There is a well known saying, 'no pain, no gain' and that will be ringing true in the minds of Milk Link’s 1,600 producers, who are on the brink of reaping just reward for 12 years of loyalty and investment.Agriculture in the national news - August 9
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Monday, August 9)
Burgers warning on cloned cows
THE farmer at the centre of a cloned cow scandal last night warned the animal’s offspring could end up being sold in Scotland - as BURGERS.
Callum Innes, of Nairn, Inverness-shire, said he could flog his 96 calves to a Dutch food firm if forced to sell them.
The Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3086952/Burgers-warning-on-clone-row-cows.html
Food inflation is a rumble which won’t go away
Is the era of cheap food coming to an end? With wheat prices jumping 20pc last week after the failure of the Russian harvest, fears of an imminent food shock have once again emerged.
Things aren’t as bad as they seem. The current steep jump in prices is likely to be temporary - but the long-term outlook looks very different.
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7933390/Food-inflation-is-a-rumble-that-wont-go-away.html
Farmers abandon any ideas of going organic after grants disappear
The drive to convert land to organic farming has ground to a halt, figures released by the Department of Agriculture show.
Just 1 per cent of the province’s land is farmed organically. Since 2008 no funding has been available to help farmers through the lengthy two-year conversion process, when yields typically plummet.
Scottish farms may hold key to e.coli vaccine
The Highland farm at the centre of last week’s cloned beef row could lose part of its annual subsidy, it has been claimed.
It is understood the Scottish Government may penalise C. Innes and Sons, of Drumduan Farm, Auldearn, near Nairn, for failing to comply with rules governing the single farm payment scheme (SFPS).
Press and Journal
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1862953?UserKey=#ixzz0w5o2OMak
Farm in cloning row could lose part of its subsidy
The Highland farm at the centre of last week’s cloned beef row could lose part of its annual subsidy, it has been claimed.
It is understood the Scottish Government may penalise C. Innes and Sons, of Drumduan Farm, Auldearn, near Nairn, for failing to comply with rules governing the single farm payment scheme (SFPS).
Press and Journal
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1862953?UserKey=#ixzz0w5nvMrii
Remains found on Sleby farm are old human bones
Remains discovered on a farm in North Yorkshire have been confirmed as being human bones thought to date from the Middle Ages.
They were found on Arrow Mushrooms Gateforth Farm near Selby by fire crews clearing up after a blaze had destroyed derelict buildings there on Thursday.
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-10906597
Farming family devastated after 19 sheep savaged by dogs
A FARMING family have been left devastated after 19 of their sheep were savaged to death by dogs.
Meirion and Ruth Cordiner, of Llanferres near Mold, found the bodies strewn across land at Bradley, Wrexham, where they keep a 245-strong flock.
Daily Post
Exit poll at consultation shows strong resistance to 8,100-cow super-dairy
RESIDENTS against a controversial super-dairy in Lincolnshire remain vehemently opposed to the scheme, as public consultation got underway at the weekend.
Back in April, Nocton Dairies Ltd shelved its plans for an 8,100-cow round-the-clock milking facility on a 22-acre site about a mile south east of Nocton.
This Is Lincolnshire
Farm show pulls in crowds
Thousands of visitors packed out the showfields at Wyre Lane for the annual Garstang Show.
Farmers travelled from far and wide to enter their animals in the traditional sectional competitions, while gardening enthusiasts dug deep to produce their best specimens for the flower and vegetable contests.
Lancashire Evening Post
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/farm_show_pulls_in_crowds_1_1156252
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