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34 solo skippers expected to compete in this summer's 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro

34 solo skippers expected to compete in this summer's 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro
yachtsandyachting.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yachtsandyachting.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Tokyo , Japan , United-kingdom , Normandy , Surrey , China , Saint-michel , Midi-pyrées , France , Saint-nazaire , Aquitaine , Lands-end

Alex Colquitt's team wins first round of RYA Summer Match Racing Series 2022

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Burnham-on-crouch , Essex , United-kingdom , Pornichet , Pays-de-la-loire , France , London , City-of , Scotland , British , Iain-duncan , Louis-hockings-cooke

MAP: Where are water restrictions in place in France and what do they mean?

MAP: Where are water restrictions in place in France and what do they mean?
thelocal.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Garonne , France-general- , France , Allier , Midi-pyrées , Doubs , Franche-comtér , Sarthe , Pays-de-la-loire , Loiret , Centre , Loir-et

Rural Europe Takes Action | Creative Municipalities | Agricultural and Rural Convention

“Rural Europe Takes Action – No more business as usual”, the new book by ARC2020 and Forum Synergies, launches on Tuesday 7 June. As we count down to the launch, today we share another extract from the book: the story of a creative municipality that is bringing people into agri-food policymaking. From the story of Plessé and other stories, our book draws action points for policymakers on supporting local and circular economies. Below we summarise those action points, and then dive into a conversation with Aurélie Mézière, Mayor of Plessé. “Rural Europe Takes Action – No more business as usual”, the new book by ARC2020 and Forum Synergies, launches on Tuesday 7 June. As we count down to the launch, today we share another extract from the book: the story of a creative municipality that is bringing people into agri-food policymaking. From the story of Plessé and other stories, our book draws action points for policymakers on supporting local and circular economies. Below we summarise those action points, and then dive into a conversation with Aurélie Mézière, Mayor of Plessé.

France , Redon-agglom , Volontaires-investis , Forum-synergies , Committee-for-farming , Europe-takes-action , Local-agricultural , Food-policy , Common-agricultural-policy , Loire-atlantique , Focus-areas , Local-food-plan

How French farmers are responding to climate change

With unseasonal frost damaging grapevines in four of the past five years, growers need to find new ways to adapt to climate change

Italy , Derval , Pays-de-la-loire , France , Portugal , Ireland , Netherlands , Spain , French , Irish , Mathieu-hamond , Christophe-sabl

France | Growing Vegetables, Seeding Values - Part 1 | Agricultural and Rural Convention

Vincent, Julie and their three employees run a small market garden in North-West France. Producing 45 vegetables, the team at La Ferme de Pitoué has learnt over the years the limits of diversification. In their garden, over coffee in the sunshine and a chorus of birdsong, Vincent tells us how they manage to stay true to their values on the farm. Part 1 of a conversation with Valérie Geslin. Vincent, Julie and their three employees run a small market garden in North-West France. Producing 45 vegetables, the team at La Ferme de Pitoué has learnt over the years the limits of diversification. In their garden, over coffee in the sunshine and a chorus of birdsong, Vincent tells us how they manage to stay true to their values on the farm. Part 1 of a conversation with Valérie Geslin.

France , Christophe-milot , Jeanine-sochas , Louise-kelleher , Rural-code , Loire-atlantique ,

Turbine Installation Begins at France's First Offshore Wind Farm

After nearly three years in development, Frances first offshore wind farm moved into a final stage o...

Belgium , Ostend , Region-flamande , Saint-nazaire , Aquitaine , France , Canada , La-turballe , Pays-de-la-loire , Saintnazaire , Ge-renewable-energy

Bird flu outbreak slows in certain areas, but grows in others

Meanwhile, shortages of pheasant eggs and chicks are beginning to affect British shoots. The outbreak is focused on the Vendée department in North West France; this department and the neighbouring Loire Atlantique are vital to the supply of game bird chicks and eggs to the UK. Weekly data published by the French agriculture ministry showed that on the 5th of April there were 510 infected premises in Vendée, which was an increase of 17 on the previous week. While the number of cases increased, the rate at which it increased was much lower than the previous week, which saw 40 new cases. While this was a hopeful development, cases in the neighbouring department of Maine-et-Loire are not slowing. There was more worrying news from Finisterre in Brittany where a new outbreak was detected in an area that is vital for French poultry production and which was previously unaffected. The Finisterre outbreak will lead to a new round of ‘firebreak culling’ which may affect more small-scale game producers. It is also of concern because the migratory wildfowl, which normally spread the disease, have mainly left France for their breeding grounds, suggesting some other process is spreading the virus. Problems getting eggs So far the effect in the UK has largely been felt by game farmers and by shoots looking for partridge eggs and chicks. However as shoots which rear their own birds from chicks and eggs try to get hold of pheasant eggs and chicks the effect is now becoming clearer. Larger shoots remained tight-lipped about the effect on them and their plans, however Karl Elton, who runs his own small shoot along with his partner, told Shooting Times: “We would normally try and hatch around 3,000 pheasant eggs which we buy through a game farmer. “This year he couldn’t get us any eggs at all, so we worked our way round a number of other game farmers and contacts in the industry, at the moment we are getting nowhere, but we have some suggestions for people to try and so we are not giving up yet.”

Maine , United-states , United-kingdom , France , French , British , Karl-elton , North-west-france , Loire-atlantique , Shooting-times ,

Bird flu update - how hard is it hitting British farms?

Data released by the French agriculture ministry showed that in the last week of March, cases in the main gamebird rearing areas of Vendée and Loire Atlantique continued to increase, though the rate of increase appears to be slowing. Shooting Times understands that these figures are likely to go on rising for some time, as a sizeable backlog of cases are checked and confirmed by French veterinary authorities. As cases continue to increase it has become clear that hopes that imports of chicks and eggs may start in early June are at best optimistic. Where a premises has had an outbreak, the period from the slaughter of affected birds to restocking is over 50 days. An estimated three to four weeks will then be needed to prepare any eggs for export, with chicks taking another three to four weeks. However given the scale of culls, it remains unclear whether there will be adequate breeding stock to ensure that egg and chick production will be possible at scale this year. Even when an individual premises is unaffected, a period of 21 days with no new cases will be required in affected areas before exports can resume. Gamekeepers and shoot operators were not keen to discuss their difficulties getting birds on the record. This is a key period for securing bookings and operators were concerned that potential customers may be scared away. However speaking on condition of anonymity one gamekeeper told us: “Partridges are almost impossible to get at the moment, pheasants are difficult and prices are well up, but there are farms supplying them from UK stock.” This analysis seemed to be broadly supported with several shoots telling us that they were not able to book partridge poults, but that pheasants were still available. UK producers have been accessing Spanish and Polish-produced eggs as well as those from parts of France not currently affected by the outbreak. Home production of eggs also appears to have increased sharply. How successful this will be in closing the gap in the market remains to be seen. Unfortunately a curtailing of shoot calendars has led to some job losses in the gamekeeping community. However the feared large scale job losses do not appear to have materialised. In good news for shoots the prices of both wheat and oil have stabilised and are showing signs of dropping after a wave of Covid hit China and peace talks in Ukraine made progress. News of potentially increasing supply and falling demand saw oil drop by around $4 per barrel and wheat prices lost £6.75 per tonne over the weekend.

China , United-kingdom , France , Spain , Ukraine , Spanish , French , Loire-atlantique ,

Major avian influenza outbreak hits French game farms

A serious outbreak of Avian Influenza has hit duck producers in the West of France with potentially serious effects for the UK’s shooting season.

United-kingdom , France , French , British , Dominic-boulton , Game-farmers-association , National-gamekeepers-organisation , National-gamekeeper-organisation , Loire-atlantique , Shooting-times ,