By unlocking the export potential China offers the pig industry, not to mention the red meat sector as a whole, we could gain entry into a marketplace which comprises a fifth of the world’s population.Farmers Guardian
August 12th 2005
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200hp tractors put through their paces
August 12th 2005
Today's 200hp tractors tend to be jacks of all trades – light enough for hauling trailers but also capable of pulling one pass cultivators and lifting meaty power-harrow drill combinations – but how do they compare?
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A big blow for the NFU
August 12th 2005
Tesco’s rejection of the NFU’s Buyers’ Charter, following hot on the heels of the OFT’s conclusion that the Code of Practice should not be changed, raises a profound question affecting all farmers. Can anything now be done to curb supermarket power?
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Bakewell Show
August 12th 2005
Udder clinches inter-breed win for Ayrshire
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Blockades cause milk standstill in Scotland
August 12th 2005
With no movement on prices, more action is promised
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Brecon Show
August 12th 2005
Quality stock seals success at 250th annual show
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Comments on charter
August 12th 2005
What they say about the Buyers’ Charter and the Code of Practice:
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Date Crunchies
August 12th 2005
This week’s recipe is from 10-year-old Hayley of Didcot, Oxfordshire.
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Diversifying into the ice cream business
August 12th 2005
Jane and Bill Hadley of Home Farm, Pebmarsh near Colchester, Essex have been making ice cream from milk produced by their 100-cow herd of Holstein Friesians since 2002.
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End in sight for cattle export restrictions
August 12th 2005
Restrictions on the export of live cattle are on course to be lifted by the end of the year, the National Beef Association is predicting.
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Fears of crisis within beef industry after further price falls and decline in demand
12 August 2005
At a time when they were looking for reassurance as beef prices were falling, farmers had been ‘kicked in the teeth’ due to the lack of awareness within the supply chain, the NFU claimed this week.
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Five furrows for Vari-Master
August 12th 2005
Kuhn has added an extra furrow to its Vari-Master 151 series. The five furrow fully mounted plough comes with the hydraulic auto-reset system and is recommended for tractors up to 20hp.
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Forget Beefy and focus on marketing skills of farmers
August 12th 2005
Levy bodies should forget about generic promotion campaigns and focus instead on helping farmers improve their own marketing skills.
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Fuel price hike takes the edge off harvest success
12 August 2005
The knock-on effects of the highest crude oil prices for 22 years were well and truly hitting the farming industry where it hurts, the NFU said this week.
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Higher trial yields from six-row winter barleys
12 August 2005
Six-row winter barleys are producing higher yields this season than they have done in previous years in the HGCA Recommended List trials run by CEL (Crop Evaluation Limited).
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JCB charity open day
August 12th 2005
JCB is celebrating its 60th anniversary and is having an open day on Saturday, September 10, at the company’s headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, to mark the occasion.
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McCormick adds three model C-Max
August 12th 2005
McCormick has increased its tractor line-up with the three model C-Max.
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Modern breeds move pays off with a win
August 12th 2005
Oswestry Show
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NBA to resolve problems and get back on track
August 12th 2005
Hopes are rising that a resolution to the National Beef Association’s recent difficulties may be resolved next Thursday at a board meeting in its new offices in Hexham.
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NFU anger at Charter rejection
August 12th 2005
Tesco refuses to sign up to voluntary agreement. The NFU has accused Tesco of displaying contempt for farmers...
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Oswestry Show
August 12th 2005
Celtic Princess shows her style with three wins
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Perth Show
August 12th 2005
Supreme beef title was ‘steal’ for Jennifer
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Target site resistance found in black-grass
12 August 2005
TARGET site resistance to sulfonylurea herbicides is almost certainly present in UK black-grass populations, according to a leading scientist.
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Tesco and Ulster farmers to debate issue of beef imports
August 12th 2005
An Ulster Farmers Union delegation was due to meet senior Tesco executives in London today to underline the damage caused by imports of Brazilian beef.
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Texel pips Blackface for supreme sheep rosette
August 12th 2005
Perth Show
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Texel takes all breeds
August 12th 2005
Bakewell Show
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Texel takes first win
August 12th 2005
Oswestry Show
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Winning ways make trip worthwhile
August 12th 2005
Bakewell Show