Farmers Guardian
December 29th 2006

  • £1,140 top price at Shrewsbury

    December 29th 2006

    TOP prize at Shrewsbury Auction Centre’s Christmas dairy show and sale went to a home-bred freshly calved Aintree Monument heifer from Phil Parry, Emstrey, Shrewsbury and sold for £1,080 to Brian Owen, Welshpool.

  • £5,000 bursary

    December 29th 2006

    A SPECIAL scholarship to produce a study on farming’s relationship to climate change is being offered by the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust (NFST).

  • 200,000th baler rolls off the line

    December 29th 2006

    The 200,000th round baler has been produced at New Holland’s Pennsylvania plant. The New Holland Machine Works was started in October 1895 by Abram Zimmerman to repair agricultural equipment and to develop his own portable corn mill.

  • 2006 Review

    December 29th 2006

    Reasons to be cheerful? For much of year, in England in particular, there did not seem to be many. But beyond the Single Payment fiasco that dominated the headlines there have been some highly encouraging developments for British farmers in 2006. ALISTAIR DRIVER reviews the farming news year and considers whether we are in a better place now than we were 12 months ago.

  • 258 million birds registered

    December 29th 2006

    MORE than 258 million birds have been added to the Great Britain Poultry Register since its launch one year ago.

  • Abattoir is all set to restart slaughtering

    December 29th 2006

    A NORTH Wales abattoir with a chequered history is all set to start up slaughtering again early in the New Year, writes BARRY ALSTON.

  • Appointments for NSA northern

    December 29th 2006

    THE National Sheep Association northern region elected two new board members at their December annual meeting. Hans Porksen was elected chairman and John Geldard was elected vice-chairman.

  • Battling to save Dartmoor’s living emblem

    December 29th 2006

    The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust was set up to ensure a sustainable future for Dartmoor-type ponies. Valerie Russell looks at the prospects for the indigenous Dartmoor ponies on the moor in light of the trust’s work and achievements.

  • Bob and Tex notch first nursery titles

    December 29th 2006

    TWO nursery trials were held in the North of England on the Saturday before Christmas and the two winning dogs at both earned their first title.

  • British Horse Society Scotland Diamond Jubilee Ride

    2 January 2007

    The BHS Scotland is inviting riders to join them in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of The British Horse Society with a pleasure ride at Balmoral in the spring.

  • British Horse Society Scotland Diamond Jubilee Ride

    2 January 2007

    The BHS Scotland is inviting riders to join them in celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of The British Horse Society with a pleasure ride at Balmoral in the spring.

  • Chelford poultry

    December 29th 2006

    AN ENTRY of 968 dressed poultry were forward at a show and sale at Chelford, Cheshire. The champion turkey from Richard Thornicroft, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, weighed 30lb. It sold at 173p/lb (£52) to the George Hotel, Youlgreave, Derbyshire.

  • Christmas Bonanza at Borderway

    December 29th 2006

    A TOP price of 1,850gns was achieved when 110 horses and ponies, along with an array of tack, went under the hammer at the Christmas Bonanza sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Data needed to re-register

    December 29th 2006

    AGROCHEMICAL companies will be required to supply new data on triazole efficacy as products come up for re-registration under the EU approvals process.

  • Duo ‘tireless workers’

    December 29th 2006

    LOUISE Frost and John Slater, of Ashley YFC have been judged Staffordshire Young Farmers’ most outstanding individuals. They received the Mr and Mrs W.A. Taylor merit award for their ‘tireless work and endless enthusiasm’ in promoting their club when its future looked bleak. Ashley YFC is now thriving and has 37 members, winning it the award for the club with the highest increase in membership over the year (from 17 to 37, a 118 per cent increase). Cheadle was runner-up with a 41 per ...

  • Earlier maturing pea is truly revolutionary

    December 29th 2006

    A NEW pea that matures much earlier than traditional varieties, is revolutionary, according to one expert.

  • English Sheepdog Trial Results

    December 29th 2006

    RYEDALE, Haygate Lane, Pickering, Nursery (32 ran): 1, L. Jones (Wrelton) Bob, 78 of 90; 2, R. Jewitt (Naburn) Nell, 76, TIME; 3, M. Mason (Driffield) Mist, 76; 4, D. Lumley (Pateley Bridge) Jan, 74; 5, C. Cutler (Easby) Ben, 72; 6, J. Bell (Howden) Jill, 70.

  • Food from abroad not a threat, report concludes

    December 29th 2006

    SOURCING a healthy proportion of supplies from abroad makes UK food supplies more secure, rather than less, Defra has concluded.

  • Government launches new biomass scheme

    December 29th 2006

    THE Government is launching a new Bio-energy Capital Grant scheme towards the cost of installing specialised equipment today (December 29).

  • Growers to learn FVP allocations in New Year

    December 29th 2006

    GROWERS will finally discover the size of their Fruit, Vegetable and Potato (FVP) allocations early in the New Year.

  • Huge opportunities from pre-pack market

    December 29th 2006

    A Shropshire herb growing business has increased its acreage 20 fold in 10 years and switched from wholesale to pre-pack markets.

  • Implications not clear on mutation

    December 29th 2006

    New mechanisms of fungicide resistance are providing challenges in the laboratory and the field. HGCA gathered together scientists, regulators, advisers and farmers in Northampton at the end of the year to share the latest news and views on resistance development. TERESA RUSH reports.

  • Irish buyers looking to invest in UK farmland as country’s economy surges

    December 29th 2006

    With booming land values and lucrative investment programmes in Ireland, increasing numbers of Irish nationals are looking to buy land in the UK, writes Ian Hepburn, head of farm agency at Strutt & Parker.

  • Lancashire’s new chairman

    December 29th 2006

    BENJAMIN Towers, 26, a farmer and member of Kirkham YFC, has been elected chairman of the Lancashire Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs. The out-going chairman is Richard Eastham, of Samlesbury. Christine Parkinson, 24, an occupational therapist from Clitheroe and secretary of Slaidburn, is the new county secretary.

  • Large pension deficit delays takeover talks

    December 29th 2006

    A GAPING hole in Arla Foods UK’s pension fund is reported to have held up takeover talks with Danish parent co-op Arla amba.

  • Let’s not be sacrificial lambs of ‘environment’

    December 29th 2006

    In 2007 we should be celebrating 60 years on from the 1947 Agricultural Act which, for the first time in the history of British agriculture, put a positive policy behind food production.

  • Llysyfran hat-trick champions

    December 29th 2006

    LLYSYFRAN YFC is Pembrokeshire Young Farmers’ champion club for the third year in a row.

  • Looking ahead to 2007

    December 29th 2006

    And so…… as 2006 draws to a close Farmers Guardian asked well-known industry figures and grass roots farmers how optimistic they were about 2007?

  • Machinery sold

    December 29th 2006

    TRACTORS realised the best prices when the machinery at Trittencott Farm, Rose Ash, Devon, was dispersed for Messrs White. A Renault 8034 4WD ‘Greg’ made £3,900, a Case International 785 x L 4WD ‘Greg’ £3,000 and a D.B 885 ‘T Reg’ £1,600.

  • Most costly cows

    December 29th 2006

    DAIRY farmers have been warned their favourite and most productive cows could be their costliest.

  • New A380 from Kirkby

    December 29th 2006

    The A380 is the latest Alliance implement tyre available from Liverpool-based Kirkby Tyres.Rated to 70kph, the A380 is available in sizes from 550/45R22.5 to 750/45R26.5. When used at the more typical speed of 40kph, they have a load rating of 5,000kg instead of 3,450kg when operated at their highest speed.Other features of the A380 include steel braced tread, reinforced side walls and and open tread pattern for self-cleaning.

  • New Somerset Federation President

    December 29th 2006

    BRIAN Rowe, an arable farmer from Chiltern Trinity, near Bridgwater, is the new president of the Somerset Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. He succeeds Tony Walker. The federation’s new vice-president is farmer Ian Dyer, of Blackmoor Farm, Cannington.

  • NFU calls for on-farm culling in isolated areas

    December 29th 2006

    BECAUSE of the impending closure of Madron Meat Company’s ODCS slaughtering operation in Cornwall (FG, Dec 22), the NFU is questioning the system on welfare, environmental and economic grounds and campaigning for on-farm culling in isolated areas – perhaps under the Fallen Stock Scheme.

  • North West awards for ‘green’ farmers

    December 29th 2006

    ‘GREEN’ farmers in the North West have the chance to show their environmental credentials.

  • OPs are not a matter for police investigation

    December 29th 2006

    “NO-ONE will ever tell me they have not been told,’’ said a disappointed and surprised Brenda Sutcliffe on the news there will be no police investigation into organophosphate poisoning among farmers and shepherds.

  • Pam takes Bucks helm

    December 29th 2006

    PAM Lloyd, of Long Crendon YFC, has been elected chairman of the Buckinghamshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. Pam, an environmental consultant, has been a YFC member for 11 years. A beef farmer’s daughter, she is a former South East area young stockman of the year.

  • Paying the bill in livestock or crops ‘will do nicely’ at this country house hotel

    December 29th 2006

    THE option of ‘paying in kind’ with crops, livestock or farming inputs is the latest offer to customers of Dunsley Hall Country House Hotel.

  • Peas and beans market opportunity

    December 29th 2006

    MAKE money out of peas and beans by targeting human consumption markets. That is the advice of Frank Curtis, director of arable marketing at seed company Nickersons.

  • Pig supply chain grants

    December 29th 2006

    A GRANT scheme for pig producers, processors, retailers and foodservice companies in England and Wales who want to improve their supply chains has re-opened for applications.The Supply Chain Grant Scheme, is on offer from the British Pig Executive. Contact Chris Lamb on 01908 844194, email, chris_lamb @mlc.org.uk.

  • Producers are asked to keep cheese factory deal alive

    December 29th 2006

    A GROUP of 200 milk producers in Cumbria have two weeks to demonstrate sufficient interest in becoming involved with plans for a new cheese factory to keep the deal alive.

  • Raughton’s big ‘deal’

    December 29th 2006

    RAUGHTON Head Young Farmers Club ticked all the right boxes with its ‘Deal or no deal’ – themed presentation during Cumbria Young Farmers’ club promotion competition.

  • RPA’s budget slashed to curb the overspend

    December 29th 2006

    THE Rural Payments Agency has had its budget for 2007/8 cut by £21 million.

  • Rural images of Yorkshire . . . from America

    December 29th 2006

    AN appeal from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) for help in tracking down pictorial evidence of Yorkshire’s agricultural heritage has generated a transatlantic response.

  • Scottish Sheepdog Trial Results

    December 29th 2006

    Biglees, West Kilbride (Judge: A. Carnegie, Comrie) - Open – 51 ran – 1, J.J. Templeton, Ted, Fenwick, 90 re-run; 2, J.R. Welsh, Mack, Girvan, 90; 3, A. Watson, Jake, Shotts, 87 outbye; 4, J. Henderson, Drift, Fairlie, 87; 5, J. Seton, Moss, Darvel, 86; 6, D.D. Shennan, Gill, Girvan, 85 outbye; 7, J.R. Welsh, Cap, Girvan, 85.

  • Second employer award for Claas as apprenticeships soar

    December 29th 2006

    CLAAS has won its second Edge Employer Award as the first group of apprentice students qualify and it has just had the biggest apprentice intake so far.

  • Septoria increases due to various factors

    December 29th 2006

    EARLIER sowing dates and climate change are driving increases in the incidence of septoria tritici, according to a leading cereal disease expert.

  • Skipton dairy

    December 29th 2006

    BIDDING peaked at £1,140 at Skipton auction’s monthly dairy auction. Topping the trade was a newly calved heifer from Gordon Beresford, Halton West, Skipton. It won the reserve ticket and sold to Wick Williams, Nantwich, Cheshire.The championship went to a newly calved Holstein Friesian heifer from Geoff Duckworth, Great Harwood, Lancashire, sold for £1,050 to Alan Outram, Bury.Auctioneers: Craven Cattle Marts.

  • Spicy Party Dip

    December 29th 2006

    This recipe comes from Norma Broughton, of Lancashire.

  • Sprayers get a can rinse nozzle

    December 29th 2006

    CHAFER sprayers now come as standard with a self-powered spinning can rinse nozzle. The Mini Whirly system washes the bottom, neck and sides of each can and can be retro-fitted to most stainless steel hoppers.

  • Survey highlights returns

    December 29th 2006

    ONLY lowland cattle and sheep farms in Wales have shown any positive sign of an improved net income during the 2005-2006 financial year. Almost every other sector returned lower incomes – up to 40 per cent in some instances.

  • Thainstone celebrates anniversary

    December 29th 2006

    THE 17th anniversary of the opening of Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, will be marked by a show and sale of store cattle on January 5. Around 1,400 cattle will be forward for the event, judged by father and son Robbie and Colin Clark, of Thomaston, Auchterless.

  • Twin-pivot system comes to Lely mounted mowers

    December 29th 2006

    LELY has introduced the Splendimo M range of mounted mowers.

  • Two new Deere dealerships as technicians take the ROSE trophy

    December 29th 2006

    John Deere has appointed two new dealerships in England.

  • Underhaug planters and harvesters

    December 29th 2006

    UNDERHAUG potato plant-ers and harvesters are to distributed England and Wales by Agrihold Farm Machinery of Cambridgeshire.

  • Welsh Black Society officers

    December 29th 2006

    THE Welsh Black Cattle Society has chosen Gwynedd farmer, Evan Tudor to continue as chairman of its council for another two years. Powys farmer John Pratt was elected vice-chairman.

  • You have to know who your pulses are for

    December 29th 2006

    GROWING peas and beans can be a profitable business but growers have got to know for whom they are growing. What is more the agronomic benefits of pulses mean they are more valuable to farmers than the gross margin figures imply.

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