Show season has begun for a Shropshire surveyors firm - and it was kicked off in style as new members of the team were on the ground to welcome thousands of visitors to the 2015 Newport event.
Shropshire is set to be a big part of the growing rural economy heading to outstrip that of the city for the first time in more than 200 years, according to a county surveyors.
Rural chartered surveyors in Shropshire say farmers in the county have been left confused after a u-turn by the Rural payments Agency on a new online registration scheme.
Shropshire farmers are being urged to take action before the introduction of a new online registration system - which will soon be the only way to apply for much-needed subsidies.
Shropshire farmers have been urged to ‘have their say’ by a county surveyor’s office over a consultation regarding the future of council-owned farms and smallholdings.