming exodus
20 March 2009
Farmers Guardian

TB cull rate rockets by 42pc
20 March 2009
Farmers Guardian

Farmers from Taunton area meet Shadow Agriculture Minister
17 March 2009
Somerset County Gazette

Tories back voluntary set-aside
16 March 2009
Western Morning News

Fears for countryside as dairy farmers quit
16 March 2009
Western Morning News

Tories' set-aside policy
March 2009
Farmers Guardian

Shadow Minister meets farmers today
11 March 2009
Somerset County Gazette

Leaks enough to fill 666 swim pools
3 March 2009
Lincolnshire Mercury

Country-of-origin labelling row escalates as Tories call for action
2 March 2009
Yorkshire Post

FEBRUARY 2009

Tories call for strict origin labelling laws
21 February 2009
The Grocer

Tory law would end 'dishonest' meat labelling
16 February 2009
Yorkshire Post

More housing in Barnham could spell end of villages
12 February 2009
Bognor Observer

JANUARY 2009

Labour 'ignores plight of rural communities'
27 January 2009
Western Morning News

Post office closures toll 'shows harmful impact' on rural life
22 January 2009
Yorkshire Post

One in five post offices in rural England has been closed in the last eight years
22 January 2009
Daily Mail