Archive Article: 2001/10/26

26 October 2001

Free DEFRAguide to help the confused

Earlier this week, a regional DEFRA official telephoned the office of farmers weekly to ask how often we publish our magazine. Every week, we told him.

To help this puzzled individual and his scientist colleagues, who cannot tell the difference between the brains of cattle and sheep, FW and our website FWi are providing a free guide (see p85 and fwi.co.uk). We hope our handy hints will help them distinguish between the key farm animal and plant species commonly found in the British countryside.

But why not give DEFRA a helping hand yourself and post or fax our guide to its regional offices throughout the country? The department obviously needs all the help it can get.