News that land is expected to reach almost £50,000/hectare (£20,000/acre) by 2020 is a double-edged sword for the farming industry – and for our PR beyond it.
Farmers Guardian
April 7th 2006
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2,300gns heads Ludlow Simmental bulls sale
April 7th 2006
A small but quality entry of bulls for the Simmental Cattle Society’s spring event at Ludlow, Shropshire, enjoyed a keen and competitive demand from a ring full of buyers.
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2,500gns Copywood Sara Integrity ET tops Western Holsteins
April 7th 2006
The Western Holstein Club’s show and sale of cows and milking heifers at Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire, attracted an entry of 113 head of which 21 were not forward.
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Agriculture can meet UK energy demands
13 April 2006
The Government is being urged to make more use of UK agriculture to meet the rising demands for renewable energy.
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An hour in the April garden
April 7th 2006
There is much to enjoy about the April garden, but first take time to look, writes Paul Peacock.
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Apply for waste exemptions
April 7th 2006
The Environment agency has produced an exemptions application pack ahead of the new waste regulations coming into force on May 15.
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Auctioneer to run marathon for charity
April 7th 2006
Auctioneer Willie McCulloch of Lawrie and Symington, Lanark, is hoping to raise £2,000 – or more –for the Anthony Nolan Trust by running this year’s London Marathon.
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Be flexible for a tough spring
April 7th 2006
Wheat growers across the country will have to plan their spring spraying with particular care, and as much tank-mixing flexibility as possible, this season if they are to avoid problems from what promises to be one of the most difficult springs of recent years.
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Beef exports set to resume on May 3
April 7th 2006
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Bidding is brisk at Bakewells busy mart
April 7th 2006
Derbyshire's Bakewell Market held its weekly sale of prime and store cattle on Monday with good entries throughout. There was over 200 prime cattle and in excess of 3,000 sheep for buyers to choose from plus a good selection of stores and calves passing through the ring.Auctioneers: Bagshaws.
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Bird flu was absolutely not present among poultry
10 April 2006
the Government’s chief scientific adviser Sir David King has announced.He said over the weekend he was also ‘fairly optimistic’ it was absent in wild birds.
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Buyers galore
April 7th 2006
Record crowds converged on Thirsk Auction Mart, Yorkshire, on Saturday for the special sale of vintage and bygone machinery and equipment held alongside the monthly collective sale of machinery and fur and feather.
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Cambridge rolls - with options
April 7th 2006
Yorkshire-based manufacturer Farm Force added a range of Cambridge rolls to its product line-up. There is a choice of either 22 or 24 inch four-spoke cast rings with the option of floating breaker rings.
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Case confirmed, birds ordered indoors
7 April 2006
Tests on the dead swan found in Fife, Scotland have confirmed that it did contain the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus.
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Cashflow crisis revealed in bleak farming report
April 7th 2006
Late SPS payments have contributed to a cash crisis within the farming sector, a Government report has revealed this week.
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Check for leaf spot now in year of high infection
April 7th 2006
Now is the time to check for light leaf spot infection in winter oilseed rape crops and, according to Dr Neal Evans of Rothamsted Research, the risk of infection this year is much higher than the last two years.
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Consultation on GM co-existence ends in battle between lobby groups
April 7th 2006
It was billed as a consultation on co-existence between GM and non-GM crops – but inevitably this week's showpiece Austrian EU presidency conference turned into a battle between the pro and anti GM lobbies.
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Cutting tiers in marketing chain seemed only option
April 7th 2006
More and more primary producers are opting for direct selling. Barry Alston reports from two new farm-to-plate ventures in North Wales.
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Dead swan may have died outside UK
11 April 2006
The dead swan found in Fife, Scotland which tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus may not have died in the UK.
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Demetrius shatters South Devon Society record at 6,200gns
April 7th 2006
The South Devon Herd Book Society’s spring show and sale at Exeter, Devon, saw a line-up of 40 bulls.
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Dungannon Belgian Blues
April 7th 2006
The Northern Ireland Belgian Blue Club show and sale at Dungannon saw reserve champion, Springhill Womble, sell to Kenneth Veitch, Lisbellow, Co. Fermanagh, for the top price of 2,900gns. From the Martin Brothers, Netwownards, Co. Down, he was by Cornlan Ryan.
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End to the frustrations of form filling?
April 7th 2006
Barry Alston reports on the new hand-held technology that could relieve the pain of tracking animal movement.
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Farmer sues Beckett over late payment
April 7th 2006
A Somerset beef farmer has launched a court action against Margaret Beckett over Defra’s failure to pay him his Single Payment on time.
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Giving dirt the brush-off
April 7th 2006
The SweepEx brush attachment can now be fitted directly to a telehandler’s quick attach.
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Government agrees to help with pre-movement testing costs
12 April 2006
The Government has agreed to ease the financial cost of pre-movement testing in England.
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High risk of wheat eyespot
April 7th 2006
The risk of eyespot infections in winter wheat crops is high this season, plant pathologists are predicting.
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Kendall unconvinced RPA changes will make a difference
April 7th 2006
NFU president, Peter Kendall, visited the RPA’s Reading headquarters this week to see for himself how promised improvements were affecting the validation of farmers’ SPS claims.
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Mayer and Kverneland agreement to distribute feeder range
April 7th 2006
German firm Mayer has signed a distribution agreement with the Kverneland Group for the SiloKing range of vertical diet feeders, which until now was imported by Bonhill Marketing.
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Meet the innovators quality and customer satisfaction drive new product development
April 7th 2006
Innovation, particularly new products responding to trends, such as niche foods, can be more time consuming and complex than almost any other business activity.
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MHS strike action averted for now
7 April 2006
The prospect of serious disruption to the meat industry in the run-up to Easter was averted this week when a five-day strike by Meat Hygiene staff was deferred.
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Ministers under pressure as Cameron calls for Bach to go
April 7th 2006
Conservative leader David Cameron has called on Lord Bach to resign over the Single Payment fiasco.
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Modern machinery is king at Dorset dispersal sale
April 7th 2006
The executors of the late Frank Martin had a dispersal sale of agricultural and construction machinery with registered buyers coming from Wales, Ireland, and the surrounding area.
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National Holstein Show 2006
April 7th 2006
Long live the long-lived Holstein
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New venue announced for Smithfield Show
April 7th 2006
The new venue for the Royal Smithfield Show is to be the Bath and West Showground at Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
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NFU calls for Beckett to resign
12 April 2006
THE NFU will call for Margaret Beckett to resign if the process of making Single Payments is not completed by June 30, the EU deadline. The NFU council agreed a resolution on Tuesday ...
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NFUS national reserve setback
April 7th 2006
NFU Scotland has hit out at the Scottish Executive as it emerged that farmers north of the border will not be paid national reserve allowances until after the balance on their original single payment has been received.
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Old Spots go under the hammer...
April 7th 2006
Some 200 Gloucestershire Old Spots pigs went under the hammer on Saturday when a young but expanding specialist pig business in Salisbury, Wiltshire, had to scale back its operations due to land loss.
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Producers hit by scrapie scheme still eligible for support
April 7th 2006
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Retailing his own milk to win customers and profit
April 7th 2006
Reluctant to risk a lot of money expanding his dairy herd, James Hague found another way to increase his profit margin – retailing his own milk. Rosalind Pasmore met the man who is taking customers away from the supermarkets.
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Row looms over part payment demands
April 7th 2006
A row is looming between Government and industry over the issue of part payments to farmers, after it became apparent the Single Payment crisis could drag on until the autumn.
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Sainsburys signs its first organic beef finisher on new fixed price contract
7 April 2006
Announced in January, a new fixed price and volume contract for organic beef being offered by supermarket Sainsbury’s, has signed up its first beef finisher.
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Sara Cox endorses Farmers Guardian
12 April 2006
Spotted in The Independent on Monday, Radio One presenter and DJ Sara Cox talking about her favourite newspaper.
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Second successive overall win for Ian and Belhelvie JAC
April 7th 2006
For the second year in a row, Belhelvie JAC young farmer Ian Thomson lifted the overall championship in a show of overwintered cattle at Thainstone Centre, Aberdeenshire.
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Single Payment Crisis
April 7th 2006
Extension granted for entitlement transfer deadline
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Tenancy amendments offer more freedom
April 7th 2006
The tenanted sector should be revitalised with long-awaited proposals to amend the two main acts, under which tenancies are effected, having been laid before Parliament.
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Three-week extension on Atlantis after cold spell
April 7th 2006
Cereal growers under pressure to control grass weeds following the delayed start to the spring season have been granted a three-week usage extension on the herbicide Atlantis (iodosulfuron+mesosulfuron), say Bayer CropScience.
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Tried and Tested - On Hand
April 7th 2006
Farmers Guardian test out a handful of the best riding gloves on the market
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Twose front end loaders
April 7th 2006
Twose is set to launch three new product ranges for 2006, with front end loaders being the first of these.
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Where does our food come from and do we have a future?
April 7th 2006
The Women's Food and Farming Union conference debated the key issue of where our food comes from. Alistair Driver reports from Stratford.