Farmers Guardian
December 30th 2005

  • A Lakeland farm with its very own tales of heritage

    December 30th 2005

    When Jon and Caroline Watson took over the tenancy of a historic National Trust farm in the heart of the Lake District they knew they would have to draw on a number of income streams to make a living. Their latest venture is the sale of traditionally reared beef and lamb in insulated boxes.

  • Burgess Show 2006

    December 30th 2005

    A diverse range of equipment on show at a real business event

  • China gets an insight into estate’s sustainable farming experiences

    December 30th 2005

    Clinton Devon Estates hosted a day-long visit by a representative from China. Guihua Ma, from the Chinese News Agency, was keen to learn from local landowners and farmers about their agricultural business practices and how they manage the Devon landscape for sustainability.

  • Christmas in the Countryside

    December 30th 2005

    This week we publish some of the entries in the 11 to 16-year-old category in the Farmers Guardian’s ‘Christmas in the Countryside’ painting competition

  • Compost proves beneficial to arable soils

    December 30th 2005

    An Essex-based project investigating the use of compost to improve arable soils has identified significant positive benefits in terms of soil organic matter and moisture content.

  • Cumbrian moorland ‘first’

    December 30th 2005

    The first agreement in a new initiative from English Nature to bring moorland Sites of Special Scientific Interest into ‘favourable management’ by 2010, has got underway in Cumbria.

  • Double award success for root veg firm

    December 30th 2005

    One of the UK’s leading producers of root vegetable crops has scooped two prestigious awards for environmental achievements.

  • FSA re-think food inspector powers

    December 30th 2005

    The Food Standards Agency has decided to think again about introducing new ‘draconian’ powers for food inspectors from January 1.

  • Industry confidence hits a low

    December 30th 2005

    Farmers are less confident about the state of their industry than at any time since the foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001

  • Keen spirited Grand Cherokee Jeep

    December 30th 2005

    Test Report

  • Last call to enter sausage competition

    December 30th 2005

    Heart of England fine foods are extending a last call to farmers, butchers and speciality meat producers across Shropshire, Staffordshire and Birmingham to enter the West Midlands Sausage Competition, for which the first heat will be in Telford on January 9.

  • McCormick 115 turns out to be valuable workhorse

    December 30th 2005

    Burgess Show 2006

  • New hygiene rules could make some cattle worthless

    December 30th 2005

    Some cattle may be prevented from entering the human food chain and become worthless in the wake of new EU-wide hygiene rules on emergency slaughter introduced from January 1, farmers have been warned.

  • PAN UKs List of Lists

    December 30th 2005

    The Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has updated and fully revised its ‘List of Lists’.

  • Round baler important to contractor offering field-to-store service to customers on variable quality land

    December 30th 2005

    For one contractor based in the Derbyshire dales the mainstay of his business is round bale silage – his dependence on having a reliable round baler is total.

  • Straightforward advice on soil

    December 30th 2005

    A new guide to soil management from SAC aims to provide farmers, crofters and agricultural contractors with straightforward guidance on a range of soil issues.

  • Trout in tomato sauce with noodles

    December 30th 2005

    This recipe is from Jeanette Sunderland of High Greenwood House, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire.

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