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
January 13th 2006
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Bens eggs-ellent enterprise
January 13th 2006
From the time he left school Ben Pimlott was determined to work out of doors. Since then he has built up a thriving small business based on free-range egg production. Neil Ryder met the young entrepreneur.
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Brush-up IT skills to get passports online
January 13th 2006
Farmers across Wales are being urged to brush-up their computer skills in order to register cattle and obtain passports for them online from the British Cattle Movement Service.
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Commission to propose lifting of UK beef export ban
January 13th 2006
The UK’s beef industry was due to receive a welcome boost today with the European Commission expected to table a proposal to lift the beef export ban.
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Doubts over February Single Payment date
January 13th 2006
Farmers in England still have no guarantees they will receive their full Single Payment in February and March, or even just a portion of it.
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Garlic Lentil Soup
January 13th 2006
This recipe is from Pauline Walker. “It’s well worth waiting for and makes a good, substantial, tasty soup,” she says.
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Getting fit on the farm with one Devon couple’s hen house gym diversification
January 13th 2006
A Devon farmer's interest in keeping fit has led to a successful, expanding diversification business on the site of his former hen house.
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Grey tractor imports:
January 13th 2006
Grey tractor imports may be cheap on the pocket but they can expensive on the health, says the Health and Safety Executive, which monitors the arrival and operating condition of these tractors.
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Industry campaign to tackle £60m problem of bovine viral diarrhoea
January 13th 2006
Great Britain must join Europe in getting to grips with costly disease
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Making the most of the drilling window
January 13th 2006
Fertilisers and Spring Cultivation
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New forage maize machines are put through their paces in Holland
January 13th 2006
This season’s forage maize harvesting season saw two new machines put through their paces in Holland. One is designed to keep self-propelled foragers working non-stop. The second is a prototype of an all-in-one machine that chops, bales and wraps.
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No regrets as organic dairy enterprise aims for self-sufficiency
January 13th 2006
Barry Alston reports from a West Wales dairy farm where going organic or going out of milk was once seen as the only option.
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Positive response to live exports
January 13th 2006
The industry-wide response to moves to restart live exports – exclusively reported in last week’s Farmers Guardian – has been so positive that organisers are forging ahead with plans to set the ball rolling.
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RBST under fire for ‘one size fits all’ breed policy
January 13th 2006
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust has come under fire from a minority sheep association after reclassifying its breed as ‘at risk’ under a new recording system.
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Scottish Power seeks compulsory purchase powers as part of wind farm development
January 13th 2006
Scottish Power is seeking compulsory purchase powers to drive through plans for wind farms throughout the UK.
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Seeking solutions to the increased costs resulting from rising nitrogen prices
January 13th 2006
Fertilisers and Spring Cultivation
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Soil protection looming over UK farmers
January 13th 2006
Fertilisers and Spring Cultivation
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Summit to save school milk
January 13th 2006
A dairy industry summit is to be held next Tuesday to discuss the Defra-commissioned report which last week called for milk subsidies for 1.2 million primary school children to be scrapped.
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VI welcomes drop in pesticide levels
January 13th 2006
The Voluntary Initiative has welcomed Environment Agency figures released just before Christmas that show a 19 per cent reduction in the number of surface water samples containing pesticides at levels of more than the 0.1 parts per billion standard for drinking water.