Farmers Guardian
April 9, 2010

  • 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.

  • £3.3 million boost for Welsh dairy industry

    6 April 2010

    WELSH dairy farmers will be the main beneficiaries of £3.3 million the Welsh Assembly Government is pumping into the Welsh dairy industry over the next three years.

  • £600,000 study will assess attitudes towards badger vaccination

    8 April 2010

    DEFRA’S badger vaccination project is to be accompanied a £620,000 research project into farmer attitudes towards it.

  • A fast improving South Devon herd

    April 9, 2010

    NO strangers to quality cattle, former dairy farmers David and Barbara Bowley are making waves with South Devon Cattle, winning an Eblex Most Improved Herd competition last year. Angela Calvert went to meet them.

  • Adherence to SCOPS is necessary

    April 9, 2010

    THE arrival of a new anthelmintic in the UK does not remove for need for sheep farmers to reduce their reliance on anthelmintics, says the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group.

  • Agriculture in the national news - April 6

    6 April 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Tuesday, April 6)

  • Agriculture in the national news - April 7

    7 April 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Wednesday, April 7)

  • Agriculture in the national news - April 8

    8 April 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Thursday, April 8).

  • Agriculture in the national news - April 9

    9 April 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Friday, April 9).

  • Aliens are attacking UK sheep, claim scientists

    6 April 2010

    A GROUP of scientists has claimed aliens are visiting farms in Shropshire and Powys to mutilate and carry out bizarre experiments on unsuspecting sheep.

  • Apache proves value for money – but with some reservations

    April 9, 2010

    If you like to get plenty for your money, then the latest Apache RLX420 utility ATV, a 360cc 4wd shaft-driven machine, might just be the ticket.

  • Armitage is new Case harvesting sales manager

    April 9, 2010

    There is a new role for Chris Armitage within Case IH as he takes up the job of harvesting sales manager.

  • Auction marts round-up - April 9

    April 9, 2010

    A weekly round-up of sales from marts up and down the country (April 9)

  • Badger vaccination ‘ill-thought out and expensive’

    8 April 2010

    DEFRA’S badger vaccination project is ill-thought out and will be unnecessarily expensive, according to a contactor who is tendering to take part in the process.

  • Best silages judged in Westmorland

    April 9, 2010

    THE Westmorland County Agricultural Society’s silage competition – claimed to be biggest of it kind - saw 79 entries this year.

  • Brian May steps up badger cull campaign

    7 April 2010

    WILDLIFE campaigner and Queen guitarist, Brian May, paid a flying visit this week to a Pembrokeshire farm to take part in televised debate on the Welsh Assembly’s proposed badger cull which will be broadcast in Wales tomorrow night (Thursday, April 8).

  • Bringing Continental-style meat to Wales

    April 9, 2010

    Three Welsh young farmers swap city living to create Bwyty Mawddach restaurant, home-produced meat and charcuterie.

  • Brown rot outbreak contained

    April 9, 2010

    An outbreak of the quarantine disease brown rot has been confirmed in a stock of harvested ware potatoes in south-west England. However, the outbreak has been contained, says the Potato Council.

  • Call for clearer cheese labelling

    April 9, 2010

    A call for all retailers to clearly show the country of origin on the cheese they sell has come from Nigel White, secretary of the British Cheese Board.

  • Case study: High hour CVT is paying its ways in Cambridgeshire

    April 9, 2010

    JAMES Martin farms 310 hectares (775 acres) of Grade 1 silt at Needham Hall Farm, Friday Bridge in Cambridgeshire, where cropping consists of wheat, potatoes, sugar beet, combinable peas and onions.

  • Case Study: Peter Knight, Burgate Farm, Godalming

    April 9, 2010

    We meet a farmer who is using the GuardianAIR nozzle.

  • Cavalry role for WHW horse Digger

    April 9, 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.

  • CFE regional launches complete

    April 9, 2010

    The Campaign for the Farmed Environment has been launched at regional level across the 22 targeted arable counties in England, with the final launch events taking place during the week before Easter.

  • Champion bull sells to £1,030 at Skipton

    April 9, 2010

    A home-bred British Blue-sired bull from J.C. Walker and Son, Dunsop Bridge, was champion at the Spring show and sale of young feeding bulls at Skipton Auction Mart.

  • CLA attacks ‘cowardly and absurd’ TB policy

    9 April 2010

    THE Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has accused the Government of adopting a ‘cowardly and absurd’ position on bovine TB (bTB).

  • Compacts scrape their mark in Dorset

    April 9, 2010

    KOREAN manufacturer Kioti is starting to have some success on UK farms, and scraper roles have become a growth area says importer RECO. Two users have found the orange brand of tractor to be reliable and easy to use. JAMES LANE finds out the facts.

  • Compacts scrape their mark in Dorset

    April 9, 2010

    Dorset dairy farmer Stuart Buckland, of Bryanston, Blandford, had also never considered buying a Kioti compact tractor, but he too is pleased with the purchase after tractor reliability and longevity issues necessitated investment. JAMES LANE finds out the facts.

  • 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.

  • Defra approves GM potato trial

    8 April 2010

    THE Government has approved a second application from British scientists to plant GM potatoes in a field trial at the University of Leeds.

  • Developing new avenues with farming at the helm

    April 9, 2010

    Despite having numerous business enterprises to his name, James Buckle’s job title of choice is still ‘farmer’. Clemmie Gleeson discovers more about his ‘trinity’ of Suffolk breeds.

  • Dominic Naylor: Family had to take a back seat until lambing was over and done with

    April 9, 2010

    I’m writing this on the last day of March. It’s a special day for two reasons. Firstly, it’s my daughter Ruby’s fourth birthday, and secondly we’ve finished lambing.

  • Early drilled beet's 'very good' emergence

    April 9, 2010

    SUGAR beet drilled during the first half of March are now starting to emerge with reports of very good, even emergence, says the BBRO.

  • Egg industry calls for better labeling

    6 April 2010

    THE British egg industry is calling for caterers to show the country of origin of eggs on menus, following a new survey which revealed that more than 60 per cent of consumers were in favour of the move.

  • Eggs protein may destroy chicken bacteria

    April 9, 2010

    Proteins capable of destroying bacteria that infect chickens have been identified in the very eggs laid by those chickens.

  • End to confusion over Triazoxide seed treatments

    April 9, 2010

    Seed treatments containing triazoxide may still be used this season and next growers and agronomists are being advised.

  • Ensuring your foal gets the best start in life

    April 9, 2010

    The first month of life is a very important time for a newborn foal as it adapts to the challenges of its new environment. In the second of our two-part series, equine vet Kate Thompson looks at some potential problems.

  • Exploring the rise in sales of tractors equipped with CVT

    April 9, 2010

    SALES of tractors equipped with continuously variable transmissions (CVT) are increasing as the industry gets to grips with the advantages such systems can offer. Andy Collings reports on the fundamentals.

  • Extension to herbicide’s supply period

    April 9, 2010

    The supply period for mesosulfuron+iodosulfuron herbicides Atlantis WG, Hatra and Horus has been extended beyond the March 31 cut-off date.

  • Farmer's famous joke to be auctioned off

    7 April 2010

    A YORKSHIRE farmer is set to sell off a local landmark which has kept passers by amused for years – a slurry tank with the words ‘Government Think Tank’ emblazoned across the side.

  • Farmers turn to hauliers to ease lambing woes

    6 April 2010

    SCOTLAND’S sheep farmers have turned to the haulage industry for assistance as they continue to lamb their flocks in some of the worst weather conditions ever endured at lambing.

  • Farming industry outlines election priorities

    7 April 2010

    FARMING and rural organisations have been laying out their priorities for the next Government, as the General Election campaign begins in earnest.

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    7 April 2010

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  • Fendt launches two new tractor ranges for 2010

    6 April 2010

    Fendt, a long-standing player in the UK tractor market, achieved a market share of 3.8 per cent in 2009 and aims to grow this to 4.8 per cent in 2010 with the launch of two new ranges - the Fendt 200 and 800 last week.

  • First Milk forfeits seat on Wiseman board

    April 9, 2010

    First Milk has had to give up its seat on Robert Wiseman Dairies board.

  • Fungicide has range of applications

    8 April 2010

    Agchem business Rotam has announced the release of a new tebuconazole fungicide for control of a range of diseases in cereal, brassica and vegetable crops.

  • Government backtracks on cider tax

    7 April 2010

    THE GOVERNMENT’S plans to raise tax on cider by 10 per cent have been dropped following strong opposition from apple growers, producers and cider drinkers.

  • Grain markets fall on US planting figures

    April 9, 2010

    THE release of the intended US 2010 plantings last week and higher than expected stocks sent the US markets into free-fall.

  • Grayrigg take highest price in YFC show and sale

    April 9, 2010

    GRAYRIGG YFC (pictured) took first prize and top price for sheep with lambs-at-foot at a show for young farmers clubs in the Kendal area.

  • John Gordon: Delayed spring puts even more pressure on dwindling feedstuffs

    April 9, 2010

    The winter and spring of 2010 will be remembered in this part of the world as one of the worst in living memory. On the last two days of March, 18 inches of snow fell along with blizzard conditions, making it one of the worst days so far.

  • Lib Dem agriculture team faces tough battle in marginal seats

    April 9, 2010

    TO illustrate the importance of the farming vote in the election the NFU has put together a table of the UK’s top marginal rural seats (right).

  • Limousin breeders recognised

    April 9, 2010

    WITH over 70 per cent of their turnover being generated from outside of Northern Ireland, Limousin breeders, the Crawford Brothers, from Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh, have been recognised at special event at the Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Belfast, for their ‘contribution to the prosperity of the province’.

  • Lionel joins young farmers to raise RABI money

    9 April 2010

    THOUSANDS of young farmers will be joined by national president and rural legend Lionel Hill over the coming weeks to raise money for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI).

  • Local residents reject ‘super dairy’ plan

    8 April 2010

    NOCTON parish council has declared its opposition to the proposed Lincolnshire 8,100-cow ‘super dairy’.

  • Midlands meat wholesalers to merge

    April 9, 2010

    TWO Midlands’ family owned independent meat wholesalers have merged.

  • More European approvals further enhance spray nozzle’s credentials

    April 9, 2010

    A spray nozzle that produces big enough droplets to minimise drift but is suitable for a wide range of crop protection treatments is earning a growing number of official approvals across Europe.

  • MPs line up to oppose ‘super dairy’ plan as election looms

    6 April 2010

    A HOUSE of Commons motion opposing the planned Lincolnshire 8,100-cow dairy unit has received huge levels of support among MPs.

  • NBA adds to calls for modulation cut

    7 April 2010

    THE National Beef Association (NBA) has added its voice to calls for English modulation rates to be cut in light of fears some of the funds raised could have to be returned to Brussels.

  • New director for Potato Council

    8 April 2010

    DR Rob Clayton has been appointed Director of the Potato Council, a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), following a two month spell acting as the Council’s interim director.

  • New record for Jersey Pippa

    April 9, 2010

    SETTING a new record is Ventonwyn Pippa EX95, the first ever Jersey cow to be classified Excellent on nine separate occasions.

  • New toughness test for supermarket meat

    7 April 2010

    A unique new study is being launch to benchmark the quality of beef being sold in English supermarkets.

  • Novel idea for tracked access plus versatility

    April 9, 2010

    Belgian-manufacturer TDL has delivered a Giraf Track crawler-mounted telescopic handler into Devon company CropMech, the first machine sold in the UK.

  • Oilseed rape ‘timing’ alert

    April 9, 2010

    Warmer weather has stimulated oilseed rape crops to start growing rapidly and Galera (clopyrlid+picloram) applications will now need timing carefully following this year’s challenging conditions, says Dow AgroSciences.

  • Oman continues to dominate bull proofs

    April 9, 2010

    FARMERS who have already used Oman heavily, or would prefer to find an alternative, will have to ‘dig deep’ in the new bull proofs, says DairyCo’s Marco Winters.

  • 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.

  • Over-wintered calf winner makes £3,600

    April 9, 2010

    TOP honours at a Young Farmers over-wintered calf competition at Forfar mart went to Rory Stodart, Mill of Inverarity, Forfar.

  • Parasites pose substantial risk to lambs

    April 9, 2010

    LAMBS are at a ‘particularly high risk’ of nematodirus, parasitic gastroenteritis and liver fluke infections, says Eblex.

  • Potato crops growth caution, says expert

    April 9, 2010

    RAPIDLY emerging potato crops may be at risk of a growth check from pre-emergence herbicide options requiring a prolonged application to first emergence interval.

  • Record performance by Royal Highland in 2009

    April 9, 2010

    The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland has posted a record financial performance for 2009.

  • Repeat title win for John and May at Trawden

    April 9, 2010

    John Wood took the Yorkshire Novice title with May on Saturday, while Thomas Longton and Maya won the nursery class.

  • Rhoda Lee - the great defender of British dairying

    April 9, 2010

    She says Jane Fonda has ‘a bottom to die for’ and slow-handclapped Tony Blair for being ‘foolish’. Rhoda Lee, a Dartmoor WI stalwart, doesn’t mince words, especially in defence of dairying, as William Surman found out.

  • Rural vote key to General Election

    April 9, 2010

    THE rural vote could be decisive in the outcome of this General Election, politicians and farming industry leaders are stressing as the campaign gets underway.

  • Scottish spring cereals at high risk

    April 9, 2010

    LEATHERJACKET populations in Scotland are exceptionally high this spring and the risk to spring sown cereal crops and grassland is very real, growers are being advised.

  • Sheep help to promote General Election

    8 April 2010

    RURAL councils will use sheep in a novel campaign to get voters flocking to the polling booths this year.

  • Sheepdog trials diary (April 9)

    April 9, 2010

    We list the sheepdog fixtures planned for your area during the coming days.

  • Shobrooke pedigree heifer tops 1,850gns at Exeter

    April 9, 2010

    THE dispersal of the heifer section of the Shobrooke pedigree herd of South Devons at Exeter livestock centre on behalf of Graham Kerslake, Crediton, Devon, attracted buyers looking for batches of replacement females.

  • Shunning the city for life back in the country

    April 9, 2010

    Barry Alston takes a look at two farming enterprises adding value to home-produced meat and both involving producers tired of city living.

  • Skills needed as rural unemployment soars

    9 April 2010

    THE Government has been urged to invest in agricultural skills and jobs after official figures showed rural unemployment to be soaring.

  • Small spreader options from Kuhn

    April 9, 2010

    Kuhn has added two new models to its MDS fertiliser spreader range in the shape of the MDS 17.1 and 19.1 machines.

  • Stability in non-Holstein proofs

    April 9, 2010

    THE levels of stability which have come to be expected in the non-Holstein bull proofs are still there.

  • Store cattle reach £1,118 at Pateley Bridge

    April 9, 2010

    AT the Easter sale for store cattle at Pateley Bridge, an entry of 175 cattle were forward. A steer from D.M. Nelson and Sons, Skelding, Ripon, made the top price of £1,118.

  • Syngenta creates international link with public/private partnership

    April 9, 2010

    Global crop science business Syngenta has announced it has entered into a public-private partnership with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), based in Mexico, to focus on technology development and advancement in wheat.

  • The Adventurer - NFYFC AGM 2010 Commemorative Edition

    21 May 2010

    Don’t miss the only FREE interactive magazine for young farmers - The Adventurer. In this edition we look back at the highlights of the 2010 NFYFC AGM with news, pictures, videos and much more from the weekend in Torquay.

  • TSE regulations ammended

    April 9, 2010

    THE Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) regulations have been amended in response to new European legislation, technical changes and reviews of procedure.

  • Two auctioneers set to merge

    April 9, 2010

    LIVESTOCK auctioneer Norton and Brooksbank is merging with Livestock International to become Norton and Brooksbank International.

  • Using your own machinery – handy or costly?

    April 9, 2010

    USING contractors for all the main operations on the Department of Agriculture’s 118-hectare (291-acre) livestock and cereal farm, Knockaloe, Isle of Man is saving more than £19,000 compared with owning and operating its own machinery.

  • Vegetables growers urged to be aware of changes to label recommendations

    9 April 2010

    AGCHEM manufacturer BASF is informing distributors and vegetable growers of imminent changes to label recommendations for BASF Dimethoate 40 and Dimethoate 40 products.

  • Weekly round-up of results - April 9

    April 9, 2010

    Our comprehensive weekly round-up of sheepdog trials results from around the UK.

  • World news round-up – April 9

    April 9, 2010

    A weekly round-up of news from around the world (Fridy, April 9)

  • YFC AGM 2010: Safari Steve's guide to Torquay

    April 9, 2010

    FARMERS Guardian’s resident safari expert, Safari Steve previews the Young Farmers AGM as he takes you on a tour of Torquay and goes on safari ahead of the big event later this month.

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