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 5th 2005
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‘Valuable management tool – if reliable’
August 5th 2005
Everyone involved had no doubt that EID could be a valuable management tool – providing it was reliable. But what all were more than happy to admit was that they had not ‘wasted’ any money on installing their on-farm system.
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A double for Josh on debut
August 5th 2005
A 14-year-old schoolboy took the two main sheep awards on his showing debut. Josh Wall, of Harton, near Church Streton, Shropshire, won the inter-breed individual championship with a December-born Hampshire Down ram lamb which also formed part of the team which won the overall group award.
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Ayrshire takes coveted North West award
August 5th 2005
Nantwich and South Cheshire Show
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Beef price dip due to demand, imports and slaughterings
August 5th 2005
Beef prices have plummeted in recent weeks largely due to a drop in consumer demand at the same time as large influxes of beef from South America and domestic cattle being finished earlier.
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Border Union Show
August 5th 2005
Winning streak continues as duo celebrate another win
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Brookfield Rhanne takes Belgian Blue and inter-breed
August 5th 2005
Royal Lancashire Show
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Cardigan County Show
August 5th 2005
Beef breeds dominate show as Sundial Lewis triumphs
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Downpours fail to dampen sheep competition
August 5th 2005
Accredited honours went to the home-bred four-crop Suffolk ewe from Alan Blair, Thornton, Lancashire. By Thornfleet Impression and out of a homebred dam she had claimed breed honours at Great Eccleston and Longridge shows.
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Electronic ID fails to deliver in Welsh evaluation project
August 5th 2005
Final results of the two-year, Wales-wide electronic identification evaluation project – the first of the four UK countries to report – paint a far from glowing picture.
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End to Over-Thirty-Month rule in sight as FSA plan next step
August 5th 2005
The Food Standards Agency board will meet on August 15 to formulate its advice to Ministers about the robustness of the BSE testing system that will replace the Over-Thirty-Months (OTM) rule.
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Government too slow on sheep dip alternatives
August 5th 2005
– says former Minister
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Industry fury over OFT supermarket ‘whitewash’
August 5th 2005
Farmers, small businesses, green campaigners and politicians accused the Government of a ‘whitewash’ after supermarkets cleared of any wrongdoing...
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Integrating the ELS agreement
August 5th 2005
The first agreements under Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) began this week with just over 5,000 farmers and landowners taking part.
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New Forest and Hampshire County Show
August 5th 2005
Rare and minority breeds proving increasingly popular
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New Forest and Hampshire County Show results
August 5th 2005
Show Results
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New look for baby Deutz
August 5th 2005
Top speed is 40kph but a 50kph version will be offered in the future and there is the option of front axle suspension.
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Old English Summer Syllabub with Strawberries
August 5th 2005
This week’s recipe comes from Kathleen Hodgson, of Silloth, Wigton. She says it is a lovely recipe for this time of year, especially when served alongside a bowl of fresh strawberries.
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Pig championship winner to retire from showring
August 5th 2005
The pig inter-breed championship was awarded to the Large White boar of Phillip Brown, Inskip, Lancashire.
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Potential of biomass fuel recognised
August 5th 2005
The Government’s biomass task force, headed up by former NFU president Sir Ben Gill, believes biomass could eventually account for 5 per cent of the UK’s electricity demand.
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Pre-flail burn off reduces tuber rots
August 5th 2005
Desiccation before flailing could improve tuber quality by reducing the risk of vascular browning and stem end rot in vigorously-growing potato crops, according to Syngenta.
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Pressure for milk increase
August 5th 2005
Massive disruption of milk transport vehicles was being planned by Farmers For Action for yesterday in the same week that NFU Scotland claimed 90 per cent of the retail milk price increases had ‘gone missing’.
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Scientists look at potential benefits from rapid diagnosis technology
August 5th 2005
Government scientists are studying the potential benefits of using rapid diagnosis technology to detect bovine TB in badgers and cattle.
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Second wheat yields crucial for crops to remain viable
August 5th 2005
Second wheat yields of eight tonnes per hectare or more are essential if the crop is to remain a viable proposition for most UK growers, according to UAP technical director Chris Bean.
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Seed firms merge to take on a new era of agriculture
August 5th 2005
Seed breeding companies Nickerson UK and Advanta UK have announced the formation of a single company which, with this season’s crop plantings in mind, will account for 43 per cent of the UK winter wheat market.
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September opening for Cirencester
August 5th 2005
A New livestock market in Cirencester should be open by the end of September.
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Supreme ticket for firm ‘passionate’ about Stilton
August 5th 2005
A company which says it is ‘passionate’ about Stilton cheese, achieved a rare distinction at the international cheese event staged as part of the show.
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Take-all tracking highlights disease development pattern
August 5th 2005
Take-all reached damaging levels at nine out of the 10 HGCA Recommended List second cereal trial sites this season, according to the first-ever monitoring of the disease in these trials.
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Top beef honours for Simmental
August 5th 2005
Simmental breeder Roger Birch carried off the inter-breed beef championship of the North West – and his son, exhibiting a Belgian Blue, came within a whisker of taking reserve honours.
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Turiff Show
August 5th 2005
Clean sweep in the dairy awards
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WJP’s enthusiasm for the showring
August 5th 2005
One name has dominated the dairy inter-breed championship awards at the United Counties Show for the best part of a quarter of a century – but this year he will be handing out the trophies.