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Cavalry in action at country fair

THIS year’s British Association for Shooting and Conservation Wales and Borders Game and Country Fair at Usk, Monmouthshire, on June 7 and 8 will feature the Light Cavalry of the Honourable Artillery Company with a mounted demonstration of the use of lance and sword and a tent-pegging competition. Read

Test animals for MRSA

CAMPAIGNERS are calling on Government to step up testing for MRSA in farm animals after it emerged a variation of the illness has been found in humans in the UK. Read

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The Countryside Alliance’s new regional director for South, Mid and West Wales, Carmarthenshire-born Rachel Evans, talks about her upbringing and her qualifications for the job Read

From bats to butterflies, discover what our countryside has to offer

Wales Biodiversity Week starts on June 7. Sean McHugh, Wales Biodiversity Partnership communications officer, enthuses about the wonderful wildlife which is there to be discovered Read

Boy wonder’s win equals Scholfield’s novice record

RHYS FLINT, 17, chalked-up his 25th point-to-point winner of the season when landing the novice riders’ race on Iris’s Prince at the Countryside Alliance (Wales) meeting at Bonvilston on Sunday and in doing so has equalled the number of seasonal wins for a novice rider set by Nick Scholfield last season. Read

Views wanted on bid to protect salmon and sea trout

THE Environment Agency is inviting people to respond to proposals to protect salmon and sea trout stocks, published yesterday. Read

Beavers could be on their way back to Wales

WILDLIFE Trust officers have been to Norway to learn more about how the European beaver could be reintroduced to Wales. Read

Young rider sets pony poetry in motion

One of 106 entries in the hugely popular Mountain and Moorland pony section at Cothi Bridge Show at the weekend, 15-year-old Jordanna Bruce-Phillips of Ammanford, puts her 13-year-old black Section D gelding, Maesmynach Murphy, through his paces before the judges Read

Summer show memories

SUMMER just wouldn’t be summer without the experience of attending a summer show. Read

Food and drink from Wales in Euro show

WELSH food and drink companies will be joining their European counterparts in Amsterdam today and tomorrow at a specialist trade event. Read

Horeshoe bats flourishing at Welsh farm – now help needed to count them all

RARE horseshoe bats are flourishing at a Welsh farm that rises 1,000 metres from the valley floor near Beddgelert to the summit of Snowdon. Read

Folk singer is Royal Welsh Show president

WHEN singer Trebor Edwards arrived home from a concert during lambing season, he would go straight out into the fields in his tuxedo and dickie bow tie to help out. Read

Ridge of sighs awaits tired shovellers in world-record bid

AN ANCIENT agricultural tradition from Ceredigion will be showcased at next weekend’s World Ridging Championships on the Llanerchaeron Estate near Aberaeron. Read

Angling: Elin sees Cardiff Bay Barrage as future venue

RURAL Affairs Minister Elin Jones tried her hand at angling with a group of Cardiff youngsters on their day-long course to learn about the environment in Cardiff Bay. Read

Weather cuts show short

THE largest three-day show jumping show in Wales was cut short over the weekend due to bad weather conditions. Read

£1.2m bursary helps to preserve conservation talent

WALES is blessed with a wealth of historic buildings, but the nation lacks a wealth of craftspeople skilled to undertake a wide range of much-needed heritage conservation works. Read

2008 Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival

The results from the 2008 Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival Read

Smallholders’ festival shows children how to get a better bit of butter on their knife

CHILDREN visiting the Royal Welsh Smallholders & Garden Festival were shown that you don’t need to own a cow to make your own butter. Read

Protection for rural Wales

HALTING the ravages caused by the relentless spread of “grotesque” wind farm developments is a priority for the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, as it celebrates its 80th birthday tomorrow. Read