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Factor In The Tractor

In Dorsetshire we’ve got it all
The landscape and attractions
For adults to children small
We have the best distractions

Our little lanes and scenic views
Are the best beyond reproach
But satnavs driving time it skews
When you’re stuck behind a coach

Factor in the Tractor
If you’re on the road, on your way
Factor in the Tractor
Because we don’t have motorway

If you live life at the speed of light
Then Dorset’s not for you
But if you feel our pace is right
Then here’s what you should do

Factor in the Tractor
If you’re on the road, on your way
Factor in the Tractor
Because we don’t have motorway

– Peter Roe, 2017

Back British Farmers!

#Broadwindsor,#Burstock,#Blackdown,#Hursey,#Kittwhistle,#Seaborough,#Drimpton,#Dorset,#DAONB,#Village,#NFU,#BBF,#FactorInTheTractor,#Support,#Farmers,#PeterRoe,#Community,#BeKind,#BeSafe,#StaySafe

Back British Farming Day – Wednesday, 15th September

Today is Back British Farming Day and MPs are being encouraged to show their support for British farming as part of an annual initiative which aims to celebrate agriculture and its importance to the UK economy.

Now in it’s sixth year, the NFU’s Back British Farming Day shines a spotlight on the work that our farmers do.
The initiative gives producers an opportunity to promote their commitment to high production and environmental standards.  It also aims to highlight the importance of the industry to the UK economy, contributing over £120bn each year and employing four million people. Prominent farming accounts on social media have started to encourage farmers, the public and MPs to join in. Read more HERE.


Village resident & poet, Peter Roe wrote the following poem in 2017.

Factor in the Tractor

In Dorsetshire we’ve got it all
The landscape and attractions
For adults to children small
We have the best distractions

Our little lanes and scenic views
Are the best beyond reproach
But satnavs driving time it skews
When you’re stuck behind a coach

Factor in the Tractor
If you’re on the road, on your way
Factor in the Tractor
Because we don’t have motorway

If you live life at the speed of light
Then Dorset’s not for you
But if you feel our pace is right
Then here’s what you should do

Factor in the Tractor
If you’re on the road, on your way
Factor in the Tractor
Because we don’t have motorway

Thank you to all our Farmers!

#Broadwindsor,#Burstock,#Blackdown,#Hursey,#Kittwhistle,#Seaborough,#Drimpton,#Dorset,#DAONB,#Village,#NFU,#BBF,#FactorInTheTractor,#Support,#Farmers,#PeterRoe,#Community,#BeKind,#BeSafe,#StaySafe

 

Dorset Farmers Mental Health Survey

Do you work in farming or know someone that does? Living in our Parish – we all probably do!

Dorset Police Rural Crime Team need YOUR help:
“We are facing a mental health crisis, further impacted by coronavirus – and our local farming communities are particularly vulnerable due to high levels of poor mental health.
In Dorset, a group has come together to help tackle farmer’s mental health. They include: Farming Community Network (FCN), National Farmers Union (NFU), Dorset Council, Dorset Healthcare, Dorset Mind, Dorset Mental Health Forum, Dorset Police and Steps to Wellbeing.
The group aims to increase awareness of Wellbeing within farming and provide a range of targeted support such as signposting, training and events; that are easily accessed when someone needs urgent help.”
They have developed a short anonymous survey to start to identify people’s current understanding of mental health and whether there are any gaps in services.
The survey should only take approx. 5 minutes to complete. Please Click HERE.
For any further information, please email Nick at nickviney@hotmail.com.
#Broadwindsor,#WestDorset,#FCN,#NFU,#RuralMentalHealth,#FarmersMentalHealth,#PCSO6386,#BeKind,#StaySafe

Natural England approve seven new badger culling sites, including Dorset.

Badger by bluebells

 

It is reported that the new areas cover parts of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall.

License holders are allowed to control badger numbers in designated areas between 1 June and 31 January.

Three existing control areas have also been re-authorised for culling to resume in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset.

Natural England has confirmed to the licence holders the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers they can kill.

Government guidance states “all reasonable precautions must be taken to ensure that no badger is subjected to unnecessary suffering” and licence holders must keep a record of their activity.

This follows an announcement made by the government in March, that it would be phasing out culling in favour of vaccinations.

Along with gradually phasing out “intensive culling”, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said trials of a vaccine would take place over the next five years.

On Wednesday, 13th May a bid by the National Farmers’ Union to overturn a government decision not to introduce badger culling in Derbyshire was thrown out of the High Court.  The cull was set to go ahead last winter but the government refused to grant licenses to farmers.