Farmers Guardian
January 6, 2012

  • Agriculture in the national news - January 3

    3 January 2012

    A round up of farming news from across the UK.

  • Agriculture in the national news - January 4

    4 January 2012

    A round-up of news from around the UK.

  • Agriculture in the national news - January 5

    5 January 2012

    A round up of farming news from across the UK.

  • Anthelmintic resistance in cattle

    January 6, 2012

    CATTLE farmers were warned by Moredun’s Professor Jacqui Matthews to be aware of the threat of anthelmintic resistance.

  • Arla expands in Scotland

    4 January 2012

    ARLA Foods is growing its business in Scotland with a new depot near Glasgow, and ramping up production at Lockerbie dairy.

  • Aurwen and Lyn win at Ledbury

    January 6, 2012

    HANDLERS from North Wales, Northamptonshire, Devon, the Gower Peninsula and most places in between, abandoned their firesides to support the Christmas trial at Ledbury, hosted by Angie Blackmore.

  • Badger cull: Ball now firmly in farmers’ court

    3 January 2012

    THE farming industry has welcomed Defra’s decision to sanction two pilot badger culls this year, but concerns remain. Alistair Driver reports.

  • BASF moves GM development away from Europe

    17 January 2012

    LACK of acceptance of GM technology in Europe has led plant science business BASF to move its plant biotechnology activities to what it describes as the ‘main markets’ in North and South America.

  • Capital value of farmland to grow

    6 January 2012

    THE capital value growth of UK farmland is forecast to outperform many commodities markets, residential property, UK gilts and West End offices, according to a rural agent.

  • Case study: Ambassador for the South, Nick Baird

    January 6, 2012

    SOUTHERN-based ambassador Nick Baird played host to ‘Delia Online’ last year to raise awareness for Potato Week (October 1-7).

  • Case study: Battling the financial costs of hosting an agricultural show

    30 December 2011

    ?WHEN an agricultural show folds, it can come as a great shock to everyone in the community, leaving a big hole in their lives which can take some filling.

  • Case study: The show secretary

    30 December 2011

    ?SHEILA Robinson probably knows as much, if not more, about the trials and tribulations of organising an agricultural show than most.

  • Cereals market update - January 3

    3 January 2012

    Early week activity on the London futures market has seen May wheat rise to £157 per tonne (March £156.50) which continues the prices rally seen in the run-up to Christmas.However, according to Frontier, traders are not seeing this as any indication of a bull run on commodities in 2012 and the wheat market fundamentals remain bearish with good harvests in the southern hemisphere.

  • CLA backing battle against climate change

    4 January 2012

    THE CLA has written to Secretary of State for Climate Change Chris Huhne explaining why European landowners support a 30 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions in the fight to mitigate climate change.

  • CLA welcomes help for rural communities

    5 January 2012

    The CLA has welcomed Caroline Spelman’s recognition that in many cases the countryside has been abandoned by government.

  • Cull cows an attractive option this winter

    9 January 2012

    CULL cow finishing should continue to show a useful return, thanks to the export market.

  • Early call for Open Farm Sunday participation

    5 January 2012

    ORGANISERS of Open Farm Sunday has issued an early rallying cry for more farms than ever to take part.

  • English sheepdog trial results – January 6

    January 6, 2012

    LITTLEDALE, Hollinshead Farm, Caton, Lancaster, Christmas Eve Open (Judge, T. Smith, Pilling, 47 ran) 1, D. Harrison (Selside) Ben, 85 of 90; 2, J. Burrow (Silverdale) Sam. 83; 3, A. Temple (Holmrook) Meg, 81, OLF; 4, C. Mellin (Oakworth) Moor Lodge Mirk, 81; 5, D. Purdham (Holmrook) Meg, 80; 6, T. Huddleston (Caton) Udale Jet, 79.

  • Farm businesses of the future

    January 6, 2012

    OWN and local has to be two of the key words attracting members of the public to buy into farm produce. Danusia Osiowy speaks to three farmers operating different businesses, but all with similar goals.

  • Farm businesses of the future - farmshop

    6 January 2012

    Visiting Farrington’s Farm Shop is not simply just ‘going shopping’. You only need to visit their website to view the exhaustive menu of additional options on offer.

  • Farm businesses of the future - online

    6 January 2012

    Glen and Gilli Allingham’s discovery of how well garlic grew on their Scottish Highland farm inspired a new business idea.

  • Farmland expected to rise by 7-10pc in 2012

    9 January 2012

    ?FARMLAND values might have continued to slip slightly in the final quarter of the year, but they are predicted to rebound.

  • Fertiliser market update - January 3

    3 January 2012

    International urea prices continue to fall and market demand in the UK and Europe remains weak. For further analysis go to: http://www.fertidata.com/market-reports/

  • FG news editor speaks to BBC about sheep rustling

    3 January 2012

    FARMERS Guardian news editor Ben Briggs appeared on BBC national news on Boxing Day to speak about the rise of livestock thefts across the UK.

  • Findings of horticultural study to be revealed

    3 January 2012

    GROWERS in the West Midlands will discover the findings of an in-depth study into regional vegetable, fruit and plant production.

  • Food security now firmly on the agenda

    January 6, 2012

    IN her opening address, Moredun’s scientific director and chief executive, Professor Julie Fitzpatrick, welcomed the fact food security was ‘finally and firmly on everyone’s agenda’.

  • Good year for Mole Valley

    6 January 2012

    MOLE Valley Farmers co-operative has reported a 16.7 per cent increase in turnover to £328 million (2010 £281 million) in the year to September 30, 2011.

  • Government faces legal challenge over battery egg imports

    3 January 2012

    THE British egg industry is set to challenge Defra in the courts over its refusal to ban imports of illegally-produced battery cage eggs and egg products. 

  • Government scientist named in New Year Honours

    4 January 2012

    THE Government scientist who has been advising Ministers in the fight against bovine TB has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours.

  • Government to appeal High Court solar decision

    4 January 2012

    THE Government is to appeal a ruling that its cuts to the solar feed-in tariff (FiT) were illegal.

  • Grimme’s Rota Tilla folds hydraulically

    5 January 2012

    GRIMME has launched its first hydraulically folding Rota Tilla with ridging body for three-bed operations.

  • H&H Bowe acquires Nicholson and Weston

    January 6, 2012

    NORTH West chartered surveyors H&H Bowe has acquired County Durham-based Nicholson and Weston.

  • Lamma 2012: A resurgence in ploughing is good news

    4 January 2012

    LAMMA has always been the show to check out ploughs, even with min-till at its most popular. But with many farms seeing a return to ploughing, manufacturers are seeing an upswing in trade.

  • Lamma 2012: Changing the face of fencing

    6 January 2012

    In the run-up to the UK’s largest machinery show, James Rickard takes a look at three British machinery manufacturers’ success stories and how shows like Lamma have benefited them.

  • Lamma 2012: Childhood dream to be an engineer is realised

    10 January 2012

    Sumo – well known for cultivation equipment, drills and presses. But less well known is the story of the man behind the red machines, from a child with big ideas, to an international business owner.

  • Lamma 2012: Drilling into the market

    12 January 2012

    Suffolk-based manufacturer Claydon’s motto is ‘Built for farmers by farmers’ and draws upon its farming experience to manufacture direct-drills, which it has now been doing for more than 10 years.

  • Lamma 2012: Farm machinery mechanics of the future

    9 January 2012

    Agricultural Engineering is enjoying a renaissance at Riseholme College, Lincoln, and its Level 2 Diploma course in Agricultural Engineering, supported by Lamma, is encouraging school leavers from all walks of life to consider a career in agriculture.

  • Lamma 2012: Farmer views on ploughing

    4 January 2012

    A selection of farmer views on the merits of ploughing.

  • Lamma 2012: Forage wagon gamble pays off

    January 6, 2012

    ?Forage wagons have seen a renaissance in recent years and as more people become aware of these machines, we decided to ask: what are they like to live? James Rickard talks to a Cumbrian contractor about his experiences.

  • Lamma 2012: Safer farm working by design

    4 January 2012

    With health and safety an increasing focus on farms, Jane Carley looks at the latest products which may help.

  • Livestock market update - January 4

    4 January 2012

    Livestock market averages need to be read against the backdrop of the holiday period with fewer marketings and in the case of lambs, the switchover from new season to old season.

  • Livestock scholarship is announced

    January 6, 2012

    A NEW scholarship was also announced – three awards of up to £1,000 each will be made in 2012.

  • Maltster working with growers to add value to barley

    January 6, 2012

    In the last of our series of reports on HGCA’s ‘meet the processor’ events, Dominic Kilburn reports from the Muntons’ maltings in Suffolk.

  • McDonald’s officially exempt from games’ food requirements

    6 January 2012

    According to the NFU a question mark hangs over the company about whether all the food it supplies will comply with the Red Tractor standards, the baseline requirement for Olympic suppliers.

  • MEPs urge EID review

    5 January 2012

    THE European Commission has been urged to carry out a full scale review into the legislation governing the electronic identification of sheep (EID).

  • Milk price is macroeconomics versus domestic competition

    January 6, 2012

    ARLA is the second major milk buyer to suggest there is no immediate fundamental case for a milk price drop at producer level as we enter the New Year.

  • Müller to cut producer price 0.5ppl

    4 January 2012

    TOUGH trading conditions and a generally disappointing 2011 for Shropshire based dairy products manufacturer Müller, have resulted in an announced 0.5ppl price cut from February 1.

  • New chairman at Moredun

    January 6, 2012

    MOREDUN Research Institute has appointed Prof Sandy Trees as its new chairman.

  • New conservation project will benefit farmland birds

    3 January 2012

    A NEW landscape-scale conservation project aimed at tailor-managing arable farmland across a large area is being launched at the Oxford Farming Conference.

  • New deer code roll out in Scotland

    6 January 2012

    A new Scottish deer code comes into effect this month, with a focus on co-operative and voluntary deer management across the country.

  • New diagnostic test for liver fluke

    January 6, 2012

    THE two main practical challenges for farmers wishing to ensure their livestock are free of liver fluke are the diagnosis of active fluke infection in a live animal, and then establishing the effectiveness of flukicide treatment.

  • New tyres tackle two problems

    January 6, 2012

    MICHELIN is to launch two new combine tyre sizes designed to reduce transport widths while maintaining low compaction.

  • New visitor facility for factory guests

    January 6, 2012

    NEW Holland has opened a further 600 square metres to its UK tractor manufacturing plant to welcome guests to its Essex factory and give them a full visitor ‘experience’.

  • NFU expresses concern over new Natural England powers

    3 January 2012

    THE NFU has urged the Government to monitor the way Natural England uses new enforcement powers granted from the start of this year.

  • OFC 2012: Creagh attacks Coalition over Grocery Adjudicator

    4 January 2012

    SHADOW Defra Secretary Mary Creagh has criticised the coalition Government over delays in introducing the Grocery Codes Adjudicator (GCA).

  • OFC 2012: Debate sends out strong anti-EU message

    5 January 2012

    THE Oxford Farming Conference sent out a strong anti-European message at the end of an entertaining debate on Wednesday evening (January 4).

  • OFC 2012: 'Impossible' to keep badger culls secret

    4 January 2012

    FARMING Minister Jim Paice has warned farmers planning to sign up to local badger cull policies in England that there is virtually no prospect the areas will be kept secret.

  • OFC 2012: Paice unveils new Rural and Farming Networks

    4 January 2012

    FARMING Minister Jim Paice will today (Wednesday, January 4) promise to make Defra the ‘listening’ department’ as he unveils a new initiative intended to give rural businesses a greater say in Government policy.

  • OFC 2012: Report warns of threat of global food giants 

    4 January 2012

    THE growing power of giant global food companies poses a potential threat to the UK farming industry, a report commissioned by the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) has found.

  • OFC 2012: 'UK farmers have a lot to be proud of' says Paice

    4 January 2012

    FARMING Minister Jim Paice has lauded farmers, saying British agriculture had ‘a lot to be proud of’ against the backdrop of a gloomy economic environment.

  • OFC 2012: UK must build on export sucess

    11 January 2012

    THE UK Government will help the UK food industry build on its recent export success, Mr Spelman told the conference.

  • OFC 2012: UK remains 'at the heart of CAP reform' - Spelman

    5 January 2012

    DEFRA Secretary Caroline Spelman insisted that the UK remains ‘at the heart of CAP reform negotiations’ despite David Cameron’s veto of the EU treaty.

  • Part of Axis range is now IsoBus compatible

    9 January 2012

    ISOBUS compatibility is now a feature on certain models within Kuhn’s Axis 50.1 W and Axis 40.1 W twin disc fertiliser spreader ranges.

  • Red Tractor at the heart of London Olympics Games’ Food Vision

    5 January 2012

    THIS year’s Olympic Games, taking place in London in the summer, will provide an unrivalled opportunity to showcase British food and farming to a captive audience. Alistair Driver and Olivia Midgley look at the opportunities it will provide for the industry.

  • Rumenco buys Net-Tex

    6 January 2012

    RUMINANT nutrition supplement manufacturer Rumenco has acquired Net-Tex Industries.Both will continue to be independent businesses. Rumenco chairman Frank Heap, said:  “There is a very good level of strategic fit between the two companies. Both are successful manufacturers of different but complementary ruminant product ranges.  In addition, Net-Tex is active in equine and pet markets.”

  • Sainsbury's outlines commitment to British farming

    3 January 2012

    SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury’s will today (Tuesday January 3) host a fringe event for delegates at the Oxford Farming Conference.

  • Saluting the British countryside in 2012

    10 January 2012

    AS London hosts the Olympics and we celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee, there has never been a better time to shout about the virtues of the British Countryside.

  • SCA award finalists announced

    4 January 2012

    THE Scottish Countryside Alliance has announced the finalists for its annual awards, nicknamed the ‘rural Oscars’.

  • Scientists find cause of nitrate leaching

    6 January 2012

    SCIENTISTS at the University of Aberdeen have come up with an explanation how ammonia in fertilisers is converted to nitrate, which is then washed out of soils before reaching the intended crops.

  • Scottish heritage staff awarded bonuses

    6 January 2012

    SCOTTISH Natural Heritage awarded ‘bonuses’ totalling £57,396 to 47 members of staff in 2011.

  • Steady trial lands David Harrison and Ben charity open win

    January 6, 2012

    ALTHOUGH competition continued throughout the festive period, most trials were opens rather than nurseries.

  • Time to spread the word on potatoes

    January 6, 2012

    IN 2009, potato growers were recruited as ‘Potato Ambassadors’ to promote British potatoes and forge links between producers and consumers. Such has been the project’s success, recruitment of a second phase of ambassadors begins shortly.

  • Tracing species behind outbreak

    January 6, 2012

    In its annual presentation of ongoing research and projects, Edinburgh’s Moredun Institute announced developments in fluke treatments and crypto incidence. Claire Powell reports from the event, which was held shortly before the New Year.

  • Tractor sales remain buoyant

    5 January 2012

    UK registrations for tractors over 50hp were reasonably buoyant in November with 716 registrations.

  • Trial grass plot at show

    January 6, 2012

    MOLE Valley Farmers, in a joint venture with Devon County Show, has established a trial plot on the show field to demonstrate to farmers how they can grow more and better grass.

  • Unique location is adding value for beef finishers

    January 6, 2012

    FARMING in wetland areas can certainly be a challenge but one group of farmers are using their environment as an exceptional selling point for the beef they produce.

  • Using the internet to raise your farm shop’s profile

    10 January 2012

    CREATING a website can be quick and easy, effective and more beneficial for the long-term future of your farm shop or British produce business, says Richard Stevenson of web hosting and domain name registration company, 1&1 Internet.

  • Voltage optimisation is reducing the energy bill for one heavy user

    January 6, 2012

    ONE of the UK’s largest organic vegetable farms has reduced its electricity bills by 11 per cent, saving £8,000 per year.

  • Welsh Government plans to sell Pwllpeiran research farm

    5 January 2012

    THE Welsh Government is planning to sell off the farm land at its Pwllpeiran agricultural research centre in West Wales – renowned across the world for its pioneering upland farming work for more than 60 years.

  • Welsh sheepdog trial results – January 6

    January 6, 2012

    BROMSBERROW HEATH CHRISTMAS, Ledbury, Day 1 (Judge, Sheila Lewis, Llanelli) Open national, 1, Aurwen Price (Llandrindod Wells) Lyn, 10; 2, Pennant Williams (Treuddyn) Sweep, 11; 3, David Howells (Port Talbot) Jamie, 12; 4, Colin Gordon (Gower) Meg, 13 OLF; 5, David Howells, May, 13; 6, Alistair Gilchrist (Llangollen) Roy, 14.

  • William and Andrew Cowx: Getting ever closer to a warm and draught-free home

    January 6, 2012

    MAY we at Hudscales wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year. We hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas.

  • Win £50 M&S voucher - February caption competition

    9 January 2012

    TAKE part in our monthly online caption competition and give us your witty or interesting caption suggestions for this photograph.

  • Wind turbine for mid-range generation

    January 6, 2012

    UK-BASED renewable energy company Arventis has launched a mid-ranged vertical axis wind turbine for the emerging electricity micro-generation market.

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