Farmers Guardian
January 20th 2006

  • A propert start to the day

    January 20th 2006

    Next week sees the start of Farmhouse Breakfast Week (January 22-28). The campaign highlights the wealth of high quality, regional breakfast produce and the importance of starting the day with a healthy balanced breakfast. FG takes a look at the advice and delicious recipes from renowned chefs going out to consumers – all with the aim of encouraging people to use fresh local produce to start the day.

  • Addition to Discovery range of intermediate harrows

    January 20th 2006

    Kuhn has added a 5.65m working width model to its intermediate range of Discover heavy cultivation and straw incorporation disc harrows.

  • Andreas Antonas Muesli with Almonds & Cinnamon

    January 20th 2006

    Preparation, 5 minutes

  • Angela Grays Flippin Great Pancakes

    January 20th 2006

    Preparation, 5 minutes; cooking, 10 minutes

  • Bacon Fritter

    January 20th 2006

    Preparation, !0 minutes; cooking, 10 minutes

  • Beet news not as bad as expected

    January 20th 2006

    The news about sugar beet price reductions was not quite as bad as many growers and contractors feared, according to Alex Mathias of Standen Engineering, and there is even a touch of optimism that the beet-for-ethanol scheme could be a bonus.

  • Brain Mellors Smoked Haddock on Toasted Lancashire Cheese

    January 20th 2006

    Preparation, 10 minutes; cooking, 10 minutes

  • Bringing a boost to European biofuels

    January 20th 2006

    European Union Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel confirmed that she will launch a new initiative next month to encourage biofuel production.

  • College abandons robotic milking in favour of ‘back to basics’ dairy approach

    January 20th 2006

    The pioneering robotic milking herd at the all-Wales Gelli Aur Dairy Development Centre is being disbanded, because it is losing up to 3p on every litre of milk coming out of the state-of-the art unit.

  • Defra being urged to consider bird flu vaccination programme

    January 20th 2006

    Developers of the first H5 avian influenza vaccine for UK poultry are urging Defra to include vaccination as part of its contingency plans to tackle any AI outbreak.

  • Farming partnership gives new entrant a helping hand

    January 20th 2006

    NFU Cymru elects a new president today. Barry Alston reports from the sole nominee’s West Wales farm, where share farming will help keep unit running

  • Harvest conditions result in potential for record result

    January 20th 2006

    With the end of the beet campaign in sight weighbridges at the region’s sugar beet counties factories are due to shut in about a month’s time.

  • Keenan introduce new diet feeder with improved access

    January 20th 2006

    Keenan has introduced a 28 cubic meter diet feeder. The hopper relies on six angled paddles, which rotate at six revolutions per minute to mix the forage.

  • Key Lime Pie

    January 20th 2006

    This recipe is from Nicola Goodings of Green Farm, Wicklewood, Norfolk, “It’s very quick and easy,” she says.

  • Launch of new spring herbicide

    January 20th 2006

    With heavy brome infestations principally in mind, Bayer CropScience has launched a new spring herbicide, which contains a reformulation of Atlantis’ actives.

  • Making the most of ELS - Stubble trouble?

    January 20th 2006

    In the seventh of our monthly ELS Options guides, Rural Development Service (RDS) adviser Geoff Howe and Bedfordshire-based Masstock Arable Group specialist Martin Harwood of Dalgety examine Over-wintered Stubbles (EF6).

  • Milk subsidy reprieve hailed as a victory for common sense

    January 20th 2006

    The national subsidy for school milk, which benefits 1.3 million children in 12,000 schools in England, will not be scrapped, said Sustainable Food and Farming Minister Lord Bach, this week.

  • Minister hails dairy co-op

    January 20th 2006

    The Leicestershire dairy co-operative renowned for producing Stilton cheese will receive an additional £34,000 from Defra on top of the £1.2 million grant already used to fund new factory facilities.

  • Partnership approach over TB on verge of collapse, says NFU

    January 20th 2006

    The partnership approach between Government and industry to tackling bovine TB was on the verge of collapse this week.

  • Payments fiasco prompts NFU no-confidence vote

    January 20th 2006

    A unanimous vote of no confidence in the Rural Payments Agency’s ability to deliver the CAP reform, was agreed by frustrated NFU Council members this week.

  • Realising the potential of oilseed rape top of the agenda at HGCA workshop

    January 20th 2006

    Managing the oilseed rape crop to maximise margins will be just one of the topics on the agenda when SAC oilseeds and industrial crop specialist, Dr Elaine Booth, addresses Scottish farmers at the HGCA winter workshop ‘Growing oilseed rape: realising the potential’ at the Thainstone House Hotel, Aberdeen on February 1.

  • Regulation roll out

    January 20th 2006

    Arable Farming's snapshot of important deadlines and dates for the introduction of new regulations in 2006. Pin it on the office noticeboard! And look out for our quarterly updates throughout this year.

  • Terry Layborns Wild Mushrooms on Toast

    January 20th 2006

    Preparation, 5 minutes; cooking, 7-10 minutes

  • Why Make Time for Breakfast? the facts

    January 20th 2006

    • Breakfast – the most important meal of the day

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