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 9th 2005
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... and EC is equally dismissive
December 9th 2005
THE European Commission has dismissed UK calls for further reform of the CAP.
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Flawed case for CAP reform dismissed by farming leaders
December 9th 2005
THE Government’s call to radically reform the Common Agricultural Policy has been dismissed by farming leaders and the European Commission.
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Joint dairy and beef assurance
December 9th 2005
But the NBA is worried it could undermine market integrity
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New weapons in war against potato blight
December 9th 2005
POTATO growers can look forward to a wider choice of blight fungicides next season with the addition of two new active ingredients to the current armoury.
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The future changes for hill farming
11 December 2005
THE ‘especially difficult’ challenge facing hill farming was outlined in an NFU submission to an All-party parliamentary group on hill farming, at Westminster.
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Thriving festive poultry business
December 9th 2005
The geese are housed in the cattle shed, with the goslings gradually given access to more and more grazing until they are ready to roam over the full 14 acres used by the geese. Foxes have been an intermittent problem, but the use of electric fencing and care at housing have virtually eliminated this problem. – William Brisbourne
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UK blight control shake-up needed to combat new strain
December 9th 2005
BLIGHT control prog-rammes in the UK will have to undergo a major shake-up to have any chance of controlling the aggressive new strain of the disease now appearing with greater frequency in mainland Europe.
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Wildlife friendly slug killer could have organic use
December 9th 2005
A NEW slug killer that is harmless to all other types of wildlife and is being considered by the Soil Association as acceptable for use on organic farms was launched for agricultural crops at British Potato 2005.