Farmers Guardian
April 21st 2006

  • 4,400gns Charolais sets new record at Holsworthy

    21 April 2006

    Averages: 14 bulls £2,205.

  • Anthrax confirmed on Welsh farm

    25 April 2006

    Anthrax has been confirmed in two cows that died suddenly on a Welsh beef farm.

  • Avian Flu latest

    27 April 2006

    Farming groups are calling for calm after an outbreak of the H7 strain of avian influenza in a commercial poultry breeding unit near Dereham in Norfolk.

  • Avian Flu Update

    28 April 2006

    THE strain of avian flu found in poultry on a farm in Norfolk is likely to be the H7 strain, virulent among chickens but less of a threat to humans than the H5N1 strain.

  • Ayrshire stands out in brisk Beeston sale

    April 21st 2006

    Averages: 9 Ayrshire cows and milking heifers £1,020.83; 3 in-calf Ayrshire heifers £787.50; 12 Ayrshires £962.50. 27 Jersey cows and milking heifers £791.39; 6 Jersey in-calf heifers £645.75; 2 Jersey maiden heifers £420.00; 35 Jerseys £745.20; 8 Guernsey maiden heifers £477.75.

  • BCMS figures show Limousin dominance

    21 April 2006

    For the tenth consecutive year, British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) figures have shown that the British Limousin continues to be the most prevalent beef sire in the UK.

  • Beckett gives green light to part payments

    April 21st 2006

    DEFRA Secretary Margaret Beckett has authorised a system of partial Single Payments that will be deployed ‘as soon as operationally possible’.

  • Belgian Blue takes Skipton store title

    April 21st 2006

    A 12-month-old Belgian Blue heifer from Calderdale farmer Adrian Leach was champion at the spring show and sale of store cattle with future show potential at Skipton Auction Mar, North Yorkshire.

  • Blair supports Red Tractor Day

    April 21st 2006

    Red Tractor Day – April 21 – got off to a bang this week with support from the Prime Minister.

  • Brecknock Hill Cheviot lambs on top

    21 April 2006

    The worst lambing season experienced for many years has seen Brecknock Hill Cheviots come out on top, according to the man managing what is believed to be the biggest privately owned estate farmed in-hand in Wales.

  • Case-IH expands X Line range

    April 21st 2006

    The MXU130X has been added to the Case-IH X Line range. The 131hp tractor has a mechanically-governed six-cylinder engine.

  • Comfortable Sportsman just floats over rough ground

    April 21st 2006

    It was interesting to get back on the Sportsman after using another bike for a week, just to confirm how very comfortable the Polaris is.

  • Determined to make their dairy dreams come true

    April 21st 2006

    Information and suggestions for people looking for a way into farming is a regular feature on our Youngstock page but this week we look at the next step – life as a new entrant. John and Frances Hocknell, left, have set up their own business through the combination of a farm business tenancy and a contract farming agreement. NEIL RYDER talked to them about the first year on their own farm. Pictures by John Eveson.

  • East Anglia’s arable land under threat from EU water directive

    April 21st 2006

    Half of East Anglia’s arable land must be taken out of production if the UK is to comply with the EU’s Water Framework Directive, ADAS scientists have warned this week.

  • Electrifying farm waste management

    April 21st 2006

    A muck management system that not only produces slurry with an increased nutrient availability but also generates enough electricity to run a 200-cow dairy unit sounds like a dream come true.

  • Extra funding announced for Englands National Parks

    April 21st 2006

    Rural Affairs Minister Jim Knight has announced that England’s National Parks and the Broads Authority will receive an extra £3.1 million in funding over the next two years.

  • Farmers Guardian reader survey winners

    April 21st 2006

    Farmers Guardian would like to thank all those who took part in our reader survey published in FG on March 17 and on-line at www.farmersguardian.com.

  • Farms still suffering under movement restrictions

    April 21st 2006

    The Chernobyl explosion on April 26, 1986 saw a plume of radioactivity travelling rapidly across Europe.

  • Follow our lead in rural enterprise

    April 21st 2006

    Rural women celebrated the success of their enterprises and encouraged others to follow suit at an event organised by Business Link South Yorkshire.

  • GAI rating spray check

    April 21st 2006

    To get the most out of the pre-flowering spray, first check the green area index (GAI) ratings of oilseed rape crops.

  • Get carried away by carriage driving

    April 21st 2006

    As part of her ongoing quest to experience new equestrian sports, SARAH CRIPPS travels to Cheshire to try her hand at carriage driving with the Chester Horse Driving Trials Group.

  • Life after the Fast track

    April 21st 2006

    A charity ball being held in West Yorkshire next month will benefit two animal rehabilitation and rehoming centres dedicated to giving racehorses and greyhounds a life after the rigours of the track. Liz Falkingham visited them to find out about the essential work they do.

  • Long-term safety of GM crops questioned as Commission raises doubts

    April 21st 2006

    Europe's GM woes have increased with the publication of documents submitted to the World Trade Organisation suggesting the European Commission had concerns about the long-term safety of GM crops.

  • Luscious Lemon Cake

    April 21st 2006

    This recipe is from Marjorie Longworth, of Higher Whitehalgh Farm, Blackburn, Lancashire. “My mum gave me this. It is very quick and easy to make. It can be split and filled with lemon curd but it is rich on its own,” she says.

  • Market forces bring Milk Link cut

    April 21st 2006

    Milk Link has announced a reduction in producer milk price from April 1 of 0.28ppl.

  • Money-saving ways with muck

    April 21st 2006

    There were top tips on offer at a Cheshire spring workshop which spent part of the day looking at effective use of on-farm slurries and manure.

  • NBA urges crack-down on supermarket beef mixing

    April 21st 2006

    The National Beef Association has urged its members to report supermarkets which ‘illegally’ mix beef from different countries of origin in the same chill cabinet to their local Trading Standards Office.

  • New Scottish beef body to be created in wake of NBA feud

    April 21st 2006

    A new organisation representing Scottish beef farmers is to be set up after the long running feud within the National Beef Association finally came to a head over Easter.

  • Objections force ministers to rethink tallow ban

    April 21st 2006

    DEFRA is understood to be reconsidering a ban on burning tallow, due to come in force from April 24.

  • Organic milk demand is up

    April 21st 2006

    Although Dairy Farmers of Britain last week cut its April milk price for most producers by 0.25ppl, the co-operative this week pushed its organic milk price up by 3.6ppl to around 28.05ppl.

  • Parklands Holsteins sale peaks at 1,600gns

    April 21st 2006

    Averages: 177 cows and calved heifers £1,002; 24 in-calf heifers £1,051.

  • Pick-up in demand for front-end loaders

    April 21st 2006

    Front-end loaders are once again increasing in popularity, with over 3,700 sold last year and it is understood that this trend will continue.

  • Plus points from ELS management plans

    April 21st 2006

    Score points for your own benefit by opting for management plans in Entry Level Stewardship. Alison Lea reports.

  • Pressure increases on Welsh Assembly to match England on TB pre-movement testing costs

    April 21st 2006

    Welsh Assembly Countryside Minister, Carwyn Jones, is coming under increasing pressure to do a U-turn and follow suit with England by introducing free tests for pre-movement bovine TB testing due to start in Wales on May 2.

  • Report shows Trading Standards actively enforcing burial ban

    April 21st 2006

    Trading Standards officers are no longer applying a ‘light touch’ to the fallen stock burial ban, a new report shows.

  • Riding high on the Thrill of Winning

    April 21st 2006

    Early experiences riding out for trainer Peter Easterby whetted Yorkshire point-to-point rider Serena Brotherton's appetite for racing, but it wasn't until she returned from university to find a horse of her own waiting for her that the passion really took hold. Liz Falkingham visited her at her Malton base.

  • RPA ‘disaster’ to face audit scrutiny

    April 21st 2006

    The UK National Audit Office has announced an official study of the Rural Payment Agency’s disastrous handling of the Single Payment.

  • Scottish rape yields higher but variable

    April 21st 2006

    Winter oilseed rape yields in Scotland are potentially higher than south of the border as a result of the longer day length, longer grain filling period, and the cool moist conditions – but yields tend to be more variable.

  • Strict controls ensure consumer confidence

    April 21st 2006

    On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl, food safety watchdogs have given assurances that consumers are, and have always been, properly safeguarded from contaminated sheep meat reaching the food chain.

  • Supermarket claims fair play for suppliers

    April 21st 2006

    By accepting tighter margins for its own business, a North West supermarket chain claims it does not need to squeeze its supplying farmers.

  • Taste of Canadian Holstein genetics at Ad-Astra sale

    April 21st 2006

    Averages: 32 in-milk heifers or cows £1,695.75; 67 maiden heifers £1,446.18; 10 in-calf heifers £1,202.25.

  • The real value of slurry

    April 21st 2006

    Dairy farming has been the source of many very serious water pollution incidents and is a major contributor to diffuse pollution, especially related to soils, nutrient and micro-organisms that can threaten bathing waters and affect downstream farmers.

  • Tir Gofal to continue with ‘slight changes’

    April 21st 2006

    Rationalisation of the pioneering Tir Gofal agri-environmental scheme payments in Wales will not be quite as severe as first feared.

  • Triazole trials

    21 April 2006

    Label changes for triazole fungicides used to control septoria tritici seem likely following an announcement by the Pesticides Safety Directorate that it has commissioned trials to investigate the efficacy of UK-approved triazoles against the disease.

  • Two-year limit on own use parallel imports removed

    April 21st 2006

    Safeguards in place for the approval of own-use parallel imports are sufficient to allow for the two-year limit on the period of approvals to be removed, the Pesticides Safety Directorate has announced.

  • UK biofuels production a biodiversity threat

    April 21st 2006

    Environmentalists have warned that UK biofuels production could become a threat to biodiversity if it remains unchecked.

  • Waiting for ‘normality’ to return...

    April 21st 2006

    North Wales still has 359 farms carrying sheep movement restrictions as a result of the fall-out from the radioactivity released at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant.

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