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 30th 2009
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£120m revamp for Royal Bath and West
29 January 2009
THE Royal Bath and West of England Society will spend £120 million on a dramatic transformation of the Somerset showground, it has been revealed.
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£120m revamp for Royal Bath and West
29 January 2009
THE Royal Bath and West of England Society will spend £120 million on a dramatic transformation of the Somerset showground, it has been revealed.
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£17,900 for a new X904
30 January 2009
YTO distributor Rabtrak says it markets the lowest-priced new tractors in the UK.
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£2,320 top at Gisburn
January 30th 2009
A Boss Iron-sired heifer took the championship and sold at £2,320 at Gisburn’s pedigree dairy sale.
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£4m lifeline to get bees buzzing
January 30th 2009
THE Government is preparing to invest over £4 million for keeping bees healthy after a rapid decline in their population.
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Agriculture in the national news
29 January 2009
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines accross the country (Thursday, January 29).
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Agriculture in the national news
28 January 2009
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines accross the country (Wednesday, January 28).
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Agriculture’s holiday rights risk
28 January 2009
SOME agricultural firms could be hit with increased costs following a European Court of Justice ruling on holiday rights.
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Agriculture’s holiday rights risk
28 January 2009
SOME agricultural firms could be hit with increased costs following a European Court of Justice ruling on holiday rights.
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Agronomy company splits in two
January 30th 2009
WELL-known agronomy business Hampshire Arable Systems has changed its structure and as of January 30, 2009 will be run as two separate companies.
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Balancing profit with enjoying farming is a winning formula
January 30th 2009
Taking part in a few select agricultural shows is an important part of the farming calendar for Jeremy Dennis, who farms near Ivybridge, Devon.
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Be vigilant against wheat bulb fly threat
January 30th 2009
WHEAT bulb fly egg hatch has begun at three sampling sites monitored by Dow AgroSciences Pestwatch in Cambridgeshire.
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Border and Lakeland announce Winter Holstein Classic herd competition results
28 January 2009
THE Border and Lakeland Holstein Club announced the results of their Winter Holstein Classic herd competition recently and Messrs Dennison of Ulverston, Cumbria, took top honours in classes for best cow and best 10 cows with entries from their Denmire herd.
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Border Holsteins to 2,700gns
January 30th 2009
OVERALL averages at the first Border and Lakeland Holstein club show and sale of the year at Carlisle approached £2,150.
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British Eventing launch Gold Medal Supporters Club
29 January 2009
British Eventing has launched a new initiative, the Gold Medal Supporters Club for eventing fans.
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Brussels forces RPA to take harder line on cross-compliance fines
January 30th 2009
THE Rural Payments Agency has announced it will be taking a tougher line on cross-compliance failures in England this year.
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Carrot cake
January 30th 2009
THIS recipe for carrot cake has been sent in by Christine Hay, Luncarty, Turriff, Aberdeenshire.
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Caterpillar focuses on Ag loader line-up
29 January 2009
THE 924H Ag Premium is the smallest of four models in Caterpillar’s small-wheel loader line up.
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Complete your potato returns online
January 30th 2009
POTATO growers can now update and complete their returns on-line at www.potatocouncil.co.uk.
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Co-op bans pesticides to save bees
28 January 2009
THE Co-operative supermarket will prohibit the use of eight pesticides on its fresh produce from today (Wednesday, January 28).
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Co-op bans pesticides to save bees
28 January 2009
THE Co-operative supermarket will prohibit the use of eight pesticides on its fresh produce from today (Wednesday, January 28).
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Could agriculture be the recession’s shock winner?
January 30th 2009
As industries across the UK face a deep and painful recession, Jack Davies looks at the threats and opportunities for British farmers during the economic gloom.
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Credit crunch car deals up for grabs
January 30th 2009
With new vehicle prices in free-fall and dealers struggling to shift stock, there’s never been a better time to consider changing the farm vehicle. Geoff Ashcroft highlights a few of the great deals currently on offer.
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Crunch hits organic dreams
January 30th 2009
THE credit crunch is already hammering out the new shape of future food production.
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Dairy Centre of Excellence opens
January 30th 2009
FROM ideas that can be immediately used on farm to ones which will make a significant mark in the future, a new project at Liverpool University’s vet school has big ambitions – and all backed by a major retailer.
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Defra confirms EID slaughter exemption
28 January 2009
FARMERS in England will not be required to electronically tag sheep intended for slaughter before 12 months of age when EID rules come into force on December 31 this year.
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Defra confirms EID slaughter exemption
28 January 2009
FARMERS in England will not be required to electronically tag sheep intended for slaughter before 12 months of age when EID rules come into force on December 31 this year.
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Delivering to a specific spec earns finishers more
29 January 2009
IT is not exactly news, but the National Beef Association feels the message is worth repeating – deadweight sellers will make more money if they target specific buyers with batches of cattle.
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Delivering to a specific spec earns finishers more
29 January 2009
IT is not exactly news, but the National Beef Association feels the message is worth repeating – deadweight sellers will make more money if they target specific buyers with batches of cattle.
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Driving forces behind interest rates
January 30th 2009
• Interest rates are governed by two main forces; the ‘base rate’ set by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), and the rates set by the LIBOR – the rate banks charge when lending money to each other.• Despite the MPC setting interest rates at a record low of one per cent, as at December 5, 2008, the LIBOR remained higher, at around three per cent – making loans based on the LIBOR more expensive to borrowers.
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East Midlands Farm Management Association conference
January 30th 2009
Angela Calvert reports from the East Midlands Farm Management Association conference at the University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonington campus.
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EBEC Conference moves to Stoneleigh Park
27 January 2009
THE European Bioenergy Expo and Conference (EBEC) will take place on October 9-10, 2009.
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End of month cut-off date for propyzamide
January 30th 2009
OILSEED rape herbicide Kerb Flo (propyzamide) can be used until January 31, says Dow AgroSciences. Poor weather conditions, reduced applications of pre-emergence herbicides in oilseed rape and doubts over the viability of some crops means many growers have postponed making a decision about using a herbicide.
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EU approval sought to use levy funds to promote Red Tractor
26 January 2009
FARMER levy money will be used to promote the Red Tractor, subject to EU backing, it has been agreed.
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Experts predict smaller world harvest for 2009
January 30th 2009
COMMODITY price volatility is here to stay, but the likelihood of a world harvest replicating that of 2008 is small, said Carl Atkin of Bidwells.
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Farm incomes rise but difficult conditions anticpated
29 January 2009
UK farm incomes increased by more than one third in 2008 – but it won’t last.
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Farm incomes rise but difficult conditions anticpated
29 January 2009
UK farm incomes increased by more than one third in 2008 – but it won’t last.
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Farmer secretly grows GM crops in Wales
26 January 2009
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for his prosecution, but a farmer who is claimed to have sabotaged Wales's GM-free status by secretly planting and harvesting genetically modified maize and feeding it to cattle and sheep is totally unrepentant.
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Farmer secretly grows GM crops in Wales
26 January 2009
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for his prosecution, but a farmer who is claimed to have sabotaged Wales's GM-free status by secretly planting and harvesting genetically modified maize and feeding it to cattle and sheep is totally unrepentant.
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Fast track to dairy management
January 30th 2009
A SPECIALIST management training programme has been launched to equip young people with the skills to manage large dairy herds.
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Fast track to dairy management
January 30th 2009
A SPECIALIST management training programme has been launched to equip young people with the skills to manage large dairy herds.
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Fertiliser price is artificially high
30 January 2009
THERE is nothing to substantiate a firming in fertiliser prices apart from artificial manipulation of the market, claims one Eastern Counties fertiliser supplier who remains convinced farmers should ‘hold their nerve’ on purchases.
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Fertiliser price is artificially high
30 January 2009
THERE is nothing to substantiate a firming in fertiliser prices apart from artificial manipulation of the market, claims one Eastern Counties fertiliser supplier who remains convinced farmers should ‘hold their nerve’ on purchases.
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Fertiliser price volatility
January 30th 2009
THE cost of fertilisers still raised more questions than answers. Farmers need to be risk managers first and farmers second, suggested David Stacey, commercial director for GrowHow.
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FUW urges Assembly to encourage 'Buy The Welsh One'
27 January 2009
THE Welsh Assembly Government was urged by Farmers’ Union of Wales president, Gareth Vaughan, today (Tuesday, January 27), to adopt a policy urging supermarkets to stock more Welsh produce and encouraging shoppers to buy local.
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GM: Farmers should be given more power in deciding its future
January 30th 2009
The GM debate entered a new era this week when a panel of scientists took to the stage at London’s Science Museum to publicly discuss the issue.
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Good news on face of it - or is it?
January 30th 2009
IT depends who you are talking to and whether or not you feel they have thought it through.
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Goose-neck hitch sprayer
29 January 2009
GM-R Sprayers has developed the Eazi-Trac trailed sprayer which uses a goose-neck drawbar allowing it to connect to the rear platform on tractors such as a Fastrac, Unimog or Multidrive.
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Government backs biofuel investment
27 January 2009
ALMOST £30 million of public money will be pumped into a new biofuel research centre, it was announced today (Tuesday, January 27).
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Growing Oilseeds spring edition now available
29 January 2009
THE spring 2009 edition of Growing Oilseeds is now available from United Oilseeds.
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Heifer sets new 2,500gns Ross commercial record
January 30th 2009
A CENTRE record price for commercial dairy cattle was set at Ross-on-Wye market when trade peaked at 2,500gns and calved heifers averaged £2,187.50.
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Hickstead to host Arena Polo test match
29 January 2009
Hickstead is to host an England v USA test match in the fast and thrilling new sport of Arena Polo, developed to take the sport into the winter months.
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High horsepower lightweight tractors make a good drill partner
4 February 2009
BIG on power, without the bulk of 200-300hp arable machines, the 175-200hp ‘lightweight’ tractor class has grown in recent years.
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Holstein Scotland South calf show
28 January 2009
TAKING top honours in the showmanship classes at the Holstein Scotland South calf show recently was Colin Laird – the winner of the mature showmanship section.
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Holstein Scotland South herd competition
28 January 2009
THE Holstein Scotland South Club’s herd competition 2008 was judged by Mark Logan from Bangor, Co Down.
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Hunday herd triumph in breeders’ competition
28 January 2009
THE Moffitt family’s Hunday herd has won the large herds section of the Northumbria Holstein Breeders’ Club annual competition, as well as the prizes for top herd on inspection only and top herd on production.
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Hunday herd triumph in breeders’ competition
January 30th 2009
THE Moffitt family’s Hunday herd has won the large herds section of the Northumbria Holstein Breeders’ Club annual competition, as well as the prizes for top herd on inspection only and top herd on production.
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International stairway series gives £165,000 rider ranking points
28 January 2009
A NEW series for identifying and assessing both potential and existing British team competitors will launch in 2009 taking in eight of the largest county shows in the country.
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January 2009 winner
30 January 2009
THE winner of the January caption competition, who receives a £50 high street voucher is David Deakin, Hereford, Herefordshire, with:
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John Smith's People's Race – the next stage
29 January 2009
Grand National sponsor John Smith's has announced details of the next stage of the competition for novice riders.
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Join great hearty breakfast crowd
January 30th 2009
RETAILERS, producers, restaurants and cafés around the UK encouraged customers to tuck into a hearty British breakfast this week as Farmhouse Breakfast Week got under way.
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Just who pays the BSE test bill is still up for negotiation
30 January 2009
WHO ultimately picks up the tab for brain stem testing of over 48-month-old food chain cattle remains a grey area – but it should not be farmers says the National Beef Association.
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Just who pays the BSE test bill is still up for negotiation
30 January 2009
WHO ultimately picks up the tab for brain stem testing of over 48-month-old food chain cattle remains a grey area – but it should not be farmers says the National Beef Association.
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Kennedy launches animal slaughter consultation
27 January 2009
FARMING Minister Jane Kennedy has launched a consultation on proposed new rules on the welfare of animals at slaughter.
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Kennedy launches animal slaughter consultation
27 January 2009
FARMING Minister Jane Kennedy has launched a consultation on proposed new rules on the welfare of animals at slaughter.
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Kennedy launches animal slaughter consultation
27 January 2009
FARMING Minister Jane Kennedy has launched a consultation on proposed new rules on the welfare of animals at slaughter.
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LAMMA bigger and better for 2010
28 January 2009
LAMMA has vowed to resolve the traffic problems that were encountered on the first day of this year’s event at the Newark Showground.
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Milk Link completes the milk cuts picture
30 January 2009
MILK Link’s standard litre price has slipped a shade under 25p.
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Milk Link completes the milk cuts picture
30 January 2009
MILK Link’s standard litre price has slipped a shade under 25p.
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More to margin than lambing percentage
26 January 2009
INEFFECTIVE marketing of lambs can negate the potential of high physical flock performance.
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More to margin than lambing percentage
26 January 2009
INEFFECTIVE marketing of lambs can negate the potential of high physical flock performance.
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Name your cow, increase your yields
28 January 2009
GIVE your cow a name and increase milk yields dramatically, farmers have been told.
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Name your cow, increase your yields
28 January 2009
GIVE your cow a name and increase milk yields dramatically, farmers have been told.
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National Holstein Show Preview
January 30th 2009
Celebrating the breed’s centenary. This year’s National Holstein Show, amalgamated with the All Britain All Breeds, will be held at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, on February 14-16. Katie Lomas reports.
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New Dow AgroSciences operation will enhance research capabilities
28 January 2009
AGROCHEMICAL company Dow AgroSciences is to establish a new UK research base on the Warwick Enterprise Park at Wellesbourne.
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New group looks at challenges of climate change and food security
28 January 2009
WELSH Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, is setting up a new group to advise the Assembly Government on how agriculture can meet the challenge of food security while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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New initiative aims to maximise profits by maintaining high yields
January 30th 2009
CROP protection business Syngenta has launched an initiative designed to help cereal growers combat the effects of grain price volatility and high fertiliser costs in 2009.
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New source of calcified seaweed available
29 January 2009
A NEW, dry granular source of calcified seaweed is now available direct to UK farmers.
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No change at top of tractor market
30 January 2009
JOHN Deere strengthened its hold on the UK tractor market during 2007 with 5,000 units registered.
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Opportunity knocks for patriotic Brits
January 30th 2009
ONE curious knock-on effect of recession is an eagerness to support the domestic economy to quicken recovery. This means consumers are increasingly looking to buy more British produce.
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Optimum seed rates with CAN produces results
January 30th 2009
DESPITE very different seasons over the past three years, winter wheat sowing date trials show optimum seed rates for September-drilled crops are around 200-300 seeds/sq.m, and 300 seeds/sq.m when drilled in October.
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Organisations work together to shape future of CropMonitor
27 January 2009
A NEW collaboration agreed this month between the Central Science Laboratory (CSL), HGCA and Bayer CropScience will see the three organisations working together to look at how the CropMonitor cereal disease monitoring service can best meet the needs of the industry.
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Over 90 per cent success rate for top prize
28 January 2009
FIRST prize in McIntosh Donald’s quarterly competition for the best grading cattle going through the Portlethen meat plant has gone to J.A. Petrie, Netherley, Stonehaven, with 91 per cent hitting specification during the October-December 2008 period.
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Over 90 per cent success rate for top prize
January 30th 2009
FIRST prize in McIntosh Donald’s quarterly competition for the best grading cattle going through the Portlethen meat plant has gone to J.A. Petrie, Netherley, Stonehaven, with 91 per cent hitting specification during the October-December 2008 period.
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Partnership helps livestock industry export genetics
29 January 2009
A NEW partnership with Defra is already helping the UK livestock industry export genetics, and will hopefully continue to do so as the weakened pound opens doors into Europe and the rest of the world.
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Partnership helps livestock industry export genetics
29 January 2009
A NEW partnership with Defra is already helping the UK livestock industry export genetics, and will hopefully continue to do so as the weakened pound opens doors into Europe and the rest of the world.
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Peak of 5,000gns at club’s 600th sale
26 January 2009
IT is 75 years since the Lancashire Holstein Breeders Club was formed in 1934, and January 22 heralded the Club’s 600th show and sale held at Lancaster Auction Mart.
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Plough and press best for getting OSR going
January 30th 2009
THREE years of oilseed rape trials have shown a plough and press combination delivers the best crop establishment compared with other cultivation methods.
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Pooling pays on feed wheat
28 January 2009
WITHOUT the weakening pound UK feed wheat would have been trading in the £60s last back-end.
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Pooling pays on feed wheat
28 January 2009
WITHOUT the weakening pound UK feed wheat would have been trading in the £60s last back-end.
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Pooling pays on feed wheat
28 January 2009
WITHOUT the weakening pound UK feed wheat would have been trading in the £60s last back-end.
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Pressure to reduce target time for removing TB reactors
26 January 2009
WELSH Assembly Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, is being pressed to reduce the target time for removing bovine TB reactors from farms and to establish 'red markets' to allow farmers to sell livestock and help ease economic pressures.
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Pressure to reduce target time for removing TB reactors
26 January 2009
WELSH Assembly Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, is being pressed to reduce the target time for removing bovine TB reactors from farms and to establish 'red markets' to allow farmers to sell livestock and help ease economic pressures.
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Price cut softens ‘cream-effect’ on profits
30 January 2009
ROBERT Wiseman Dairies’ February 1 producer milk price cut of 2.2ppl will help lessen what could have been a £7 million impact on profits from falling bulk cream prices which it flagged up earlier.
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Price cut softens ‘cream-effect’ on profits
30 January 2009
ROBERT Wiseman Dairies’ February 1 producer milk price cut of 2.2ppl will help lessen what could have been a £7 million impact on profits from falling bulk cream prices which it flagged up earlier.
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Record prices at Northern Ireland Hereford Breeders sale
28 January 2009
HEREFORD bulls sold to 4,000gns with females peaking at 2,200gns - setting two new record prices for the Northern Ireland Hereford Breeders premier show and sale in Dungannon on Saturday.
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Research shows huge public support for British pork
29 January 2009
ALMOST 60 per cent of consumers would switch to buying British pork if they were made aware of welfare standards for imported pigs, claimed a new survey published today (Thursday, January 29).
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Simba fills gap with tine and disc DTX
29 January 2009
FILLING a gap in the Simba line-up, the DTX cultivator has wide appeal for farmers dipping their toe into min- till or growers establishing OSR in one pass. Mervyn Bailey sees how good this machine is in the field.
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Simplicity, space and power key to choosing a 180hp workhorse
4 February 2009
The Molyneux family run a mixed fleet of tractors. When it came to buying a 180hp workhorse in a relatively light and compact package, they had demonstrations from most of the big names.
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Skipton sheep dog winter sale picture gallery
27 January 2009
SEE FG's picture gallery from the opening working sheep dogs fixture of the year at Skipton auction mart.
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South Wales and Mid Western Shorthorn Breeders celebrate competition results
28 January 2009
THE Elkington herd of Mark, Eluned and Jenny Davies has come out top on inspection, while John Weaver’s three times a day milked Wenvoe herd has led the production section in the latest South Wales and Mid Western Shorthorn Breeders herd competition.
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South Wales and Mid Western Shorthorn Breeders celebrate competition results
January 30th 2009
THE Elkington herd of Mark, Eluned and Jenny Davies has come out top on inspection, while John Weaver’s three times a day milked Wenvoe herd has led the production section in the latest South Wales and Mid Western Shorthorn Breeders herd competition.
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Stringent DON tests to tackle high mycotoxin levels
January 30th 2009
NEW measures are being implemented to help resolve food safety concerns over deoxynivalenol (DON) mycotoxins in milling wheat.
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Stronga tipping trailers
30 January 2009
STRONGA now has a range of tipping trailers to complement its hook lift range.
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Swings and roundabouts: Plummeting pound provides exchange rate bonus
January 30th 2009
• In 2007, €1 could buy £0.68 but, at the turn of 2009, the euro was worth 98p as the pound continued to drop in value.
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Tesco chief criticises subsidies, biofuels and regulation
29 January 2009
TESCO chief executive Sir Terry Leahy criticised farm subsidies, biofuels and the proposed supermarket watchdog last night (Wednesday, January 28).
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Texels make average of £462 at dispersal
January 30th 2009
A TOP of 2,300gns and an overall average of £462 was realised when the final sale to disperse the Lumbylaw flock of Texels from Richard Oates, Hawick, Northumberland, took place at Borderway Mart.
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TIFF, not NFI, show the true picture in Scotland says NFUS
29 January 2009
NET Farm Income figures for Scotland bear no resemblance to the true position for many farming businesses, says NFU Scotland.
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TV farmer backs Tesco in welfare row
28 January 2009
NFU poultry board chairman Charles Bourns has defended supermarket giant Tesco after it was the subject of fierce criticism from TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall this week.
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Using a T0 'a good investment' to maintain wheat yield potential
January 30th 2009
A T0 fungicide on winter wheat will be a good investment this season.
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Voluntary approach mooted in debate over post set-aside future
29 January 2009
DEFRA Ministers may be about to offer arable farmers a ray of hope in the bitter debate about the environmental impact of removing set-aside in England.
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Voluntary approach mooted in debate over post set-aside future
29 January 2009
DEFRA Ministers may be about to offer arable farmers a ray of hope in the bitter debate about the environmental impact of removing set-aside in England.
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Website gives crop buyers easy route to sourcing produce
28 January 2009
A NEW website launched this month will specialise in achieving contacts between produce buyers and growers.
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Wiseman cuts milk price by 2.2ppl
27 January 2009
THE producer milk price reductions continue with Robert Wiseman Dairies one of the latest to confirm a not-unexpected cut in excess of 2ppl.
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Wiseman cuts milk price by 2.2ppl
27 January 2009
THE producer milk price reductions continue with Robert Wiseman Dairies one of the latest to confirm a not-unexpected cut in excess of 2ppl.
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Working dogs peak at 2,000gns at Skipton
27 January 2009
THE opening working sheep dogs fixture of the year at Skipton auction mart saw the prices peak at 2,000gns twice.
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World Bank promises major investment in food security
27 January 2009
THE World Bank has called for more resources from developed countries to help solve the global food crisis, promising to increase its own contribution by $2 billion (£1.4bn) a year.
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World Bank promises major investment in food security
27 January 2009
THE World Bank has called for more resources from developed countries to help solve the global food crisis, promising to increase its own contribution by $2 billion (£1.4bn) a year.
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World food production must rise 50pc by 2050
January 30th 2009
THE world was running out of capacity to feed itself, but the penny had not dropped in Brussels or the UK, warned Tim Rymer, chairman of the JSR farming group.
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Yields more important than cutting costs
January 30th 2009
AIM to maximise cereal yields to counter current financial pressures. Always look to be cutting costs per tonne but only if there is no detrimental effect on yields.
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Young competitors
January 30th 2009
HUNDREDS of young exhibitors and breeders of the future will provide the opener at this year's National Holstein Show when they compete in All-Breeds All-Britain Calf Show at Stoneleigh.