Farmers Guardian
August 31st 2007

  • £3.3m is spent on improving farm water efficiency

    30 August 2007

    FARMERS have spent more than £3.3million on improving their water efficiency, a new report by the NFU has revealed.

  • A burden for arable farmers too

    August 31st 2007

    THE new Nitrate Vulnerable Zone proposals would be a burden on all arable farmers as well as livestock producers in England, says Association of Independent Crop Consultants chairman Andrew Watson.

  • A guide to wind-turbines

    August 31st 2007

    MODERN wind turbine installations use the national power grid for electricity storage.

  • A ideal Wedding venue

    August 31st 2007

    Through careful planning and the expert conversions of old buildings, John and Rosemary Barnes have created a beautiful and popular setting for civil wedding ceremonies and receptions on their Staffordshire farm. SARAH JONES visits Packington Moor Farm.

  • A new service from Danisco Animal Nutrition

    August 31st 2007

    A NEW service from Danisco Animal Nutrition, called Porcheck, has been developed to encourage pig producers to include feed enzymes in diets.

  • Academies that help young people go from strength to strength

    August 31st 2007

    Since the launch of the Fresh Start initiative, the concept has continued to go from strength to strength and has led to the launch of Fresh Start Academies.

  • ACOS to be independently reviewed

    29 August 2007

    THE Advisory Committee on Organic Standards (ACOS) is to be independently reviewed, Defra minister Jeff Rooker has announced.

  • Agricultural shows and events update

    August 31st 2007

    THE latest movement restrictions mean show societies and event organisers again have to make difficult decisions regarding the staging of events.

  • Arable Focus

    30 August 2007

    IS a wheat/oilseed rape rotation still the best option for combinable crop growers? Which varieties are finding favour at the moment? What are the key weed control messages for the new season?

  • Asda continuing its Hill Lamb line

    August 31st 2007

    ASDA is to continue with its retail Hill Lamb Packs which it says were introduced a couple of weeks ago to help hill sheep farmers adversely affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak – notably the loss of exports to traditional hill lamb markets like Spain and Italy.

  • Asda imports slammed

    28 August 2007

    ASDA has been accused by the National Beef Association of taking market advantage of its high level of Republic of Ireland beef imports.

  • Asda imports slammed

    28 August 2007

    ASDA has been accused by the National Beef Association of taking market advantage of its high level of Republic of Ireland beef imports.

  • Assessing climate change

    30 August 2007

    A TWO-year, Defra-funded project is being undertaken at the SAC to assess the extent of the impact of climate change on UK livestock and how much, if anything, should be spent by the Government to adapting the sector to potential adverse impacts.

  • Avian flu case

    August 31st 2007

    GERMANY has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu. It was found in a commercial duck flock in Bavaria. In the line with EU regulations a 3km restriction zone and a 10 km surveillance zone have been imposed around the farm. This follows confirmation that the disease was found last week in wild birds in France, in the Moselle region close to the German border. 

  • Big farms – big changes – for Hungary’s super enterprises

    August 31st 2007

    Hungary contains some of the largest farming enterprises in Eastern Europe. Take Agroprodukt, one of an estimated 100 Hungarian farms that operate on 10,000-hectares plus. Steven Vale takes a closer look.

  • Bigger is best for one Home Counties farm

    August 31st 2007

    The search for a better seedbed preparation system has led one Hertfordshire grower to add an 8m Kockerling Quadro tined cultivator to his min-till system. Geoff Ashcroft reports on progress.

  • Booth – Pettiford

    August 31st 2007

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  • Brazilian beef imports investigated

    28 August 2007

    THE European Ombudsman has decided to launch a formal investigation following a complaint made by the Farmers Union of Wales and 11 fellow members of Fairness for Farmers in Europe about beef imports from Brazil.

  • British Blue officials

    31 August 2007

    ULSTER-based breeder Alan Cleland from Downpatrick, Co. Down, has been appointed as president of the British Blue Cattle Society for the next two years.

  • Burger King to expand its Angus range

    August 31st 2007

    ABERDEEN-Angus producers should be benefiting from Burger King’s expansion of the premium Angus Burger promotion in 670 restaurants in the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia.

  • Carrie Humble to take on new role at the TRC

    28 August 2007

    CARRIE HUMBLE, MBE, the founder of the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre, has decided to step back from the day-to-day management of the centre after 16 years at its helm.

  • Check out sow feeders

    30 August 2007

    A WORD of warning from ACMC is, when feeding sows, to check periodically that feeders are delivering the weights of feed expected, particularly after any change of supplier.

  • Choose the consistent performers

    August 31st 2007

    CHOOSING varieties that have performed consistently well over several seasons is crucial this autumn, says agronomist Andrew Wells, TAG (The Arable Group).

  • Consolidation in dairy industry is the way forward

    August 31st 2007

    THE current higher milk prices are here for another three or four years at least but producers – and businesses further along the supply chain – need to invest and take action for the future.

  • Controlled traffic provides significant production boost

    August 31st 2007

    Interest in permanent tramlines might be on the increase but the system developed by three Dutch organic growers is different to say the least as they operate a fleet of tractors on a 3.15m track width. Steven Vale has the full story.

  • Crisis point fast approaching for the German pig industry

    August 31st 2007

    FOR 10 consecutive months German pig producers have been operating at an average loss of €7 per weaner sold.

  • Cross compliance: Don’t fall foul of buffer strip rules

    31 August 2007

    ProCam agronomist Nick Myers provides some timely reminders on buffer strip requirements under cross compliance.

  • Defra believes that live animal exports to Europe could resume in two weeks time

    24 August 2007

    ASSUMING no further outbreaks the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) will give the UK foot-and-mouth free status in early November, three months after the first case of the disease was confirmed.

  • Defra receives FMD reports

    31 August 2007

    DEFRA has received the report from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Surrey.

  • English Sheepdog trials results

    August 31st 2007

    RETFORD, Osberton Estate, Worksop, Saturday Open (26 ran): 1, D. Bristow (Murton) Bob, 89 of 100; 2, P. Exelby (Nun Appleton) Deveron Peg, 88; 3, A. Hall (Wolvey) Queen, 87; 4, H. Loates (South Leverton) Jaff, 86; 5, J. Porter (Broughton Astley) Jan, 82; 6, R. Fitch (Guilsborough) Joe, 75.

  • Ewe longevity can improve performance

    28 August 2007

    LONGER-LIVING ewes can make a major contribution to the improved performance of English half-bred flocks, according to the final report of the 10-year Longwool Improvement Project.

  • Exhibition offer - free attendance and hotel

    14 September 2007

    The XVI International Plant Protection Congress takes place at the SECC, Glasgow UK, from October 15 to 18 2007.

  • Expect dearer grass seed

    August 31st 2007

    A COMBINATION of factors will inevitably force the price of grass seed to rise, says supplier DLF Trifolium.

  • Farm to freezer in a few miles

    August 31st 2007

    Cathy and Andrew Tall have been selling their farm meat direct to the public since August 2006.

  • Farmer-developed business aiming to slash input costs

    August 31st 2007

    A NEW web-based farmers supply business has been launched promising quality products direct from original manufacturers at the lowest possible prices.

  • Farmers should manage flood risk themselves

    3 September 2007

    FLOODS recovery minister John Healey has announced a further £1.2 million to 39 local authorities who were worst affected by the July floods.

  • Finishing ‘forward stores’ on maize silage – willow an added enterprise

    August 31st 2007

    FARMING on the lowest point of the Somerset Levels keeps Richard Roberts thinking how to get the best from his business.

  • First in Bicton design and build competition

    August 31st 2007

    ENGINEERING student Darryl Cummings has received £500 of engineer’s tools after winning first place in a design and build competition. Darryl, of Cornwood, Ivybridge, designed an implement carrier for his seed drill combination and was awarded the prize for the best design and build project by a student on the National Diploma in Land Based Technology at Bicton College, Devon.

  • FMD and rugby prompted change

    August 31st 2007

    The losses of the last foot-and-mouth outbreak and a rugby injury were just some of the factors leading to the decision for brothers Chris and Mark Yapp to diversify and sell Castlemoor Meat directly to the public

  • Forestry Commission Wales manager receives award for help with bridleway

    30 August 2007

    A FORESTRY Commission Wales manager who helped smooth the passage of a bridle route for horse riders running right across the middle of Wales is “a real good guy”, according to the British Horse Society.

  • Fox-Pitt wins at Burghley

    3 September 2007

    HE went to Burghley as a favourite on Ballincoola but it was on William Fox-Pitt’s other ride, Parkmore Ed, that he was victorious, taking his fourth Burghley title in the horse’s first ever four-star competition.

  • Further relaxation of rules regarding animal movements

    24 August 2007

    DEFRA lifted more movement restrictions this week as the livestock industry continued its path back to normality after the foot-and-mouth outbreak had gridlocked all animal movement.

  • FVPs to be abolished from 2008

    29 August 2007

    THE fruit, vegetable and potato (FVP) authorisation system is to be abolished in England from 2008.

  • FVPs to be abolished from 2008

    29 August 2007

    THE fruit, vegetable and potato (FVP) authorisation system is to be abolished in England from 2008.

  • Good rotations can be cost-effective

    August 31st 2007

    Less black-grass discovered where traditional rotations have been used

  • Halting fritillary decline

    August 31st 2007

    A PIONEERING project in West Wales is working to ensure the survival of an important population of marsh fritillary butterflies in Carmarthenshire.

  • Higher meat and milk prices needed as livestock industry reaches breaking point

    28 August 2007

    THE UK livestock industry is on the verge of collapse unless consumer prices for meat and milk rise, says business advisory firm Deloitte.

  • Horse of the Year Show giveaway

    1 October 2007

    FARMERS Guardian has two stylish Toggi jackets worth over £400 in total to giveaway.

  • How to sell to the public

    31 August 2007

    THINKING of selling direct to the public but not sure how to do so? Watch video footage of rural business adviser Julie White giving expert advice.

  • ILPH Penny Farm open day September 8

    29 August 2007

    ILPH Penny Farm will be holding its annual open day on Saturday September 8.

  • Independent review to look at all aspects

    August 31st 2007

    FOUR separate investigations are progressing as the Government and its foot-and-mouth experts attempt to figure out exactly how Britain experienced its first outbreak in six years this summer.

  • Is it the end of the nomadic road for Meirionnydd Show?

    August 31st 2007

    THIS year’s Meirionnydd County Show will long be remembered on two counts – a lack of farm livestock and the end of an era.

  • Keeping Chickens

    August 31st 2007

    IN the first of a two-part smallholder feature looking at how to get started with chickens CLEMMIE GLEESON discusses housing, equipment and where to buy birds.

  • Krone Comprima F155 XC

    August 31st 2007

    A FEATURE of Krone’s latest fixed chamber round baler is that it is capable of producing semi-variable diameter bales from 1.25 to 1.50m. Called the Comprima F 155 XC, and billed as an industry first, the patented technique allows operators to produce silage bales of 1.25 and 1.30m diameter, and then larger 1.50m diameter bales in straw.

  • Land prices on the increase

    August 31st 2007

    Labour costs are not the only ones on the increase as land prices continue on an upwards trend. Prices in the Veszprem area, which does not rate as the highest quality arable land, currently fetch around £1,000/hectare.

  • Landmark red diesel ruling

    August 31st 2007

    A YORKSHIRE farmer who was helping a neighbour with silage making has won a claimed ‘landmark’ victory against HM Customs and Excise over the right to use red diesel for the work.

  • Leading British riders invited to compete at HOYS

    29 August 2007

    BRITAIN’S top ten show jumpers who automatically qualify to compete at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) 2007 - drawn from the British Show Jumping Association rankings as at July 31 - are:

  • Lessons Learned part II

    August 31st 2007

    PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has asked Iain Anderson to repeat his foot-and-mouth Lessons Learned inquiry.

  • Little farmer interest in interest

    August 31st 2007

    LATEST Bank of England estimates suggest that millions of pounds are sitting in farm business current accounts earning little, if any, interest.  

  • Livestock farmers get more pain from cereal growers’ gain

    August 31st 2007

    THE good news on prices for cereal growers continues to translate into ever higher feed costs for the livestock sector.

  • Livestock industry on the road to recovery

    28 August 2007

    THE livestock industry has welcomed the removal of animal movement and export restrictions that have throttled trade since the foot-and-mouth virus was first confirmed in Surrey on August 3.

  • Livestock markets and shows to resume in Wales from Monday

    29 August 2007

    LIVESTOCK markets, animal gatherings and shows will re-commence in Wales from Monday (September 3), Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has announced.

  • Look local, says Powys report

    August 31st 2007

    FOOD producers and farmers in Powys are being urged to look into the market demand from local pubs, hotels and restaurants for future opportunities.A new research report has highlighted a growing desire for local produce to be put on menus within the county.

  • Low horse power to go min-till

    August 31st 2007

    Using a tine cultivator with a pass width of 3m and only taking 110hp to pull, John Webster believes he has been able to trim his establishments cost without having to heavily restructure his machinery fleet.

  • Macclesfield young handlers trial

    30 August 2007

    THE winner of the young handlers trial held at Rainow, Macclesfield was 13-year-old Philip Mellin with Tanhill Bracken.

  • Macclesfield young handlers trial

    30 August 2007

    THE winner of the young handlers trial held at Rainow, Macclesfield was 13-year-old Philip Mellin with Tanhill Bracken.

  • Mail order and the internet is the way forward

    August 31st 2007

    Farming in a lightly populated area of the Scottish Borders, the only way forward to market produce direct to the public is to take it to customers in more highly populated areas.

  • Maize monitor is back – countdown to harvest 2007

    August 31st 2007

    OVER the coming weeks, Farmers Guardian’s Maize Monitor will report on the progress of forage maize crops across the country as harvest approaches.

  • Major national equestrian headquarters planned at Stoneleigh Park

    5 September 2007

    A PROJECT to create an equestrian headquarters at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, could result in most of the major UK equestrian organisations working together under one roof the first time in ten years.

  • Making sure wind power is a viable proposition for farmers

    August 31st 2007

    How much wind is enough?

  • Making the most of pre-emergence herbicides

    August 31st 2007

    Pre-emergence herbicides are set to become the cornerstone of grass weed control programmes this autumn as growers are urged to ease off the use of post-emergence Atlantis and prepare for the loss of IPU and trifluralin in 2008.

  • Markets and Shows to resume in England and Wales on Monday

    30 August 2007

    DEFRA has confirmed that livestock markets and shows will resume in England from the start of next week.

  • Matthews 'British' branding

    30 August 2007

    TURKEY giant Bernard Matthews is taking steps to ensure that all poultry products sold under its brand name are produced in Britain.

  • Milk producers must stand firm

    August 31st 2007

    A WELSH dairy farmers’ leader is urging milk producers not to sign up to brokers seeking to market their milk.Farmers Union of Wales vice-president, Eifion Huws suggests that breaking away is not the best long-term option.“Now is the time for us to stand firm,” he said. “With prices starting to go up it is not the time for us to split into smaller groups.

  • More fulfilling dealing direct with customers

    August 31st 2007

    Lincolnshire farmer Andrew Dennis is passionate about food, farming and the environment and believes it is vital that the general public are encouraged to reconnect with the land.

  • Navigator enters the fray

    August 31st 2007

    HARDI introduced the world to its new simple trailed sprayer range on the date of the company's 50th anniversary.

  • Near to breaking point

    August 31st 2007

    RETAILERS and consumers have been warned that the livestock industry is at breaking point due to the failure of food prices to rise in line with rocketing animal feed costs.

  • New Products

    August 31st 2007

    A new weapon in the parasite battle?

  • NFU looks at lamb down under

    29 August 2007

    NFU leaders are in New Zealand to get a better understanding of issues surrounding the global lamb market.

  • NFU select leading QC for compensation fight

    24 August 2007

    BRITISH farmers will look to Richard Lissack QC to lead their fight for a multi-million pound compensation package as the foot-and-mouth crisis continues to damage livestock markets.

  • No implications

    August 31st 2007

    THE proposed closure of a Bradford bakery that produces the famous Hovis brand bread, has no implications for Yorkshire cereal growers, says the RHM Group.A spokesman said the closure of British Bakeries’ Bradford site would not impact Rank Hovis’s Selby flour mill.

  • North-west show a resounding success for the Irish Draught

    5 September 2007

    BETH BROWN looks at the background of the Irish Draught horse and reports on the popularity a new show in the North West of England.

  • NVZ revision - What the proposals mean for farmers

    August 31st 2007

    Defra’s proposals for the revision of the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) and the Action Programme measures that apply have been released. The agricultural industry has until November 13 to respond and Defra is working towards introducing the revised regulations from spring 2008. But what do the proposals mean for farmers?

  • NZ flock down, but exports up

    August 31st 2007

    EXPORTS of New Zealand lamb to the UK were 11 per cent higher year-on-year, in the first half of 2007, accounting for one-quarter of all lamb exported from New Zealand over the period.

  • Oilseed rape varieties

    August 31st 2007

    OILSEED rape varieties with good stem canker resistance seemed to hold up well in this year’s HGCA Recommended List trials, according to RL technical manager, Bill Handley.

  • Organic milk 'fastest growing dairy sector'

    29 August 2007

    BRITAIN'S organic milk business was worth £145m in the year to mid-July, and has become the fastest growing sector of the dairy market, says Yeo Valley Organic.

  • Organic milk 'fastest growing dairy sector'

    29 August 2007

    BRITAIN'S organic milk business was worth £145m in the year to mid-July, and has become the fastest growing sector of the dairy market, says Yeo Valley Organic.

  • OSR slightly down on 2006

    30 August 2007

    THE oilseed rape area is probably not going to be larger than last year’s 560,000 hectares.

  • Outside automatic milking robot

    August 31st 2007

    THE world’s first outside automatic milking robot has been launched in Denmark .

  • Payment delays causing hardship for farmers

    August 31st 2007

    FARMER fury over delays in agri-environment payments was among issues put to the Welsh Assembly’s Rural Affairs Minister by Farmers Union of Wales county chairman, Richard Vaughan.

  • Personal touch to milk delivery

    August 31st 2007

    Come rain, hail or shine, the Fielding family have been loading up their milk float every morning for the past 42 years.

  • Plum and Raspberry jam

    August 31st 2007

    “A delicious and ‘easy-to-make-and-set’ jam which I devised to use up a large quantity of plums but only a small amount of raspberries,” says sender Margaret Dorgan of Dingle Farm, Trewern, Welshpool.

  • Post Office consultation ‘an opportunity’

    August 31st 2007

    THE Countryside Alliance has said that news the ongoing Post Office consultation could go on for at least another year “represents a huge opportunity to improve their viability.”

  • Poultry expert from India

    30 August 2007

    A POULTRY expert from India – Sharma Praveen Kumar – has been appointed manager of the Tom Barron hatchery at Preston, Lancashire.

  • President of the RABDF

    31 August 2007

    THE newly-elected president of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers is Lady Hazel Byford, shadow spokesman for food, farming and rural affairs in the House of Lords.

  • Proposals to move auction marts to new site

    August 31st 2007

    THE Duchy of Lancaster has confirmed it is in discussions with the L. and K. Group, which own the Lancaster and Kendal auction marts sites, regarding possible relocation to a facility on the new Duke of Lancaster Park site at Myerscough.

  • Reaseheath students’ fundraiser for children

    August 31st 2007

    Reaseheath College students have raised more than £9,000 for a children’s charity during a week-long fundraising campaign.

  • Record numbers in the trials

    August 31st 2007

    Although held in midweek there were 98 runs at the St.Dogmaels trials at Weirglodd, on the Pembrokeshire/ Cardiganshire border.

  • Recovery beginning for the livestock industry

    August 31st 2007

  • Rotational choice needs careful planning

    August 31st 2007

    With wheat prices where they are growers could be forgiven for maximising their margins this autumn by planting more second wheats at the expense of other crops.

  • Sales increase

    August 31st 2007

    TRACTOR registrations for 2007 are still up on last year.For the month of July 1,815 tractors over 50hp drove out of dealers yards which is 14.9 per cent up on last year bringing the running total to 9,858 unitsup 12.7 per cent on the same period last year.

  • SCENE – by the vet

    August 31st 2007

    Routine fertility visits pay: For production and profit

  • Scottish National Results

    30 August 2007

    (Judges: A Wilkie, Kirriemuir, S Watson, Moffat) 150 dogs ran - 1, A. Carnegie, Lark, Comrie, 189 /220; 2, E. Mackinnon, Nan, 181 outbye; 3, R. MacDiarmid, Bill, 181; 4, M. Shearer, Cap, Westfield, 175; 5, M. Shearer, Bob, Westfield, 171; 6, N. Campbell, Moss, Kinross, 167; 7, N. McVicar, Spot, Benmore, 166; 8, I. Wilkie, Tillymauld Moss, Inverurie, 162; 9, W. Cormack, Roy, Wester Dunnett 161 outbye; 10, D. Campbell, Fly, Lochgoilhead, 161; 11, J. Robinson, Cap, Coldingham, 160; 12, ...

  • Scottish National Trials

    30 August 2007

    Carnegie and Lark keep early lead to become champions

  • Scottish National Trials 2007 picture gallery

    30 August 2007

  • Seed sales ahead of the equivalent time last year

    28 August 2007

    CEREAL seed sales are up this autumn, with shortages being predicted in some varieties.

  • Seed sales increase on back of higher grain price

    30 August 2007

    CEREAL seed sales are ahead of normal this autumn with a seed shortage expected in some varieties, according to Dalgety national seed business manager, Barry Barker.

  • Seed treatment crucial this autumn

    August 31st 2007

    SEED treatments must play a major role in the agronomy of the increased acreage of early sown wheat planted this autumn, according to Bill Angus of Nickerson.

  • Sheep’s feet management programme

    August 31st 2007

    THE Denis Brinicombe Group has developed a sheep’s feet management programme combining Sheep’s Feet Footbath (a new addition to the Aquatrace range) and Sheep’s’ Feet Tubby (an ‘upgraded and improved’ version of the original product).

  • Sheepdog Trials Diary

    30 August 2007

    ENGLAND

  • Single point decides Retford

    August 31st 2007

    WITH just a single point advantage, Ron Hodgkinson and Jess won the Retford double gather championship at Osberton, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

  • South Yorkshire course has 100pc pass rate

    August 31st 2007

    A pioneering training course in South Yorkshire has gained a 100 per cent pass rate. The Transport of Live Animals Certificate of Competence is the first of its kind to be run in England, focussing on short journeys over 65km (40 miles) and up to eight hours.

  • Stubble management

    August 31st 2007

    Making most effective control of weeds and volunteers between harvest and drilling

  • Sugar beet feed product

    August 31st 2007

    A REVISED range of sugar beet feed products has been launched by Trident, with existing products ‘evolved to more closely match the needs of livestock farmers’.

  • Supermarket price war takes precedence over farmers’ woe

    August 31st 2007

    FARMERS will have a huge battle on their hands with supermarkets if they expect to see retail prices cover the cost of rocketing feed costs.

  • Supply: Demand at work in NZ

    August 31st 2007

    A SHORTAGE of prime cattle in New Zealand has forced local trade prices up to $3.70/kg (£1.32) dw in the North Island and $3.50/kg (£1.25) in the South Island.

  • Sustainable supply chain

    August 31st 2007

    SUSTAINABLE supply chains are the key to tackling the economic threats to the British pig industry says British Pig Executive chairman Stewart Houston.

  • Tax moves not as bad as feared

    August 31st 2007

    FARMERS could benefit from proposed tax alterations after a recent change in government thinking.

  • The costs of increased storage

    August 31st 2007

    THE costs of increased storage could have a huge impact on livestock farmers and it is unclear whether funding will be available for this. Michael Payne, an environmental consultant working for the NFU, said the likelihood of farmers receiving funding to increase slurry capacity was ‘very negative’, although some financial support may be available for innovative approaches to manure handling.

  • The local show goes on! – and all is not lost

    August 31st 2007

    THIS has not been a good month. I had hoped to be welcomed home from America by something a bit less dramatic than floods and pestilence, but as the waters rose and the news unfolded I had to conclude that Britain wasn’t very pleased to see me.

  • Think carefully before taking action on set aside – FWAG

    August 31st 2007

    TWO regulation changes have prompted Herefordshire FWAG to urge farmers to think carefully before taking action on set aside and habitat work.

  • Training for the HOYS spotlight begins

    August 31st 2007

    Six mounted games teams from across the country have now qualified for the Prince Philip Cup 2007, sponsored by Farmers Guardian. SARAH JONES has been following their progress this summer.

  • Tyrells to buy Rosemaund?

    August 31st 2007

    CRISP maker, Tyrrells, has emerged as the likely buyer of Defra’s Rosemaund experimental husbandry farm in Herefordshire.

  • Tyrrells likely buyer of Rosemaund farm

    28 August 2007

    CRISP maker, Tyrrells, has emerged as the likely buyer of Defra's Rosemaund experimental husbandry farm in Herefordshire.

  • VMD 'has no objection' to Merial re-starting FMD vaccines

    29 August 2007

    THE Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has confirmed it has no objection to Merial re-starting manufacture of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines from stored, inactivated antigens at the Pirbright Centre.

  • Warning on impact of biofuels

    August 31st 2007

    INCREASING biofuel production will not mitigate climate change, but instead will lead to deforestation and loss of habitat for endangered animals, scientists have warned.

  • Welsh Sheepdog trials results

    30 August 2007

    St .DOGMAELS. Open National: 1, L.N. Watkins (Llangadog) Lad, 10; 2, M. Jones (Maesybont) Joe, 11; 3, G. Lewis (Gwynfe) Jack, 15; 4, C. Gordon (Gower) Jess, 16; 5, E.L. Morgan (Aberystwyth) Sally 17olf; 6, J. Drinkwater (Abermeurig) Grace, 17.

  • Wet weather cross compliance suspension extended

    29 August 2007

    THE suspension of the cross compliance standard concerning the use of mechanical equipment and vehicles on waterlogged soils has been extended until September 10.

  • Where biodiversity and profit go hand-in-hand

    29 August 2007

    JOANNA BAKER reports from a four-hectare agronomy and biodiversity trials site at an East Yorkshire farm where the aim is to achieve best practice agronomy alongside high quality biodiversity, working in co-operation with crop protection manufacturer BASF.

  • Wind power picking up in US

    August 31st 2007

    MORE American farmers are saying yes to energy companies that want to install new wind turbines on their land.

  • Winter barley and brown rust

    August 31st 2007

    THERE was a clear pattern to the winter barley results in the HGCA Recommended List trials this year, which revolved around just how susceptible varieties were to brown rust.

  • Winter wheat area may top 2 million hectares

    30 August 2007

    WINTER wheat plantings will increase this autumn if set-aside is removed in the next few weeks, according to Mr Barker.

  • Winter wheats’ reduced yields

    August 31st 2007

    Although winter barley and oilseed rape yields held up relatively well during the wet summer in the HGCA Recommended List variety trials across the country, the winter wheat plots have seen reduced yields. JOANNA BAKER takes a look at how varieties have performed in trials this year.

  • Wiseman on 25.7ppl - First Milk continues to run short

    30 August 2007

    IT has not taken Robert Wiseman Dairies long to leapfrog Arla's recently announced 25ppl milk price.

  • Wiseman on 25.7ppl - First Milk continues to run short

    30 August 2007

    IT has not taken Robert Wiseman Dairies long to leapfrog Arla's recently announced 25ppl milk price.

  • World mating evaluator

    31 August 2007

    THE fourth person to join the World Wide Sires UK team is Pip Senior.

  • YFC News round-up

    August 31st 2007

    Mixed menu for the Cornwall county rally

  • Young handler Megan all set for one of her favourite shows

    August 31st 2007

    MEGAN Prideaux is regarded by those who know her as an exceptional young handler. This claim was endorsed last year when the 15 year old became champion inter-breed showman at the All-Breeds All-Britain Calf show at Stoneleigh.

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