Farmers Guardian
December 21st 2007

  • 2,300gns top and six over £2,000 at B&L Holsteins

    December 21st 2007

    THE monthly Border and Lakeland Holstein Club show and sale at Carlisle saw six making more than £2,000 and a top of 2,300gns.

  • A tearful farewell to tractor production in Doncaster

    20 December 2007

    THE last McCormick tractor rolled off the Wheatley Hall Road assembly line yesterday (December 19) to bring an end to 58 years of tractor production at the Doncaster site.

  • A tearful farewell to tractor production in Doncaster

    20 December 2007

    THE last McCormick tractor rolled off the Wheatley Hall Road assembly line yesterday (December 19) to bring an end to 58 years of tractor production at the Doncaster site.

  • A touch of Christmas

    December 21st 2007

    OVER 500 members from the Cheshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs donned their finest attire and accessorised ‘with a touch of Christmas’ to attend their Christmas Ball, at Nantwich Civic Hall.

  • Agriculture Building Allowance scrapped by 2011

    20 December 2007

    THE Government has re-iterated its intention to phase out agricultural building allowances by 2011 in a move set to cost the industry millions of pounds in extra tax.

  • Agriculture needs to adapt to new climate change deal

    December 21st 2007

    THE United Kingdom joined with all nations from across the world last weekend in signing an agreement that will pave the way to a global climate deal by the end of 2009.

  • Benn hails ‘most significant’ climate agreement in 10 years

    18 December 2007

    THE UK has joined with all nations from across the world in signing an agreement that will pave the way to a global climate deal by the end of 2009.

  • Bidding peaks at 2,300gns at Border and Lakeland Holstein sale

    18 December 2007

    THE monthly Border and Lakeland Holstein Club’s show and sale at Carlisle saw six making over £2,000 and a top of 2,300gns.

  • Bishops Castle Christmas sale attracts 1,500 lambs

    19 December 2007

    SHROPSHIRE’S Bishops Castle Christmas show and sale drew an entry of 1,500 finished lambs, with the championship and first prize in the over 44kg class going to M. and G. Reynolds, of Folly Farm.

  • Blenheim Box Office Opens Jan 1 2008

    19 December 2007

    THE advance tickets box office for Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials (Sept 11–14) opens on January 1 2008.

  • Bluetongue movement restrictions relaxed in vector free period

    21 December 2007

    A VECTOR-FREE period for bluetongue disease has been declared from today (Friday, December 21), allowing a relaxation of certain movement restrictions.

  • Bluetongue reprieve?

    21 December 2007

    FARMERS trapped in the bluetongue zones are set for a reprieve as Defra prepares to temporarily relax movement restrictions in place to deal with the disease.

  • Branching out into the luxury hotel business

    December 21st 2007

    BARRY ALSTON meets up with a farmer pursuing a diversification venture that will be the envy of many.

  • Business pointers

    December 21st 2007

    The English Beef and Lamb Executive’s (Eblex) annual Business Pointers publication provides a comprehensive overview of the financial performance of the English beef and lamb sectors for the 12 months to March 31, 2007. Farmers Guardian has teamed up with Eblex to examine some of the key findings and is looking at a different beef or sheep production system each fortnight - third in the series is LFA suckler herds.

  • Caithness record price

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW centre record was achieved at the Caithness Livestock Centre’s Christmas show and sale when the overall champion, a Charolais cross heifer, sold for £2,400.

  • Call to buy from AHDA members

    December 21st 2007

    THE Animal Health Distributors Association (AHDA) has asked farmers to only buy animal medicines from companies and distributors that were members of the association.

  • Case study – Philip Heard

    December 21st 2007

    Maximising fertility, births and calf growth rates

  • Champion heads Carlisle Texel trade at 4,500gns

    December 21st 2007

    IT was the supreme champion that topped trade at 4,500gns at the sale of in-lamb Texel females at Carlisle on behalf of the British Texel Sheep Society and the Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders’ Club.

  • Choosing the best bull for your herd by studying EBVs

    December 21st 2007

    According to Eblex’s Beef Better Returns Programme (BRP) buying a bull on looks alone is as risky as buying a car without knowing what’s under the bonnet. As a way to promote EBVs it has teamed up with Farmers Guardian to provide this information ahead of a Christmas competition launched next week.

  • Christmas at Tatton Park

    17 December 2007

    THERE has been plenty of Christmas magic at Tatton Park Home Farm every weekend during advent, with many of the farm’s residents featuring in a traditional live nativity scene.

  • Christmas shows and sales

    December 21st 2007

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  • CLA rural buildings award winners

    December 21st 2007

    AN innovative livestock housing building and a village post office and shop have been announced as the overall winners in the CLA Rural Buildings Award Scheme.

  • Connecting with local food

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW programme to connect businesses and consumers in London with local food producers was launched this week. The London Food Link £70,000 scheme will provide businesses with small grants for a wide range of initiatives aimed at raising public awareness of sustainable food.

  • Criticism over sugar decision

    20 December 2007

    CONSERVATIVE MEP Robert Sturdy has criticised Defra as sugar beet farmers across the UK are still waiting to hear whether British Sugar’s application to relinquish 13.5 per cent of its quotas has been accepted.

  • Cross-checks delay payments

    December 21st 2007

    THE Welsh Assembly Government’s inability to cope with petty European regulations would make Christmas a nightmare for many farming families, FUW president Gareth Vaughan has claimed. He said around 25 per cent of Welsh farmers, whose incomes had already collapsed due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, had yet to receive their Single Payment, because the Assembly had failed to cope with cross-checks required by EU legislation.

  • Defra staff vote for industrial action

    21 December 2007

    DEFRA staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in protest at an imposed 2007 pay offer they say amounts to a real terms cut for the majority of employees.

  • Don’t hold your breath on lamb prices

    19 December 2007

    WHILE several positive drivers exist – including a downward revision of the estimate of sheer numbers overhanging the marketplace – the reality is that any significant upturn in prime sheep values is questionable as we move towards the hogget season even though live exports should have got under way.

  • Doncaster devotee wins last CX auction

    December 21st 2007

    PRODUCTION of the popular CX models has already moved to Italy and McCormick took the opportunity to raise some money for charity with the last British model by auctioning it off.

  • Drinking system helps beat feeding competition

    December 21st 2007

    THE use of Barn Report – a British software monitoring system developed by Farmex – has led to the creation of a new tray drinking system on a pig unit in America.

  • Dungannon Texels sell-out

    December 21st 2007

    AT the sale of in-lamb Texels for the Springhill, Duvarren, Hillhead and Milestonehill flocks at Dungannon, Co Tyrone, a large audience of buyers resulted in a total clearance. The top two prices went to the Duvarren flock of John and Dera Watson, Annacloy, Co Down, for daughters of their successful stock ram, Milestonehill Landlord, a son of Scottish ram Milnbank Hitman.

  • Dutch-bred Hole In One joins Avoncroft stud line-up

    December 21st 2007

    THE Avoncroft stud has added a Dutch-bred Canyon-Breeze Allen son – Hole In One – to its portfolio.

  • Ecorider brings diesel quad bike to the off-road market

    26 December 2007

    ECORIDER, which developed a two wheel diesel powered off road bike of the same name, has now entered the quad bike market with the diesel-powered Eco-quad, promising a fuel consumption figure of 90 miles per gallon.

  • End of the Akkerman project – sell-out to Meadow Foods

    22 December 2007

    FOR more than 200 Cumbrian milk producers, the Akkerman cheese factory dream is over.

  • End of the Akkerman project – sell-out to Meadow Foods

    22 December 2007

    FOR more than 200 Cumbrian milk producers, the Akkerman cheese factory dream is over.

  • English trials results

    20 December 2007

    HOLME, Deerplay, Bacup, Nursery (44 ran): 1, J. Cropper (Deerplay) Bill, 86 of 90; 2, J. Cropper Spud, 80; 3, I. Gregory (Peak Forest) Glen, 79; 4, S. Holt (Rawtenstall) Bing, 76, OLF; 5, S. Dungworth (Water) Nan, 76; 6, S. Cropper (Deerplay) Black, 75.

  • European tractor market sees growth of 3pc

    17 December 2007

    THE European tractor market should total 164,000 units during 2007, a rise of 3 per cent according to CEMA the European Committee that represents the European agricultural machinery industry.

  • Experts are preserving native juniper bushes

    December 21st 2007

    CONSERVATION staff in the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) have been out collecting seeds from wild juniper bushes – to ensure they survive in the future.

  • Ex-swill producers vow to continue their fight

    17 December 2007

    PIG farmers have vowed to continue their fight for compensation after an Ombudsman’s inquiry found Defra guilty of maladministration in banning pigswill in 2001.

  • Extolling the virtues of red deer farming

    December 21st 2007

    The decision to leave dairy farming in exchange to develop a supplementary business has seen one West Yorkshire farmer meet a growing demand for venison. ANGELA CALVERT reports

  • Farm buildings - special feature

    December 21st 2007

    Think long-term when modifying buildings or constructing new ones

  • Farm sale exceeds expectations

    December 21st 2007

    A Worcestershire farm with buildings and land exceeded expectations by selling for £821,500 at auction.

  • Farming partnership DVDs

    December 21st 2007

    TWO new DVDs have been produced by Share to Farm, a project created by English Farming and Food Partnerships.One demonstrates Share to Supply, illustrating collaboration between farmers, food companies and buyers to supply the public sector; the other, Share to Rear, shows different approaches to collaborating to improve margins in the red meat sector. For more details on Share to Farm call 0207 2130430.

  • Fat-free loaf cake

    December 21st 2007

    “This is quick to prepare and freezes very well,” says Madeleine Rees of Wrinstone Farm, Vale of Glamorgan, who sent in this recipe.

  • Festive rise in demand for cream

    December 21st 2007

    MILK Link says the demand for cream in December will rise by 270 per cent over normal, and custard by 100 per cent.The business, via its Ingredient Services’ Staplemead creamery in Frome, Somerset, will supply some 450 tonnes of sauces to leading supermarkets over Christmas and New Year – a seven per cent increase in volume from last year.

  • Final sale of the year at Holsworthy auction

    20 December 2007

    AT the final dairy show and sale of the year at Holsworthy auction, Devon, the championship went to a second calved cow, which later sold for £3,250.

  • Forestry Commission Wales clamps down on illegal hunting

    19 December 2007

    FORESTRY Commission Wales is clamping down on illegal activities within the 320,000 acres of publicly owned woodlands it manages for the Welsh Assembly and has sent letters to fox control groups across North Wales reminding them of the legislation governing their activities during the hunting season.

  • Fruit Collection staying put

    December 21st 2007

    THE National Fruit Collection will remain at Brogdale Farm, Faversham, for the foreseeable future.

  • Fuel protesters undeterred

    17 December 2007

    ONLY a handful of protesters took part in organised demonstrations at oil refineries across the country on Saturday (December 15) in response to high fuel prices.

  • Full Single Payments to begin in England this week

    18 December 2007

    THE process of making full Single Payments to farmers in England is to begin this week.

  • Government should have been better prepared to deal with floods

    17 December 2007

    THE Government has been criticised for failing to adequately prepare for the floods that devastated much of the country in June and July this year.

  • Growers warned: Limited supply of spring barley

    December 21st 2007

    AVAILABILITY of spring malting barley seed is limited, growers are being advised.

  • Highlighting conservation work

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW award has been launched to highlight the work that farmers are doing for wildlife in a bid to reverse the decline of farmland birds, whose populations fell by more than 50 per cent between 1970 and 2004.

  • IAH claims proof that two FMD outbreaks were linked

    21 December 2007

    THE Institute of Animal Health (IAH) has insisted it has scientific proof the August and September foot-and-mouth outbreaks were linked.

  • Identity crisis looming for the sheep industry

    December 21st 2007

    VIEWPOINT: By Jim Webster

  • Intervet wins bluetongue vaccine contract

    19 December 2007

    INTERVET has won the contract to supply over 22.5 million doses of bluetongue vaccine to Defra next year.

  • Investigation into latest bluetongue case

    19 December 2007

    AN investigation has begun to establish how an infected cow from Germany was allowed to bring bluetongue to a farm in Middlesbrough last week.

  • Kendal calls for Soils Directive rejection

    20 December 2007

    NATIONAL Farmers’ Union president Peter Kendall has reinforced his call to European Ministers to reject proposals for an EU Soils Directive.

  • Kendal calls for Soils Directive rejection

    20 December 2007

    NATIONAL Farmers’ Union president Peter Kendall has reinforced his call to European Ministers to reject proposals for an EU Soils Directive.

  • Labour providers suspended after Gangmaster raid

    19 December 2007

    A WORCESTERSHIRE vegetable packer has suspended one of its labour providers, following a raid from the Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA).

  • Landini supports ploughmen

    3 January 2008

    Landini is supporting the Society of Ploughmen with the use of a Powerfarm 75 for the Ploughing School training sessions.

  • Last avian flu restrictions lifted but search for cause goes on

    19 December 2007

    DEFRA has today lifted the remaining disease control restrictions put in place following the outbreak of H5N1 avian flu in Suffolk.

  • Learning from organic practices

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW booklet from the Milk Development Council (MDC) shows how some of the concepts and practices used by organic dairy farmers could help conventional farmers minimise product costs.

  • Leptospirosis and BVD vaccine can be used together

    December 21st 2007

    THE leptospirosis vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Animal Health – Spirovac – has had its product licence changed in three ways.

  • Live exports resume

    17 December 2007

    AN EU decision to lift all restrictions imposed on farmers following the summer outbreaks of foot-and-mouth has now come into force, opening the door for live exports for the first time since August.

  • Live exports resume

    17 December 2007

    AN EU decision to lift all restrictions imposed on farmers following the summer outbreaks of foot-and-mouth has now come into force, opening the door for live exports for the first time since August.

  • Maize fast becoming a viable break crop for arable farmers

    December 21st 2007

    Think maize is only for the dairy boys? Arable farmers are being advised to think again and keep an open mind when considering spring cropping options this season.

  • Mixed fortunes demand more tailored responses

    December 21st 2007

    THE recent sharp divergence in the fortunes of different sectors could be the start of a more fundamental change in global land use.

  • Mixed fortunes demand tailored responses

    18 December 2007

    THE recent sharp divergence in the fortunes of different sectors could be the start of a more fundamental change in global land use.

  • Mixed fortunes demand tailored responses

    18 December 2007

    THE recent sharp divergence in the fortunes of different sectors could be the start of a more fundamental change in global land use.

  • More capacity for new Agrifac sugar beet harvester

    4 January 2008

    AGRIHOLD Farm Machinery has introduced the latest Agrifac sugar beet harvester – the six-row WKM 9000S that has 25 per cent more capacity than its predecessor, the 9000, introduced in 1997.

  • More imported cows bring bluetongue to the UK

    20 December 2007

    BLUETONGUE disease has been detected in 20 imported cows on a farm in Worcester after they were brought in from the Netherlands.

  • Mules sale raises £2,044 for hospice

    December 21st 2007

    A show and sale of Mule wether lambs organised by Addingham and District Sheep Breeders’ Association raised £2,044 for the Sue Ryder Care Manorlands Hospice at Oxenhope, Keighley. Association members and other local farmers donated 26 lambs to the auction at Skipton Mart.

  • New head of milk purchasing

    December 21st 2007

    DAIRY ingredients company Meadow Foods has appointed a head of milk procurement.Jim Bebb previously worked for animal health company Farm Sense, but has also worked with the Milk Group and Dairy Farmers of Britain.

  • New Lib Dem Environment spokesman

    20 December 2007

    NEW Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has appointed Northavon MP Steve Webb as the party’s new Shadow Secretary for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

  • New Malone and Tyrella varieties for forage grass

    December 21st 2007

    FROM the beginning of next year, Barenbrug UK will be including two new forage grass varieties – Malone and Tyrella – to its XL forage mixtures.

  • News all good for spring malting barley growers

    December 21st 2007

    Much-improved grain prices, a leaner and fitter growing and malting industry and new, high-yielding varieties are all good news for spring malting barley growers as they plan their spring 2008 cropping, according to several industry experts.

  • NFU and TFA join forces for tenant farmers

    19 December 2007

    THE NFU and the Tenant Farmers’ Association are looking to join forces to secure the best deal for tenant farmers, following the first meeting between the two bodies for over a year.

  • NFU legal contract guides

    December 21st 2007

    Popular specimen legal contract guides designed for a range of agricultural, horticultural and rural business agreements, are being relaunched by the NFU. ‘Model Clauses’ are written by legal specialists and are continually updated to cover a range of subjects.

  • NFUS asks members to comment on proposed CAP changes

    19 December 2007

    NFU Scotland has set out its provisional views on proposed changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and is asking members for their comments.

  • On-line sales coming from outside trading area

    18 December 2007

    More than three quarters of sales made by Mole Valley Farmers new on-line shop, have been from outside their current trading area in the south west.

  • Organic feed minerals

    December 21st 2007

    TWO new fully organic products have been launched by Caltech, both approved by the Soil Association and Organic Farmers and Growers.

  • Organisations pair up to deliver transport award

    19 December 2007

    THE British Horse Society (BHS) and Haddon Training have teamed up to ensure as many people as possible have the opportunity to gain the new government transport competency awards.

  • Pair’s fourth nursery win

    December 21st 2007

    WITH a clear advantage of six points, Jim Cropper and Bill took their fourth nursery win at the Holme trial on Saturday, on the slopes of Deerplay Hill, near Bacup, Lancashire.

  • Pea varieties

    December 21st 2007

    FOUR new pea varieties – two large blue and two marrowfat – have been added to the NIAB/PGRO Recommended List for 2008 to bolster the five newcomers added in 2007.

  • Pig and poultry hygiene

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW machine has been installed at ARM Buildings’ manufacturing centre in Staffordshire – at a cost of over £20,000 – to enable the firm to offer a more hygienic product to pig and poultry producers.

  • Pioneer distributes Mey brand

    19 December 2007

    PIONEER Foodservice of Carlisle is to distribute beef and lamb from Mey Selections, the quality farm and food products from the North Highlands of Scotland.

  • Planner to improve flock recording

    December 21st 2007

    THE English Beef and Lamb Executive (Eblex) and Farm Health Planning (FHP) initiative have launched an enhanced sheep planner/diary to help farmers improve flock recording.

  • Putting farming first, but Iain’s a fisherman too

    December 21st 2007

    NEVER one content to sit still for very long, Iain Roberts has something else most other farmers do not – a boat.

  • Quality of UK wheat commended

    19 December 2007

    MILLERS from Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Tunisia commended the quality of UK wheat during this year’s HGCA Bread Baking Workshop.

  • Quench will be commercially available for harvest 2008

    December 21st 2007

    SPRING malting barley variety Quench will be commercially available to growers for harvest 2008.

  • Record-breaking World Trials

    December 21st 2007

    THE 2008 World Sheep Dog Trials in Wales, in September, are set to break all records. More countries and competitors will take part than ever before and the overall champion will receive a unique golden whistle worth thousands of pounds.

  • Rejection of Soils Directive draft is welcomed by NFU

    21 December 2007

    EUROPEAN Ministers have rejected draft proposals for an EU Soils Directive – a move that has been welcomed by the NFU.

  • Rejection of Soils Directive draft is welcomed by NFU

    21 December 2007

    EUROPEAN Ministers have rejected draft proposals for an EU Soils Directive – a move that has been welcomed by the NFU.

  • Report shows pesticide residues at a safe level

    17 December 2007

    CONSUMERS should be reassured that the food they eat is safe from harmful pesticide residues, the chairman of the Pesticide Residue Committee has said.

  • Report shows pesticide residues at a safe level

    17 December 2007

    CONSUMERS should be reassured that the food they eat is safe from harmful pesticide residues, the chairman of the Pesticide Residue Committee has said.

  • Royal smithfield bicentenary trophy

    December 21st 2007

    The Royal Smithfield Club’s bicentenary trophy was presented to Ian Galloway, chairman of Scotbeef. Mr Galloway of Bridge of Allan, Stirling, received over 20 nominations from the British meat and livestock industry.

  • Royal Welsh Agricultural Society expects year-end loss

    17 December 2007

    WITH gate receipts at July’s waterlogged Royal Welsh Show – staged in the worst conditions since 1958 – down by £447,000 on budget, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society is expecting a year-end loss of around £300,000 rather than an anticipated surplus of £185,000.

  • Rumen protected fat for early lactation energy

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW rumen protected fat product for dairy cows, designed to plug the energy gap in early lactation, has been launched by Harbro.

  • Scene - by the vet

    December 21st 2007

    Cow vote with their feet – so watch them walk: WE have a large number of farmers who are now on Tesco contracts, which come with certain provisos. One is regular locomotion scoring – but how does this benefit the herd?

  • Scottish trials results

    20 December 2007

    CARFRAE (Judge, D. Lamb, West Calder) Nursery (10 ran) 1, A. Dickman (Oxton) Cliff, 93; 2, J. Robinson (Coldingham) Tank, 85; 3, D. Armstrong (Lauder) Fly, 83; 4, A. Wilson (Whitefield) Mist, 81; 5, W.S. Elliot (Halterburn) Davie, 80; 6, J. Allan (Mt Benger) Dee, 79. Novice, 1, A. Wilson (Whitefield), 81; 2, E. Foster (Earlston) Charlee; 3, E. Foster (Charlee) Earlston.

  • Selecting rams for resistance in a bid to eradicate foot rot from flocks

    December 21st 2007

    BREEDERS of Welsh Mountain sheep are planning to eradicate foot rot from their flocks through a project based on the selection of resistant rams.

  • Sheep EID delay a ‘significant achievement’ – Rooker

    18 December 2007

    FOOD and Farming Minister Jeff Rooker has hailed the decision to delay electronic identification (EID) of sheep until the end of 2009 as a ‘significant achievement’ for the UK.

  • Sheep EID delay a ‘significant achievement’ – Rooker

    18 December 2007

    FOOD and Farming Minister Jeff Rooker has hailed the decision to delay electronic identification (EID) of sheep until the end of 2009 as a ‘significant achievement’ for the UK.

  • Sheepdog trials diary

    20 December 2007

    ENGLAND

  • Skipton dairy peak £1,680

    December 21st 2007

    TOP at Skipton’s dairy auction was £1,680 for a second calver from Malcolm and Robert Swires, Harrogate, and bought by David Berry, Thornton-in-Craven, Skipton.

  • Space-saving milk tanks

    December 21st 2007

    A NEW range of circular bulk milk tanks – designed to save space – has been launched by Fullwood.

  • Spring barley

    December 21st 2007

    HGCA has added four varieties to the Recommended List of spring barley: Belgravia, Jolika, Sweeney and Scout.

  • Spring beans

    December 21st 2007

    THE NIAB/PGRO Recommended List of spring beans for 2008 has two new pale hilum varieties, Memphis and Betty – both fall short of the yield of Fuego.

  • Spring crops special

    21 December 2007

    Joanna Baker looks at how spring crop plantings could be up by as much as 5 per cent next year, there are newcomers to the spring crops Recommended Lists for 2008/09 and there's good news for spring malting barley growers.

  • Spring linseed descriptive list

    December 21st 2007

    One variety, Linoal from Premium Crops, was added to the new Descriptive list.

  • Spring oats full list 2008/09

    December 21st 2007

    Conventional husked varietiesAscot, Husky, Atego, Winston, Firth, SW-Argyle, Drummer, Leven.

  • Spring oilseed rape descriptive list

    December 21st 2007

    TWO new varieties - Ritz and Ortego – join the 2008/09 Descriptive list of spring oilseed rape for 2008/09.Ritz, from Senova, is a conventional type. Ortego, from Elsoms Seeds, is a restored hybrid.Five varieties were removed from the list: Annie, Dorothy, SW Landmark, SW Tambora and Orinoco.

  • Spring wheat full list 2008/09

    December 21st 2007

    THERE are no changes to the spring wheat Recommended List for 2008/09 but one variety, Granary, was deferred until 2008 in order to give nabim more time to fully assess its milling performance.Nabim group 1Paragon, Nabim group 2Tybalt, Ashby, Chablis Nabim group 4BelvoirOtherZircon

  • Stage IIIa engine for Scorpion telehandlers

    31 December 2007

    The Claas Scorpion range of telehandlers is to get Stage IIIa engines.

  • Sticking to two models for fleet to simplify the operation

    24 December 2007

    SCOTTISH farmer and contractor D.M. Carnegie has bought 14 New Holland tractors to standardise the fleet with 10 T7030 models and four T6050 tractors.

  • Support National Chip Week 2008

    December 21st 2007

    THE BRITISH Potato Council is calling on potato suppliers to support National Chip Week 2008, which takes place in February.

  • Texels from Shropshire breeders peak at 1,020gns

    19 December 2007

    PEDIGREE Texel in-lamb ewes sold for up to 1,020gns at a special Shrewsbury Auction Centre sale organised for six noted Shropshire flocks.

  • The Furious Angels crowned 2007 Quadrille Champions

    20 December 2007

    THE final of the Quadrille of the Year took place yesterday (Wednesday, December 19) in the Grand Hall at the London Olympia Horse Show.

  • The Queen makes Christmas donation to the Strangles Appeal

    20 December 2007

    HER Majesty The Queen has dug into her own pocket to make a donation to The British Horse Society (BHS) and The Animal Health Trust's (AHT) Strangles Appeal.

  • Tighter crop protection law

    21 December 2007

    TIGHTER legislation on crop protection products was taken a step further this week with the first reading of the draft Pesticides Framework Directive by the European Council.

  • Tighter crop protection law

    21 December 2007

    TIGHTER legislation on crop protection products was taken a step further this week with the first reading of the draft Pesticides Framework Directive by the European Council.

  • Top tips for buying and selling store cattle

    December 21st 2007

    THE latest technical briefing from Eblex’s Beef Better Returns Programme provides top tips and best practice guidance for buying and selling store cattle.

  • Tough new restrictions on EU imports of Brazilian beef

    20 December 2007

    THE European Commission has imposed tough new controls on Brazilian beef exports.

  • Tractor-mounted, high-spec sprayer fits the bill

    17 December 2007

    THE search for a high-specification, tractor-mounted sprayer saw a West Sussex grower opt for a Garford Fitosa 12m, 1,000-litre model. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

  • Trebor is RWAS president

    December 21st 2007

    ONE of Britain’s best known cattlemen and, through his wide acclaim as a solo singer, a leading fund raiser for charitable causes, Trebor Edwards, of Pen-y-Bryniau, Bettws GG, has been elected president of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society for 2008. He holds the office as Conwy, Denbighshire, Wrexham and Flintshire take on the Royal Welsh Show’s featured county mantle.

  • Vendor makes clean sweep at Otley Wharfedale's Christmas show

    18 December 2007

    PRIZES at Otley Wharfedale’s Christmas show and sale of prime pigs, sponsored by Farmers Guardian, were taken in a clean sweep by Steven Pepper, Oxenhope, Yorkshire.

  • Welger returns to Lely in American alliance buy

    22 December 2007

    Just three years after a management buy-out from Lely, baler manufacturer Welger is to return to the Dutch firm’s fold.

  • Welsh trials results

    20 December 2007

    ALL WALES NURSERY CHAMPIONSHIP. 1 and champion, W. Reed (Monmouth) Jill, 15; 2 and reserve champion, P. Tomkins (Llandrindod Wells) Mirk, 17.

  • What the vets say about prescriptions

    December 21st 2007

    Over the past few weeks FG has been finding out how farmers go about buying prescription-only animal medicines.

  • Wilf bows out with All-Wales win

    December 21st 2007

    IT was a landmark trial that finished the nursery season in Wales. The format was changed and to the traditional annual team competition, the North versus the South, was added the new individual competition to find the All-Wales Nursery Champion.

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