Yesterday farming leaders said the package was just enough to keep farming alive, but was not compensation. Yesterday, Mr Lochhead announced a 19 million scheme to support the breeding stock of ewes on top of 4.5 million already allocated for younger lambs that would otherwise have gone to market. Sheep could not be moved off the hills, leaving many at risk of starvation, and farmers could not transport animals to market. Sarah Boyack, Labour's agriculture spokeswoman in Scotland, said the...

Liston said the only way she saw to continue with the sheep was to learn to spin the fiber of the sheep and now spinning and using the yarn has become a passion. In recent times folks with spinning wheels are not a common sight but Sides and Liston are looking for more people who are interested in learning to spin and use the homespun yarn. According to some research done by Sides, men were also involved with the spinning, knitting and quilting but they usually did not want their wives to tell.

AFTER you have removed the dags and finished your run, grateful for the bare-bellied yoe that confirmed your spot as the ringer, the boots will probably tell you to put down your blades, tie up your bowyangs and get some of the brownie that the bait-layer has spent the morning preparing, before the tussock-jumpers eat it all. AFTER you have removed the dags and finished your run, grateful for the bare-bellied yoe that confirmed your spot as the ringer, the boots will probably tell you to...

Despite the recent difficulties of the blue tongue disease and protection zoned areas, over 130 head of cattle were forward for the show and over 60 consignments of prime lambs were also forward for judging. The event attracted an estimated 5,000 visitors who were amazed by the quality of cattle and sheep on show along with the presentation of machinery demonstrations, breed society and trade stands which totalled nearly 120 exhibits. Their untrimmed Texel cross lambs were greatly admired...

It begins this coming weekend with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and Transformations at the Hopewell Train Station, followed by Crafters Marketplace in Princeton s John Witherspoon Middle School, the Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network Holiday Craft Show (see box) It begins this coming weekend with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, and Transformations at the Hopewell Train Station, followed by Crafters Marketplace in Princeton s...

It is a telling comment that barely 25 kilometres from Jodhpur, known as the Blue City among the northwestern Indian desert state of Rajasthan's colour-coded cities, followers of the Bishnoi faith are strictly prohibited from wearing blue, or neel in the local Marwari dialect. It is a telling comment that barely 25 kilometres from Jodhpur, known as the Blue City among the northwestern Indian desert state of Rajasthan's colour-coded cities, followers of the Bishnoi faith are strictly...