News that land is expected to reach almost £50,000/hectare (£20,000/acre) by 2020 is a double-edged sword for the farming industry – and for our PR beyond it.
Farmers Guardian
February 18, 2011
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‘Unconventional’ cross sheep has excellent growth from low inputs
February 18, 2011
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Adas work shows the value of two PGR sprays
February 18, 2011
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African swine fever hits Tanzania
18 February 2011
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Aiming for self-sufficiency in vegetable industry
February 18, 2011
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Applicator for fixed chamber balers
February 18, 2011
Baler’s Choice preservative applicators can now be used on fixed chamber round balers, as the Profitable Farming Company has developed a fully-automatic model which calculates bale moisture, based on baler output.
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Approved for outdoor crops
February 18, 2011
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Arable farmers urged to demonstrate environmental work
14 February 2011
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Area of natural beauty to be extended
16 February 2011
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Arla price up 2ppl from March 1
15 February 2011
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Australian wool prices hit record levels
18 February 2011
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Badger cull would cost farmers - RSPCA
15 February 2011
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Black Magic leads show potentials at Brecon
February 18, 2011
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Brown Swiss top Beeston mid-month sale
February 18, 2011
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Burnett is new fungicide resistance group leader
February 18, 2011
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Canadian pig producer exit program fully subscribed
18 February 2011
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Centre provides network for food and farming
15 February 2011
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Cheshire: Buoyant aid to business ebb and flow
February 18, 2011
Water-based activities might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to on-farm holidays but, in the second part of our feature series about rural tourism, MAXIE BRADSHAW discovers how tapping into British seafaring heritage and love of boats, rods and surfboards, is a great way of attracting visitors.
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Co-operative Group announces ethical business plan
18 February 2011
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Cornwall: A power-packed destination for the energetic
February 18, 2011
Water-based activities might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to on-farm holidays but, in the second part of ?our feature series about rural tourism, MAXIE BRADSHAW discovers how tapping into British seafaring heritage and love of boats, rods and surfboards, is a great way of attracting visitors.
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Crimped maize a good option on beef units
February 18, 2011
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Cutting out waste to get more from potato crops
17 February 2011
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Dairy research to use energy and distilling by-products
February 18, 2011
A new dairy research project starting at Crichton Royal in May was also announced at the maize open day last week, involving by-products from the distilling and energy industries.
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Determination builds Bluegrass pedigree dairy herd
14 February 2011
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Dewi Fan sets a world record at 6,000gns
February 18, 2011
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Ensure true maturity before cutting maize
February 18, 2011
Looking ahead to harvest, Neil Groom, of Grainseed, said crops must be truly mature before being cut.
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EPIA urges caution over Feed-in Tariffs
14 February 2011
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Essential focus in final week before lambing
February 18, 2011
Failing to meet the nutritional needs of ewes in late pregnancy could undo all the hard work of flushing, tupping and management, says Nerys Davies, Adas livestock consultant.
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EU extends Netherlands aid scheme
18 February 2011
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Europeans flock to buy Highlands at Oban
February 18, 2011
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Farm to control bracken
18 February 2011
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Farmers could boost exports to South Korea
18 February 2011
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Five steps to round baler heaven
15 February 2011
THE fixed chamber round baler is one of the hardest working pieces of kit in a farmer’s or contractor’s armoury, clocking up 10,000 bales or more in a couple of seasons.
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: 'Blair fired me over FMD'
18 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Contiguous cull debate rages on
18 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Culling was 'pure madness'
25 February 2011
MARY Critchley, who runs the Warmwell website, gives her perspective of the dramatic events at Great Orton in Cumbria where more than half a million cattle were slaughtered when foot-and-mouth struck in 2001.
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Farmers share their stories
22 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Have the lessons been learned?
20 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: How auction marts coped
21 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: How the disease hit Scotland
21 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: 'I fought NFU from the start' - Gibson
24 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Outbreak was 'worse than Falklands'
23 February 2011
NICK Green is man who has glimpsed moments of private hell during his life. A Falklands War veteran, the retired soldier has seen death on the battlefield and has lived with the pressure of warfare. But not even those experiences could prepare him for the horror he witnessed during the early months of 2001 as foot and mouth disease tore Cumbria apart.
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: 'Sinking feeling' as disease was confirmed
20 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Sir Ben Gill looks back
20 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: The industry looks back
22 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Wales hit out of the blue
21 February 2011
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Foot-and-mouth 10 years on: Was it right not to vaccinate?
18 February 2011
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Getting on top of liver fluke
February 18, 2011
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Getting the most from the land with break crops
February 18, 2011
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GM feed ban must be lifted - Parish
16 February 2011
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Government shock U-turn over forest plans
17 February 2011
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Growers flock to supply bioethanol plant
15 February 2011
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Harness uplands for farming
17 February 2011
SCRAP all unnecessary quangos, revisit the ‘Right to Roam’ legislation, get rid of overburdened bureaucracy and let the people who know how to farm the hills and commons get on with the job.
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Hereford's key role in Australian farming
18 February 2011
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Hidden benefit of pulses
February 18, 2011
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Improve feed efficacy and reduce costs with better supplementation
February 18, 2011
EFFECTIVE supplementation will allow sheep producers to make better use of forage, reduce purchase feed costs and stretch valuable forage stocks, says Cliff Lister of Caltech.
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Increased baling flexibility with Tanco unit
February 18, 2011
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Inquiry into Welsh Pig Society funding
February 18, 2011
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Invader improves late blight control
February 18, 2011
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Irish breeding centre hit by IBR outbreak
February 18, 2011
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IZM approved for use in wheat
15 February 2011
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Jim Cropper’s Max wins Yorkshire championship
February 18, 2011
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Keep an eye out for over-fat ewes
February 18, 2011
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Kiwi takes the plunge to extol the virtues of milk from grass
February 18, 2011
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Knock-on effects of orf can prove costly
February 18, 2011
Work done by a vet in County Durham has shown that orf has a measurable effect on lamb growth. Fiona Lovatt, of Castle Veterinary Surgeons in Barnard Castle, studied the performance of lambs in flocks affected by the disease during the spring and summer of 2010.
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Lemken goes small for Chinese plough market
17 February 2011
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Limousins reach 8,000gns at Dungannon
February 18, 2011
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Liquid fertiliser facility
February 18, 2011
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Luings meet a steady trade at Castle Douglas
February 18, 2011
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MEPs demand action on farmgate prices
18 February 2011
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MPs call for review into uplands support
16 February 2011
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New approach boosts milk yields by 700 litres
14 February 2011
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New creamery contracts to focus on constituents
15 February 2011
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New hen harrier report 'misleading'
17 February 2011
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New maize varieties promise real advantages
February 18, 2011
The number of new maize varieties already launched, or due to come to the market soon, represents a ‘sea change’ and real advantages over varieties which had been on the market for some years, said John Heaphy of Limagrain.
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New SCC contracts to focus on constituents
February 18, 2011
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New wildlife protector in Lancashire
22 February 2011
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Next competition with Wagyu cross dairy calves
February 18, 2011
Wagyu cross calves will be the basis for the third Fantasy Farming competition, which has just been launched.
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NFU11: Badger cull decision on hold - Paice
16 February 2011
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NFU11: Dairy farmers being 'squeezed out of existence'
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Farmers argue slaughter cost rises unacceptable
16 February 2011
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NFU11: Farmers express fury at milk price ‘rip off’
16 February 2011
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NFU11: Farmers thanked for patience on TB
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Kendall accuses Government of failing agriculture
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Kendall calls on Government to close ‘food gap’
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Next generation of farmers look ahead
16 February 2011
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NFU11: NFU calls for action on CAP
16 February 2011
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NFU11: NFU conference 2011 in pictures
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Questions raised over county council farms
16 February 2011
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NFU11: Spelman defends CAP stance
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Spelman hints at Partnership Board compromise
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Steps made to ensure land tax is minimised
16 February 2011
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NFU11: UK united about subsidies
15 February 2011
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NFU11: Unharvested beet is not waste
16 February 2011
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NFUS calls for tighter security on FMD
18 February 2011
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NFUS11: Paice reassures Scottish farmers over payments
15 February 2011
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Nigel Miller is new NFUS president
15 February 2011
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Nocton campaigners urge Council to block plans
16 February 2011
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Nocton Dairies scraps super dairy plans
16 February 2011
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Northumberland: For visitors more keen on a rod than a spade
February 18, 2011
PAN fried, freshly-caught sea trout with buttery new potatoes is a taste to savour and just one of the dishes visitors to Lucy and Anthony Carroll’s Tiptoe Farm, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, can look forward to.
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NZ farm worker complaints soar
18 February 2011
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Older generation fears rising prices
21 February 2011
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Opportunity in lighter black and white bulls
15 February 2011
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Overhaul needed in rural tourism in Wales
16 February 2011
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Pedigrees sell to £2,330 at Leek
February 18, 2011
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Planners would have rejected Nocton application
17 February 2011
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Plans to sell forest estate temporarily suspended
16 February 2011
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Police recover £130,000 in stolen machinery
14 February 2011
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Possible peak in NZ lamb prices
18 February 2011
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Profit possible from finishing dairy crosses
February 18, 2011
IN the second Fantasy Farming competition, based at the National Beef Training Unit at Askham Bryan College, the winners made a £1,051.50 profit – £200 more than their nearest rivals.
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Project to preserve crop protection options
17 February 2011
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Putting recreational kit to work on farmland
February 18, 2011
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Rare breed numbers hit by credit crunch
February 18, 2011
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Register your land and safeguard ownership
16 February 2011
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Review to sort out Glastir
18 February 2011
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Rodney Down: Please do something about the starlings
February 18, 2011
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SAC expands successful maize operation
February 18, 2011
Maize is continuing to move north. Newer varieties mean some 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of maize is now grown in Dumfriessshire, plus substantial areas in Galloway and Ayrshire. NEIL RYDER reports from SAC’s Crichton Royal Farm, Dumfries.
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Scientists find way to boost potato yields
17 February 2011
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Scots and Westminster still poles apart on CAP
17 February 2011
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Scottish Government urged to clarify CAP stance
14 February 2011
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Sheep: Abortion rates of over 2pc need investigating
February 18, 2011
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Sheep: Breed suitability is the most important expansion factor
February 18, 2011
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Sheep: Evolution not revolution is driving profits
February 18, 2011
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Sheepdog trials diary
February 18, 2011
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South Korea hit by foot-and-mouth
18 February 2011
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Spot’s clean start is the difference
February 18, 2011
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Steve Heard: Confident of more crop for less cost this harvest
February 18, 2011
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Strata adds power harrows to range
17 February 2011
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Strong Aberdeen-Angus trade tops 4,400gns at Dungannon
February 18, 2011
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Swedish farmers make huge losses on pigs
18 February 2011
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Switch to low input farming is not a quick fix
February 18, 2011
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The co-operative turning a commodity into a regional brand
17 February 2011
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Twenty one farmers due in court over illegal workers
18 February 2011
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Ulverston Swaledale champions top £71.80
February 18, 2011
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Unite urges NFU to work with them
16 February 2011
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Urgent work needed on new vaccines
16 February 2011
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Welsh organic farming hangs in the balance
21 February 2011
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Yellow rust threat in susceptible varieties
February 18, 2011