Farmers Guardian
April 18th 2008

  • ‘Significant capacity’ for more grain to meet 10pc biofuel target

    April 18th 2008

    IF the UK retained all of its wheat exports and fed the crop into the bioethanol refineries, it would meet its 5 per cent RFTO target.

  • ‘Significant capacity’ for more grain to meet 10pc biofuel target

    April 18th 2008

    IF the UK retained all of its wheat exports and fed the crop into the bioethanol refineries, it would meet its 5 per cent RFTO target.

  • ‘Wake up to consequences of food crisis’

    April 18th 2008

    THE food crisis threatens to topple governments and may even lead to war, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned this week.

  • £910 British Blue heifer

    April 18th 2008

    THE champion at the show potentials sale at Skipton, North Yorkshire, was a 10-month-old British Blue heifer from Ken Fawcett and Sons, Barden, Skipton.The buyer at £910 was Jeff Burrow, Kirkby Malham, Skipton.The reserve champion, a Limousin steer from Chris Akrigg, Cray, Skipton, made the top price of £935 when bought by Matt Townsend, Laneshawbridge, Colne, who also bought a British Blue heifer from the Fawcett family for £900.

  • 90 per cent success rate and 3,600gns top at Blonde show

    April 18th 2008

    THE British Blonde Cattle Society’s spring show and sale, held for the first time at Worcester, recorded a resounding success with a 90 per cent clearance and a top price of 3,600gns.

  • A move towards more efficient establishment and wider drills

    April 18th 2008

    The need to improve margins when producing forage crops such as maize has become increasingly important. This has seen a move towards more efficient establishment methods and to wider drills.

  • 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.

  • Adding Strength to the Mix

    16 April 2008

    THIS special event will be held at the Royal Welsh Showground on Saturday April 26 and will be a day to explore and expand on opportunities in farming.

  • Agricultural machinery rings in merger talks

    14 April 2008

    THE directors of Eastern Agri-link Ltd and Norfolk & Waveney Machinery Ring (NWMR) are to discuss merger proposals with their members.

  • Aiming to create a ‘unique’ product with good eating quality

    April 18th 2008

    EXPLOITING the potential of ‘unique’ is one way the Isle of Man is seeking to maintain a viable and diverse agricultural industry on the island.

  • Appoval of Wales Rural Development plan important step - RSPB

    14 April 2008

    APPROVAL of the Wales Rural Development Plan is being seen by RSPB Cymru as an important step in securing the future of Welsh agri-environment schemes and bringing a ‘new look’ to hill farming support measures.

  • Around the marts

    April 18th 2008

    Hawes

  • Badger Trust initiates legal action against Welsh cull decision

    16 April 2008

    THE Bader Trust has initiated legal action against the decision to cull badgers to control bovine TB in Wales.

  • Beef cattle subjected to too many diet changes - Keenan

    15 April 2008

    BEEF cattle are being subjected to too many diet changes, setting them back by up to three weeks on each occasion, according to David Beever, international nutrition director for Keenan.

  • Biocide trials results back its effectiveness

    April 18th 2008

    INITIAL trial results using the biocide Solosan (launched to the dairy industry ahead of the cancelled Dairy Event last year) have backed up many of the claims about its effectiveness, according to the manufacturer.

  • Biofuel revolution steps up a gear

    14 April 2008

    ALL vehicles will run on biofuel from tomorrow (Tuesday, April 15), but nine out of 10 Britons don’t know it, revealed a recent YouGov poll.

  • Biofuel revolution steps up a gear

    14 April 2008

    ALL vehicles will run on biofuel from tomorrow (Tuesday, April 15), but nine out of 10 Britons don’t know it, revealed a recent YouGov poll.

  • Biofuels self-sufficiency

    April 18th 2008

    A BRITISH biofuel industry can be sustainable, self-sufficient and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Biofuels spark rainforest debate

    16 April 2008

    TESCO has been accused of selling biodiesel made from palm oil grown at the expense of rainforests.

  • Biofuels spark rainforest debate

    16 April 2008

    TESCO has been accused of selling biodiesel made from palm oil grown at the expense of rainforests.

  • 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

  • Bluetongue - are you prepared?

    18 April 2008

    With the weather starting to warm up, producers must make sure they are ready for when the vaccine is finally released. To get the latest on availability, tips on storage and selecting the correct injection sites, then tune into our latest video.

  • Bovine TB plan gets backing of AMs

    16 April 2008

    THE ground-breaking Welsh Assembly three-year, £27 million bovine TB eradication programme, announced last week, has been given the backing of AMs.

  • Bovine TB plan gets backing of AMs

    16 April 2008

    THE ground-breaking Welsh Assembly three-year, £27 million bovine TB eradication programme, announced last week, has been given the backing of AMs.

  • Brown calls on G8 for solution to food security

    April 18th 2008

    GORDON Brown has called on the G8 to urgently address the issue of food security and take action on global prices.

  • Cairngorms National Park to be extended

    15 April 2008

    THE southern boundary of Cairngorms National Park is to be extended to include Blair Atholl and parts of eastern and Highland Perthshire, Environment Minister Michael Russell has announced.

  • 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.

  • Carbon savings from targets

    April 18th 2008

    • A 5 per cent target would save around 0.8 million tonnes of carbon, or 0.4 per cent of the UK’s total forecast emissions for 2010 (Defra)

  • 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.

  • Carmarthen and Pumsaint Farmers profit of £1,214,209

    April 18th 2008

    THE 8,744-strong Wales-based Carmarthen and Pumsaint Farmers had reported sales for 12 months to September 2007 of £20,479,156, compared with £17,688,988 in 2006.

  • Cassius tops Welsh Black sale at 3,500gns

    April 18th 2008

    THE last cattle from the Pengelli herd went under the hammer at the Welsh Black Cattle Society’s sale of pedigree cattle at Llandovery and sold to a top of 3,500gns.

  • Caterpillar TH330B

    April 18th 2008

    In a marked return to the agricultural sector, Cat has delivered a useful piece of kit in its TH330B.

  • Cheese biscuits

    April 18th 2008

    This recipe has been sent in by Isabell Broatch, of Riggheads Farm, Lochmaber, Lockerbie.

  • Clitheroe lambs to £77.50

    April 18th 2008

    THE spring lamb show and sale at Clitheroe Auction Mart, Lancashire, attracted an entry of 40 new season lambs.

  • Combining putting power down with fuel efficiency

    April 18th 2008

    With both a 936 and a 927 accompanied by a pair of Challenger MT765Bs, Albanwise, Malton, North Yorkshire, has no shortage of power.

  • Competing for customers

    April 18th 2008

    Since John Deere has exited the telehandler market there has been an opening for a number of manufacturers such as Caterpillar and Massey Ferguson to gain a stronger foot hold.

  • Competition win for Eccleshall

    14 April 2008

    ECCLESHALL YFC were named the overall winning team at the Young Stockjudge and Young Stockman of the Year Competition, held by the Staffordshire Federation of Young Farmers.

  • Competition wins for Eccleshall

    April 18th 2008

    Eccleshall YFC were named the overall winning team at the Young Stockjudge and Stockman of the Year Competition, held by the Staffordshire Federation of Young Farmers.

  • Copper and iodine bolus

    April 18th 2008

    THE first soluble glass bolus containing both iodine and copper – CoseIcure – has been launched in the UK by ruminant supplement company Telsol. It said the product had been developed in response to demand from farmers and vets to avoid the labour and stress associated with supplementing iodine and copper separately.

  • Council members express fury at continuing RPA chaos

    16 April 2008

    NFU president Peter Kendall has written to Food and Farming Minister Jeff Rooker to express the anger felt by the union’s members at the continuing delays in the issuing of Single Payments.

  • County Social AGM

    April 18th 2008

    THE 53rd annual meeting of the Lancashire County NFU Ladies Social Section, at Ferrari's Country House and restaurant, Thornley, Lancashire, was attended by 157 members, representing 17 branches.

  • Creating a closer relationship throughout the supply chain

    April 18th 2008

    BALANCING throughput and making sense of overhead costs has never been easy for the Isle of Man’s only abattoir, Isle of Man Meats.

  • Cryfhau’r Gymysgedd

    16 April 2008

    Fe fydd y diwrnod arbennig yma yn cael ei gynnal ar Faes Sioe Frenhinol Cymru ar ddydd Sadwrn y 26ain o Ebrill ac fe fydd yn ddiwrnod i archwilio ac ehangu ar gyfleuoedd ffermio.

  • Current UK production capacity

    April 18th 2008

    • The UK produces 486,000 tonnes of biodiesel per year (from imported raw materials), with a further 100,000 tonnes of capacity in construction and another 500,000 tonnes planned.

  • Derbyshire Holstein herd wins Arla milk quality award

    15 April 2008

    A HIGH-YIELDING Holstein herd in Derbyshire has won the Arla Foods’ milk quality awards.

  • Digwyddiadau ar y gweill

    16 April 2008

    Ebrill 26 – Diwrnod Gwaith Maes – Maesyfed

  • Diwrnod Gwaith Maes

    16 April 2008

    Bydd Diwrnod Gwaith Maes CFfI Cymru yn cael ei gynnal ar y 26ain o Ebrill ar Faes Sioe Frenhinol Cymru wedi ei westeio gan Ffederasiwn Maesyfed.

  • Double tagging sheep will not achieve anything

    April 18th 2008

    VIEWPOINT: By Robin Dean

  • English results

    April 18th 2008

    DEERPLAY, Bacup, Lancashire, Morning Open (35 ran): 1, I. Ibbotson (Oakworth) Zac, 71 of 90, OLF; 2, R. MacPherson (Kirklinton) Meg, 71; 3, A. Gilchrist (Llangollen) Mac, 64, OLF; 4, S. Bolland (Bolton Abbey) Fly, 64; 5, Thomas Longton (Quernmore) Jake, 63; 6, T. Lawrenson (Brindle) Zac, 62.

  • Entries up for Newark & Notts

    17 April 2008

    DESPITE bluetongue restrictions and problems faced by pig farmers, entries have topped the 700 mark for livestock and equestrian classes at Newark & Nottinghamshire County Show on May 10 and 11. Organisers say entries are still coming in. The bacon carcase class has increased its entry by 33 per cent and equestrian class entries have exceeded those of last year. 

  • Eradicating BVD: Booklet provides latest information

    April 18th 2008

    A 12-PAGE booklet offering information about eradicating bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) has been put together by Pfizer Animal Health for vets to distribute among cattle farmers.

  • EU sugar down

    April 18th 2008

    THE EC’s efforts to curb sugar production by buying out excess capacity finally seem to be working. According to figures published this week production will decline in the 2008/2009 processing year, which begins in October, by 5 per cent to just under 17 million tonnes.  Imports are also forecast to fall by around 8 per cent to 3.4 million tonnes.

  • European hypocrisy over GMOs

    17 April 2008

    BRITISH pig and poultry industries are being destroyed by EU hypocrisy over genetically modified feed, industry experts have warned.

  • European hypocrisy over GMOs

    17 April 2008

    BRITISH pig and poultry industries are being destroyed by EU hypocrisy over genetically modified feed, industry experts have warned.

  • Farmers planning UK’s most modern crop storage and processing facility

    April 18th 2008

    A group of enterprising East Midlands farmers has unveiled ambitious plans to build the most modern crop storage and processing facility in the UK.

  • Farming future business event

    April 18th 2008

    SHROPSHIRE Federation of Young Farmers Clubs is launching a new event for young people from rural areas who are either running, or looking to start, their own business.

  • Fears for developing countries as cereal imports set to rise 56pc

    April 18th 2008

    THE world’s poorest countries are set for a huge hike in cereal import bills, according to the latest forecast from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • Fears for developing countries as cereal imports set to rise 56pc

    17 April 2008

    THE world’s poorest countries are set for a huge hike in cereal import bills, according to the latest forecast from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • Feed crisis hits UK pig herd numbers

    April 18th 2008

    THE UK pig herd is declining at an alarming rate as the feed price crisis bites hard, the National Pig Association (NPA) has revealed.

  • Feed crisis hits UK pig herd numbers

    April 18th 2008

    THE UK pig herd is declining at an alarming rate as the feed price crisis bites hard, the National Pig Association (NPA) has revealed.

  • Feed prices impact dairy margins

    18 April 2008

    LATEST feed price data published by MDC Datum shows that the spread of dairy ration prices have increased by £8/tonne between March and April.

  • Field Day

    16 April 2008

    THE Wales YFC Field Day will be held on Saturday April 26 at the Royal Welsh Showground, hosted by the Radnor Federation.

  • Field walker

    April 18th 2008

    Your weekly update on crop developments and pest and disease risk

  • Fighting bluetongue

    April 18th 2008

    OVER the next three weeks Farmers Guardian will be interviewing some of the key players preparing to fight a summer outbreak of bluetongue disease.

  • Fighting crime on farms

    17 April 2008

    POLICE in Northumberland have teamed up with farms and rural businesses to make life far more difficult for would-be thieves.

  • First calver tops Adams herd dispersal at 2,200gns

    April 18th 2008

    A TOP of 2,200gns was realised at the dispersal of the Adams Brothers dairy herd at Manor Farm, Forton, Somerset.

  • Food fair celebration

    17 April 2008

    MORE than 80 food and drink producers will have stands at the South East’s Food Fair, organised by ‘A Taste of the Sussex’ at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester, on May 4 and 5.

  • Forthcoming events

    16 April 2008

    April 26 – Field Day, Radnor

  • French look to subsidies to improve food security

    15 April 2008

    SPIRALLING world prices and disastrous food shortages have prompted the French Agriculture Minister to urge European leaders to come up with a European initiative on food security.

  • French minister accused of pushing subsidy agenda

    April 18th 2008

    SPIRALLING world prices and disastrous food shortages have prompted the French agriculture minister to return to protectionist measures.

  • Further rise in input costs as pressure from poor weather and population growth continues

    April 18th 2008

    BRITISH farmers can expect a further rise in input costs, putting further pressure on all sectors of agriculture and horticulture, says the latest NFU report.

  • Genecom supports development of test for bTB

    18 April 2008

    THE development of an interferon gamma rapid test for bovine tuberculosis diagnosis by a team at the Institute of Animal Health is one of the projects supported by Genecom.

  • Global food crisis

    April 18th 2008

    Warnings of an impending global food crisis shot to the top of the political agenda this week as discussions all over the globe hit the headlines. In the first of a two-part special report JACK DAVIES reports on some of the debates that have taken place, before we take a look at the potential impact on UK agriculture in next week’s issue.

  • GM debate overshadows key UN agriculture report

    April 18th 2008

    FIERCE debate over the role of genetic technology in farming overshadowed a key UN report into the future of agriculture this week.

  • Grampian’s future still unconfirmed

    18 April 2008

    THE future of Britain’s biggest supermarkets supplier of meat and poultry – the Grampian Country Food Group that began in Aberdeen – is still unconfirmed.

  • Grazing Monitor: Plan your turnout carefully

    April 18th 2008

    THE continued cold spell has hit plans for an early turnout this year – the below-average temperatures, overnight frosts, chill northerly airflow and wintry showers have had a big impact on growth rates.

  • H&H Group chief executive

    April 18th 2008

    THE H&H Group, Carlisle, has appointed Brian Richardson, 47, to succeed Trevor Hebdon as chief executive in July. A Nuffield Scholar, he joins from Lincolnshire based CWG, a traditional farming co-operative with an annual turnover of £20million.

  • 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.

  • High blight risk this season

    April 18th 2008

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

  • High prices could push 100m deeper into poverty

    April 18th 2008

    ONE hundred million people could be pushed deeper into poverty as food prices surge, warned World Bank President Robert Zoellick.

  • Home-produced lamb for estate’s own 4-star country house hotel

    April 18th 2008

    Matfen Estate’s farming operation is supplying a tough customer – the 4-star Matfen Hall Country Hotel – with home-produced lamb. NEIL RYDER meets the trio behind the production and consumption of lamb from the estate.

  • Horticulture in plea for more labour

    April 18th 2008

    ROTTING fruit and vegetables will litter UK farms this year unless something is done to encourage more seasonal labour, the Government has been warned.

  • 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.

  • Hundreds of thousands at risk of starvation as food crisis grows

    14 April 2008

    HUNDREDS of thousands of people are at risk of starvation as a result of the escalating food crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

  • Ibbotson and Zac’s Deerplay morning win, MacPherson and Roy’s afternoon victory

    April 18th 2008

    AN out-bye decision gave the Deerplay morning open trial title to Iain Ibbotson and Zac, over Raymond MacPherson and Meg on the same points, but in the afternoon the undisputed victors were Raymond and Roy.

  • Increased uptake in Limousin herd health initiative

    16 April 2008

    BREEDERS’ participation in the British Limousin Cattle Society’s herd health initiative has continued to grow with 128 herds, representing 4,573 pedigree Limousin calves, having registered for the financially incentivised initiative.

  • Industry’s fragile state forces milk buyers to buck trends

    April 18th 2008

    MILK buyers should be ‘very worried’ about the way the UK milk market is turning irrevocably against them, NFU dairy board chairman Gwyn Jones has warned.

  • Inspection shows more SQPs meeting requirements

    15 April 2008

    THE animal health products distribution industry has been praised by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for achieving a marked improvement in the number of Suitably Qualified Persons (SQPs) retailers complying with the requirements of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations.

  • Joseph Heler acquisition

    April 18th 2008

    CHESHIRE-based independent cheese company Joseph Heler has acquired the majority shareholding in the Worcester business, Malvern Cheese- wrights. The development is aimed at providing Helers with new product development and packaging solutions that will give it access to added value, niche cheese markets.

  • Judicial Review of ‘flawed’ gIFN cull

    April 18th 2008

    THE NFU-backed Judicial Review of Defra’s decision to cull cattle from a Somerset organic farming partnership that tested positive to the gamma interferon (gIFN) blood test was due to start in the High Court on Wednesday.

  • 'Le Stink' could become a permanent fixture

    21 April 2008

    THE smell which wafted over London and the south east over the weekend could become a permanent fixture if the government presses ahead with plans to ban slurry spreading in the winter, the NFU has warned.

  • Limousins largest numerical cattle breed according to latest figures

    14 April 2008

    THE latest figures from the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) show Limousins as the largest numerical cattle breed with 642,847 Limousin-sired animals registered in 2007 – 34 per cent of the market share.

  • Machinery focus

    18 April 2008

    READ FG's machinery special supplement to find out how three telehandlers fare when put through their paces.

  • Maize trials highlight early weed control

    April 18th 2008

    TRIALS conducted by the Maize Growers’ Association during the 2007 growing season demonstrated the relevance of weed competition in maize and highlighted the importance of early control to prevent major yield loss.

  • Manchester wheat plant comes on stream

    14 April 2008

    THREE-quarters of a million tonnes of UK grown wheat has begun moving through Cargill’s redeveloped Manchester sweeteners plant and completely replaces imported maize for the process.

  • Manchester wheat plant comes on stream

    14 April 2008

    THREE-quarters of a million tonnes of UK grown wheat has begun moving through Cargill’s redeveloped Manchester sweeteners plant and completely replaces imported maize for the process.

  • Manchester wheat plant comes on stream

    14 April 2008

    THREE-quarters of a million tonnes of UK grown wheat has begun moving through Cargill’s redeveloped Manchester sweeteners plant and completely replaces imported maize for the process.

  • Manitou MLT741-120 LSU

    April 18th 2008

    Manitou’s Evolution cab has finally put operator comfort back on the map for the French telehandler maker – and its MLT 741-120 is another of its models that benefits from a light, modern cab interior with light blue-greys and blacks.

  • Massey Ferguson 8947

    April 18th 2008

    Massey Ferguson has now been in the telehandler business 10 years but has never made a big impression with the branded Bobcat machines.

  • Milk production at 37-year low

    15 April 2008

    THE traditional daily ‘pinta’ could be at risk as UK milk production sinks to its lowest level since 1971 the NFU Scotland has warned.

  • Milk production at 37-year low

    15 April 2008

    THE traditional daily ‘pinta’ could be at risk as UK milk production sinks to its lowest level since 1971 the NFU Scotland has warned.

  • More bluetongue vaccine doses on the way, says NFU

    April 18th 2008

    DEFRA is near to ordering another 8 million doses of bluetongue vaccine to ensure the whole of England is covered, according to NFU head of food and farming Kevin Pearce.

  • More bluetongue vaccine doses on the way, says NFU

    April 18th 2008

    DEFRA is near to ordering another 8 million doses of bluetongue vaccine to ensure the whole of England is covered, according to NFU head of food and farming Kevin Pearce.

  • Muck & Maize special feature

    April 18th 2008

    Maize drills are getting bigger and more versatile in order to help keep seeding costs down. Jane Carley reports on the latest equipment on the market.

  • Muck & Maize special feature

    April 18th 2008

    Maize drills are getting bigger and more versatile in order to help keep seeding costs down. Jane Carley reports on the latest equipment on the market.

  • Nairn take victory in curling

    April 18th 2008

    NAIRN JAC have won the National Curling Competition, held by the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs. Representing RNI District, it is the first time the trophy has been won by a North Region Club.

  • National farm study highlights the increasing problem of rats

    April 18th 2008

    A warm spring provided excellent breeding conditions for rats in 2007, and, allied to an earlier migration into farmsteads due to the wet summer, these rodents have become a major headache.

  • 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.

  • New report predicts record year for cereal production

    15 April 2008

    CEREAL production in 2008 is set to break records, according to the latest forecast from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • New report predicts record year for cereal production

    15 April 2008

    CEREAL production in 2008 is set to break records, according to the latest forecast from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • New report predicts record year for cereal production

    15 April 2008

    CEREAL production in 2008 is set to break records, according to the latest forecast from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • New scientific centre formed

    17 April 2008

    TWO leading research institutions come together today (Thursday, April 17) to create a new internationally important scientific centre that will help tackle some of the major problems facing the world in the 21st century.

  • News from the NFU Council

    April 18th 2008

    ALISTAIR DRIVER and WILL SURMAN report from the latest meeting on the NFU Council, which took place in Warwickshire on Tuesday.

  • News in brief

    April 18th 2008

    Land sale of £6,318/acre

  • News-sheet on disease

    April 18th 2008

    THE Moredun Foundation has produced a free disease news-sheet on cryptosporidiosis to help farmers identify and control the scouring disease.

  • NFU answers critics over carbon footprint claims

    14 April 2008

    THE NFU has hit back at claims that livestock production’s carbon footprint could be greatly reduced if people stop eating meat and dairy products.

  • Ovington Hall Farm machinery sale

    15 April 2008

    A LARGE crowd turned out on Saturday (April 12) for the sale of machinery held on behalf of Mr and Mrs J Rowell at Ovington Hall Farm, Northumberland.

  • 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.

  • Penbwlydd Rural Youth Europe yn hanner cant

    16 April 2008

    Mae CFfI Cymru yn trefnu Cinio a Dawns i ddathlu pen-blwydd Rural Youth Europe (gynt yn cael ei adnabod fel ECYF4HC) yn hanner cant yn Gwesty’r Metrapole, Llandrindod Wells ar ddydd Sadwrn y 26ain o Ebrill 2008 am 7.30pm.

  • Pentref Ieuenctid

    16 April 2008

    Mae Mudiad Ffermwyr Ifanc Cymru wedi trefnu pedwar noson o adloniant gwych ar gyfer y Pentref Ieuenctid a fydd yn cael ei gynnal o Nos Sul y 20fed o Orfennaf hyd at Nos Fercher y 23ain o Orffennaf yn ystod wythnos Sioe Frenhinol Cymru.

  • Penwythnos Cystadlaethau Cymraeg a Saesneg

    16 April 2008

    Cynhaliwyd penwythnos Cystadlaethau Cymraeg a Saesneg CFfI Cymru yn ystod mis Mawrth.

  • Pig and poultry developments

    April 18th 2008

    • INK has come out as the clear winner in a trial of pig slap marks in a report by Quality Meat Scotland.

  • Play your part in grey partridges’ recovery

    April 18th 2008

    FARMERS and landowners in Cumbria and Lancashire are being urged to help boost the recovery of wild grey partridges – one of the most rapidly declining farmland birds – by joining a local grey partridge group.

  • Poultry chairman is returning to production for TV audience

    April 18th 2008

    THE NFU’s poultry chairman, Charles Bourns, is returning to poultry production under the watchful eye of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and the millions who tune into his television programmes on chicken welfare.

  • Powder increases nitrogen content

    April 18th 2008

    A POWDER additive to boost manure nitrogen content by 6kg per cow per year and, therefore, cut fertiliser bills by over £5 per cow is now available in the UK.

  • Quality is the keyword on the menu

    April 18th 2008

    Built in 1832 by Sir Edward Blackett, Matfen Hall is now a 4-star, two rosette, country hotel and leisure centre set less than half an hour’s drive from Newcastle Airport and Newcastle city centre.

  • Rapid milk cooling from glycol system

    April 18th 2008

    MILK silos that use a glycol system to instantly cool milk are now being supplied to the UK market by the South West Refrigeration Company.

  • Realising the value of the Dartmoor

    April 18th 2008

    DARTMOOR ponies make some of the best, most reliable of all children’s riding ponies, and are one of Britain’s iconic indigenous breeds – and yet many struggle to make more than a few pounds when sold off their native moorland.

  • Rebuilding confidence in Brazilian beef will be a challenge

    17 April 2008

    BRAZIL'S Agriculture Minister, Reinhold Stephanes, has admitted its beef industry faces a major challenge to rebuild confidence.

  • Record averaged of £2,238 for dairy animals at Carlisle

    18 April 2008

    TRADE at the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club show at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, once again reflected the current shortage of milking animals in the UK and produced a record average of £2,238.

  • Record year for production

    April 18th 2008

    CEREAL production in 2008 is set to break records, according to the latest forecast from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

  • Research to find herbicide replacement for potatoes

    April 18th 2008

    A NEW Potato Council-funded research programme aims to help growers fill the void left by restrictions on two of Britain’s most widely-used potato herbicides.

  • RPA ‘still in disarray’, says angry membership

    April 18th 2008

    NFU president Peter Kendall has written to Food and Farming Minister Jeff Rooker to express the anger felt by union members at the continuing delays in the issuing of Single Payments.

  • Rural Post Office proposal

    17 April 2008

    THE Welsh Assembly is being pressed by the Farmers Union of Wales to look at suggestions that local councils could run closure-threatened post offices.

  • Rural Youth Europe 50th Anniversary

    16 April 2008

    Wales YFC are organising a dinner dance to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Rural Youth Europe (formally known as ECYF4HC) at the Metrapole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells on Saturday April 26 2008 at 7.30pm.

  • Scottish results

    April 18th 2008

    Kergord Farm, Weisdale (Judge: J. Ramsay, Ollaberry) – Nursery (under 11¼2 yrs) – 1, C. Robertson, Shep, Skeld, 41/60; 2, K. Birkett, Gift, Orkney, 33; 3, K. Birkett, Gail, Orkney, 30. Nursery (11¼2 to 21¼2 years) – 1, J. Ridland, Ben, Skeld, 47; 2, I. Thomason, Meg, Fetlar, 45; 3, J. Ridland, Gyp, Skeld, 43. Novice – 1, G. Anderson, Cap, Ollaberry, 50. Championship – 1, W. Morrison, Dot, Yell, 53; 2, C. Robertson, Shep, Skeld, 50; 3, J. Ridland, Ben, Skeld, 47. Driving ...

  • Scottish vaccination will be compulsory in winter

    April 18th 2008

    FARMERS in Scotland could face six months in prison if they fail to vaccinate livestock against bluetongue disease this winter.

  • Sheep book

    17 April 2008

    A POSTCARD-sized book has been published with details of 41 sheep breeds native to the British Isles.In Jack Byard’s Know Your Sheep, two pages are dedicated to each breed – the first a synopsis of the breed’s characteristics and history, and the second a colour photograph of an example of the breed. The book is priced at £4.99 and is published by Old Pond Publishing.

  • Sheepdog trials diary

    April 18th 2008

    ENGLAND

  • Slurry conditioner has health and safety benefits

    April 18th 2008

    Milbury Systems is claiming health and safety benefits as well as more effective, easy and efficient disposal of organic wastes and slurries when using their Aeromixer slurry conditioner.

  • Speed is of the essence in Essex

    April 18th 2008

    When Fendt introduced the latest Vario 900 series tractors they addressed many of the shortcomings of the previous generation and pushed technology further.

  • Split centre dairy sale sees prices hit a £2,200 peak

    April 18th 2008

    THE mid-month sale of dairy cattle usually held at Beeston Castle, Cheshire again took place at two separate locations.

  • Spreading manure on maize – but get the nitrogen application right

    April 18th 2008

    Spreading manure on maize crops is an environmentally friendly way of dealing with muck, but farmers must get the nitrogen application at the right level, is the advice of John Morgan from the Maize Growers’ Association.

  • 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.

  • Steering the way through a period of change in farming

    April 18th 2008

    AS Isle of Man agriculture faces up to what might well be its biggest period of change, a question mark continues to hang over the future of its Knockaloe experimental farm.

  • Store sale peak of £810

    April 18th 2008

    A LARGE number of entries were forward at the latest show and sale of store cattle at Inverurie’s Thainstone Centre.

  • Strong trade for Blonde cattle at Worcester

    16 April 2008

    THE British Blonde Cattle Society's spring show and sale, held for the first time at Worcester, recorded a resounding success with a 90 per cent clearance and a top price of 3,600gns.

  • Sustainable biofuels: Realistic future prospect or environmental blind alley?

    April 18th 2008

    VEHICLES account for a quarter of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions every year.

  • Tackling Brome

    17 April 2008

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

  • TAG teams up with Vaderstad for ASSET investment

    16 April 2008

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

  • Taking a ‘clever’ approach to managing older varieties

    April 18th 2008

    NEW varieties with better attributes are always in huge demand. However, when drilling in autumn 2007, many growers could not access the varieties they wanted to grow.

  • Talk of GM crops and feed prices a red herring – GM Freeze campaign director Pete Riley

    April 18th 2008

    TWO things are certain – the prices of commodity crops are rising rapidly and that the rate of increase in the past 12 months has been very rapid.

  • Telehandlers photo gallery

    18 April 2008

    EXTRA pictures of the three telehandlers.

  • The euro or sterling? Winners and losers

    April 18th 2008

    WITH the decision that many farmers took to have their Single Payment in euros really paying off, Andrew Suddes, agriculture banking manager with HSBC Bank, north east Cumbria and south west Scotland, looks at the whole issue of exchange rates.

  • The future of biofuels

    April 18th 2008

    AS of this week, Britain’s fuel companies have a legal obligation to supply 2.5 per cent of all transport fuel from renewable sources. By 2010 this obligation will rise to 5 per cent and European talks are already under way to set a 10 per cent target for 2020. Ambitious targets are meant to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but debate is now raging over whether biofuels actually do more harm than good.

  • The GM debate

    April 18th 2008

    GM: Red herring or industry’s friend?

  • The latest from Wales YFC

    16 April 2008

    WELCOME to the latest edition of the Wales YFC newsletter on the Farmers Guardian website.

  • The latest information on new products, research and development

    18 April 2008

    A PLETHORA of new products have recently hit the livestock market and we take a look at what is now available, as well as reporting on trials and research conducted with existing products to prove their worth to farmers.

  • The latest information on new products, research and development

    18 April 2008

    A PLETHORA of new products have recently hit the livestock market and we take a look at what is now available, as well as reporting on trials and research conducted with existing products to prove their worth to farmers.

  • Turning research ideas into commercial reality

    April 18th 2008

    Budding young scientists at some of Scotland’s leading research institutions and universities, as well as a number from England, are receiving help to develop and commercialise their ideas through Genecom, based at Edinburgh’s Moredun Institute. NEIL RYDER talks to its director, Dr Patrick McCarthy, about its work.

  • UK biodiesel market faces a tough future

    April 18th 2008

    A LEADING UK biodiesel operator has been closed out by cheap US imports that have rocked the industry.

  • UK biodiesel market faces a tough future

    April 18th 2008

    A LEADING UK biodiesel operator has been closed out by cheap US imports that have rocked the industry.

  • UN body calls for radical reform of farming

    15 April 2008

    INDUSTRIAL farming is failing, and will need radical reform if the industry is to meet the challenges of a growing population and climate change, according to a new report.

  • Unwelcome face of ag-inflation

    16 April 2008

    BY the autumn, farm costs will have increased by almost a quarter over 18 months.

  • Unwelcome face of ag-inflation

    16 April 2008

    BY the autumn, farm costs will have increased by almost a quarter over 18 months.

  • Urdd Lifrai Cymru

    16 April 2008

    Mae Urdd Lifrai Cymru yn cynnig gwobr o £1000 i Ffermwr Ifanc sydd â brwdfrydedd dros amaethyddiaeth.

  • Vintage tractors to be used in fundraising trip

    14 April 2008

    KEEP a look out over the hedge during late May/early June for a pair of vintage Massey Ferguson 135 tractors.

  • VirkonS US hospital trial results

    April 18th 2008

    A US TRIAL looking at ways to disinfect large animal hospitals with minimal disruption found that spraying DuPont Animal Health Solutions’ VirkonS at 4 per cent dilution reduced environmental bacterial counts of staphylococcus and salmonella by more than 99.99 per cent.

  • Welsh and English Competitions Weekends

    16 April 2008

    THE Wales YFC Welsh and English Competitions Weekends were held during March.

  • Welsh Livery Guild

    16 April 2008

    THE Welsh Livery Guild is offering a £1000 reward to a Young Farmer that has enthusiasm for agriculture.

  • What should i ask my agronomist?

    April 18th 2008

    TAKE-ALL is common in many second and third wheats, reports The Arable Group’s Richard Overthrow.

  • Why current EU GM policy threatens viability of livestock sector - NFU Vice President Paul Temple

    April 18th 2008

    EVERYONE should know the figures by now – over 114 million hectares of GM crop varieties were grown around the world last year, with the upward trend set to continue.

  • Worm control and anthelmintic resistance

    April 18th 2008

    THE Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority (AMTRA) will include a module on worm control and preventing anthelmintic resistance in sheep as part of its Continuous Professional Development programme due for rollout in autumn this year.

  • Young Peoples’ Village

    16 April 2008

    WALES Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs have organised four nights of entertainment for the Young Peoples’ Village this year from Sunday July 20 until Wednesday July 23 during the Royal Welsh Show week.

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