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 20, 2010
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3,500 penned at Cirencester annual fair
August 20, 2010
Cirencester market had nearly 3,500 theaves and breeding ewes penned for the annual sheep fair last week.
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A good reputation for healthy food is in farming’s own interest
August 20, 2010
PLANNING applications for various large-scale farming enterprises and the news cloned animals have entered the UK food chain have meant that, in recent months, farming has yet again hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Amy Jackson looks at what the industry should be doing to improve and protect its public image.
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Agriculture in the national news - August 16
16 August 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Monday, August 16).
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Agriculture in the national news - August 17
17 August 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Tuesday, August 17).
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Agriculture in the national news - August 18
18 August 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Wednesday, August 18).
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Agriculture in the national news - August 19
19 August 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Thursday, August 19).
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Agriculture in the national news - August 20
20 August 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Friday, August 20).
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All-web destoner joins the RGS Forfar line-up
August 20, 2010
RGS Forfar, manufacturers of the ScanStone range of root crop soil preparation equipment, has announced a range of new equipment for its line-up.
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Anglesey Show results
August 20, 2010
Results from the 2010 Angelsey Show.
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Arable Focus: Gentle touch aims to cut out damage
August 20, 2010
Harvester manufacturers continue their battle to find ways of reducing crop damage, as Geoff Ashcroft finds out from one Norfolk producer.
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Argentina anxious over shortage of steers for export
August 20, 2010
The beef export industry is worried about the short supply of heavy steers suitable for shipping under the EU Hilton high quality beef quota.
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Arla amba commits to UK dairy as producers are invited to increase investment
20 August 2010
ARLA Foods amba, the Sandinavian parent of Arla UK, has confirmed its investment of £150million in Arla UK’s planned new dairy on the outskirts of London.
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Ashover Show, Derbyshire – results round-up
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 Ashover Show
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Assembly to probe pig breed society
17 August 2010
THE Welsh Assembly Government is to probe the management of a pig producer group set up with the help of £376,000 support funding to save the native Welsh pig from extinction.
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August 2010 winners
18 August 2010
The winner of the August 2010 caption competition was Mr B Williams from Merthyr Tydfil with:
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Australia projects high lamb returns
August 20, 2010
Lamb producers can expect another year of high farm returns and prices on the back of lower feed costs, tight domestic and global supplies and strong export and domestic demand
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Ayrshire heifer heads off all-comers at Sulby
August 20, 2010
A STYLISH April-calved Ayrshire heifer led all-comers in the line-up for the supreme championship in the Royal Manx Show’s main ring last weekend.
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Balance costs and risks to keep potatoes disease-free
August 20, 2010
Potatoes in Practice (PiP) provides growers with the opportunity to view the latest industry and Government-funded potato crop trials and research. Teresa Rush reports from this year’s event at the Scottish Crop Research Institute’s Balruddery Farm, Invergowrie, Dundee.
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BASCO ‘search’ option now user-friendly
August 20, 2010
THE search function of the BASCO database has been redeveloped, said Dr Kirsty Moore.
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Bingley Show, West Yorkshire – results round-up
August 20, 2010
All the results from the 2010 Bingley show
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Blow to US sugar industry as GM beet is banned
19 August 2010
THE US sugar industry was rocked this week when a federal Judge banned the growth of genetically modified (GM) sugar beet which provides half of all US sugar.
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Brian Bell and Moss were in control at Danby Show
August 20, 2010
STEADY controlled work on flighty sheep earned Brian Bell and Moss the red rosette at the Danby Show Open.
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British biofuels better than unsustainable imports
18 August 2010
MOST biofuels used by motorists in the UK are imported and meet no environmental standards, it has been revealed.
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Brown Swiss join Interbull rankings
18 August 2010
A NEW feature of this proof run is the Brown Swiss breed joining the Interbull rankings for the first time, allowing UK breeders to compare Brown Swiss bulls from around the world directly on a UK scale.
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Campaign launched to get wool into the 2012 Olympics
17 August 2010
FORGET gold, silver and bronze medals, competitors at the 2012 London Olympics could be awarded a commemorative wool badge if British sheep farmers get their way.
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Causeway Classic’s elite heifers peak at 10,200gns
August 20, 2010
Bidding peaked at 10,200gns at the Causeway Classic sale of elite Holstein heifers held at Balmoral showground, Belfast, last week.
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Cereals prices ease as UK harvest slows
August 20, 2010
GLOBAL realisation that the US has some 194m tonnes of wheat in stock has tended to take some heat out of the futures market.
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Concern over FLN feeding damage effects
August 20, 2010
THE impact of free-living nematode feeding damage is an increasing cause for concern, according to SAC’s Dr Andy Evans. FLN have traditionally been associated with the transmission of tobacco rattle virus and spraing in potato crops.
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Consider options for drought
August 20, 2010
WITH persistent rain being reported across the country in recent weeks, Chris Bright of Bright Seeds says not to forget the drought conditions experienced on many farms in early summer.
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Couple clinch Manx agricultural prize
August 20, 2010
The Royal Manx Agricultural Society Tomorrow’s Farmer Award was won by Dougie and Belinda Coole, Ballamodha Dairy Farm, Malew.
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Defra tells farmers to ‘go further’ on environment
18 August 2010
FARMERS must do more to protect the environment and stave off Government regulation, Jim Paice, Farm Minister, warned this week.
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Defra to phase out paper-based SPS and BCMS claims
20 August 2010
DEFRA is considering phasing out paper-based Single Payments claims and cattle birth, death and movement notification as part of its drive to cut costs.
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Don’t be fooled – rust threat will carry forward
August 20, 2010
The extended dry spell may have stopped aggressive yellow rust in its tracks, but only for the time being, warns Broom’s Barn director, Bill Clark.
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Dooley Napal is Beltex’s best seller
August 20, 2010
?SHEARLING rams sold to 18,000gns at the Beltex Sheep Society’s show and sale at Carlisle last Friday.
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Dumfries and Lockerbie Show results
August 20, 2010
All the reuslts from the 2010 Dumfries and Lockerbie Show
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Duns Show, Berwickshire – results round-up
August 20, 2010
All the results from the 2010 Duns show
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Ease GM rules or face food crisis, CLA warns
18 August 2010
A warning that the UK is unlikely to be unable to feed itself within a generation unless there is a major rethink on the use of genetically modified crops came at yesterday’s opening day of the Pembrokeshire County Show.
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English sheepdog trial results - August 20
August 20, 2010
Sheepdog trial results for the week ending August 20.
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EU will not punish UK over ‘cloned meat’
16 August 2010
THE European Commission has confirmed that no action needs to be taken against the UK, after it emerged that meat from the offspring of cloned animals has entered food chain.
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Fair start to pulse harvest but spring beans concern
August 20, 2010
First indications from the UK pulse crop harvest suggest peas are yielding normally and that winter beans too will be satisfactory – despite the drought.
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Farmers braced for deep EU budget cuts
19 August 2010
FARMERS should brace themselves for a serious cut in CAP funding after 2013, a European Commission official has warned.
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'Few disadvantages' to large herds, say Government welfare advisors
17 August 2010
THE Government’s farm animal welfare advisers have concluded that there are ‘few disadvantages’ to cows being housed in large herds.
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Finished beef propects fall short
18 August 2010
Prospects for beef cattle prices are not so good as they appeared at the beginning of the year.
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First mainland win for Kate Birkett
August 20, 2010
A WELL-controlled run gave Kate Birkett her first mainland win with Tessa at Golspie, heading up a list which included a number of regular Scottish team members.
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First Milk returns to profit
16 August 2010
FIRST Milk has returned to profit after tabling a loss of almost £10 million last year, its latest figures have confirmed.
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Flock performance records are key
August 20, 2010
?THE Texel Development Day was hosted by Stephen Curtis of Beeford Texels and organised in conjunction with Eblex and the Texel Sheep Society.
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Foreign-owned agricultural land in US at 22.2m acres
August 20, 2010
USDA’s Farm Service Agency reports that in 2009, 22.2million acres of US agricultural land was owned in part by foreign persons.
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Glastir guidance published for tenants
18 August 2010
TENANT farmers in Wales considering entering the Welsh Assembly Government’s new Glastir all-embracing land management support scheme are being advised to read newly published guidance covering land occupation issues.
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Government urged to clamp down on illegal food imports
19 August 2010
A warning went out to the UK Government today (Thursday, August 19) to increase surveillance on illegal food shipments or face a real risk of importing disease outbreaks.
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Grazing can be better than last cut silage
August 20, 2010
THERE will be a strong temptation over the coming weeks to take a last cut of silage, but while this may be appropriate on some farms, for others it may be better to focus on grazing, says Chris Duller of DairyCo.
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Haddo Texel reduction sale to 5,500gns
August 20, 2010
EWES sold to 5,500gns when a reduction sale of females from W.J. Knox’s Haddo Texel flock, Turriff, was held at Carlisle.
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Half of North Wales restuarants 'mis-selling' lamb
17 August 2010
SURVEY findings showing that Welsh lamb is routinely being mis-sold on the menus of North Wales eateries is being seen by the Farmers Union of Wales as a significant step backwards in the promotion of quality Welsh produce.
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Halifax Show, West Yorkshire
August 20, 2010
Cattle
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Heifers sell for more than £2,000
August 20, 2010
THE August dairy cattle sale at Ross-on-Wye saw five calved heifers sell in excess of £2,000.
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High of £2,400 at Hexham
August 20, 2010
An entry of 120 head went under the hammer at Hexham mart last week when Andrew and Vicky Gibson, Bishop Auckland, dispersed their suckler beef herd.
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Honiton Show, Devon, results
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 Honiton Show.
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Huntly consignor is victorious at Inverurie
August 20, 2010
A HUNTLY consignor took home the top honours in the August show and sale of store cattle at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, last Friday.
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Hybrids cannot be overlooked
August 20, 2010
WINTER feed barley growers looking for higher yields should not be put off trying hybrids because of agronomic concerns.
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Joe follows brother’s success to take victory at Longtown
18 August 2010
The showmanship talents of youngsters from in and around Cumberland and Dumfriesshire came under the spotlight at the FG-sponsored Young Handlers Prime Lamb Show and Sale at Longtown Mart last week. We were there to capture the highlights.
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Keith Show, Banffshire, results
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 Keith Show, Banffshire
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Kintyre Show, Argyll, results
August 20, 2010
All the results from the 2010 Kintyre Show
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Label extension gives more control in OSR
August 20, 2010
AN extension to the label for Cruiser OSR seed treatment to include early season aphid control will provide oilseed rape growers with an additional tool for control of turnip yellow virus in the coming season.
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Lady Apsley's no-nonsense fight for the countryside
August 20, 2010
She takes pot-shots at grey squirrels, has sparred with Alistair Campbell over foot-and-mouth disease and campaigns to boycott bullying supermarkets. William Surman met the venerable Lady Apsley for tea and birthday cake to find out more.
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Lampeter Show, Cardiganshire – results round-up
August 20, 2010
CATTLE
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Longhorns peak at 2,700gns
August 20, 2010
THE Longhorn Cattle Society’s national show and sale at Stoneleigh attracted spirited bidding from country-wide buyers as prices peaked at 2,700gns.
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Looking at ways to get even
August 20, 2010
This year more than ever variability has hampered efforts to get consistent wheat yield and quality. But Northants grower Stephen Evans finds drilling variable seed rates is helping him get an even crop.
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Lunesdale Show, Lancashire, results
August 20, 2010
ALL the rsults from the 2010 Lunesdale Show
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Maize Watch August with KWS UK
August 20, 2010
Continuing our monthly series, we catch up with progress on-farm with our maize growers in Shropshire and Berkshire.
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Major new disease threat to potatoes
19 August 2010
POTATO growers have been warned against importing seed from the Netherlands where a deadly new disease is decimating crops.
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Massey Ferguson unveils combine of the future
19 August 2010
Massey Ferguson has shown a glimpse of where it sees the combine in 20 years’ time.
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Massey ups stakes in combine big league
August 20, 2010
Having been, by its own admission, out in the wilderness with combines for some years, Massey Ferguson’s 9280 Delta hybrid is being championed as the start of a revolution, as James Lane reports.
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Metaldehyde: Autumn focus has to include cutting rates
August 20, 2010
Farmers have the opportunity to make some “quick wins” this autumn in the battle to ensure slug control active metaldehyde continues to play a crucial role in their pest control armoury in future years.
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National Horned Hereford Show, Tenbury – results round-up
August 20, 2010
RESULTS
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NBA board removes chairman
19 August 2010
CHRISTOPHER Thomas-Everard has been voted out as chairman of the National Beef Association (NBA).
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New buyers keep prices high at Beeston’s mid month dairy sale
August 20, 2010
LAST week’s mid-month sale of pedigree and commercial dairy cattle at Beeston saw an entry in excess of 150 but smaller than has been seen over the last 18 months.
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New deadweight collection centre offers options
August 20, 2010
A new collection centre has been set up in Morpeth, Northumberland to cater, in particular, for beef and lamb finishers with smaller numbers of animals selling deadweight to Dawn Meats.
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New utility McCormick
August 20, 2010
FOR those requiring a tractor at the smaller end of the scale, McCormick has launched a new model in its utility range.
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New Zealand sees upturn in sheep numbers
August 20, 2010
Beef and Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service says after three consecutive years of dramatic decline, there has been a 2.5 per cent increase in total sheep numbers.
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Nigel and Floss set to lead Welsh team
August 20, 2010
The Welsh National trials.
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No change to NFUS election rules
18 August 2010
NFU Scotland will not be proposing any changes to the rules concerning how long its president or vice-presidents can serve in office.
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North Pembrokeshire Show, Fishguard
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 North Pembrokeshire show
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Okehampton Show, Devon – results round-up
August 20, 2010
ALL the reuslts from the 2010 Okehampton show
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Oman retains top rank in bull proofs
18 August 2010
THE first Shottle and Goldwyn sons have made their debut on the latest bull proof run - but nothing has yet shaken Oman’s hold on the rankings.
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Overcoming the challenges to live the dairying dream
August 20, 2010
Welsh dairy farmer, Julian Nicholas, tells Farmers Guardian why he is finally living his dream after getting his foot on the first rung of the farming ladder.
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Peebles Show – results round-up
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 Peebles Show
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Pembroke Farmers Show – results round-up
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 Pembroke show
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Ram lambs lift Chelford Texel sale
August 20, 2010
The auctioneers reported trade was steady and unspectacular for shearling gimmers but picked up once the ram lambs entered the ring.
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Rural Coalition warns of countryside ghost towns
16 August 2010
RURAL villages will turn into ghost towns unless the Government takes radical action to empower local people, a newly formed group of rural experts has warned.
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Rural thieves target hay as price soars
17 August 2010
RURAL thieves are targeting hay and straw, as soaring prices make it an attractive commodity to sell on, NFU Mutual is warning.
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Scottish farms 'efficient, but could improve' says new report
17 August 2010
SCOTTISH farming performs well when compared with the rest of the UK and the EU, but there is still scope for some improvement, especially in the cereal sector, research carried out by SAC has revealed.
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Seminars on sustainability at SBCSR
August 20, 2010
NEW research stores at Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research (SBCSR) will be officially opened on September 2 by the Government’s spokesman for Energy and Climate Change, Lord Taylor of Holbeach and Potato Council chairman, Allan Stevenson.
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Sheepdog trials diary - August 20
August 20, 2010
Sheepdog trials for the week commencing August 20, 2010.
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Slaughterhouse accused of 'unbearable cruelty' closes
19 August 2010
AN Essex slaughterhouse has been forced to close after secret filming inside it by animal welfare campaigners led to allegations of serious cruelty towards pigs.
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St Boswells’ Jacob trade averages £203
August 20, 2010
Fife Jacob breeder Barbara Webster made the top price of 650gns in the Jacob Sheep Society’s Northern Area show and sale in Newtown St Boswells.
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Stability of leading bulls ‘reassuring’ on quality
August 20, 2010
COMMENTING on the leading bulls, Marco Winters, head of genetics for DairyCo, says: “The stability throughout the bull rankings should give reassurance to British breeders, who rarely witness the swings in figures occasionally seen in the past.
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Stewartry Show, Dumfries and Galloway
August 20, 2010
Champion of champions, Supreme, Douganhill Farms (Texel); reserve, J. and A. Finlay, Blackcraig Noreen (Galloway).Beef
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Study of seed tuber fungicide applications
August 20, 2010
TRIALS being conducted by SAC will provide information on best practice for the application of fungicide seed tuber treatments.
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Suffolk sells for 2,000gns at Carlisle
August 20, 2010
A NUMBER of sheep breed societies held shows and sales at Carlisle last Friday. Here is a round-up of some of the best prices.
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Take time to tackle the weed beet threat
August 20, 2010
SUGAR beet growers are being urged to make tackling weed beet a priority in order to prevent the development of serious infestations.
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TB case study: Derrick Davies, Home Farm, Berkshire
1 July 2010
DERRICK Davies manages a dairy herd of 270 Holstein Friesians on his farm in Berkshire.
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TB case study: Hugo Bourne, Malpas Cheshire
1 July 2010
THE accuracy, and therefore usefulness, of skin tests in diagnosing and tackling the spread of TB is something that desperately needs to be addressed according to Hugo Bourne – a young dairy farmer from Cheshire.
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TB case study: Melissa and Jon Ravenhill
1 July 2010
ON Woefuldane farm in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, Melissa Ravenhill and her husband Jon are nervous as they wait for news that could signal the end of a 12-month standstill on their farm.
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Tenbury Show – results round-up
August 20, 2010
ALL the results from the 2010 Tenbury Show
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TFA attacks plans to cut local vets out of TB testing
16 August 2010
FARMING Minister Jim Paice has been urged to re-think plans to use more state vets to test cattle for bovine TB.
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Tibbs tops market again
August 20, 2010
THE weekly dairy cattle sale at Sedgemoor auction centre attracted an entry of 83 head as Richard Tibbs topped the market with a pedigree heifer at £2,040 for the third week in a row.
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Trawden Show, Lancashire
August 20, 2010
Sheep
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Trial investigates growth in pit and bacterial rots
August 20, 2010
THE reasons behind the increased occurrence in the last three years of pit rot and bacterial rot in seed tubers is the subject of a joint SAC/Potato Council trial, which was demonstrated at PiP.
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Tudor ends his 16-year wait for a sheep trophy
August 20, 2010
AFTER 16 years of showing, Tudor Williams finally won an inter-breed trophy when the hill and mountain sheep breeds took to the ring on the second day of judging at Anglesey Show.
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Turbo Texels to 2,600gns
August 20, 2010
BIDDING rose to 2,600gns for the production sale from Jan Rodenburg’s Turbo Dutch Texel flock from Llandysul, Ceredigion, at Carlisle.
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Two new EBVs for Texels
August 20, 2010
TWO new EBVs for Texels - lambing ease and birth weight - were promoted at a breed development day at Driffield, East Yorkshire, last week.
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US state of Iowa 'favourable' to large-scale farms
August 20, 2010
In Iowa, USA, big farms are not considered a nuisance.
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Van Gogh leads Holsteins
18 August 2010
IN contrast to the £PLI rankings, the latest proof run has seen major changes in the Holstein type rankings from Holstein UK.
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Varied plus points for pulses: a Canadian working perspective
August 20, 2010
Some years ago, Canadian John Bennett packed in a career as a teacher to become an arable farmer – a pulse grower with a passion, writes PAUL GANDER.
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Warning over illegal Bank Holiday raves
17 August 2010
WITH another Bank Holiday just around the corner farmers across the country are being advised to make their land unattractive to “ravers”.
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Wigtown Show, Dumfries and Galloway
August 20, 2010
All the results from the 2010 Wigtown Show
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William and Andrew Cowx: Weather’s inevitable hold over destiny
18 August 2010
As the weather’s inevitable hold over our destinies remains, as ever, in full focus. WILLIAM and ANDREW COWX tell us what’s happening in Cumbria this week.
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Winter barleys yield no surprises
August 20, 2010
WITH all the HGCA Recommended List winter barley trial results now in, the final picture is one of a yield slightly above the long-term mean and there are no big surprises, in terms of either variety or site results.