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A bumper year for Suffolk Turkeys POULTRY POULTRY
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short distance away from Fressingfield nestled in the Suffolk countryside, 3,500 prime turkeys are being prepared for this years festive feasts. Third generation farmer Philip Hunter of Suffolk Turkeys spoke to Farmland just prior to plucking this years tasty offerings. The farm is family run and has been for more than 50 years.
Phil and his family with their award winning turkeys
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Controversial pig farm gets go ahead in Northern Ireland
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ollowing months of debacle, a controversial pig farm in Northern Ireland has finally received planning permission to build a unit for 15,000 pigs. Farmer Derek Hall had originally suggested building a unit for 30,000 pigs on the Rea Hill Road near Newtownabbey but revised plans have now been passed for a unit half that size.
previously signed an online petition. Celebrities including Queen guitarist and animal welfare campaigner Brian May as well as actors Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove publicly opposed the pig unit as well in the past. Angry opponents were present in the council chamber for the meeting and protested afterwards outside, some confronting the councillors.
The permission was passed by councillors, some of them farmers, at a sitting of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Planning Committee where nine councillors voted in favour and two opposed the development.
Ulster Unionist Party councillor Roderick Swann is also a farmer and backed the proposal. He said: "I'm a farmer myself who supports the agri-industry and I was quite satisfied that all the necessary welfare issues were addressed. The planning case officer and all the consultees were quite happy with everything that was proposed."
Residents had voiced huge concern over the project and said the unit would produce too much slurry and smell. All told, there were 856 individual letters of objection and 200,000 people had
“The weather has been right this year for the stock and we are really pleased with what we have available. Our prices haven’t increased in any suprising way as we buy ahead with our feed to ensure a saving”.
Updates. . . LAST MONTH IN SHORT Co-op to double supplier numbers
The group announced it will increase its number of suppliers to 1,200 by the end of 2017 as part of its pledge to Back British produce. Coop said they want to support small businesses and help them grow by not seeking exclusivity.
Chris McCullough Dairy Crest to follow suit A 2ppl increase to milk prices as of the 1st of January 2017 has been released by Dairy Crest. These are then followed by planned increases on 2ppl in February.
Aside from Turkeys the Hunters keep 500 geese and Chickens which roam freely on the land. “We sell about 700 of our birds at the Farm gate and the rest are bought by butchers, deli’s and farm shops across the county”.
Following these increases, the price for Davidstow milk will change to 28pp from January 1st and will be 30ppl from 1st Feb 2017.
Read more about Suffolk Turkeys at www.suffolkturkeys.co.uk
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