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Why Don't We Grow Daffodils in Wales

T may the national flower of Wales, worn with pride on St David's Day, but most daffodils are grown in England. Even though Britain is the world's leading producer of daffodils, fewer than five out of every 100 sold in the UK are grown in Wales. Now scientists at Bangor university are urging farmers to boost the flower's Welsh fortunes. The university's new Centre for Alternative Land Use (CALU) believes farm subsidy changes will compel many farmers to consider growing specialist vegetables, ...

Our National Flower

WHILE some farmers pick and sell daffodils, bulbs are the real money-spinners, with rarer varieties fetching higher prices. Daffodils grow well in areas that have a good tillage tradition, or good potato soil, ideally on a rotation of one in seven.

At the Heart of the Country: French Habit Is Costing Uk Riders

THIS Government seems to be getting ever more inventive in its campaign to marginalise on those pesky country people. Never mind the hunting ban, the countryside is sagging under a mountain of new red tape and bureacracy. Rural prisons are ordering bunkbeds as Westminster dreams up new ways to convict country people while trousering the proceeds from a raft of new fines aimed squarely at penalising country users.

At the Heart of the Country: French Habit Is Costing Uk Riders

THIS Government seems to be getting ever more inventive in its campaign to marginalise on those pesky country people. Never mind the hunting ban, the countryside is sagging under a mountain of new red tape and bureaucracy. Rural prisons are ordering bunk beds as Westminster dreams up new ways to convict country people while trousering the proceeds from a raft of new fines aimed squarely at penalising country users.

Views From the Greener Side: Pheasant - the Most Expensive Food in the Land

DON'T move in the sort of circles were caviar appears on the table in front of me on a regular basis. I only tried it once and I wouldn't be in a great hurry to have it again. It's disgusting. To simulate the taste of caviar, take some tapioca pudding and add copious amounts of salt.

Step Forward: Ian Lloyd

Ian Lloyd Newly appointed NFU county chairman for Cheshire. The 59-year-old poultry farmer runs 50-acre Leadgate Farm, Huxley, Cheshire, with his wife Elizabeth, 59, and three grown-up sons. He keeps 70 beef cattle and 15,000 laying hens, 5,000 of which are free range. The business sells around 1,000 dozen eggs a day, mostly to local shops, butchers, bakeries and farm shops as well as 60 Chinese take-aways within a 20-mile radiusBest part of farming? I've been doing this for over 40 years. I ...

Views From the Greener Side: Pheasant - the Most Expensive Food in the Land

DON'T move in the sort of circles were caviar appears on the table in front of me on a regular basis. I only tried it once and I wouldn't be in a great hurry to have it again. It's disgusting. To simulate the taste of caviar, take some tapioca pudding and add copious amounts of salt.

Step Forward: Ian Lloyd

Ian Lloyd Newly appointed NFU county chairman for Cheshire. The 59-year-old poultry farmer runs 50-acre Leadgate Farm, Huxley, Cheshire, with his wife Elizabeth, 59, and three grown-up sons. He keeps 70 beef cattle and 15,000 laying hens, 5,000 of which are free range. The business sells around 1,000 dozen eggs a day, mostly to local shops, butchers, bakeries and farm shops as well as 60 Chinese take-aways within a 20-mile radius. Best part of farming? I've been doing this for over 40 years. ...

Horse Whispers: Reward for 40 Years of Eventing Legends

AKE A deep breath and mutter hallowed names like Hyperion, Mill Reef, Desert Orchid, Red Rum - the creme de la creme of British horse racing. Look at Great Ovation, Glenburnie, Murphy Himself, Welton Crackerjack - that's eventing personified! In the highly competitive world of show ponies, breeders come into their own with stud names like Coed Coch, Bwlch, Rotherwood, Chirk and Barkway. Names to be revered!

Horse Whispers: Reward for 40 Years of Eventing Legends

AKE A deep breath and mutter hallowed names like Hyperion, Mill Reef, Desert Orchid, Red Rum - the creme de la creme of British horse racing. Look at Great Ovation, Glenburnie, Murphy Himself, Welton Crackerjack - that's eventing personified! In the highly competitive world of show ponies, breeders come into their own with stud names like Coed Coch, Bwlch, Rotherwood, Chirk and Barkway. Names to be revered!

Always Look On the Bright Side of Life ; Few Occupations Are As Active As Farming, but Idris Roberts has Managed to Do It While Coping with a Disability. He Speaks to Andrew Forgrave

DRIS Roberts wryly describes himself as a farm 'gofer'. He is much more than that, but he has armed himself with a black sense of humour as a defence against life's tragic vagaries. Three-and-a-half years ago, NFU Cymru's livestock board vice chairman lost a foot in a horrific road accident that almost cost him his life.

Play Spot the Dog with the Daily Post and Win a Fantastic Cash Prize

IT'S FUN! and here's all you have to do: You've seen sheepdogs working a flock of sheep - now use your skill and judgement to try and position the sheepdog in the picture. You have to place a cross on the exact point where you think the dog's nose was. You can choose how many attempts you want to have. Crosses must not overlap. The game starts with a pounds 150 jackpot and rises by pounds 50 each week until it is won outright. To win the jackpot, the centre of your cross must coincide exactly...

Always Look On the Bright Side of Life ; Few Occupations Are As Active As Farming, but Idris Roberts has Managed to Do It While Coping with a Disability. He Speaks to Andrew Forgrave

DRIS Roberts wryly describes himself as a farm 'gofer'. He is much more than that, but he has armed himself with a black sense of humour as a defence against life's tragic vagaries. Three-and-a-half years ago, NFU Cymru's livestock board vice chairman lost a foot in a horrific road accident that almost cost him his life.

Creating a 25-Hour Day ; Emma Pomfret Looks at Ways to Get a Little Pause for Reflection Into Your Life

WITH the increasingly hectic pace of modern life showing no sign of slowing down, imagine what you would do if you were magically granted an extra hour in your busy day. Rather than attempting to squeeze more into already bulging schedules, a quarter of Britons would relish the opportunity to have a quick nap, sit down and relax, have a cuppa, or do absolutely nothing at all.

Nice Bit of Kit

WE ALL know how dangerous it is to drive while tired, but with the hectic lives we lead most of us would describe tired as our general state of play. Keep alert and stay safe with the revolutionary Driver Alert from Maplin. Designed to prevent drivers from falling asleep at the wheel, this device is worn over the ear. If your head drops forward while driving, ie. you start to doze, it emits a loud beep to wake you up.

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Struggling to Overpower My Marathon Man Terror

EAR Daily Post, David will not be writing his column this week, as his head is the size of a lodging-house cat. Signed, me mam . . . Who am I kidding? We don't do sick notes in this line of toil, so please make allowances if I lurch feebly from Retail Therapy to Dental Purgatory in the course of the next 500 words. I've got the fang blight blues.