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    Asher Valley dairy cooperative builds its own cheese plant

    Forty-one family farms have pooled €9.5m to turn part of their milk into hard cheese and butter, aiming to earn more per litre than selling it to large processors. Aisha Rahman

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    Cruise calls to Wrenhaven double, but residents ask for limits

    The port expects 64 cruise ship visits this year, bringing an estimated €14m into the city, while Old Quay residents want a cap on the number of ships on a single day. Nadia Karim

  3. Business

    Harvest season: rice pours into a waiting trailer

    Paddy streaming from a combine’s unloading auger quickly filled the trailer at the edge of the field. Lucas Moreau

  4. Business

    Forestry harvester at work in a winter woodland

    A timber machine working through a snowy birch wood stacks felled trunks by the track. Ingrid Halvorsen

  5. Business

    Combines side by side in a wheat field: the harvest from above

    Drone footage shows two combine harvesters unloading grain into a moving tractor trailer. Rafael Ortega

  6. Business

    Saltings shipyard wins order for three electric harbour ferries

    The contract, worth around €27m, will keep the yard's slipways busy until 2029 and replace the diesel boats that cross between Old Quay and the Saltings. Owen Pryce

  7. Business · 10 photos

    Tea gardens: green terraces on the hillsides

    From Sri Lanka to Vietnam, Rwanda to Japan, the rhythmic green patterns of tea plantations. Isabel Duarte

  8. Business

    Pop-up shops push Wrenhaven high-street vacancy rate to a six-year low

    A scheme offering empty units to start-up traders on short, cheap leases has filled 37 shopfronts, and a third of the tenants have now signed longer contracts. Callum Reid

  9. Business

    Greyling Hills sawmill switches to engineered timber for apartment blocks

    Hartshorn Timber has invested in a press that glues layers of local spruce into large structural panels, and has won its first order for a six-storey housing scheme. Marcus Feld

  10. Business · 11 photos

    Harvest time in the vineyards: from grapes to landscapes

    Frames showing the season's work and scenery in Europe's vineyards. Grace Mwangi

  11. Business

    Port of Wrenhaven handles record container volumes as Asher Point deep-water berth opens

    The port moved more boxes in the past quarter than in any three months on record, helped by a new 400-metre berth that can take the largest ships now calling in the region. Marcus Feld

  12. Business

    Old Quay market traders adopt card payments as cash use falls

    Almost every stall at the weekend market now takes cards after a group deal cut fees, though traders say they will keep accepting coins for regulars who prefer them. Leo Novak

  13. Business

    Asher Valley villagers club together to buy their own wind turbine

    More than 600 residents of Holloway and two neighbouring villages have bought shares in a single community-owned turbine, with stakes starting at €250 and profits promised to stay in the valley. Elena Sokolova

  14. Business · 10 photos

    Beekeeping: honey season at the hives

    From mountain slopes to woodland edges, beekeepers' colourful hives and combs full of work. Callum Reid

  15. Business

    Old Quay fish auction goes online as inland restaurants join the bidding

    Buyers can now bid for the morning catch from a phone or laptop, and fishers say prices at Wrenhaven's oldest market have become noticeably less volatile since the switch. Tom Ashworth

  16. Business

    Empty Harbourside office blocks to become 600 flats as remote work reshapes the docks

    Three office buildings that have stood largely vacant since staff began working from home are being converted into homes, the biggest scheme of its kind the city has approved. Nadia Karim

  17. Business

    Coastal guesthouses fill quiet months by bundling walks and food breaks

    Small hotels and guesthouses around Greyling Bay report a rise in out-of-season bookings after joining forces to sell guided walks, cookery sessions and harbour suppers as short-break packages. Marcus Feld

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