Farmers Guardian
July 1st 2005

  • Arable profits? Look at return, risk and rotation

    July 1st 2005

    There are currently no fortunes to be made from growing arable crops, and that trend is set to continue for several years with cereal prices likely to remain at close to current levels.

  • Arla faces farmer fury over milk price cut

    July 1st 2005

    Arla has come under increasing fire for its refusal to rescind the ‘disgraceful’ 0.35ppl cut in the milk price it introduced in June.

  • Autonomous weeder close to completion

    July 1st 2005

    Small robots might have attracted all the attention, but the Intelligent Autonomous Weeder (IAW) developed by Wageningen University is likely to be the first version to make it to the commercial stage. A feature of the unmanned machine is that it uses a single front mounted camera to navigate between the rows, and then GPS technology to turn at the headland. Powered by a small Kubota engine, and measuring in at 1.5m-wide, although the machine has a top speed of 20kph, the operating ...

  • Beet the support cuts

    July 1st 2005

    East Anglian growers are urged to join huge protest rally in Brussels

  • Call for immediate Government action

    July 1st 2005

    Farming Minister Lord Bach has acknowledged the growing hardships being faced by UK dairy farmers – and recognised that the imbalanced relationship between milk producers and milk purchasers needs to be addressed.

  • Cheap and cheerful

    July 1st 2005

    Using a chassis from a Tamiya Wild Dagger racing car, the Padvinder is the result of Dutch students with a sense of humour! Weighing in at just 5kg, in the row it uses a combination of ultra-sonic and infrared sensors. At the front, it is fitted with a bumper sensor. This means that if it runs into a large clod it stops. It was built for less than £350.

  • Computer-aided

    July 1st 2005

  • Concern that further reforms could jeopardize strategies

    July 1st 2005

    Sir Don Curry, Government adviser, has written to Tony Blair expressing his ‘deep concern’ at the Prime Minister’s attempts push CAP reform to the top of the EU agenda.

  • Cornickel in third

    July 1st 2005

  • DC claims high ground in a grim week for milk

    July 1st 2005

    Dairy Crest has retained something of a halo this week as its processor competitors fail to meet milk producers’ aspirations on pricing.

  • Derbyshire County Show

    July 1st 2005

    Limousin in the limelight

  • Ensuring South West farmers understand cross-compliance

    July 1st 2005

    Myths and uncertainties surrounding cross compliance are being tackled in farm walks across the South West.

  • EU Sugar Reform Proposals

    July 1st 2005

    Proposals

  • Eye-maize robot

    July 1st 2005

    Made on a budget of less than £1,000, the Eye Maize robot was developed by German students at the University of Applied Sciences, in Osnabruck. Power to the rubber tracks is supplied by a single electric motor, and in addition to eight infrared sensors, and a CMOS camera with integrated image-processing unit, this robot is fitted with a light bar, which measures the speed of each track.

  • FFA plan Europe-wide better farm prices deal

    July 1st 2005

    A massive new campaign seeking better returns for all sectors of farming has been announced by Farmers For Action.

  • First maize outing

    July 1st 2005

  • Going to work on an egg pays off

    July 1st 2005

    Of the 10.2 million eggs eaten in the UK last year, 27 per cent were produced by free-range hens. If predictions that it will reach 70 per cent once new legislation covering laying cages comes into force in 2012 prove correct, there will be a huge gap in the market. Clemmie Perowne met Philip and Christine Greenacre, of Park Farm, Syleham, near Eye, Suffolk, who believe that arable farmers like themselves are well-placed to fill it.

  • Governments more rational reforms would result in further subsidy cuts

    July 1st 2005

    Tony Blair’s drive to reform the CAP will almost certainly result in significant cuts in farm subsidies from the start of the next decade.

  • Grave concerns over price cuts and beet sustainability

    July 1st 2005

    Sugar beet growers around the UK have expressed grave concern at the high level of price cuts proposed in the EU sugar reforms, announced last week.

  • Great Yorkshire Show Preview

    July 1st 2005

    One of the country's major regional shows gets under way from July 12 to July 14, at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. Farmers Guardian carries a full 4 page preview this week.

  • Growers are warned of resistant aphids

    July 1st 2005

    Aphids with the MACE resistance mechanism are occurring all over the eastern counties, which may result in failure of pirimicarb or triazamate sprays growers are being warned.

  • High temperatures puts crops at risk

    July 1st 2005

    The recent high temperatures have favoured some cereal diseases and virtually stopped others. Furthermore, the extreme temperatures and lack of rainfall are putting crops in the east under stress, says ADAS pathologist Bill Clark.

  • Home-bred Charollais takes inter-breed title

    July 1st 2005

    Inter-breed sheep judge, Sam Mellor, chose a ‘good all round' Charollais ewe as his overall champion.

  • Isolated blight outbreaks on the increase

    July 1st 2005

    A swing towards warmer, humid weather has increased the risk of potato blight infection in some regions, according to the British Potato Council (BPC). Several new outbreaks across Great Britain have been reported since mid-June.

  • Lincolnshire Show

    July 1st 2005

    Jersey’s win an emotional moment

  • MicroCallum takes first prize

    July 1st 2005

  • Monstrous sugar reforms are going too far, too fast

    July 1st 2005

    Sugar beet has served Britain’s farmers well. There are currently about 7,000 domestic producers, the bulk of them, about 60 per cent, in East Anglia, with the rest dotted about the North and Midlands.

  • Optimism over OTMS rule change

    July 1st 2005

    There is growing optimism that the timetable for allowing older cattle back into the food chain and lifting the beef export ban lifted may be back on track.

  • Optomaizer second

    July 1st 2005

  • Outstanding Charollais takes inter-breed title

    July 1st 2005

    Judge B. MacTaggart, from Castle Douglas, described his sheep inter-breed champion, Charles Sercombe's, Charollais ewe, Dalby Champagne as ‘outstanding'.

  • Plan ahead to avoid oilseed rape harvest problems

    July 1st 2005

    Tall, thick oilseed rape crops must be managed with great care and attention if a repeat of the difficulties and delays that proved so costly for many last year is to be avoided.

  • Promoting agriculture

    July 1st 2005

    Agricultural shows may be less important to the individual farmer's business, but they have key roles to play in the promotion and presentation of agriculture, according to officials and visitors to the Lincolnshire Show.

  • Robots lend a helping hand

    July 1st 2005

    The development of a new breed of miniature vehicles that could soon be able to carry out a variety of tasks in row crops such as potatoes, forage maize, and sugar beet suggests that a minor revolution is currently taking place in the world of agricultural engineering.

  • Separate-wheel drive

    July 1st 2005

  • Shropshire and West Midlands Show

    July 1st 2005

    Attendance almost doubles

  • Soil survey reveals hidden secrets

    July 1st 2005

    Undetected imbalances in their soils could be costing South Wales farmers significant amounts in lost crops yield and reduced quality.

  • St Clears Show

    July 1st 2005

    Simmental supreme for a second year

  • TB proposal identifies cull as effective solution to outbreak

    July 1st 2005

    Industry proposals outlining how culling badgers could curb the spread of bovine TB have been sent to Animal Health Minister Ben Bradshaw.

  • Tough going in Maize

    July 1st 2005

  • Traction a problem for Cornhoolio

    July 1st 2005

    The Dutch-made Cornhoolio robot was not the most successful entry as it did not manage to negotiate a single run, and despite the use of 4wd managed to be stuck on a number of occasions.

  • Unique triumph for Ayrshire breeders

    July 1st 2005

    An “extremely well balanced” Holstein was chosen as top dairy animal, but Sunday's show also proved particularly special for an Ayrshire cow that won a possibly unique honour.

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