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JUDGING is about to take place for the inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards. The awards will be judged by a panel of respected industry and specialists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. The finalists will be announced shortly. The search to find the county’s farming unsung heroes is organised by Newsquest Cumbria in partnership with Carlisle-based business advisers and accountants, Armstrong Watson. The judging panel is headed by Andrew Robinson, partner and head of agriculture and farming at Armstrong Watson, which is also sponsoring a further category, the Lifetime Achievement Awa...

TWO farming organisations are now faced with being made homeless when the Newton Rigg campus closes this summer. Both the Farmer Network and Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers Club have been told by owners York-based Askham Bryan they must vacate offices they have on the Penrith campus no later than July 31. Farmer Network managing director Adam Day said: “Very sadly, the demise of Newton Rigg College seems inevitable. Penrith is an ideal central base for the Farmer Network, and we would like to ensure that we have good access for those members who need to visit the office for meetin...

It is Farmer Kev and one of his favourite old cows. She will have calved by now – on the fell! LAST week I travelled to Strudda Bank Farm near Calder Bridge. My first farm visit in over a year, writes Farmer columnist Adam Day. I’ve been going there every April for at least 26 years. During that time, I’ve watched a young farmer and his wife build a business and raise a family through good times and bad. Every year we take a trip up Cold Fell, where even in April, Kevin and Yvonne’s cattle graze. The views are spectacular from Snowdonia to Isle of Whithorn.

Farming organisations told to quit Newton Rigg search for new homes Joanne Mills and Adam Day Two farming organisations are desperately seeking new homes after they have to leave Newton Rigg by the end of July. The Farmer Network and Cumbria Young Farmers Club have been told by the campus owner Askham Bryan that they must vacate their offices no later than July 31. York-based Askham Bryan has put the campus, near Penrith, on the market this week. The Farmer Network, invited by the college to base itself on campus in 2013, is a not-for-profit support organisation for the farming communities of...

Menu   Farmer Network and YFC have been told to vacate their offices at the closure-hit Newton Rigg Campus, near Penrith Homeless: Young Farmers Club and the Farmer Network have to vacate offices by the summer TWO Cumbrian organisations are now faced with being made homeless when the Newton Rigg campus closes this summer. Both the Farmer Network and Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers Club have been told by owners York-based Askham Bryan they must vacate offices they have on the Penrith campus no later than July31. Farmer Network managing director Adam Day said: “Very sad...