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.Farmers Guardian
December 11, 2009
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‘Mildly bearish conditions’ for rape market
9 December 2009
OUTSIDE influences – notably investment fund money – is supporting the oilseed rape market in what are fundamentally, mildly bearish conditions.
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7Y Energy to move into poultry
9 December 2009
LEADING poultry expert Mike Tyers is joining 7Y Energy to develop its poultry sector service.
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ABP to launch bursary scheme
7 December 2009
STUDENTS between the ages of 18 and 26 can apply for a new bursary scheme being launched by Anglo Beef Processors.
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Acklington champion makes 250p/kg at festive sale
9 December 2009
THE champion prime beast at Acklington mart’s festive sale was a British Blue steer from C. Manners, Chevington Moor.
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Agricultural college chooses Kramer
7 December 2009
REASEHEATH College, based at Nantwich, Cheshire, has landed a Kramer 350 compact loader for its new high welfare commercial pig unit.
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Agriculture in the national news - December 10
10 December 2009
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Thursday, December 10)
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Agriculture in the national news - December 7
7 December 2009
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Monday, December 7).
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Agriculture in the national news - December 8
8 December 2009
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Tuesday, December 8).
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Agriculture in the national news - December 9
9 December 2009
A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Wednesday, December 9).
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Agriculture on the agenda at Copenhagen climate talks
7 December 2009
AGRICULTURE will be the hot topic of discussion over the next two weeks as negotiations to secure a new global deal on climate change begin today (Monday, December 7) in Copenhagen.
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Bakewell rings Christmas changes
10 December 2009
New format for fatstock show.
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BBC accused of climate change 'bias'
9 December 2009
THE English meat industry has blasted the BBC for allowing ‘anti-meat eating lobbies’ to ‘hijack’ the climate change agenda.
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Belgian Blue champion makes £2,560 at Louth
10 December 2009
CHAMPIONSHIP honours were snapped up by a Belgian Blue cross steer from Louise Todd, East Torrington, Wragby, in the 80th Christmas Fatstock show and sale at Louth market, Lincolnshire.
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Beltex crosses win at Bentham
10 December 2009
Bentham Auction’s Christmas Show
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Black and White average nears £4,000
8 December 2009
An average of just under £4,000 for the 77 head sold showed a firmly level trade at this year’s Borderway Black and White sale at Carlisle.
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British Blue cross steer is Hull champion
10 December 2009
Hull Christmas Fatstock show and sale.
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Chancellor's budget fails farmers
9 December 2009
THE Chancellor’s pre-Budget report has failed to introduce the fiscal measures necessary to stimulate new investment and innovation in farming, according to farm experts.
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Chelford champion weighs in at 730kg
10 December 2009
Christmas show and sale.
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Clostridial disease vaccination luck runs out
9 December 2009
Our farmer-writers in Cumbria mercifully missed the disastrous floods endured by neighbours.
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Conventional return for Lowther Estate
11 December 2009
LowtherH Estate has decided to return to conventional husbandry practices following eight years of organic farming on its 1,417ha (3,500-acre) Cumbrian in-hand farm.
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Creating a duck market in the UK
7 December 2009
Brothers Reg Johnson and Bud Swarbrick have created a product which gives their French counterparts a run for their money.
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December 2009 winners
December 11, 2009
THE winner of the December caption competition who receives a £50 Marks and Spencer voucher is Mrs V Falconer, Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan with:
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Defra attacked over ‘extravagant’ wages
9 December 2009
DEFRA has been attacked for handing out ‘extravagant’ wages while the hill farmers it is supposed to support are struggling to make a living.
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Defra to crackdown on misleading labelling
10 December 2009
A NEW code of practice for labelling pork products is to be drawn up by Defra, putting an end to misleading claims over so-called ‘British’ meat.
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Double delight weekend for Jim and Rainow Jim
9 December 2009
John Wood and Jim mastered the testing store lambs at the Meltham nursery on Saturday at Lindley Moor to take the title with a single-point advantage.
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Drax offers biomass tips from experts
9 December 2009
DRAX Power has appointed an agricultural business consultancy to advise farmers interested in supplying biomass for the power company’s expanding renewable electricity generating capacity.
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Dual benefits to system of outwintering on brassicas
December 11, 2009
Outwintering youngstock on brassicas supplemented with baled grass silage halves rearing costs and keeps cattle healthier, according to Staffordshire dairy farmer Steve Brandon.
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Eblex’s winter export promotions plan
11 December 2009
A comprehensive programme of export promotions is being undertaken by Eblex this winter.
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Europe rallies behind France on CAP calls
11 December 2009
TWENTY-ONE European nations – with the notable exception of Britain – have rallied behind a French-led initiative to defend direct farm subsidies beyond 2013.
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Evans and Lexi defeat field and the elements
9 December 2009
The Nursery Season used always to finish with a North v South team championship, but this annual battle has recently been changed into an All-Wales Nursery Championship, in which 15 competitors come forward from each of the Nursery Championships.
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Fantasy Farming League sees seven out of ten make a profit
December 11, 2009
A project, hosted by Askham Bryan College, York, to see whether rearing black and white bull calves can be profitable, has finished with the winning team achieving an average of profit of £89.08 per head.
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Focus on wheelings to cut surface run-off and diffuse pollution risk
9 December 2009
WHEELINGS are the focus of new research into reducing surface run-off and diffuse pollution from combinable crops, of which around 80 per cent could be linked to compacted tramlines.
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French snub Britain in CAP talks
8 December 2009
FRANCE has attempted to freeze Britain out of key talks on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), it has emerged.
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Funding key to help farmers combat climate change
7 December 2009
THE Welsh Assembly is being pressed to increase research funding into reducing methane emissions from livestock.
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Global dairy demand rises
7 December 2009
THE consumption of milk and other liquid dairy products (LDP) is on the increase worldwide.
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Grant for laminitis group to study exercise’s effect
9 December 2009
The Royal Veterinary College, in collaboration with the Laminitis Consortium, the UK’s leading laminitis research body, has been awarded a grant of £134,425 by the Laminitis Trust, to investigate the effects of exercise on horses and ponies predisposed to pasture-associated laminitis.
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Herd Watch – December
December 11, 2009
Andrew Gurney
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Industrial heritage brings reliability to farming circles
9 December 2009
While JCB has dominated the agricultural wheeled loader sector, other manufacturers want in. Farmers Guardian spoke to one of the first users of an agricultural specification Cat 924H.
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Irish beef will not use Red Tractor logo
10 December 2009
ASSURED Food Standards (AFS) has reassured British beef farmers that there is no possibility that Irish beef could be sold in British stores with a Red Tractor logo.
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Jones keeps her post in cabinet reshuffle
December 11, 2009
TO the relief of farmers across Wales Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, is continuing in the post following the announcement of a new Cabinet by newly appointed Welsh Assembly First Minister, Carwyn Jones.
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Kendall could face NFU leadership challenge
10 December 2009
NFU president Peter Kendall could face a leadership challenge next February.
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Klauser president as CNH shuffles its pack
9 December 2009
Machinery manufacter CNH has announced new roles for two of its stalwart employees. Case IH has appointed Andreas Klauser as its new president and CEO, taking over from departing Randy Baker.
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Knutsford YFC knock ’em dead to end decade on a high
9 December 2009
It’s taken 10 years for them to win back the trophy, but Knutsford YFC made sure they closed the decade in style after winning the Cheshire Federation of Young Farmers’ annual entertainment competition.
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Krampe concentrates on niche products
9 December 2009
KRAMPE Trailers has recently opened a new purpose-built factory site which totals 128,000sq.m, allowing the company to up production levels to new levels, as well as develop novel niche products.
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Limousin cross heifer wins Thrapston centenary show
9 December 2009
Thrapston and District Fatstock Show Society held its centenary show last week in Thrapston Market – the only livestock market left in Northamptonshire.
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Limousin crosses make it a double at Cirencester as sale tops 330p/kg
December 11, 2009
Farmers Guardian-sponsored sale.
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Limousins lead at Oban
10 December 2009
Caledonian Marts’ Christmas show and sale.
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London 2012 to get ‘best of British’
8 December 2009
THE London Olympic committee has pledged to serve up ‘the Best of British’ food during the 2012 games.
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Market Drayton steer tops at 390p/kg
10 December 2009
Christmas show and sale
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McCartney: I’m not anti-farming
3 December 2009
SIR PAUL McCartney has hit back at criticism from the farming industry over his ‘Meat Free Mondays’ campaign which aims to reduce meat consumption in a bid to combat climate change.
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Melau Montanna wins at Welsh Winter Fair
December 11, 2009
Melau Montanna, a Welsh Section B yearling colt took the supreme championship at the Welsh Winter Fair, having taken the Welsh breeds title earlier in the day.
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Mini loader benefits from off-centre boom
9 December 2009
Farm loaders don’t just come in large versions as manufacturer Avant Tecno will testify. The company’s specialism is mini loaders, and the latest 400 Series are some of the its most advanced yet.
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Morrisons and Arla publish cross-breeding research
8 December 2009
A major supermarket and members of a leading milk processor’s producer group, have published the findings of a research project into cross-breeding in dairy cattle.
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New abattoir's £5m investment
9 December 2009
A £5 million investment in a new 40,000sq.ft abattoir and meat cutting plant in Suffolk looks set to boost prospects for livestock producers in East Anglia.
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New ATV-towable chipper from Arbor Eater
7 December 2009
In response to customer requests, West Sussex-based Arbor Eater has come up with a chipper suitable for towing behind an ATV or utility vehicle.
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New plan to reduce TB compensation to 'bad farmers'
8 December 2009
FARMERS in Wales could have their TB compensation cut if they put their neighbours’ livestock at risk from the disease, under new measures announced by Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones.
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No real high flyers but there are newcomers across most groups
December 11, 2009
The latest additions to the HGCA Recommended Lists make up a fairly steady bunch, although what really matters is how they perform commercially. Teresa Rush reports.
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Prime cattle top £1,932 at Gisburn
10 December 2009
AN outstanding entry of prime cattle at Gisburn Auction Marts’ Christmas prime cattle show and sale was won by an 18-month-old white 460kg British Blue heifer from A.A. and E. Critchley and Son, Hutton, Preston, Lancashire.
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Remaining Single Payments to be paid 'as quickly as possible'
10 December 2009
THE Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has told the 20,000 farmers in England still awaiting their Single Payments that they will be paid ‘as quickly as possible’.
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Results from England, Wales and Scotland
9 December 2009
Catch up on all this week’s results nationwide.
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Retailers 'not the sole cause of milk crisis'
8 December 2009
KEEN competition between retail chains does not in itself preclude a fair price for milk producers.
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Robot moves dictate end of herd mentality
December 11, 2009
Dairy farmer Chris Bargh says he is convinced robotic milking is the way forward. KATIE LOMAS reports from a Carrs Billington organised open day held at his farm.
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Salmonella link to Spanish egg firm
9 December 2009
THE Food Standards Agency (FSA) has named a Spanish egg company linked to an increase in salmonella cases in England and Wales.
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Scots united against meat inspection charges
December 11, 2009
Transferring the full cost of meat inspection to Scottish abattoir owners is totally unacceptable, an industry group has told Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Richard Lochhead.
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Sedgemoor ‘Cracker’ show and sale sees record entries
10 December 2009
Inaugural Christmas Cracker dairy show and sale
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Selby winner to 305p/kg
10 December 2009
A 430kg home-bred Limousin cross won Selby’s Christmas show and sale last Sunday.
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Sheepdog trials diary - December 12-13
9 December 2009
SEE what’s on in our weekly round-up of forthcoming fixtures nationwide.
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Successful first year for AtlasFram group
9 December 2009
ATLASFRAM Group, the UK’s largest farmer-owned farm inputs purchasing and crop marketing business, recorded a turnover of £149.34 million during the 12 months to June 30, 2009.
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Suffolk ewe lamb tops Carlisle at 5,000gns
8 December 2009
Keighley, West Yorkshire breeder Mark Evans topped last week’s Suffolk sale in Carlisle at 5,000gns with a ewe lamb from his Jubilee flock
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Supporting farmers in their hour of need in a tough, changing industry
9 December 2009
Ahead of the BBC Arthur Rank appeal next year, FG takes a closer look at the charitable and practical work of three unsung pillars of the community. In the first of the series, Wendy Short talks to Farm Crisis Network volunteer, Brian Warren.
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Texel reaches 13,000gns in Christmas Stars sale
10 December 2009
Twilight sale topper makes 12,000gns
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Threat of milk protests resurface
December 11, 2009
The threat of milk protests being resurrected was raised this week.
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Time for dairy industry to build on health successes
December 11, 2009
NFU Scotland, in conjunction with SAC and DairyCo, organised a farm open day to address dairy cow health and welfare. Katie Lomas reports.
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Top Beltex make 329p/kg at Clitheroe
10 December 2009
Christmas sheep show and sale.
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Top lambs make 295p/kg at Lancaster
10 December 2009
Christmas show and sale of lambs.
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Trailblazers adds combined to its stable
9 December 2009
Trailblazers is to introduce combined training with a final at its 2011 championships.