Farmers Guardian
November 25th 2005

  • Automatic controls for new 5,000-litre sprayer

    November 25th 2005

    Househam Sprayers have introduced a new top of the range self-propelled sprayer, the Air-Ride 5000, which is fitted with a 5,000-litre spray tank and a 32m boom, extendable to 36m, but also usable at 12 and 24m.

  • Big Body has the capacity

    November 25th 2005

    German firm Krampe has managed to increase the capacity of its trailers with a new design.

  • Bradshaw accused of bending the facts on TB

    November 25th 2005

    Animal Health Minister Ben Bradshaw, has been accused of ‘bending the facts’ to support his stance on bovine TB.

  • Confirmed outbreak of brown rot in UK first for five-years

    November 25th 2005

    Brown rot has been found in a UK-grown potato crop for the first time in five years.

  • Diverse range of equestrian books appeals to all

    November 25th 2005

    With Christmas fast approaching, Farmers Guardian reviews a range of the best equestrian books around. With topics as diverse as Chinese philosophy and what horses are thinking, there is something to suit all interests and ages.

  • Export protest threat

    November 25th 2005

    Exporters of live beef cattle will face protests when the export ban is lifted early next year, animal rights campaigners warned this week.

  • Farm leaders demand statement of intent from retailers over sourcing

    November 25th 2005

    Supermarkets were put on the spot this week over their commitment to sourcing domestic food in an increasingly liberalised global market.

  • Fears of cattle flood rise as OTMS ends

    November 25th 2005

    The Over Thirty Months Scheme is to end on January 23, leading to fears within the livestock industry that the market may be flooded by older cattle.

  • Food & drink 'Oscars'

    November 25th 2005

    Seven farm-based businesses take Gold awards

  • Former OFT boss calls for fair treatment for farmers

    November 25th 2005

    The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is failing farmers, the former director general of the OFT has claimed.

  • Key to winning is consistency in competitive carcase classes

    November 25th 2005

    Consistency was key in the carcase classes with the same people taking supreme and reserve honours in the lamb, pork and beef sections.

  • New Cayenne packs incredible performance

    November 25th 2005

    Autos & 4x4 Test Report

  • New spring barley variety is just the tipple for maltsters

    November 25th 2005

    Spring malting barley variety NFC Tipple, which joined the Recommended List this year, will be a bigger seller than Optic – which currently accounts for nearly 80 per cent of spring malting barley puchases by variety, at 400,000 tonnes.

  • Overall honours awarded to Sparky

    November 25th 2005

    It was a great weekend for Neil Slack at the National Primestock Show, Bingley Hall where he picked up both the overall supreme championship and the baby beef championship.

  • Potato varieties get stores Finest label

    November 25th 2005

    The first potato varieties to be chosen by Tesco for inclusion in its premium ‘Finest’ product range start appearing in store this week.

  • Pure-bred Dutch Texel lambs sweep the board

    November 25th 2005

    There was only one name to look out for in the sheep classes as Robin Slade and his pure-bred Dutch Texel lambs completely swept the board.

  • Respected farmer goes from official to exhibitor following retirement

    November 25th 2005

    Next week’s record- breaking Royal Welsh Winter Fair – November 28 and 29 – will be far more significant for Peter Guthrie than anyone else.

  • Results

    November 25th 2005

    BEEF - (Judges R. Burton, Newark, and R. Schofield, Todmorden)

  • Rotaries rule

    November 25th 2005

    Rotary and hybrid combine harvesters continue to play an increasingly important role across much of Western Europe. According to New Holland, they currently account for 23 per cent of sales. This compares to just 14 per cent 10 years ago.

  • Scots lead the way in animal strategy

    November 25th 2005

    Scotland is leading the EU in drawing up an animal health and welfare strategy and remains determined to keep ahead of the game, Ross Finnie, Minister for the Environment and Rural Development, told the second annual conference on the subject at New Lanark.

  • SHERRY MINCEMEAT

    November 25th 2005

    This recipe is from Ann Wood of Bridge Farm, Swanley, Cheshire.

  • Tax break for vegetable oil biofuel withdrawn

    November 25th 2005

    The biofuel industry is in crisis after the Government announced that fuel from pure vegetable oil would no longer be subject to a tax break, according to producers of the green fuel.

  • The field to fork ambassador

    November 25th 2005

    There are not many people who have worked their way along the food chain from field to fork – but Ieuan Edwards is one of them.

  • Tipple poses no problems

    November 25th 2005

    “We are an old-fashioned lot, and don’t like change for change’s sake, but we like Tipple as it produces no processing problems. We especially like the good grain size. Disposal of screenings is becoming a real problem for us,’’ said Richard Wheeler, of Tuckers Maltings, in Newton Abbot.

  • Tried and Tested - Riding coat comfort

    November 25th 2005

    Farmers Guardian staff review what’s on the market

  • Wales beating Beefy and Lamby

    November 25th 2005

    Exports were pretty important – but they were not the only panacea for the meat industry’s ills, Welsh Assembly Countryside Minister, Carwyn Jones, told the Newtown, Powys, conference in his keynote address.

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