Farmers Guardian
Angela Calvert Freelance

  • Newark & Notts: Jersey pips Holstein to dairy inter-breed title

    21 May 2012

    Visitor numbers were up and livestock entries strong at Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show, one of the first major shows of the season. Angela Calvert reports. Pictures by Adrian Legge.

  • Newark & Notts: Debut showring for sheep champion

    21 May 2012

    Visitor numbers were up and livestock entries strong at Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show, one of the first major shows of the season. Angela Calvert reports. Pictures by Adrian Legge.

  • Balmoral Dairy Inter-breed

    18 May 2012

    The Holstein champion, Hilltara Damion Maude, by Erbacres Damion out of Hilltara Storm Maude from Samuel McCormick, Bangor, County Down has taken the dairy inter-breed title at Balmoral.

  • Balmoral Sheep interbreed

    18 May 2012

    THE sheep inter-breed title here at Balmoral has gone to the Texel and overall short wool champion, a shearling ewe, Forkins Shakira from Alastair Gault, Newtownabbey, Antrim. Home-bred by Duncryne Ringmaster out of a ewe by Douganhill McFly she was giving Mr Gault his first Balmoral inter-breed title.

  • Newark & Notts: Limousin takes the top spot in beef championship

    May 18, 2012

    Visitor numbers were up and livestock entries strong at Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show, one of the first major shows of the season. Angela Calvert reports. Pictures by Adrian Legge.

  • Beef Expo 2012 - Beef producer’s showcase will help make a difference

    May 11, 2012

    THE theme for this year's Beef Expo 2012 is 'Making a Difference to your Bottom Line'.

  • Chatsworth International Horse Trials 2012 Cancelled

    10 May 2012

    The 2012 Chatsworth International Horse Trials has been cancelled due to waterlogged ground conditions after the recent heavy rainfall.

  • New Charolais records at Welshpool

    23 April 2012

    Charolais established two new centre records at the Farmers Guardian sponsored society sale at Welshpool last week peaking with a new spring top price of 10,500gns.

  • York and Ainsty Hunt point to point preview

    19 April 2012

    The York and Ainsty Hunt point-to-point takes place on Sunday 22nd April at Rising Sun Farm, Easingwold. 118 entries have been received and the first race, the Hunt race starts at 2.00 pm.

  • Receiving the first milk cheque is on the horizon

    April 6, 2012

    WITH his sights set on milking cows, Lincolnshire farmer Stuart Bradley tells Angela Calvert how he plans to make his dream a reality.

  • Badsworth and Bramham Moor Point to Point Preview

    22 March 2012

    THERE are for the Badsworth and Bramham Moor point-to-point on Sunday 25th March at Whitcliffe Grange. This is only the second time this course will have been used for point-to-pointing and is the first of two meetings there this season.

  • Iron Horse wins retailing award

    13 March 2012

    Iron Horse Equestrian Supplies wins Small Retailer of the Year Award for third time.

  • World record price of 120,000gns set at Carlisle for bull

    20 February 2012

    A new all breed world record for a beef bull sold at auction was set at Borderway Mart, Carlisle today when the Limousin, Dolcorsllwyn Fabio sold for 120,000gns.

  • New opportunities to ‘Ride the Dales’

    15 February 2012

    More horses and riders will soon be making their way to the Yorkshire Dales National Park, as the Millennium-Trust funded ‘Ride the Dales’ project gets off to a flying start.

  • Perth Bulls: Record falls as Shorthorn bulls peak at 15,000gns

    February 10, 2012

    TRADE for Beef Shorthorns continues to soar with a new breed record of 15,000gns and a record average.

  • Perth Bulls: Newhouse black bulls head up Limousin trade

    February 10, 2012

    IT was two black bulls from the Newhouse herd of Bob and Kay Adam, Glamis, Forfar, which headed the Limousin sale at 16,000gns and 15,000gns.

  • Perth Bulls: Aberdeen-Angus heifer tops female sale at 11,500gns

    February 10, 2012

    ABERDEEN-ANGUS females topped at 11,500gns for Rawburn Ebony J059 which sold as part of the production sale from the Rawburn herd of John Elliot, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso.

  • Perth Bulls: Champion Shorthorn female sells at 4,000gns

    February 10, 2012

    THE beef shorthorn female champion sold for the day’s top price of 4,000gns.

  • Perth Bulls: Salers head up other breeds at 5,600gns

    February 10, 2012

    OF the other breeds of bulls on offer, a Saler from A. MacKenzie, Fortrose, Ross-shire, achieved the top price.

  • Record averages across the board at Beeston

    31 January 2012

    LAST week’s Western Holstein Club’s show and sale at Beeston enjoyed tremendous trade with a top price of 3,800gns and record averages set in all sections.

  • New Blue Faced Leicester female record set at Hawes

    24 January 2012

    A new female record was set at the Blue Faced Leicester show and sale at Hawes on Saturday when a gimmer hogg sold for £11,000.

  • Swaledale females top at £3,200 at Hawes    

    23 January 2012

    AT the Swaledale Sheepbreeders Association show and sale at Hawes last week females sold to £3,200 with an average of £991, £206 up on last year.

  • Competition for in-lamb ewes at Shrewsbury

    23 January 2012

    IN-lamb ewes were in demand at Shrewsbury last week when the total sheep flock of Messrs Barrow Farm Estates, Much Wenlock was dispersed.  

  • Showjumping hopefuls begin Olympic preparations in Florida

    16 January 2012

    Following on from GB’s notable showjumping successes in 2010 and 2011 the British team has some exciting prospects looking ahead to the summer of 2012.

  • British Horse Foundation awards dressage trainers

    16 January 2012

    Lizzie Richmond from Ripon and Charlotte Wilson from Snainton, have received prestigious National Awards with their ex racehorses. 

  • Young Farmers Singles Night tops £250

    11 January 2012

    THE championship at Bentham’s Annual Young Farmer’s Singles Night went to Joe Wannop, Morecambe, with his home-bred, 37kg gimmer hogg.

  • Colic is biggest risk to horses this winter

    1 December 2011

    HORSES are at more risk of colic during the winter months compared to any other time of the year warns South West rural insurance company Cornish Mutual.

  • Limousin cross heifer is overall champion at Royal Highland Winter Fair

    1 December 2011

    THE popular winner of the overall beef championship at the Royal Highland Winter Fair was 18-year-old Jennifer Hyslop from Girvan, Ayrshire, with Limousin cross heifer Mistique.

  • Worthwhile first ever trip for Andrew Bishop

    1 December 2011

    ANDREW Bishop enjoyed a successful first ever trip from Gloucester to the Royal Highland Winter Fair by taking the overall sheep championship.

  • Champion sells at £2,800

    1 December 2011

    IN the post-show sale, the champion Mistique, from Jennifer Hyslop and Andrew Richardson, sold for £2,800 to Mark Philips, Carlisle.

  • Aberdeen-Angus calf title for Elize

    1 December 2011

    THE championship in the Aberdeen-Angus calf show went to Hamish Sclater, Turiff, with the home-bred heifer, Deveron Elize.

  • Opinions aired on the rams reared on forage debate

    November 18, 2011

    A DEBATE entitled ‘all rams should be reared on forage’ was held at the recent Sheep Breeders Round Table. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Australia record 170 per cent increase in lamb price

    16 November 2011

    THE bi-annual Sheep Breeders Round Table was held last weekend in Nottingham. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Key to a profitable farm

    16 November 2011

    THE bi-annual Sheep Breeders Round Table was held last weekend in Nottingham. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Demand for lamb up all over the world

    16 November 2011

    THE bi-annual Sheep Breeders Round Table was held last weekend in Nottingham. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Bakst eases to victory in 33rd Arab Marathon

    10 November 2011

    SUNDAY October 30 saw a group of determined riders take part in the 33rd Arab Marathon at Larkhill Racecourse, Salisbury.

  • Fell pony society's annual sale

    3 November 2011

    THE annual sale of fell ponies and other mountain and moorland breeds was held at Penrith market, Cumbria, with 128 forward.

  • Animal Health and Welfare Board announced

    31 October 2011

    DEFRA has announced the appointment of the first non-executive members of the Animal Health and Welfare Board, which will meet for the first time on November 8.

  • 32,000gns leads prices for Limousins at Carlisle

    October 21, 2011

    A CLEARANCE of 71 per cent and a record junior average were achieved at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s autumn show and sale of bulls at Carlisle last Saturday.

  • Hexham suckler sale attracts plenty of buyers

    October 21, 2011

    BUYERS from across the country were attracted to Hexham mart for the suckled calf and store bred sale, sponsored by Farmers Guardian.

  • Perth Bull Sales: Females dominate Limousin judging

    17 October 2011

    THE Limousin female and reserve championship at Stirling have both been awarded to Andrew Burnett, Blair Drummond, Stirling.

  • Perth Bull Sales: Aberdeen Angus leads the way

    17 October 2011

    PERTH bull sales have kicked off this morning with the Aberdeen-Angus classes where Donald MacPherson awarded the overall championship to father and son Neil and Graeme Massie, Dinnet, Aberdeenshire.

  • Perth Bull Sales: Northern Irish breeder claims Beef Shorthorn crown

    17 October 2011

    JAMES Porter, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, continued his winning form when he took the Beef Shorthorn overall male championship with Uppermill Beckham, a February 2010 born bull by Uppermill Jinks out of Uppermill Slim Bothwell.

  • Beltex proves to be the right choice

    13 October 2011

    Ahead of Agri-Expo, Angela Calvert visits Lanark farmer Andrew Baillie to see how his preparations are getting under way for this year’s event.

  • Bluefaced Leicesters see top of £16,000 at Hawes

    October 7, 2011

    THERE was a great trade at the Farmers Guardian-sponsored Bluefaced Leicester sale at Hawes last week.

  • Team approach to profitable, sustainable farming pays off

    29 September 2011

    Demonstrating their commitment to farming in a profitable, but yet sustainable manner was a key factor in the Trumpington Farming Company winning the supreme championship in the East of England Agricultural Society’s Farm Business Awards, according to judges Nick Padwick and Andrew Maddever.

  • Technology is vital in meeting world demand for pork

    September 23, 2011

    Future challenges and opportunities for the pig sector were common themes at JSR Genetics’ annual technical conference, held at Nottingham University last week. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Money boost from organic manure

    September 23, 2011

    Future challenges and opportunities for the pig sector were common themes at JSR Genetics’ annual technical conference, held at Nottingham University last week. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Simplistic approach keeps finishing operation moving

    22 September 2011

    Brothers James and John Burnett run a slick finishing operation at their mixed farm near Newark and, despite a volatile market, continue to strengthen their farming formula. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Welsh Pig Society show and sale a success

    20 September 2011

    DESPITE difficult times in the pig industry with feed prices at an all time high The Pedigree Welsh Pig Society held another highly successful show and sale at Beeston Auction, Tarporley, Cheshire at the beginning of September.

  • Hay or haylage – what is the best option for your horse?

    14 September 2011

    GOOD quality forage is the most essential part of every horse or pony’s diet. Angela Calvert looks at the options.

  • Deserved success for Scottish horse show

    13 September 2011

    DESPITE having to cancel its annual show because of rain-soaked conditions at the Border Union Showground in Kelso, the show’s tenacious committee, led by Chairman, Tweetie Nimmo, pulled off an amazing two-day event on August 30-31, at the Ingliston Country Club and Equestrian Centre at Bishopton near Glasgow.

  • Two enterprises work together to create one optimistic future

    6 September 2011

    THE pig and arable enterprise in West Yorkshire serve to complement each other with Peter Batty being ready for the challenges they bring and believing it is the best way for his business to run. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Fighting spirit helps Britain to bronze at eventing championships

    31 August 2011

    THE British held their metal during a testing championships to salvage team bronze from the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships 2011.

  • Stretching silage rations with straw

    August 19, 2011

    Report from aa recent farm walk, hosted by Garrowby Farms Estate, Bugthorpe, York, in conjunction with Keenan.

  • An innovative solar solution providing energy for grain store

    15 August 2011

    A lucky find abroad means Cambridgeshire farmer James Peck can make the most of solar energy. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Farmer takes charge of his own destiny with expansion plan

    August 12, 2011

    IT was a now or never decision for Philip Dunn to return to the family farm on the edge of the North York Moors and with a new milk contract and an active plan for expansion it is all systems go. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Beef inter-breed goes to the wire at Bakewell show

    9 August 2011

    IT was a close call for the beef inter-breed title at Bakewell Show, but judge Ken Atkin, Staffordshire, chose the Simmental cow, Chadston Tollie’s Delight ahead of the commercial supreme, the British Blue cross heifer, Makka Pakka.

  • Suspected outbreak of glanders horse disease in Europe

    2 August 2011

    WORLD Horse Welfare has been made aware of an outbreak of the serious equine disease, glanders, in Europe.

  • Science has 'huge part' to play in future of farming

    28 July 2011

    ‘HOW science contributes to profitable farming’ was the topic of a joint breakfast meeting between FG26/46 and the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s Future Farmers of Yorkshire initiative held on the second day of the Great Yorkshire Show.

  • Trekking for charity in Mongolia

    26 July 2011

    TWELVE riders have just returned to the UK after completing the BHS Mongolia Riding Challenge 2011.

  • British horse breeding at the forefront

    20 July 2011

    THREE out of the team of horses selected for the 2011 European Championships eventing team are British bred. 

  • Future secured with new parlour and buildings

    16 July 2011

    Investing in improved facilities to give cows opportunity to fulfil their potential is the way forward, believes Joanna Binnington. She tells Angela Calvert about her vision for the future.

  • Discovering the Jersey cow

    5 July 2011

    FAITHFUL Jersey breeders, David and Anne Shaw, talk about lobbying at Westminster, tearooms at the Great Yorkshire and why UK dairy farmers need to climb the pricing league. 

  • Voluntary measures fit well on a fenland farm

    July 1, 2011

    It is 20 years since the Casey family started growing leeks. Back then it was just two and half hectares (six acres), but now it stretches to 65ha (160 acres) and makes up the major part of the farming business.

  • Popular event will showcase the best of UK livestock once again

    July 1, 2011

    The Great Yorkshire Show is fast approaching, Angela Calvert takes a look at what visitors can expect.

  • Rehome a Horse Month gets royal approval

    July 1, 2011

    THE importance of rehoming horses received a royal stamp of approval when The Princess Royal launched Rehome a Horse Month at World Horse Welfare’s Hall Farm Rescue and Rehoming Centre.

  • No room for complacency, a Shire horse is now a rare breed

    June 17, 2011

    The Shire horse will always be associated with the English countryside, often featuring on greetings cards and in paintings, mainly as a working horse in years gone by.

  • South Devons will put on quite a show at Norfolk

    June 17, 2011

    Livestock numbers have hit record levels at this year’s Royal Norfolk Show with more than 800 cattle entered including South Devon cattle for their National Show. Angela Calvert spoke to the breed society chairman to find out more.

  • Saffie turns tables on her half brother in beef lines

    14 June 2011

    THE Hereford heifer Frys Cross 1 Saffie from Peter Cole and Richard Edwards, Hampshire, took the beef inter-breed championship at the South of England Show, despite standing reserve to her half-brother in the breed competition.

  • Cereals 2011: Holistic approach of this year’s host farm

    2 June 2011

    FIND out all about Cereals 2011 in our preview including all the information you need about this year’s event and what you can expect to see and do while you are there.

  • Teenage rider makes history with Gold Medal standard

    1 June 2011

    South Shropshire schoolgirl Katy Mellor has become the youngest rider ever to achieve the coveted Gold Medal standard in an event described as the most challenging equestrian endurance ride in Europe.

  • Boomer Euphoria takes victory in beef inter-breed at Hertfordshire

    31 May 2011

    THE beef inter-breed title at Hertfordshire County Show went to Boomer Euphoria, a two-year-old, British Blue heifer, owned by Boomer Birch, Weston, Staffordshire.

  • Warning for horse owners

    24 May 2011

    HORSE owners are being warned they could still be held ‘strictly liable’ for some accidents involving horses and other animals.

  • UK venue announced for World Endurance Championships 2012

    24 May 2011

    Endurance GB has announced that the FEI World Endurance Championships 2012 will be held in the UK next year. 

  • Buying for a profitable beef unit requires a lot of patience

    May 13, 2011

    This year’s National Spring Spectacular Show at Beef Expo has been expanded with un-haltered prime cattle classes joining the usual haltered classes. Angela Calvert went to meet one of the show exhibitors.

  • Producing maximum milk from forage

    May 6, 2011

    HE may run 155 pedigree Holsteins, but Chris Stockdale believes the aim should still be to produce as much milk as possible from forage.

  • Farmer's passion for the potato leads him to ambassador status

    28 April 2011

    FOLLOWING their appointments last year, Angela Calvert catches up with one of the Potato Council ambassadors at Moss End Farm, Ormskirk, to find out how he has been getting on.

  • Farmer ordered to keep champion bull in isolation

    28 April 2011

    DEFRA has ordered Ken Jackson, Pontefract, to keep his champion bull, Hallmark Boxster, in continued isolation.

  • Todd takes his fourth Badminton title

    27 April 2011

    AT the age of 55, Mark Todd, New Zealand, became the oldest rider to win the Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials after coaxing a brilliant performance from the inexperienced NZB Land Vision. 

  • High Court judge quashes bull’s slaughter order

    14 April 2011

    A HIGH Court judge has ruled favour of Pontefract farmer Ken Jackson, whose champion British Blonde bull Hallmark Boxter was facing slaughter after testing positive for bTB in April, 2010.

  • Farm prone to flooding make the best out of the situation

    April 8, 2011

    IT’S not always the case that bigger is better but attention to detail that counts for more as the Hawley family tell Angela Calvert when she visited Leicestershire.

  • Piglets need colostrum within six hours of birth

    April 1, 2011

    ?THE low levels of body fat reserves and glycogen in newborn piglets means piglets need colostrum as soon as possible after birth, said Yannig Le Treut of French nutrition company Lallemand.

  • Salmon boost to sow maintenance and foetal development

    April 1, 2011

    ?THE dry sow feeding curve is important to ensure optimum energy supply for sow maintenance and foetal development, said Dr Phil Baynes of Baynes Nutrition.

  • Tackling the costly issue of stillborn piglets

    April 1, 2011

    MORE than 900,000 piglets are stillborn every year in the UK, which is not only an ethical issue, but means a potential £38 million is lost to the pig industry.

  • Best time to cut for haylage

    March 18, 2011

    MAKING thousands of bales of haylage every year, Mark Hyslop knows how to cater for his equestrian customers.

  • Money to be made in haylage for horses

    March 18, 2011

    DEMAND for haylage from horse owners is increasing and offers farmers and contractors the perfect opportunity to increase their forage sales.

  • Martin Clunes to be next BHS president

    22 February 2011

    ACTOR, writer and horse-owner Martin Clunes has been named as president-designate of The British Horse Society.

  • Profit possible from finishing dairy crosses

    February 18, 2011

    IN the second Fantasy Farming competition, based at the National Beef Training Unit at Askham Bryan College, the winners made a £1,051.50 profit – £200 more than their nearest rivals.

  • British Equestrian Federation announces new member bodies

    9 February 2011

    THE British Equestrian Federation (BEF) has announced that two organisations will be joining the 16 independent equestrian member bodies that are already part of the BEF.

  • British Grassland Society to host haylage event

    2 February 2011

    The British Grassland Society is running an event ‘Making Haylage for Horse’ at Vale View Equestrian Centre on 3rd March, 2011.

  • Champion bull gets another reprieve   

    19 January 2011

    THE long running story of the champion British Blonde bull, Hallmark Boxster, who has been under threat of slaughter following a positive blood test for bTB in April, 2010, has taken a further twist.

  • British Eventing announce new chairman

    12 January 2011

    THE British Eventing (BE) Board has elected Amanda Ratcliffe as chairman of the Board.

  • Shallots enjoy a five-year high

    December 23, 2010

    Shallots have seen a massive rise in popularity over the last five years with UK retail sales now at £8.6 million - up 46 per cent during that time.This year looks like being an even better year for UK growers. They are predicted to do better than their European counterparts as spring weather conditions were poor in France and Holland, and so their production is down by over 20 per cent.

  • AP McCoy is BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010

    21 December 2010

    National Hunt jockey A P McCoy has been voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

  • Aliandro wins Royal Highland Winter Fair title

    24 November 2010

    The long journey from Devon paid off for the Alford family when they took the overall beef title and heifer championship at The Royal Highland Winter Fair with the Limousin cross heifer, Aliandro, who weighed in at 520kg.

  • New faces boost for hunt turnouts

    November 12, 2010

    An unprecedented number of people took part in hunting for the first time during October, as hunts across the country held special meets as part of Newcomers’ Week 2010.

  • Beware overfeeding in pregnancy

    November 5, 2010

    ?Around 25 per cent of first litter sows are at risk of ‘second litter syndrome’, said Bas Kemp, also from Wageningen University.

  • Bpex's expert and practical advice on pig units

    November 5, 2010

    ?As part of its Two Tonne Sow (2TS) initiative, Bpex invited producers to Wetherby Racecourse, West Yorkshire, last week to look at reviewing and improving reproduction on pig units.

  • Stress levels greatly affect reproductive processes

    November 5, 2010

    ?Stress hormones influence reproductive hormones and, therefore, reproductive processes.

  • Countryside Live 2010 - the results

    25 October 2010

    CATCH up on all the results from Countryside Live 2010

  • Team Sellars makes it a hatrick at Countryside Live

    25 October 2010

    Lady Big Bucks took the supreme beef title at Countryside Live, making it three championship wins in a row for Phil and Sharon Sellers, Lincoln.

  • Horse Owners Urged to Register with Animal Health’s Disease Alert Service

    14 October 2010

    ANIMAL Health, the government agency tasked with minimising the risk and impact of notifiable animal diseases in Great Britain, is reminding horse owners to keep track of outbreaks of exotic equine diseases by registering with its Disease Alert Subscription Service.

  • Supreme Championships decided at HOYS

    11 October 2010

    THE Supreme Horse of the Year title at this year’s Horse of the Year Show went to the Dunbeacon, the Ladies and lightweight hunter winner. Ridden side saddle by Katie Jerram he gave a faultless performance under the spotlight to impress judges, Tina and Graham Fletcher.

  • Britain’s paradressage team remains unbeaten

    8 October 2010

    BRITAIN’S paradressage team remains unbeaten in international competition, taking gold at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky.

  • Gold for Germany in team show jumping at World Games

    8 October 2010

    GERMANY secured the showjumping team gold  at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Kentucky, adding nothing to their team score with three clear rounds, while Britain’s riders had mixed fortunes.

  • Dairy Event 2010: Holstein takes Dairy Event interbreed

    7 September 2010

    The interbreed title at the Dairy and Livestock Event has gone to the Holstein champion, Saxelby Goldwyn Rose, by Braedale Goldwyn, from Robert and Elaine Butterfield, Lancaster.

  • Dairy Event 2010: Heifer takes interbreed championship

    7 September 2010

    THE interbreed heifer championship, the first title of the day, has concluded at the Dairy Event. Judged on a points basis, by all the breed judges, it initially resulted in a tie between the Holstein winner, the Wills brothers, Riverdane Gold Ashlyn and the Jersey, winner Barry and Jenny Daw’s, Bluegrass Comericas Pink Heather.

  • National TREC champions out-class record field

    1 September 2010

    Record numbers of competitors travelled from far afield to compete at the BHS TREC Championships of Great Britain.

  • Improving the public’s perception of modern farming

    31 August 2010

    Cold Harbour Farm, at Bishop Burton, East Yorkshire, was one of the first LEAF (Linking Farming and the Environment) demonstration farms, opening its gates to the public in 1993 soon after the organisation was founded.

  • Aintree hosts amateur showjumping event

    August 27, 2010

    AINTREE International Equestrian Centre recently hosted an action packed three-day amateur showjumping fixture.

  • Lifestyle motivated by love of Friesians

    August 27, 2010

    It was passion for Friesian horses which led to Tracey and Rynardt Venter starting both a new business and a completely different way of life in Cumbria.

  • Two new EBVs for Texels

    August 20, 2010

    TWO new EBVs for Texels - lambing ease and birth weight - were promoted at a breed development day at Driffield, East Yorkshire, last week.

  • Annick Vesuvius takes second Bakewell top title

    August 13, 2010

    FOR the second year running, the beef inter-breed title at Bakewell Show, Derbyshire, went to the Simmental bull, Annick Vesuvius, owned by Les and Norma Pennington, Ashton-under-Lyne.

  • Champion bull gets stay of execution

    12 August 2010

    Champion British Blonde bull, Hallmark Boxster, who has been under the threat of slaughter, for the last five months, has been granted a stay of execution by Defra.

  • Brits take eventing gold in European Championships

    August 6, 2010

    IN an exciting finish to the 2010 Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Pony European Championships, held at Bishop Burton College last weekend, the Charles Owen British Pony team won the eventing gold medal, some 43.1 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Germany.

  • Brits win eventing gold at Pony Europeans

    3 August 2010

    In an exciting finish to the 2010 FEI Pony European Championships, held at Bishop Burton College over the weekend, the Charles Owen British Pony team won the eventing gold medal, some 43.1 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Germany.

  • Specialist support helps organic farmer grow acreage

    July 30, 2010

    Organic dairy farmer, Richard Cooper knew that for his business to be sustainable in the long-term, he needed more land. But finding it was proving to be extremely difficult.

  • Camilla visits Brixton horse charity

    27 July 2010

    HRH The Duchess of Cornwall met with the members of the equestrian community in Brixton, London at an Open Day of the Ebony Horse Club charity of which she is President.

  • I’m Your Man wins Great Yorkshire Show sheep inter-breed

    15 July 2010

    The sheep inter-bred title went to the Charollais champion, Logie Durno I’m Your Man, which was making its first show ring appearance in the ownership of Peter Vaughan and the Quick and Probert families from Herefordshire. PICTURES: Adrian Legge

  • GYS: Charollais wins sheep inter-breed

    15 July 2010

    THE sheep inter-breed title went to the Charollais champion, Logie Durno I’m Your Man, who was making his first showring appearance in the ownership of Peter Vaughan and the Quick and Probert families from Herefordshire.

  • Jerseys still the cream of the crop in the Dales

    July 9, 2010

    THE Dickinson family at Longley Farm know all too well the milk quality from their Jersey herd have secured them as one of the leading producers of cottage cheese, cream and yoghurts. Jimmy Dickinson explains the journey.

  • Trials of wheat's suitability for production of ethanol

    July 9, 2010

    THE expanding biofuels industry in the north east, with Ensus already in production and others following closely behind, offers farmers the opportunity to supply and also get some value out of carbon trading.

  • Royal Highland Show: Sheep results round-up

    July 2, 2010

    Results round-up from the 2010 Royal Highland Show.

  • North Country Cheviot takes Royal Highland sheep title

    26 June 2010

    FOR the third time in four years the sheep interbreed title at the Royal Highland went to Willie and Jimmy Thomson with a North Country Cheviot.

  • Royal Highland 2010 Sheep results

    26 June 2010

    For the third time in four years the sheep interbreed title at the Royal Highland went to Willie and Jimmy Thomson with a North Country Cheviot. This time it was with a home bred shearling ewe, by Gilston The Midden out of a home bred ewe by Hownam Grange The Monarch, who was having her first show ring outing. The Thomsons, from Kelso, also took the North Country Hill championship.

  • Calderglen Raffia takes Highland dairy title

    25 June 2010

    THE dairy interbreed title went to the Ayrshire champion, Calderglen Raffia, owned by Robin Barr. Judge, Jack Rennie, Ayr, described her as ‘a beautifully balanced cow, who is very dairy, clean right through, with a lovely udder which is snug in front, but with height and width at the back. She is exceptional and hard to fault, particularly considering she is only a second calver.’

  • Defra and Pfizer support improved African Horse Sickness vaccine in UK

    25 June 2010

    The UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and pharmaceutical company Pfizer are jointly supporting a project to develop an improved vaccine to treat African Horse Sickness, a fatal and infectious horse disease that may spread to the UK due to global warming.

  • Great Yorkshire Show 2010 preview

    June 25, 2010

    The very best of the country’s livestock will be on display at the Great Yorkshire Show, which, organisers claim, is the country’s premier agricultural show. Find out more about the show and what you can expect to see in our special preview.

  • Richard Elmhirst set to pass on presidency

    June 25, 2010

    AT the closing ceremony on the last evening of the Great Yorkshire Show, the office of president will be transferred from Richard Elmhirst to Sir Ken Morrison.

  • Top spec business with a revolutionary equine approach

    June 25, 2010

    Topspec are to sponsor the Great Yorkshire Show’s first ever ridden supreme championship, ‘The Top of the North’, which will have a prize of £1,500 to the winner. Angela Calvert reports.

  • No British Open show jumping championships in 2011

    24 June 2010

    Grandstand Event Management have announced that they will not be running the British Open Show Jumping Championships in 2011. The British Open was launched in 2003 at the Sheffield Hallam Arena and relocated in 2007 to a larger venue, The NEC, Birmingham, where over the last four years Grandstand has worked hard to establish the show as a major event within the equestrian calendar.

  • British Horse Society confirms new president

    18 June 2010

    The new Chairman of The British Horse Society is Dr Phil Wadey, who was elected by the board of Trustees on 17th June.

  • Heifers too strong for commercial challenge

    June 4, 2010

    A strong entry of commercial cattle turned out at Beef Expo for judge, Archie MacGregor, Glasgow, but both his overall champion and reserve came from the heifer section.

  • Repeater Rocket wows the judges at Northumberland once again

    June 4, 2010

    FOR the second year running the Bluefaced Leicester ram, Walton Rocket, owned by Alan and Peter Forster, Hexham, took the champion of champions award at Northumberland County Show.

  • Saddle up for the adventure of a lifetime

    2 June 2010

    Do you have a taste for adventure, enjoy exploring on horseback and making new friends? If the answer is YES then you need to sign up for the 2011 Canadian Wilderness Challenge in aid of leading international horse charity World Horse Welfare.

  • Coping with Sweet Itch

    26 May 2010

    The warm summer months can be less of a holiday and more of a chore for some horses and their owners. The symptoms of Sweet Itch, now widely referred to as ‘Summer Itch,’ are often aggravated by the changes in climate from April to October.

  • Help to get the best out of the land

    May 21, 2010

    A look at work of an agronomist.

  • British Showjumping's board resigns

    20 May 2010

    THE Executive Board members of British Showjumping (BSJA) have announced that they have agreed to stand down in favour of forming a Sporting Council.

  • New qualification for riding school helpers

    14 May 2010

    A new qualification launched by The British Horse Society will recognise the skills of riding school helpers.

  • Cheshire riding instructor scoops top prize

    14 May 2010

    John Marsden from Henbury, Cheshire took the honours in a prestigious national final for British Horse Society Registered Instructors at Royal Windsor Horse Show.

  • Little Snodworth livery wins Interdressage event

    14 May 2010

    A Blackburn livery yard has won The Winter League Interdressage competition.

  • Ironstone goes through the beef card

    May 14, 2010

    A LIMOUSIN heifer, bred in the purple, went through the card to take the beef inter-breed title at Newark and Nottinghamshire Show.

  • UK grown Pulses as a food ingredient

    May 7, 2010

    Food processors and manufacturers need convincing of their benefits of pulses as a food ingredient.

  • A first Badminton Horse Trials win for Paul Tapner

    4 May 2010

    PAUL Tapner, from Australia, held on to his cross country day lead to win his first Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials on Inonothing. 

  • Scotgrass Preview: Get all your questions answered

    April 30, 2010

    ?This year’s Scotgrass venue is also home to SAC’s dairy research centre. Angela Calvert talks to head researcher Dave Roberts, and farm manager Hugh McClymont.

  • Ellen Whitaker Steals British Open Crown from cousin Robert

    12 April 2010

    The British Open Show Jumping Championships came to a dramatic finish with the capacity crowd enjoying one of the most exciting finals to date

  • Cousin Ellen Challenges Robert’s Champion Crown

    9 April 2010

    Robert Whitaker continued his successful campaign to regain the British Open title by claiming third place on new ride USA Today in the second leg of the championship race. He now ties with his cousin Ellen on the top of the leader board as she produced a foot perfect double clear to snatch first place  from Robert and German rider Daniel Deusser on  Equimax Ocolado.

  • Robert Whitaker on track to retain title

    9 April 2010

    Robert Whitaker made the perfect start in his quest to regain his British Open Championship title by winning the opening leg and claiming the top spot on the leader board. This puts Robert in the ideal position to take what would be a fourth championship title, and third in a row, if he wins the final on Saturday.

  • Online auction to raise money for former racehorses

    6 April 2010

    THE Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre is to hold a two-week online auction of valuable prizes to raise much-needed funds for the care of former racehorses.

  • Driving legislation changes will impact on horse industry, warns BHS

    1 April 2010

    New driving licensing legislation revoking ‘grandfather rights’, to accompany learner drivers in small lorries, buses and vehicle plus trailer combinations will have a profound impact on the equestrian industry according to The British Horse Society. 

  • Reaseheath’s Equine Unit welcomes international stars

    1 April 2010

    Reaseheath College Equine Unit in Nantwich, Cheshire, is celebrating the completion of the first phase of its multi million pound upgrade with a unique double bill starring Olympic Dressage rider Richard Davison and international showjumper William Whitaker on Tuesday April 13th.

  • New home for rescue horse

    1 April 2010

    A horse rehabilitated by the World Horse Welfare charity is off to a new home after being selected as a potential drum horse by the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

  • Askham Bryan College to host horse trials

    26 March 2010

    A new equestrian event aimed at attracting competitors from across the UK has been announced by Askham Bryan College near York.

  • BSPS hosts audience with judges and trainers

    26 March 2010

    The British Show Pony Society (BSPS) is to host an ‘Audience with Judges and Trainers’ on Thursday, 1st April at 7pm, at Arena UK, Grantham, on the eve of the BSPS Winter Championships.

  • ‘Everyone’s a winner’ with CFE campaign

    March 26, 2010

    In his role as North Yorkshire’s farmer-chairman for the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) Robert Campbell hopes to convince farmers in his region that becoming involved with the campaign will not only benefit the environment, but their own business as well.

  • Foundation stone laid at new BHS Headquarters

    22 March 2010

    The foundation stone for the new British Horse Society Headquarters at Stoneleigh was laid on 22 March by BHS chairman Patrick Print FBHS.

  • Michael Whitaker’s Olympic Eligibility Restored

    22 March 2010

    The British Olympic Association (BOA) have confirmed that Michael Whitaker has had his eligibility for Team GB selection at future Olympic Games restored with immediate effect following a successful appeal.

  • Imperial Commander wins Gold Cup

    22 March 2010

    THE much heralded clash between the reigning champion, Kauto Star and his stablemate, Denman never really happened in the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Kauto Star making a bad mistake early on in the race and then crashing out at the fourth fence from home when well beaten.

  • Big Bucks wins World Hurdle at Cheltenham

    22 March 2010

    Following the defeat of Master Minded Paul Nicholls had something to celebrate on Cheltenham’s third day when Big Buck’s was a short priced winner of the Ladbroke World Hurdle under Ruby Walsh. It was his second win in the race and he made it look easy.

  • Katie Walsh upstages Ruby at Cheltenham

    18 March 2010

    The name Walsh is usually in the racing headlines, but on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival it was Katie rather than her brother Ruby, who recorded the first win in the four mile National Hunt Chase. 

  • Binocular wins Cheltenham Champion Hurdle

    17 March 2010

    BINOCULAR - owned ridden by Tony McCoy - won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, from Khyber Kim, with Aynor in third.

  • Blue Chip becomes first ethical feed firm

    17 March 2010

    Blue Chip Feed one of the most highly respected brands in the equestrian industry and the winner of numerous awards, has just achieved another ‘first’ by becoming the first ever Ethically Approved horse feed company.

  • Nuffield profile: Owen Atkinson - the role of vets in knowledge transfer

    March 12, 2010

    AS PART of his Nuffield scholarship, dairy vet Owen Atkinson has travelled to Holland, New Zealand and the USA to study ‘the role of the vet in knowledge transfer within the dairy industry’ - something he believes is becoming increasingly important as the dairy industry changes.

  • Nuffield profile: Chloe Palmer - the difficulties facing hill farmers

    March 12, 2010

    GIVEN the difficulties facing UK hill farmers, Chloe Palmer used her Nuffield scholarship to research and evaluate potential solutions.

  • FG blogger wins talent spotting competition

    3 March 2010

    FARMERS Guardian’s equestrian blogger, Rowan Caley has won a national para dressage competition to spot new talent.

  • Charity Horses for loan

    2 March 2010

    A leading international horse charity is appealing for potential borrowers to come forward to offer homes to rehabilitated horses and ponies at its Somerset recovery and rehabilitation centre.

  • Hoekstra appointed as World Class Performance Manager for Showjumping

    2 March 2010

    Rob Hoekstra has been appointed as the World Class Performance Manager for showjumping, with immediate effect.

  • Leys key to good silage-making

    February 26, 2010

    IT is difficult to make good silage from poor grass, but very easy to make poor silage from good grass, said independent grass specialist, Charlie Morgan.

  • Fantasy farming league changes tack

    February 26, 2010

    Having ran a ‘fantasy farming league’ last year focusing on black and white bull calf rearing, Askham Bryan has launched a second competition, this time looking at different pure and cross-bred dairy breeds.

  • Pig farmers look to the future after turbulent years

    February 19, 2010

    Consumer demand for local food and the success of the Honest Labelling campaign will be crucial to the future of the country’s pig farmers, according to producer Stephen Thompson.

  • Yards all abuzz with hopes and dreams of rising stars

    16 February 2010

    With a new show season just around the corner, Angela Calvert talks to top show producer, Julie Templeton about how she prepares her team.

  • Writer and jockey Dick Francis dies

    15 February 2010

    Best-selling crime writer and former National hunt jockey, Dick Francis, has died aged 89.

  • EU takes action on horse cruelty

    14 February 2010

    Liz Lynne MEP has welcomed news that her campaign to end the cruelty suffered by horses being transported long distance for slaughter has been adopted by the European Parliament at Strasbourg.

  • BHS issues guidance on hyperflexion

    2 February 2010

    As the debate over the use of hyperflexion as a training technique continues, The British Horse Society has published its official stance.

  • Lantra launches Equine Skills Census

    25 January 2010

    Lantra Sector Skills Council is currently working with the British Equestrian Federation, the British Equestrian Trade Association and with the British Grooms Association on a new equine-related research project, the Equine Skills Census. 

  • Exchange rate key to farm profits

    January 22, 2010

    The exchange rate could be key to farming profitability in the years ahead, said Francis Mordaunt, of Andersons, speaking at the East Midlands Farm Management Association (EMFMA) conference.

  • Equine infectious anaemia found in the UK

    21 January 2010

    Equine infectious anaemia (EIA), otherwise known as Swamp Fever, has been detected in two horses in Wiltshire following importation from Romania via Belgium, Defra has confirmed.

  • Competitors brush off snow at Aintree

    15 January 2010

    COMPETITORS braved the bad weather and snow to take part in the Fearns Farm Dressage Championships held at Aintree Equestrian Centre.

  • Search begins for Voice of the Year

    15 January 2010

    Grandstand Group, the team behind Horse of the Year Show and the British Open Show Jumping Championships, is staging a search for a new voice in equestrian commentating.

  • Derek Ricketts sacked as show jumping team manager

    15 January 2010

    British show jumping squad performance manager Derek Ricketts has been sacked following the team’s ‘disappointing’ results in 2009.

  • Getting your horse used to a new bit

    January 15, 2010

    Give your horse plenty of time to get used to a new bit, was the message from bitting expert, Hilary Vernon, speaking at the lecture/demonstration held at The World Horse Welfare’s Penny Farm, Blackpool.

  • Breakthrough in equine sarcoid treatment

    13 January 2010

    A research project funded by The Horse Trust has succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells in vitro by silencing a gene in the virus that causes sarcoids.

  • Horse owners keep on spending

    12 January 2010

    Horse owners have continued to spend money on their horses and themselves throughout the recession, reveals new research from the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA)

  • Horseball championships to run at Bishop Burton College

    12 January 2010

    The Federation of International Horseball (FHIB) European Horseball Pony Championships 2010 will run alongside the FEI European Pony Championships when they are held at Bishop Burton College in July 2010.

  • Richard Johnson rides 2000 winners

    18 December 2009

    NATIONAL hunt jockey, Richard Johnson, rode his 2000th winner and 100th of the season, yesterday at Newbury, on Wheels Up.

  • Fantasy Farming League sees seven out of ten make a profit

    December 11, 2009

    A project, hosted by Askham Bryan College, York, to see whether rearing black and white bull calves can be profitable, has finished with the winning team achieving an average of profit of £89.08 per head.

  • FEI to delay new 'bute' rules

    2 December 2009

    THE FEI has announced it has passed a resolution to delay the implementation of the new Equine Prohibited Substances List and the accompanying Equine Anti-Doping and Controlled Medication Regulations until April, 2010.

  • FEI to allow horses to compete on ‘bute’

    25 November 2009

    IN a controversial decision the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has voted to allow the use of a limited number of painkillers, including phenylbutazone (bute), on horses during competition.

  • EID surgery - your questions answered

    20 November 2009

    REGULATIONS on sheep EID come into force on January 1 2010 and with many farmers still confused over what they have to do to comply, we will be putting your questions to the experts to find out the answers.

  • AIC continues to invest in research

    20 November 2009

    AGRICULTURAL Industries Confederation (AIC) members invest at least £15 million in research and development and £30 million in knowledge transfer per annum, said AIC chief executive, David Caffall at the organisation’s Agribusiness 2010 Conference.

  • Fantasia makes hat-trick with commercial title win

    November 20, 2009

    Third title in a row for Charolais cross heifer.

  • Festival of the Horse for Stoneleigh

    16 November 2009

    Festival of the Horse will make its debut at Stoneleigh Park in July, 2010. The event will feature three individually themed days, showcasing the very best of British equine sports stars through a series of competitions and entertainment.

  • Dunwoody recognised at Animal Health Trust awards

    16 November 2009

    More than 400 people from all walks of the equestrian world attended the Animal Health Trust’s 21st UK Equestrian Awards at the Lancaster London.  Hosted by HRH The Princess Royal, the AHT’s President, the annual fundraising event raised more than £70,000.  

  • Government 'has no extra money for R&D'

    16 November 2009

    THERE is no extra money within Government for agricultural research and development, claimed Lord Taylor of Holbeach, shadow Minister for the environment, food and rural affairs.

  • Soaring venison sales leave us relying on imported animals

    29 October 2009

    THE market for venison has increased at a rate of 25-30 per cent per year over the last four years – and is still growing.

  • Countryside Live: A successful return for Phil Sellers

    27 October 2009

    FOR the second year running the supreme beef championship at Countryside Live, staged at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, went to Phil and Sharon Sellers from Derbyshire.

  • Charismatic grey wows HOYS

    October 16, 2009

    THE Philanderer taking the supreme Horse of the Year title was a fitting climax to what has been an incredible week for owner, Carol Bardo and rider, Jane Webber.

  • The Philander triumphs at Horse of the Year Show

    12 October 2009

    THE Philander, taking the Supreme Horse of the Year title was a fitting climax to what has been an incredible week for owner, Carol Bardo and rider, Jane Webber.

  • Sea The Stars wins L’Arc de Triophme

    5 October 2009

    SEA The Stars earned a place in racing’s history with a stunning victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday. 

  • All systems go for Horse of the Year Show at the brand new NEC Arena

    2 October 2009

    THE Horse of the Year Show, which takes place at Birmingham’s new NEC LG Arena from October 7-11, will be the first show to use the arena since its £29 million redevelopment.

  • The time is right to be using sexed semen

    2 October 2009

    With milk in demand and heifers hard to come by cheaply, there has never been a better time to used sexed semen, according to Hugh Pocock, sales and marketing manager for Cogent.

  • Horse riders take action over unfair tax

    29 September 2009

    HORSE riders across the UK are joining together to urge the Government to think again about imposing an ‘unfair tax in all but name’ on every horse owner in the UK.

  • Tina Cook crowned European eventing champion

    28 September 2009

    TINA Cook, riding Miner’s Frolic took the individual gold medal at the HSBC FEI European Eventing championships in Fontainbeau, France and also led the British team to a gold medal.

  • First human fatalities from Italian West Nile virus

    23 September 2009

    THERE have been nine cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in humans in Italy reported since early September 2009 and the disease has now claimed the lives of two victims, both men aged 71 and 82, according to the Italian Public Health Authorities.  

  • Bedding and forage special

    18 September 2009

    PLANNING ahead can be crucial to ensuring a good supply of forage and bedding for your horses.

  • Alternative bedding . . . and some new products . . .

    18 September 2009

    STRAW has always been the traditional bedding for horses, but lack of availability of a consistent quality product, a reduction in the number of farmers producing small bales and the problem of disposing of muck heaps are just some of the reasons why horses owners are looking to alternative bedding.

  • Dairy Show preview: Show man Blaise has champion aspirations

    18 September 2009

    THE Dairy Show at Shepton Mallet, Somerset, is just over a fortnight away and pedigree breeders are preparing for the supreme inter-breed title.

  • Judges award top marks to dairy champion Rose at Westmorland County Show

    18 September 2009

    The Holstein champion, Saxelby Goldwyn Rose, scored maximum marks after being given 10 by all of the breed judges.

  • Mission accomplished for Carousel Quest

    11 September 2009

    OLIVER Townend and Carousel Quest are the undisputed winners of this year’s Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. 

  • Practical use for hands-on farm training

    4 September 2009

    An on-farm training scheme, FarmSkills, has helped Matthew Webster tackle some of the issues in his beef suckler herd. Angela Calvert went to meet him.

  • Paschal High Flyer takes BSPS supreme

    2 September 2009

    THE large intermediate show riding type, Paschal High Flyer, ridden by Brogan Tavener gave an impressive performance in front of judge, Alan King to take the supreme championship in the final evening performance at the British Show Pony Society Championships held at Arena UK.

  • Plunge into dairy robots frees up precious time

    August 21st 2009

    Robots have put the fun back into milking, says Sam Middleton, who runs a pedigree Holstein herd at Grangecroft Farm in East Yorkshire.

  • One in three equestrian consumers 'still spending'

    19 August 2009

    Less than half (48 per cent) of horse owners and riders have cut back on lessons, competing and memberships in the current economic climate, according to new research from the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA).

  • Charity warns of ragwort danger

    19 August 2009

    The inclement weather of July and August has led World Horse Welfare to issue a reminder to land and horse owners to be on their guard against deadly ragwort.

  • Bob Gardner dies, aged 70

    12 August 2009

    WELL known horseman, Bob Gardner died suddenly, on August 6 aged 70.

  • Racing stars in show class 

    12 August 2009

    IT was a star studded line-up for the inaugural Racehorse to Riding Horse class at the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show.

  • Ponies are on a mission to munch

    6 August 2009

    NEW Forest ponies have been recruited to assist conservation of one of the world’s most endangered habitats.

  • New Charles Owen British Pony Champion crowned at Brand Hall Horse Trials

    9 June 2009

    FOLLOWING the most competitive score in her section and a superb double clear in the cross country and show jumping phases, Ella McEwen and her pony Catherston Nutsafe were crowned as the new Charles Owen British Pony Champions at Brand Hall Horse Trials, a British Eventing affiliated event near Market Drayton, Shropshire.

  • Tretorn young riders 1-2 in Wierden Grand Prix

    9 June 2009

    THE Young Rider Grand Prix in Wierden, The Netherlands, saw Tretorn Young Rider International squad members, Matthew Sampson and Joe Clayton take first and second places respectively.

  • Northumberland County Show: Solway Black Beauty is crowned beef champion

    May 29th 2009

    SOLWAY Black Beauty, a British Blue in-calf heifer, owned by Kevin Watret from Annan, took the beef inter-breed title at Northumberland County Show.

  • Rider’s growing success from junior to senior ranks

    22 May 2009

    THE transition from ponies to horses is never easy.

  • Celebration for Jill Thomas as she completes over 1000 Golden Horseshoe miles

    19 May 2009

    AT the recent Golden Horseshoe Ride, Jill Thomas, champion endurance rider achieved a Gold Award on her Akhal Teke horse, Pompeii in the Exmoor Experience (two-day 80K) Class.

  • Helen Barton-Smith wins BHS Instructor’s Challenge at Royal Windsor

    18 May 2009

    HELEN Barton-Smith of Pippin Equestrian, Dorset, took the honours in a prestigious national final for British Horse Society Registered Riding Instructors at Royal Windsor Horse Show yesterday (Sunday, May 17).

  • American Pie wins SEIB Pro-Am Trec Challenge

    18 May 2009

    TWELVE riders took on the SEIB Pro-Am Trec Challenge at Royal Windsor Horse Show on Saturday night won by Monty Roberts instructor and ‘Intelligent Horsemanship’ founder, Kelly Marks.

  • Peppermill back to winning form

    13 May 2009

    JOHN Whitaker and Rebecca Stones’ Peppermill are ‘back to their best’, beating a world class field to take victory and the 95,000€ winner’s purse in the Valencia Global Champions Tour Grand Prix.

  • Yorkshire Moorland to receive £3million in funding

    12 May 2009

    NATURAL England has announced that two moorland areas, totaling 5500 hectares (13,590 acres) in North Yorkshire are to receive £3 million in funding under the Higher Level Scheme (HLS).

  • Oliver Townend takes Badminton title

    11 May 2009

    BRITISH rider Oliver Townend realised a long-held dream when winning The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials – his first Badminton title.

  • Aintree International Equestrian Centre wins British Show Jumping Association Championships bid

    8 May 2009

    AINTREE International Equestrian Centre is set to host the 2009 British Show Jumping Association Amateur and Veteran Championships in November, after winning a tendering process against other show centres.

  • British Show Jumping appoints head of sport and performance

    8 May 2009

    BRITISH Show Jumping has announced the appointment of Iain Graham as head of sport and performance.

  • A more consistent carcase

    April 3rd 2009

    SELLING direct to the public drives the Garthwaite family to ensure that all their stock is of premium quality.

  • The Blue Cross launches campaign to tackle equine obesity

    7 May 2009

    THE Blue Cross animal charity has warned of the dangers of equine obesity as it revealed that 40 per cent of all horses and ponies taken in by its equine centres last year were overweight - an increase of five per cent on the previous year.

  • More local food suppliers needed in Lincolnshire

    28 April 2009

    SELECT Lincolnshire, a key project of the Lincolnshire Forum for Agriculture and Horticulture, organised a food conference, which was staged at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, Holbeach.

  • Tragic accident at Belton Horse Trials

    27 April 2009

    SADLY, Ian Olding, a professional international event rider, aged 47, suffered a fatal fall in the Advanced section at Belton Park Horse Trials in Lincolnshire.

  • Feed code to cut dope-test failure risk

    22 April 2009

    A CODE of practice designed to reduce the risk of naturally-occurring prohibited substances (NOPS) contaminating horse feed and subsequent dope-test failures has been developed by the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA).

  • Robert Whitaker wins third British Open Show Jumping Championship

    20 April 2009

    AFTER four days of international competition, Robert Whitaker, took the British Open Show Jumping Championship for a record third time.

  • Entries double for 2009 NPS/TopSpec Dressage Championships

    15 April 2009

    THE second NPS/TopSpec Dressage Championships run by the NPS Dressage Working Group saw entries double with a quality field travelling to Addington Manor Equestrian Centre.

  • Openfield targets 3m tonnes within two years

    10 April 2009

    OPENFIELD, now the UK’s largest farmer-owned grain and inputs business, says it can add £20 million to UK arable incomes.

  • Teesside bioethanol plant to start production this summer

    10 April 2009

    THE Ensus bioethanol plant currently under construction at Wilton on Teesside is on track to start production this summer, John Pinkney, Ensus technical director told the HGCA biofuels conference at Yarm, Stockton-on -Tees

  • Support needed for 'vital' horticulture

    9 April 2009

    HELPING secure a sustainable future for UK horticulture is the challenge facing NFU Horticulture and Potato Board chairman, Sarah Pettitt.

  • Plans to give animal owners legal piece of mind

    30 March 2009

    HORSE owners could benefit from cheaper insurance premiums under plans to clarify owners' liability announced by Farming Minister Jane Kennedy.

  • Carrot growers report ideal conditions for drilling

    26 March 2009

    AFTER a difficult start to the year when cold, wet weather hampered early plantings, carrot growers report ideal conditions for drilling the main crop.

  • Riding association gains funding award

    24 March 2009

    COED Llandegla Carriage Driving and Horse Riding Association (CLCDHRA) has been successful in its project funding bid to raise awareness of equine trails within Coed Llandegla forest.

  • From the judge’s point of view

    20 March 2009

    Angela Calvert gives an insight into what it is like to be the judge standing in the middle of the ring.

  • A box that holds the key to controlling rural emergencies

    March 13th 2009

    Former international rider Sarah Houstoun has joined forces with animal rescue specialist Jim Green of Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service to design a unique fire and emergency information box.

  • Fundraising show for Al Karif Arabians Rebuild Fund

    4 March 2009

    HUNDREDS of horse lovers are expected to attend an event to raise money to help Vicki Marsh, whose horses were tragically killed by arsonists.

  • Shift to hazard-based regulation on pesticides

    20 February 2009

    PESTICIDES regulation in Europe has shifted from risk to hazard-based, resulting in active ingredients being lost and the threat of resistance increased, TAG technical director Jim Orson told the Arable Outlook conference.

  • Controlling risk amid grain price volatility

    20 February 2009

    Risk management was a theme picked up by David Sheppard, managing director of Gleadell Agriculture at the TAG Arable Outlook conference.

  • Using good practice to make N count

    20 February 2009

    EVERY kilo of applied nutrient must count, otherwise it is a waste of money and potential environmental pollution, said Peter Dampney, ADAS.

  • East Midlands Farm Management Association conference

    January 30th 2009

    Angela Calvert reports from the East Midlands Farm Management Association conference at the University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonington campus.

  • International stairway series gives £165,000 rider ranking points

    28 January 2009

    A NEW series for identifying and assessing both potential and existing British team competitors will launch in 2009 taking in eight of the largest county shows in the country.

  • Racehorse to Riding Horse Performance Awards

    19 January 2009

    THE South Essex Insurance Brokers’ (SEIB) Racehorse to Riding Horse Performance Awards were presented at the recent British Breeding Breeders’ Awards Dinner.

  • Butcher aims for Peak of perfection

    January 16th 2009

    The only butcher in the region with its own abattoir, John Mettrick’s new trademark lamb not only improves local producers’ returns but offers quality assurance to the people of the High Peak area in north Derbyshire and beyond.

  • Heavy land has become profitable due to energy crop

    January 2nd 2009

    GROWING energy crops is good for biodiversity, farmers and conservationists were told at a demonstration day, near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, sponsored by FWAG and Drax Power.

  • Double delight as Whitaker cousins make history

    29 December 2008

    THERE were emotional scenes as William and Ellen Whitaker made history as the first cousins to share the Accenture Christmas Puissance, both clearing the fifth-round wall which stood at an imposing 7ft 2in.

  • Edwina is first Aussie to clock Rolex World Cup qualifier

    29 December 2008

    EDWINA Alexander, 34, on the smallest horse in the competition, made history as the first Australian winner of Olympia’s Rolex FEI World Cup qualifier at Olympia.

  • Olympia – NPS Bailey Mountain and Moorland Championship

    29 December 2008

    THE prestigious NPS Baileys Mountain and Moorland Supreme Ridden Championship at Olympia went to Melanie Stanford's nine-year-old Highland stallion, Torrin of Croila, ridden by Mathew Lawrence.

  • There's more to Appaloosas than just colour

    19 December 2008

    THE word APPALOOSA usually conjurers up the vision of a horse with spots, but there is far more to them than just colour.

  • 'Success in retail is in the detail' as family establish A1 business path

    December 19th 2008

    PIES are something of a speciality at Mellor's Farm Shop - they have won many prizes over the years and customers come from miles around to buy them. They are made in almost every imaginable variety, but probably the best known is Mellor's pork pie.

  • Short rotations raise disease pressure

    December 12th 2008

    Ecomonic pressures have led to short rotations, which are causing a rise in soil-borne diseases in oilseed rape, including sclerotinia, warns Peter Gladders of ADAS.

  • Strong farm policies and a drive to educate brings great success

    December 12th 2008

    Pepperfield Farm has come a long way in just five years, recently winning a national award and featuring in a top good food guide.

  • Bishop Burton College to host 2010 European Pony Championships

    8 December 2008

    BISHOP Burton College has been chosen as host of the FEI Pony European Championships in 2010.

  • Choice of bedding is yours

    28 November 2008

    TRADITIONALLY, almost all stabled horses were bedded on straw, but in recent years an ever increasing range of bedding products are available.

  • Scone Palace new home for Scottish Eventing Championships

    24 November 2008

    THE Central Scotland Horse Trials at Scone Palace, Perth, will be the venue for the Scottish Open and Novice Championships.

  • Journalists honour Hickstead’s Douglas Bunn

    24 November 2008

    DOUGLAS Bunn, master of Hickstead, has been awarded the Liz Dudden Trophy by the British Equestrian Writers Association (BEWA).

  • JMB introduces ‘gold’ height certificates

    17 November 2008

    THE Joint Measurement Board (JMB) is introducing a new ‘gold’ height certificate from January1 , 2009.

  • Ben's mount is no ordinary 'Joe'

    14 November 2008

    WINNING a team gold and individual bronze medal at the European Young Riders Three Day Event Championships this summer, is undoubtedly the highlight of Ben Hobday’s career so far.

  • East of England Winter Stock Festival

    10 November 2008

    THE first East of England Winter Stock Festival proved to be very popular, with exhibitors travelling from as far away as Devon, Northumberland and Wales to compete.

  • Strike the right balance when using nitrogen fertilisers

    November 7th 2008

    Careful use of nitrogen fertiliser can have both economic and environmental benefits, Dan Kindred, ADAS, told growers at a recent Farming Futures/HGCA workshop.

  • International event rider joins BE Board

    5 November 2008

    BRITISH Eventing (BE) has announced that international event rider Nigel Taylor will represent the interests of riders on the BE Board.

  • Grassroots Festival awarded to Badminton

    5 November 2008

    BRITISH Eventing has announced that from 2010, the new venue for its popular Grassroots Festival will be during the Badminton Horse Trials.

  • Countryside Live

    27 October 2008

    LIVESTOCK made a welcome return to Countryside Live following its absence last year due to foot-and-mouth restrictions. Classes were well filled and standards high.

  • Cutting out the middle man to find added value

    October 17th 2008

    Producing top quality meat on a low input, easily managed system and selling direct to the customer is proving successful for one Yorkshire farming family.

  • The Oakley win the Pony Club Mounted Games

    14 October 2008

    SIX teams - the Oakley, Banwell, Sir Williams Wynn, Cheshire, Badsworth and East Down, fought a close contest for the prestigious Prince Phillip Cup.

  • Katie Price proves a hit with her dressage display at HOYS

    14 October 2008

    ONE of the big attractions on the Friday of the Horse of the Year Show was a dressage display by Katie Price.

  • The Philanderer takes another riding horse title

    14 October 2008

    BREEDER Anna Macey was there to see The Philanderer take the Blundell Family Riding Horse of the Year title, ridden by Jayne Webber, for owner, Carol Bardo, who was also supreme horse at the Royal International Horse Show.

  • Last win for Pretoria

    14 October 2008

    THE Bewley Homes Show Hunter Pony of the Year championship went to Kimberley Minchin and Pretoria, winner of the 153cm class.

  • Double for Team Harvey

    13 October 2008

    TEAM Harvey rounded off a great week by winning the Oggy Oggy Intermediate championship with the stunning six-year-old, bay gelding, Paschal High Flyer ridden by Martin Skelton, who was having his last ride in intermediate classes.

  • Newcomer takes show pony championship

    13 October 2008

    THE four-year-old, Rhos Emblem, winner of the 143cm class, went on to take the Charlotte Morgan show pony championship, under judges, Julia Ryde Rogers and Kay Pole.

  • Horse of the Year Show 2008

    13 October 2008

    THE Show Hunter of the Year, Finn McCool and Guy Landau, gave another breathtaking performance in front of judges Jim McTiffin and Paul Nicholls, to take the Horse Deals Supreme Horse of the Year.

  • Majestic Cavalier is supreme Arab champion

    10 October 2008

    MAJESTIC Cavalier, ridden by Wendy Gibson, took the supreme Arab championship, for owner/breeder Hayley Hyde-Andrews.

  • Two wins for Jayne Webber in coloured section

    10 October 2008

    THE non-native horse class winner, Red Andes, ridden by Jayne Webber took the coloured championship.

  • Princess Saskia takes mountain and moorland WHP title

    10 October 2008

    THE mountain and moorland working hunter pony championship went to Trefynys Princess Saskia, owned by Barbara Williams and ridden by Louise Jones, winner of the under 138cm section.

  • Bucks Fizz reigns supreme

    10 October 2008

    CUDDY Supreme In-hand Championship went to the winner of the pony section, Pinewell Bucks Fizz, owned and bred by Amanda Higgins and led by Colin Tibbey.

  • Emma's evolutionary approach lands award and £5,000 bonus

    October 10th 2008

    Developing environmental schemes and educating the public about her farming methods are key objectives for young farmer Emma Bradley.

  • Going ‘Live’ with equine class launch

    October 10th 2008

    THIS year, for the first time, there will be an equine section at Countryside Live to be held at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, on October 25-26.

  • Silent Words takes hack title for second year running

    9 October 2008

    SILENT Words, ridden by Robert Walker and owned by Carmen Gridley took the hack of the year title for the second year running.

  • Drumacre Lloer Solo is mountain and moorland pony of the year

    9 October 2008

    THE mountain and moorland classes get stronger and more difficult to win each year.

  • Threat to home-grown minority crops if proposals get go ahead

    October 3rd 2008

    THE concerns of the NFU and a major UK carrot and parsnip grower over the EU’s proposed ban of key pesticides were outlined during a meeting with Yorkshire and Humber Labour MEP Linda McAvan last week.

  • Sharing farm with a new generation

    September 26th 2008

    One couple following their dream has created an opportunity for a young couple to take on an award-winning organic enterprise on a share-farming basis.

  • Farming's role in new bio-economy

    September 26th 2008

    THERE was a positive message for farmers at this year's JSR technical conference, held at Nottingham University's campus farm.

  • Going for gold with horse's debut HOYS appearance

    September 26th 2008

    Faye Hesketh has competed at the Horse of the Year Show before, but it will be the first time for her horse, Animated.

  • Ayrshire heads the Westmorland dairy lines

    September 19th 2008

    IN a closely fought contest the Ayrshire came out on top in the dairy inter-breed championship, just ahead of the Holstein.

  • Rough Fell ewe's a popular choice with the locals

    September 19th 2008

    THERE was strong competition in most of the sheep classes with two breeds associated with the Kendal area, Rough Fells and Teeswaters, being particularly well represented.

  • Westmorland Show

    September 19th 2008

    MILLINGTON Tangerine was the clear winner of the beef inter-breed championship, which was judged on a points system by all the breed judges.

  • Finding a successful break crop to replace beet

    September 12th 2008

    A return to growing beans turned out to be profitable in more ways than one for Geoff Trewhitt.

  • Thwaites' shire horses return to the streets to deliver beer

    September 5th 2008

    The majestic black shire horses belonging to Daniel Thwaites Brewery have long been a familiar sight on the streets of Blackburn.

  • Research and development focus as Advanta joins Limagrain co-operative

    September 5th 2008

    AT an open day at Rothwell, Lincolnshire, Advanta Seeds announced a change in ownership - from November the company will be known as Limagrain United Kingdom, with all new maize varieties re-branded as LG maize.

  • Royal Angel is supreme at Summer Championships

    August 29th 2008

    ROYAL Angel and Sophie Schofield, from Slaidburn, Lancashire, continued their amazing season by winning the overall supreme championship at the British Show Pony Society Summer Championships at Arena UK, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

  • Renewable energy strategy makes miscanthus 'an attractive alternative'

    August 15th 2008

    BICAL, the miscanthus developer, is offering an improved contract for 2009 plantings to growers supplying Drax power station.

  • Sebastian Garner appointed horse ambulance consultant for the Olympic Games

    31 July 2008

    SEBASTIAN Garner, owner of Racehorse Ambulance, has been appointed horse ambulance consultant for the Olympic Games this year.

  • Section B mare takes the Welsh title, but the Boss wins the Cuddy qualifier

    24 July 2008

    MILLCROFT Dahlia, John Carter’s lovely, six year old, Section B mare went through the card to take the Tom and Sprightly Perpetual Cup for the best Welsh exhibit in the show at the Royal Welsh.

  • Show jumping comes to Chester Racecourse

    18 July 2008

    CHESTER’S historic racecourse is to be transformed into a show jumping arena.

  • Launch of livery yard survey

    18 July 2008

    BRITAIN'S leading equestrian organisations have launched a survey to find out more about the welfare standards in livery yards.

  • Last chance to qualify for Burghley Young Event Pony Final

    15 July 2008

    THE last qualifier for the Burghley Young Event Pony Final is to be held at Greenlands Equestrian Centre, Carlisle on August 7, 2008.

  • Louise Lyons picked for Beijing

    9 July 2008

    LOUISE Lyons and Watership Down have been picked for the Irish Three Day Event Team.

  • Champion hunter gives rider first Royal Show title

    7 July 2008

    MASTERFUL, the champion hunter galloped his way to the Supreme Ridden Championship at the Royal Show.

  • Mixed levels of take-all recorded around the UK

    July 4th 2008

    TAKE-ALL is present at higher levels than in previous years, probably because there is more second wheat in the ground this season, although there are also some first wheats showing symptoms of the disease.

  • Derbyshire Show

    June 27th 2008

    The Derbyshire Show beef inter-breed title went to Creswell Annie, a three-year-old Limousin cow, from Anthony Sayer of Stone, Staffordshire.

  • East of England Show

    June 20th 2008

    “THE best Limousin heifer I have seen for a long time,” was how beef inter-breed judge, Dan Wyllie, from Tamworth, described his champion, Sundale Bonbon.

  • Stricter legislation for poultry sector

    June 13th 2008

    DESPITE the UK laying flock having one of the lowest rates of salmonella in the EU (8 per cent), egg producers are facing new legislation aimed at reducing this even further.

  • Stricter legislation for poultry sector

    June 13th 2008

    DESPITE the UK laying flock having one of the lowest rates of salmonella in the EU (8 per cent), egg producers are facing new legislation aimed at reducing this even further.

  • Spring slurry applications will save on N

    May 30th 2008

    NITROGEN cost savings of £80 per hectare can be achieved where spring applications of slurry are made to growing crops growers attending a recent workshop were advised.

  • The farm holiday caravan that they made from straw

    May 30th 2008

    When Carol and Richard Atkinson's plans to build a holiday cottage, with walls made from straw bales, was rejected by local authorities, they were undeterred.

  • Grace under pressure for the Co. Durham native specialist

    19 May 2008

    BRIAN Williams’ ambition for this showing season is to qualify his Dales pony mare, Colliery Grace, for the Horse of the Year Show.

  • Industry must respond to climate change

    May 16th 2008

    THE United Kingdom must not ‘over-regulate and export’ production, while at the same time ‘importing’ pollution, NFU president Peter Kendall told the Nuffield Carbon Conference at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.

  • Keeping it flexible pays

    May 9th 2008

    Different enterprises complement each other and, in fluctuating markets, spread the potential business risks. Developing a wide variety of flexible farming enterprises is ensuring there is plenty to look forward to for future generations of the Rook family. ANGELA CALVERT reports.

  • International League for the Protection of Horse changes name

    2 May 2008

    The International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) has changed its name to World Horse Welfare.

  • Finding the perfect match for pig unit

    May 2nd 2008

    When looking to add another income stream to their pig and arable unit, the Sanderson family decided free-range egg production would be ideal. ANGELA CALVERT found out how it has fitted in.

  • Blenheim Horse Trials awarded UK Sport funding

    18 April 2008

    BRITISH Eventing has announced that Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials has been awarded National Lottery funding through UK Sport’s World Class Events Programme and it hopes this will support its bid to host the 2011 FEI European Eventing Championships

  • Start early with Signum for quality lettuce production

    17 April 2008

    THE protectant fungicide Signum can be used in outdoor and protected lettuce from April 1 onwards and will be a good choice for the control of sclerotinia, rhizoctonia and botrylis, as well as for the physiological and plant defence effects it offers, says BASF.

  • Hickstead drops juniors from Derby meeting

    17 April 2008

    HICKSTEAD has dropped its Hickstead Pony Masters class, together with all junior classes usually included in the British Jumping Derby Meeting programme, as retaliation for 'verbal abuse and threatening behaviour' at last year's meeting.

  • Act early to tackle blight infected dumps

    17 April 2008

    EARLY action to stamp out the blight risk from potato dumps must be a priority this season, advise experts.

  • Tackling Brome

    17 April 2008

    THE Weed Focus initiative from Bayer Crop Science has launched an on-line tool to advise on tackling brome.

  • Canopy management in OSR benefits yield

    17 April 2008

    ProCam’s 4Cast agronomy database indicates that using a stem extension, as well as flowering spray in a programme will be worthwhile in terms of yield says ProCam Group senior agronomist, Nick Myers.

  • New broad-spectrum fungicide available for vegetable growers

    16 April 2008

    OLYMPUS is a new broad-spectrum fungicide, which will be available to bulb onion, shallot and garlic producers this year.

  • TAG teams up with Vaderstad for ASSET investment

    16 April 2008

    The Arable Group’s pioneering ASSET programme is to be sponsored by Vaderstad.

  • How do you turn an average wheat crop into a really good one?

    16 April 2008

    “CHOOSE the correct variety for the situation and match the fungicide inputs appropriately,” said wheat breeder, Bill Angus of Nickersons-Advanta.

  • Careful OSR seed selection can boost oil bonus payments and improve farm margins

    15 April 2008

    OILSEED rape growers who choose a select seed variety with a high oil content can boost their farm’s profitability by taking advantage of inflated oil bonus payments said Chris Baldwin, managing director of United Oilseeds.

  • Panorama improves the outlook for Group 2 wheats

    15 April 2008

    NICKERSON have announced the release of Panorama, a potential bread-making winter wheat with the highest untreated and treated yield of all this year’s candidate bread-making varieties.

  • Borders Festival of the Horse

    11 April 2008

    FORESTRY professionals and the wider public will have a great opportunity to see working horses in action as part of a commercial timber harvesting operation at the Borders Festival of the Horse.

  • Farm shop and cafe’s wiinning recipe for success

    April 11th 2008

    WHEN Meryl and Steve Ward opened their farm shop and cafe, Uncle Henry’s, in September, 2006, they thought the shop would prove to be the main attraction.

  • Whitakers make history at the 2008 British Open Show Jumping Championships

    9 April 2008

    THE Whitaker family made history at the British Open Show Jumping Championships when Robert Whitaker, riding Lacroix 9, won the final, with his uncle, Michael Whitaker and cousin, William Whitaker, taking second and third places respectively.

  • Beet – a crop of two halves

    3 April 2008

    THE sugar beet crop is likely to be a crop of two halves this year, according to British Sugar agricultural business managers around the country.

  • Taking the waters, equine spa style

    March 7th 2008

    The benefits of cold, salt water to horses’ legs has been known for hundreds of years. Cold hosing, standing in rivers and walking them in the sea are all traditional ways of treating lower leg injuries.

  • British Equestrian Federation Seeks New Chair

    29 February 2008

    HUGH Thomas, chairman of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) is standing down in June, at the end of his current term in office, and there will then be an election for this position.

  • BHS works with Highways Agency and Caravan Club to launch safety DVD

    27 February 2008

    THE BHS has worked with the Highways Agency to launch a new DVD to raise awareness of safety issues when towing a horse trailer.

  • A night to remember for League Award winners

    27 February 2008

    THE top riders in the sport of BHS TREC and their partners attended the South Essex Insurance Brokers League Awards Dinner to receive their awards from BHS Chief Executive, Graham Cory.

  • Maize as alternative to barley on intensive beef finishing unit

    February 22nd 2008

    WITH the rise in cereal prices affecting the profitability of intensive barley-based beef finishing enterprises, farmers are having to look to alternative feeding systems for their businesses to remain viable.

  • Great Leighs gets green light to race on April 4

    21 February 2008

    AFTER many setbacks Great Leighs racecourse has finally been given the go ahead to stage its first meeting on April 4, following a visit from the inspectorate of the British Horse Racing Authority.

  • Arko withdrawn from Olympic selection

    19 February 2008

    FOLLOWING discussions between the British team management, the Hales family and Nick Skelton a decision has been made to withdraw Arko III from Olympic selection.

  • The Twenlows Hall BSJA Scholarship

    19 February 2008

    The British Show Jumping Association has announced that, in co-operation with Twenlows Hall Stud, an annual scholarship with be awarded to the highest placed mare in the national rankings, for the previous calendar year, which is either British bred or domiciled.

  • Locally produced beef and lamb goes direct – by choice

    February 15th 2008

    PEAK Choice, an initiative inspired by Prince Charles, has enabled a group of Peak District farmers to supply locally produced beef and lamb direct to their customers.

  • Meeting shows depth of concern over bluetongue

    29 January 2008

    THERE was a huge turnout of farmers for the East Midlands NFU bluetongue meeting, held at Newark showground, showing the strength of feeling and concern about the disease.

  • Meat demand soars as farming’s image rockets

    January 18th 2008

    THE image of farmers was higher than it had been in the past 20-30 years, MLC chairman Peter Barr told the East Midlands Farm Management Association Conference at the University of Nottingham.

  • Taking on the world’s finest riders at Olympia is a family affair for William

    December 14th 2007

    IF you are a show jumper and your name is Whitaker, then the expectations are high.

  • Field hygiene important as PCN problem ‘widespread’

    November 30th 2007

    DEVELOPMENTS in potato cyst nematode management and the implications of the forthcoming PCN Directive were on the agenda at a meeting for potato growers organised jointly by the NFU North East and the British Potato Council (BPC).

  • Truffle’s Yorkshire trial

    November 23rd 2007

    YORKSHIRE arable farmer Guy Poskitt has recently taken delivery of 200 hazel trees, inoculated with burgundy truffle spores, which will be used as a trial to see if truffles can be successfully grown in the area.

  • Crisis meeting for egg producers

    14 November 2007

    RISING feed prices and increased regulation were the main topics under discussion at a recent crisis meeting organised by the NFU for egg producers in Yorkshire and the North East.

  • Crisis meeting for egg producers

    14 November 2007

    RISING feed prices and increased regulation were the main topics under discussion at a recent crisis meeting organised by the NFU for egg producers in Yorkshire and the North East.

  • A welcome addition to the calendar for family’s Limousin show team

    October 26th 2007

    Three generations of the Priestley family will be attending Borderway Agri-Expo. As they complete the final preparations on their pedigree cattle ahead of the event, ANGELA CALVERT meets the Yorkshire team.

  • Bishop Burton Horse Trials

    19 October 2007

    HUNDREDS of riders recently descended on Bishop Burton College for its biannual horse trials.

  • Asda’s ‘commitment’ to British beef meets a mixed reaction

    October 19th 2007

    ASDA’s new initiative Beef Link is aimed at increasing beef sales and reinforcing the supermarket’s commitment to British beef.

  • Cider-making hobby becomes a business, mead to be launched

    October 19th 2007

    LIKE many businesses, Skidbrooke Cyder, Lincolnshire’s only cider-making company, started out as a hobby, which grew and grew.

  • Royal Show equestrian round-up

    6 July 2007

    OUT of the Blue ridden by Emma Jane Holder outgalloped his rivals to take the show hunter pony championship at the Royal Show – a remarkable achievement for a pony in his first season’s showing.

  • Resurgence takes Shropshire sheep off the rare breeds list

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Shropshire Sheep Breeders Association (SSBA) was founded in 1882 and is the UK’s oldest sheep breed society. To celebrate its 125th anniversary, the society held its first ever World Congress.

  • Making history in the ring - and striving for beef prefection

    June 8th 2007

    The winner of last year’s Royal Highland Show beef inter-breed competition went on to make history by taking top honours at the Royal Welsh Show a month later.

  • Thriving box scheme means exciting expansion plans for this organic business

    June 8th 2007

    FOR Peter and Jo-Ann Richardson the setting up of River Swale Organics is an opportunity to expand their already thriving organic farming business.

  • Carbon assurance required ‘eventually’

    May 11th 2007

    VIRTUALLY unheard of a few years ago, climate change is now being talked about by almost everybody, Alan Buckwell, the CLA’s chief economist and head of land use, told farmers at the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s spring lecture.

  • A second trade set in the heart of the community

    May 4th 2007

    WHEN Michael Thurlby realised the family farm, at Tallington, Lincolnshire, would no longer provide a realistic income for himself and his brother and sister, on his father’s retirement, he began to look around for other opportunities.

  • Simple steps will deter the flytippers

    April 6th 2007

    FLY-TIPPING has become a major problem in the countryside, with 67 per cent of farmers affected, and the cost of illegally dumped waste, shared between landowners and local authorities, totals around £100 million a year.

  • More paperwork is a mixed blessing for farm business

    March 30th 2007

    INCREASING paperwork and regulation is a cause of complaint for most farmers, but Christine Thompson who runs Reagarth Farm Administration Services has mixed feelings.

  • A very British herd with an American pedigree

    March 23rd 2007

    Cattle breeder Edward Penty has travelled the world to search for the very best in genetics.

  • WiRE aims to inspire rural women to achieve their goals

    March 23rd 2007

    INSPIRATIONAL women and the power of networking was the main focus of the WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) regional conference held at Aldwark Manor Hotel, near York.

  • An educated choice to plant miscanthus means brothers help to cut CO2 emissions

    February 23rd 2007

    THE miscanthus crop planted two years ago by Tom and John Nash will be harvested for the first time this spring.

  • Biofuels revolution - what's in it for us?

    February 16th 2007

    JOHN and Alex said the biofuel revolution was increasing the demand for wheat and oilseed rape, which had to be good for British farmers.

  • Concern over ‘unsustainable’ lamb price as sales rise

    February 16th 2007

    THERE was ‘deep concern’ about how the year had started for the English lamb price, which was ‘quite clearly at an unsustainable level’, John Cross, chairman of Eblex, told the organisation’s national producer conference at Askham Bryan College, York.

  • Farming opportunities for the future

    February 16th 2007

    OLIVER and James said energy derived from biomass would provide opportunities in the future because the Government is committed to the Kyoto Climate protocol of reducing green house gases emissions by 12.5 per cent. It also has a target of producing 10 per cent of the nation’s electricity from renewables by 2010.

  • Farmers ‘on the front line’ of climate change

    February 9th 2007

    CLIMATE change is the biggest issue facing Government and those managing land are on the front line dealing with it.

  • Local food is ‘no fad or trend’ delegates are told

    January 19th 2007

    THE demand for local food was more than a fad or a passing trend, Richard Walters, of Bidwells Agriculture, told delegates at the East Midlands Farm Management Association annual conference at Nottingham University.

  • Top shots target Tom Bayston Park Lodge Shooting school

    January 12th 2007

    When Tom Bayston stopped playing rugby, he turned his sporting interests to shooting and decided to take lessons to improve his skills. The realisation that there was a lack of such facilities in the north led to him setting up his own shooting school, as an addition to his existing farming enterprise.

  • Branching out into Christmas trees proves to be big business

    December 15th 2006

    ALTHOUGH most people only think about Christmas trees at Christmas, for the Stentons of North Yorkshire, it is a year-round occupation.

  • The biggest heather garden in the world

    November 24th 2006

    Geoff is sowing seeds of success

  • Winners epitomise what’s best about Yorkshire food

    November 10th 2006

    THE winners of the second annual Deliciouslyorkshire Awards, organised by the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and the Humber, all use a combination of tradition and innovation, mixed with commercial sense and a passion for what they do.

  • Discovering the options for work under an organic ELS

    November 3rd 2006

    DALBY Hall Organic Farm, on the south-eastern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, was the venue for a recent farm walk organised by ADAS on behalf of Natural England.

  • Geese award winners open their doors to producers

    November 3rd 2006

    MEMBERS of the Goose Producers’ Association visited Claire and Robert Symington’s Seldom Seen Farm at Billesdon, Leicestershire for their 24th farm walk and annual meeting.

  • Young adults taken out ‘into the field’ to learn about organic food production

    October 20th 2006

    BRIDGE Farm Links is a not-for-profit organisation, established in 2005 to provide training, work experience, mentoring and workshops in organic food production and rural skills for a range of age groups.

  • Launch of country’s largest pig R&D and data transfer facility

    October 13th 2006

    THE National Pig Development Centre, which will create the largest facility for pig research, development and knowledge transfer in the country, was officially launched by Shadow Agriculture Minister Jim Paice at the University of Leeds.

  • Beef farmers ‘should focus on factors that have effect on prices’

    September 22nd 2006

    JUST reducing costs was not sufficient to improve the profitability of beef production, said Dr Jimmy Hyslop of the Scottish Agricultural College, who was speaking at Askham Bryan College at one of a series of beef workshops.

  • Farm bread-making business toasted throughout the area

    September 8th 2006

    WHEN Caroline Sellers went on a bread-making course at The Village Bakery, Melmerby, Cumbria, three years ago, neither she nor her family could have anticipated what would follow.

  • High output finishing regime designed to meet market needs

    July 21st 2006

    Beef farmer Simon Frost finishes all his suckled calves within 12 months – a fact that sets him apart from many traditional suckler units. ANGELA CALVERT went to find out more.

  • Integrating historic strip farming

    July 21st 2006

    Farmers in North Lincolnshire had the opportunity to see how a historically unique farming project is working to save the heritage of the Isle of Axholme. Angela Calvert reports.

  • Farm food at the double as success story shop expands

    June 30th 2006

    GONALSTON Farm Shop has been open for less than three years, but it has been such a success story that building work is about to start which will double the size of the shop.

  • Organic conversion with green land care can secure payments

    June 16th 2006

    FARMERS in Yorkshire have had the opportunity to attend a series of farm walks focussing on organic production, organised by ADAS, in conjunction with the Rural Development Service (RDS) and the Yorkshire Organic Centre.

  • Northumberland County Show

    June 2 2006

    Commercial class in overall beef win with Chicago Joe

  • Providing hot food, plates and even the cutlery for a new look on healthy, local school dinners

    March 24th 2006

    Not content with farming around 1,000 acres near Boston with his father, and owning a butcher’s shop in a nearby village, Stuart Ashton has set up a new business providing hot school dinners for a number of local primary schools.

  • The hills are alive with optimism

    March 17th 2006

    Farming on land classed as Severely Disadvantaged could be a handicap to some, but brothers Christopher and Andrew Howe have overcome both their location and industry changes and face the future with confidence.

  • Ginger Pig brand expands to include on-farm facilities

    February 17th 2006

    An on-farm retail outlet is just one area of expansion for The Ginger Pig, the company set up by North Yorkshire farmer Timothy Wilson to market his home produced pork, beef and lamb.

  • Quality food from farm to shop

    December 16th 2005

    A FOOD hall specialising in high quality, British food had long been in the back of 28-year-old farmers’ son Andrew Loftus’s mind.

  • Delivering a future for the Uplands event

    September 23rd 2005

    The NFU’s strategy for the future of upland areas was outlined to regional stakeholders at a conference organised by the union’s North East region and staged at Barnard Castle.

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