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24 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 26th, 1998 ■w . NFV CHAIRMAN


• "I have had cattle go with BSE and have been affected like every other livestock producer," says Mr Peter Stott, Lancashire County chairman of the


NFU. Mr Stott is the owner


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Tel: (01200) 445376 (Mart) • 01200 422Joy tuuicej • SATURDAY, MARCH 28th 1998


PRIZE SHOW & SALE OF BREEDING SHEEP


£45 in prizes for 3 classes with in lamb homed ewes, in lamb hogs and ewes with lambs M foot ako twice monthly sale of beef breeding caltle, store cattle and all classes ofsheep. Entries to Clltheroe Office on


01200 422369. Sales commences at 11 a.m. with caltle followed by sheep. MONDAY, MARCH 30th 1998


9 a.m - 10a.m. Cull Calf collection (7 - 18dayso!d). Lastweck£75 9 30 a-m. - 10.30 a.m. Over 30 month cull cattle collection. Entries advisable. THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd 1998


Numbers forward and top prices for previous week Newly Calved Dairy Cows and Heifers £900


In Calf Dairy Cows & Heifers Maiden Heifers Rearing Calves Young Bulls Ballot 9.30 am Prime Steers & Heifers to follow Second Ballot Bulls to follow


Entries advisable


£795 £250


£222


128p/kg 124p/kg


Hoggs Cast Ewes and Rams to follow Over 30 month Cull Cattle collection


107p/kg £65.50


WEEKLY SALE O F DAIRY CATTLE, CALVES AND FATSTOCK 11.00 am


10.30 am 10.00 am


1.00 pm 3.00 pm


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For Insurance enquiries call


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occupier of Clark House Farm, Chipping, and farms 100 acres, with 00 dniry cows plus followers and GO half-


bred mule ewes. He is in Brussels this


week and adds: "We have done everything that has been asked of us. Now it is their turn. I'm hopeful that we are on the last stretch of


a very long journey; that is why we need to get to the MEPs."


THE FARMER!HORSE BREEDER\


O '"We're fighting for our lives, boys.' That was the unmistakable (heme transmitted to rural Britain from the Country­ side March," said Mr John Townson on his


return. "The


throughout the day was electric. I can only hope that the current mood and mes­ sage to the Government is that we have stood quite enough, and we will fight for freedom from this nanny


atmosphere state."


Leave countryside to our safe keeping, says


by Vivien Meath


THE countryside is safe with us, so hands off - that is the clear message from Ribble Valley


dwellers. BSE, green top milk,


the rural community Now country people are fighting back


hunting, beef on the bone, conservation, the right to roam, increased fuel prices, plunging farm incomes and rising overheads and, more recently, the National Con­ sumer Council's report that intensive farming practices pose a risk to public health - yet another in a long line of salvoes - all are issues that farmers and country dwellers feel strongly


about. The farming community


has taken a real battering in recent years, but 1998 was certainly the year in which they collectively hit back. More than a quarter of a


Valley, with specially char­ tered coaches and trains conveying them in their hundreds. Their message was clear.


campaign. Their message is:


The countryside is certain­ ly not about to become a quaint theme park for tourists and second home owners. Farmers and those who make their livelihood from our rural way of life are prepared to shout — and shout loud. This week is the second


, Britain's farmers to trade on an equal playing field with their European coun­ terparts." They will make it clear


"British beef is safe. Lift the ban now and allow


anniversary of the ban on British beef. To mark the sombre


occasion, four fanners from the North-West travelled to Brussels in a bid to emphasise the desperate need for a lifting of the


ban. They joined a delegation


million people converged on London during a peace­ ful protest at the beginning of the month. Among them were many from the Ribble


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Tel: 01200 446638 And


GAIN THE STAMP OF APPROVAL With


of farmers from across the country who are making the trip as part of the National Farmers' Union's Keep Britain Farming


• If you wish to support the Ribble Valley s farm­ ers, call in at the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times office, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, to pick up a free car slicker or poster, courtesy of the NFU.


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that British farmers are meeting the most stringent BSE controls in the world, including the over 30 months scheme, the selec­ tive cull, cattle passports to record movement for all cattle bom after July, 1996, and the establishment of a computerised traceability system, which is near com­


pletion. The stress and strain of


the impact of BSE has changed many farmers' lives. Incomes on livestock farms dropped by 65 per cent on lowland livestock farms, 44 per cent on hill farms and 36 per cent on dairy farms last year.


Are proud to support the


| T H E R A M B L E R i • Honorary Footpath Secre­


tary for North-East Lan­ cashire Ramblers' Associa­ tion Mr Frank P a r ro tt stresses that the association is not seeking the right to roam wherever its members choose, but over uncultivat­ ed land, moorland, moun­


tain and heath. He explains th at the


Government has recently published its consultation paper "Access to the Open Countryside," and has listed comments from a wide vari­ ety of organisations with interests in the countryside, and conservation, as well as landowners. "It has pledged that if satisfactory access is not


[THE DAIRYMAN


O Dairyman Mr Bryan Jnck- son welcomed news that the Government could be chang­ ing its mind over a proposed ban on unpasteurised milk. Popular with customers in


obtained by voluntary means, then it is prepared to, legislate to obtain it legally, and has allowed two years', for response evaluation. "The Ramblers' Associa-,


lion will be pressing the.; Government hard to honour,


this pledge."


the Ribble Valley, the milk . may now be able to remain , on sale with clearer health • messages on the bottles. Said Mr Jackson: "If peo­


ple want to drink unpas- teurised milk, they should be nil owed to. The same goes for beef on (he bone."


ALPE’S the BUTCHERS RIBBLE VALLEY FARMERS


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INCINERATION AGENT


OVER 30 MOUTHS DOWN LANE MASTITIS etc


HIGHLY COMPETITIVE R A tK FOR REMOVAL OF CATTLE


MOBILE: 0831 659290 FARMERS


TEL: 01706 354408 FIT OR UNFIT TO TRAVEL


C A L L MICHAEL ON ABOVE NUMBERS FOR


INFORMATION REGARDING THE O.T.M. SCHEME


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