sheep dip

Essentially, the protest campaign has been directed at the use of a small number of sheep dip products containing OP chemicals.

"The old sheep dip obviously goes back to the days when this was a farm.

As well as the electronic identification of sheep, 2010 could bring expensive new meat controls, while the Environment Agency is promising increased groundwater authorisation charges for sheep dip disposal.

The only thing missing from both bottlenecks is a sheep dip and a cattle prod.

ADDRESS: The Stables, Sheep Dip Lane, Princethorpe.

PAPER CHASE: Ioan Bellin from Cardiff at an international conference in Budapest, Hungary, while John King treats his Echo to a view of the pyramids in Egypt; SHEEP DIP: Rhian Lock with her blow-up Cardiff City sheep at Lake Louise in Banff, Canada

A toddler drowned in a disused sheep dip at his parents' farm just minutes after going outside to play, an inquest has been told.

'After all, we don't put every visitor through a sheep dip before they come in.' How right she is.

A recent government-funded study claimed that one-fifth of all farmers exposed to sheep dip suffer long-term damage.

But as Paul heads for the big time as Minister for Sheep dip, this still leaves Mo in the position of grand poobah of all things Northern Ireland Office.

A FORMER amateur jockey who nearly died after sipping sheep dip in mistake for whisky was yesterday said to be in a "stable" condition in hospital.

At the same time, with new legislation on the purchase and disposal of sheep dip chemicals, it made sense for farmers to hire in contractors.

The Environment Agency can help farmers with free advice on issues like groundwater permits for disposing of sheep dip, nitrate vulnerable zone rules and compliance and how to store chemicals safely.

A NEW sheep dip and handling area was the centre of attraction at a mid Wales farmwhich has pledged to cut diffuse pollution.