Agriculture in the national news - August 31

EXCLUSIVE: Footpath budget cuts ‘will hit rural economy’

MILLIONS of pounds could be taken out of Yorkshire’s rural economy if the maintenance of public rights of way is subjected to cuts, countryside groups have warned.

Campaign groups say they are massively concerned that October’s Comprehensive Spending Review will see already stretched rights of way teams within local authorities unable to manage the country’s footpaths and bridleways.

Yorkshire Post
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/EXCLUSIVE-Footpath-budget-cuts-39will.6501527.jp

Weather fears push up wheat

Western European wheat markets extended gains yesterday as adverse crop weather in the southern hemisphere and harvest rain in Germany reinforced concerns about global supply in the wake of a severe drought in Russia.

Benchmark European futures in Paris broke resistance levels to hit new three-week highs, while Germany’s cash market set a 28-month peak as relentless rain continued to threaten the quality of the new crop.

City AM
http://www.cityam.com/news-and-analysis/weather-fears-push-wheat

IGC again cuts global wheat output estimate

International Grain Council on Thursday further slashed global wheat output estimate for 2010-11 by 7 m tones to 644m tones.

In its latest report, the IGC however said wheat consumption will hit a record despite soaring prices because of a dearth of alternatives in Russia.

IBT Times
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20100827/igc-again-cuts-global-wheat-output-estimate.htm

Farm costs rising at twice inflation rate, warns Norfolk farmer

Farming’s costs are rising twice as fast as the national measure of inflation, one of the country’s largest farmer buying groups has warned.

With UK inflation running at more than 3pc, cost increases over the past 12 months were 5.27pc.

Eastern Daily Press
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/business/farming/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=Farm&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED27%20Aug%202010%2017%3A37%3A40%3A280

Winter Grain Sowing Drags On

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was not short of grain after the worst drought in half a century cut yields, and that there was no reason for an increase in domestic grain prices.

The country has reserves of 9.5 million metric tons of grain, including 3 million tons of feed grain, Putin told Russian news agencies while driving on the Amur highway in the Khabarovsk region. Russian companies have a carry-over of 21 million tons of grain in the country, Putin said, Interfax reported.

The Moscow Times
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/winter-grain-sowing-drags-on/413851.html

Livestock sector firm beefs up its image

A Craigavon company which is one of the largest livestock equipment wholesalers in the British Isles is aiming to gain a further market share by attending a renowned trade fair in England next week.

Agrihealth, which sells the ‘cream’ of farming products, including cowcams and hoof washers, will be hosting a stall at the 2010 Dairy Event and Livestock Show NEC Birmingham.

Belfast Telegraph
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/livestock-sector-firm-beefs-up-its-image-14929316.html#ixzz0yAkZXwTL

Loose cows evade police on A303 in Wiltshire

A road in Wiltshire has returned to running normally after delays were caused by reports of a cow and a calf running loose along the carriageway.

Police and a farmer were called at about 1130 BST to recapture the two animals on the eastbound side of the A303 near Mere.

BBC Online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-11129322

Hang on while we moo-ve you - firefighters had to rescue a cow from a slurry pit

FIREFIGHTERS succeeded in rescuing a cow from a slurry pit in Cheltenham.

The two crews were forced to think on the hoof when the animal slipped into the pit at a farm off Cold Pool Lane, Badgeworth.

At 7.50am yesterday, farmer David Hardwick discovered the cow was stuck and out of reach. So the six-strong team of firemen had to pump out the contents of the pit to rescue the animal.

This is Gloucestershire
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Hang-moo-ve/article-2584995-detail/article.html

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