Farmers Guardian
July 23, 2010

  • £4.9m oats project launched

    21 July 2010

    A £4.9 million, five-year project aimed at boosting oat production was launched at the Royal Welsh Show today (Wednesday, July 1) by the Welsh Assembly’s Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones.

  • Aberystwyth wins memorial award

    20 July 2010

    An award for students in memory of Dr Richard Phillips, a prominent figure in agricultural education in Wales and in the development of agricultural co-operation, has been won this year by Lowri A. Davies, a student at Aberystwyth University where Dr Phillips was a leading academic.

  • Agricultural Wages Board to be abolished

    22 July 2010

    DEFRA Secretary Caroline has confirmed that the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) is to be abolished.

  • Agriculture in the national news - July 19

    19 July 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Monday, July 19).

  • Agriculture in the national news - July 20

    20 July 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Tuesday, July 20).

  • Agriculture in the national news - July 21

    21 July 2010

    A DAILY look at how agriculture has caught the headlines across the country (Wednesday, July 21).

  • Agriculture in the national news - July 22

    22 July 2010

    A DAILY look at how agricutlure has caught the headlines across the country (Thursday, July 22).

  • Aim high with malting barley

    July 23, 2010

    WITH a UK market for organic malting barley of around 4,000 tonnes per annum, growers should be aiming for that plus a bit more, malting barley expert and grain merchant Robin Appel told farmers at the National Organic Cereals Event.

  • Around the marts – July 23

    July 23, 2010

    Latest round-up from auction markets across the country.

  • Ayrshire takes Royal Welsh Show dairy crown

    21 July 2010

    AN Ayrshire cow, Sandyford Clover 10, which had calved her sixth in May and was giving 52kg daily, took the inter-breed dairy championship.

  • Badger cull 'would reduce TB'

    19 July 2010

    A PAPER published by the Farmers Union of Wales at today’s opening day of the Royal Welsh Show (Monday, July 19) suggests badger culling in north Pembrokeshire could reduce bovine tuberculosis incidences by around a third - and this could even be a significant underestimate.

  • Baileys launches hunt for Ireland's finest dairy cow

    22 July 2010

    THE makers of Baileys Irish Cream have launched a hunt for Ireland’s finest dairy cow – putting up an €8,000 prize fund for the contest.

  • BBC reporter wins award for TB story

    22 July 2010

    THE poignant manner in which TV farming programme presenter Adam Henson reported on bovine TB testing on his Cotswold farm was one of the reasons for being chosen the first winner of the new Farmers Union of Wales Bob Davies Memorial Award.

  • Beeston mid-month dairy sale tops £2,000

    July 23, 2010

    THE latest mid-month sale of pedigree and commercial dairy cattle at Beeston Castle attracted an entry of 380 head and a top price of £2,000 was achieved.

  • Being prepared helps make the most from show season

    July 23, 2010

    Is your season going as well as you hoped, if not what would you like change? Christine Worthington offers some advice.

  • Biomass facility will transform farm waste

    19 July 2010

    FARMERS had one of the first opportunities at the Royal Welsh today (Monday, July 19) to find out about a unique new biomass waste recycling facility designed to transform the way the country tackles climate change.

  • Brian Harrison - DFF2010 shortlist

    July 23, 2010

    Age: 39Lives: Low House Farm, Carlisle, Cumbria

  • Caithness show results

    July 23, 2010

    ?Cattle

  • Calls for compassion over council farm evictions

    21 July 2010

    THE Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has asked Somerset County Council to show ‘compassion’ for three farm tenants threatened with eviction next March.

  • Calls for cost reduction from TSE reform

    20 July 2010

    THE beef industry should be able to shed some of its cost burden under a revised EU TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopathy) Road Map.

  • Camborne Show, Cornwall

    July 23, 2010

    Results from the 2010 Camborne Show.

  • CAP negotiation must not ignore Welsh farmers

    20 July 2010

    FARMERS in Wales must not lose out from subsidy reform, according to a report from the National Assembly’s cross-party Rural Development Sub Committee released today (Tuesday, July 20).

  • Challenging palates with rapeseed oil

    22 July 2010

    ?When your father is an oil tanker captain, it’s perhaps no surprise if you find yourself thinking of oil as a potential source of income, but for Yorkshire farmer Adam Palmer, it’s golden, not black oil which fuels his success. Maxie Bradshaw reports.

  • Changing tack to achieve better establishment

    July 23, 2010

    ?A switch to a new cultivation method, combined with a new seed treatment, has helped improve rape crop establishment on predominantly heavy-land in Northamptonshire.

  • Cheap measures provide dairy farmer with huge savings

    20 July 2010

    A range of cheap to install anti-pollution measures has brought some significant cost savings and helped a young North Wales farming couple win the first ever Simple Solutions Award.

  • CLA Game Fair: HRH launches The Countryside Fund

    22 July 2010

    BRITISH farming received a welcome boost today (Thursday, 22 July) as HRH Prince of Wales launched one of his most ambitious rural schemes, designed to protect rurally deprived areas and inspire the general public to reconnect with the countryside.

  • Controlling bovine TB in the UK

    20 July 2010

    FOLLOWING last week’s debate between former Queen guitarist Brian May and the Farmers Union of Wales on badger culling, North Cornwall beef farmer Pat Bird looks at past strategies to control TB and explains why a cull is vital to stopping its spread.

  • Couple win award for simple, innovative solutions

    July 23, 2010

    A RANGE of cheap-to-install anti-pollution measures has brought significant cost savings and helped a young North Wales farming couple win the first ever Simple Solutions Award.

  • Culture change needed on ram choice

    July 23, 2010

    SHEEP farmers could boost margins by more than £5 per lamb by selecting terminal sires with good performance figures, which are fit enough to serve more ewes in a season and live longer breeding lives.

  • Cumberland Show, Carlisle, results

    July 23, 2010

    Results from the 2010 Cumberland Show at Carlisle.

  • Dairy ‘evangelist’ makes case for larger dairies

    July 23, 2010

    GORDIE Jones, one of the chief architects of the move towards large dairying in the US, is the closest thing to a dairy farming evangelist either side of the Atlantic.

  • Dairy Farmer of the Future 2010 - cast your vote now

    July 23, 2010

    A last minute flood of entries made it a tough task to whittle this year’s Dairy Farmer of the Future shortlist down to just six. Now it’s your chance to vote for your favourite, but you have 10 days to make your decision.

  • Dairy farmer's son wins RWAS scholarship award

    20 July 2010

    WINNER of this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Student Scholarship Award is Samuel Carey, Godre’r Grogwy, Rhoshill, Pembrokeshire.

  • Deeside and Llysfasi colleges seal merger

    20 July 2010

    THE merger of two North Wales colleges - Deeside College and Coleg Llysfasi - to form one of the largest land based educational learning centres in Wales and the UK was sealed at the Royal Welsh Show by Assembly First Minister, Carwyn Jones.

  • Defra loses £25,000 worth of laptops

    20 July 2010

    FOURTY-ONE Defra laptops worth more than £25,000 have been either lost or stolen over the past 12 months, the Department has admitted.

  • Defra must keep promises on RPA – NFU

    21 July 2010

    NFU president Peter Kendall welcomed Defra’s review into the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and said it was crucial Ministers now stick to their plans to overhaul the struggling agency.

  • Defra sets out farm reform timetable

    21 July 2010

    DEFRA has published a timetable of milestones to reform British agriculture and encourage sustainable food production throughout the country.

  • Disease resistance and straw length are key

    July 23, 2010

    DISEASE resistance and straw length were among the most important attributes of varieties grown under organic systems, Roger Wyartt of Organic Seed Producers told visitors to the event.

  • Dog walkers putting Scottish livestock at risk

    16 July 2010

    NFU Scotland has raised fears over the impact of working and pet dogs on the country’s beef and sheep farms, warning diseases spread by dogs is hampering attempts to maintain animal health.

  • Driving limits would 'devastate' haulage industry

    21 July 2010

    PROPOSALS to extend the scope of the EU’s working time directive to include self-employed drivers could have a devastating impact on the haulage industry, an MEP has warned.

  • EID still on EU agenda

    20 July 2010

    SHEEP producers were being assured at the Royal Welsh Show yesterday (Monday, July 20) not to think for one minute that because EID was implemented across the EU from December 31 that it had ‘slipped’ off NFU Cymru’s action agenda.

  • English sheepdog trial results – July 23

    July 23, 2010

    RETFORD, Osberton Estate, Worksop, Saturday Open (Judge, D. Sykes, Bardney, 43 ran) 1, S. Beaton (Nun Appleton) Vic, 91 of 100; 2, G. Redpath (Dacre) Rose, 86 OLF; 3, A. Hall (Wolvey) Fleur, 86; 4, J. Wood (Norland) Sal, 86; 5, I. Murdoch (Sutton on Forest) Bob, 84 OLF; 6, V. Powell (Cold Ashby) Mint, 84.

  • Equestrian Offers - 'How to become a Confident Rider'

    21 July 2010

    Two copies of ‘How to become a Confident Rider’ to be won with Farmers Guardian equestrian offers.

  • EU food security is ‘deeply flawed’

    22 July 2010

    EUROPEAN consumers’ increasing reliance on fruit and vegetables grown abroad was branded a ‘short sighted’ and ‘deeply flawed’ approach to food security by NFU president Peter Kendall.

  • Farm workers receive long service awards

    20 July 2010

    TEN agricultural workers, who between them have completed a total of 424 years service in the farming industry in Wales received long service medals at the show.

  • Fastrac Xtra is a welcome addition to range

    July 23, 2010

    JCB has finally ditched the six-speed Eaton transmission from its 3000-series Fastrac, replacing it with the 7000 series’ 24-speed P-Tronic box with power reverser and cruise control. But is it any easier to operate? Geoff Ashcroft finds out.

  • Food Standards Agency survives the axe

    20 July 2010

    THE Government has announced a new streamlined Food Standards Agency (FSA) that will focus solely on food safety, allaying fears the body would be axed.  

  • Former NFU president wins grassland award

    20 July 2010

    THIS year’s All-Wales Grassland Farming Competition, run by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society in conjunction with the Federation of Welsh Grassland Societies, has been won by former NFU Cymru president, Peredur Hughes and his son, Llyr, of Llandeusant, Holyhead, Anglesey.

  • Geli Aur student crowned Student of the Year

    20 July 2010

    The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Student of the Year award for 2010 has been won by Angharad Haf James, of Castell Du, Llanwnen, Ceredigion, a student at Carmarthenshire’s Coleg Sir Gâr, Gelli Aur campus.

  • Gisburn dairy champion takes £2,420 top price

    July 23, 2010

    THE championship at the July pedigree dairy sale at Gisburn went to Frankland Farms, Rathmell. The title winner was a Lucente heifer, which sold for the top price of £2,420 to Richard Bradley, Salterforth.

  • Global beef production falls as economic woes continue

    July 23, 2010

    BEEF and veal output fell by an average of 2 per cent in major producing countries in 2009. Eblex says the decline could prove to be greater this year.

  • Global beef production on the slide

    20 July 2010

    BEEF and veal output fell by an average two per cent in major producing countries in 2009.

  • Gordon Watt takes string of victories at Retford

    July 23, 2010

    GORDON Watt gained a double victory at Retford on Sunday. Winning the qualifying trial, he went on to take the championship title.

  • Government to consult on English badger cull

    23 July 2010

    THE coalition Government is to launch a public consultation on its plans to cull badgers in England this autumn.

  • Graham Worsey - DFF2010 shortlist

    July 23, 2010

    Age: 41Lives: Rough Grounds Farm, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

  • Great Eccleston Show, Lancashire, results

    July 23, 2010

    Results from the 2010 Great Eccleston Show.

  • Growing demand for rape straw

    July 23, 2010

    ?OILSEED rape growers should consider baling rape straw this year as livestock producers seek supplies of forage to make up for poor silage yields.

  • Harper Adams student bags RWAS award

    20 July 2010

    A student from North Wales at the Harper Adams University College, in Shropshire, is the 2010 winner of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society-Harper Cymry Student Award.

  • Heifers peak at 1,880gns at Ross-on-Wye

    July 23, 2010

    PRICES peaked at 1,880gns at the July collective sale of dairy cattle at Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

  • Heifers reign supreme at the Royal Welsh Show

    20 July 2010

    IT was ladies day in the beef inter-breed judging on the first day of the Royal Welsh Show with heifers taking the championship and reserve titles and females dominating the final judging shortlist.

  • Helping to protect the nation’s bees

    July 23, 2010

    ?SAFE use of treated seed is covered in the Crop Protection Association’s ‘Bee-Safe Bee-Careful’ guide, published this spring.

  • How new scanning technology works

    July 23, 2010

    ?The SAC’s mobile CT scanning unit will be at the event demonstrating how the new technology operates.

  • Huge drop in bovine TB levels

    22 July 2010

    THE number of cattle slaughtered because of bovine TB (bTB) fell by 25 per cent over the first three months of this year to just over 9,000, the latest official figures show.

  • Important show win for Helers

    July 23, 2010

    CHESHIRE-BASED cheesemaker, Joseph Heler, beat Yorkshire cheese producers at the Great Yorkshire Show at one of its county’s most-loved cheeses.

  • Industry views on US cow welfare

    July 23, 2010

    Reaction from delegates on the trip to visit a US ‘super dairy’.

  • Injustice runs deep in Britain’s failing food system

    23 July 2010

    FARMERS, agricultural workers, the environment and consumers are all suffering under Britain’s failing food system, according to an influential report from cross-sector experts.   

  • Investigate all options to cut mycotoxin risk

    July 23, 2010

    ?With compulsory pre-movement mycotoxin testing of wheats set to continue - for this harvest at least - a leading grain and seed merchant suggests growers should revisit their seed treatment options for the 2011 crop.

  • Investigate brassicas as winter forages

    July 23, 2010

    ?FARMERS with less grass silage than in previous years should investigate brassica crops as alternative winter forages, says Charlie Morgan, Eblex grass expert.

  • Isle of Wight Show results

    July 23, 2010

    Results from the 2010 Isle of Wight Show.

  • James and Becca win Hebridean Cup

    July 23, 2010

    Two wins and two placings in the top six earned James McGee’s Becca the Hebridean Cup.

  • Jason Salisbury - DFF2010 shortlist

    July 23, 2010

    Age: 40Lives: Suffolk Farmhouse Cheeses, Creeting St Mary, Suffolk

  • Jennifer Evans takes IBERS prize

    20 July 2010

    THE Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s 2010 award for the best student of agriculture at the Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, has been won by Jennifer Rose Evans of Tremallt, Rhydlewis, Llandysul, Ceredigion.

  • Jonathan Brook - DFF2010 shortlist

    July 23, 2010

    Age: 31Lives: Weston House Farm,Priest Weston, Chirbury, Shropshire

  • Jones won't give up on bTB

    19 July 2010

    THE Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister is bitterly disappointed but committed to eradicating bovine TB in Wales.

  • Kirriemuir Show, Angus, results

    July 23, 2010

    Cattle

  • Legal limit set for metaldehyde application rate

    July 23, 2010

    ?SLUG pellet active ingredient metaldehyde is for the first time subject to a legal maximum application rate.

  • Lessons from America – can US ‘super dairies’ work over here?

    27 July 2010

    CAN the US model of large scale dairying work in the UK? An industry delegation has been on a fact-finding mission to the mid-west to bring some lessons back home. Alistair Driver was with them.

  • Limousins reach 5,100gns at Bristol

    July 23, 2010

    PRICES rose to 5,100gns at the South West Limousin Club’s summer sensation show and sale at Bristol sales centre.

  • Liz Hurley ditches cat-walk for cattle-run

    19 July 2010

    BRITISH actress and model Liz Hurley will ditch the cat-walk for the cattle-run in a reality TV series set on her farm later this year.

  • Making the most of grass yet to be ensiled

    July 23, 2010

    ?WITH serious silage shortages predicted for this winter, Dave Davies of the Silage Advisory Centre (SilAC) recommends making the most of any grass that is yet to be ensiled.

  • New Deer Show, Aberdeenshire results

    July 23, 2010

    Results from the 2010 New Deer Show.

  • New on-line resource for horse box drivers

    21 July 2010

    Those looking for information about buying and driving horseboxes can now refer to an independent online resource, as www.drivinghorseboxes.co.uk .

  • New planning rules to boost affordable rural housing

    20 July 2010

    MAJOR changes in rural planning guidelines aimed at freeing up the provision of affordable housing and allowing on-farm second homes for farmer retirements are being introduced across Wales.

  • NFU fears over ‘backward’ CAP talks

    23 July 2010

    EUROPE is in danger of turning the Common Agricultural Policy into a social and environmental scheme with little focus on productive agriculture, the NFU has cautioned.

  • Nick Skelton wins Bolesworth Castle Grand Prix

    21 July 2010

    The Bolesworth Castle Showjumping Classic and Country Fair (15th-18th July) was a four day equestrian spectacular for both the watching crowds and those competing in the closely contested classes.

  • NSA event’s skill factor focus

    July 23, 2010

    ?NSA Sheep 2010, held at the Three Counties showground, Malvern, is less than two weeks away. Farmers Guardian looks at what’s in store for visitors to the industry’s biennial event.

  • Olrig Dubarry wins at Caithness

    July 23, 2010

    A father and son from Caithness followed up their notable Royal Highland win by taking the champion of champions title at their home show on Saturday.

  • Options for building soil fertility

    July 23, 2010

    THERE are a number of options for building fertility in an organic arable system, growers attending the National Organic Cereals event heard.

  • OSR seed treatment boosts early growth

    July 23, 2010

    ?Faster establishment and reduced phoma levels were among the benefits noted from oilseed rape seed treatment Cruiser OSR (fludioxinil+metalaxyl+ thiomethoxam) in ADAS trials.

  • Paice promises to 'revitalise' RPA

    21 July 2010

    FARMING Minister Jim Paice has pledged that he will seek to ‘revitalise’ the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in the wake of this week’s damning review of its current state.

  • Pedigree blueprint for Sussex success

    July 23, 2010

    Michael Hind explains why the Maplesden pedigree Sussex herd at Bungehurst Farm are challenging perceptions of the Sussex breed north of Watford Gap. Pictures: John Eveson

  • Pennyquart herd sells to 2,400gns top

    July 23, 2010

    ?BIDDING peaked at 2,400gns when the entire Pennyquart herd of Holsteins was sold at Beeston Castle last week on behalf of Charlie and Carol Benbow, Eccleshall, Staffordshire.

  • Pest management role of seed treatments

    July 23, 2010

    ?SEED treatments have a role to play in integrated crop management for the control of a range of crop pests and diseases, according to Bayer CropScience.

  • Philip Nash - DFF2010 shortlist

    July 23, 2010

    Age: 31Lives: Brighthams Farm, Horsham, West Sussex

  • Pig health status form for Scottish imports

    July 23, 2010

    ?THE Scottish pig industry and Quality Meat Scotland have launched a health declaration project with the intention of ensuring stock and semen coming into Scotland originate from a farm of known health status.

  • Poor control of pests will compromise establishment

    July 23, 2010

    SUGAR beet growers looking to get the best out of their crops must ensure establishment is not compromised by poor pest control.

  • Prestleigh Beryl takes Royal Welsh pig title

    21 July 2010

    HAVING won the modern breed class last year as a gilt, Prestleigh Beryl 17 upped her game this year to take both the modern breed title and supreme championship.

  • Prince Charles wins farming award

    23 July 2010

    PRINCE Charles has been awarded the Royal Agricultural Society of England’s (RASE) National Agricultural Award for 2009.

  • Profit from grass: Rain brings prospects of extra cut

    July 23, 2010

    ?WIDESPREAD rain has come as a welcome relief for most farmers in our ‘Profit from Grass’ project, in many cases providing the prospect of an extra cut of silage.

  • Project to ensure meat safety

    19 July 2010

    A MAJOR research project set to ensure the safety of meat was launched at the Royal Welsh Show on Monday (July 19) by Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones.

  • Proudly flying the flag for Wales and farming

    July 23, 2010

    WHEN the cameras finally stopped rolling after Lambing Live, the Bevan family got on with the task in hand. Simon Wragg went to meet Jim and Kate Bevan who will be judging trade stands at NSA sheep.

  • Pulling out all the stops to achieve his goals

    July 23, 2010

    JANE BROWN spoke to one of the Young Shepherd of the Year finalists ahead of a competition that is always closely contested at the NSA event.

  • Ready, steady, now get cooking

    July 23, 2010

    ?A ‘ready Steady Cook’-type competition is being staged by NSA, featuring lamb.

  • Record breaking sheepdog sold for £5,000

    22 July 2010

    A BORDER Collie has been sold for a record fee at an auction of working sheepdogs in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

  • Richard Millichap and Jen win Mynddislwyn open

    July 23, 2010

    IT was thanks to the Cook family of Cwmcaesingrug Farm and the work from Rob Lewis and his team, that the Mynyddislwyn Trial, which has been in existence for more than a century, could be staged.

  • Roberts rewarded for services to Welsh agriculture

    22 July 2010

    SOON to retire chairman of Hybu Cig Cymru, the Wales-based red meat development agency and Montgomeryshire beef and sheep farmer, Rees Roberts, was last night (Wednesday, July 21) presented with the Farmers Union of Wales gold medal for services to Welsh agriculture.

  • Rosecroft Dazzler takes inter-breed title at Kent

    July 23, 2010

    ON a bright and sunny Saturday at the Kent County Show, Rosecroft Dazzler, a two-year-old Limousin bull, dazzled the judges to be crowned beef inter-breed champion and supreme cattle champion.

  • Royal Welsh attendance tops 230,000

    22 July 2010

    THE Royal Welsh Show has ended with yet another four-day attendance figure topping the magical 200,000 barrier.

  • Royal Welsh Farm Buildings and Works Award

    20 July 2010

    WINNERS of the Royal Welsh Farm Buildings and Works Award are Arnold and Cynthia Evans and their sons, Dylan, Elystan and Cefyn, of Cwmwythig, Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth.

  • Royal Welsh Show - dairy results

    21 July 2010

    ALL the results from the dairy championships at the Royal Welsh Show 2010.

  • Royal Welsh Show 2010 - beef results

    20 July 2010

    FULL results from the Royal Welsh Show beef classes.

  • Royal Welsh Show 2010 - pig results

    21 July 2010

    ALL the results from the Royal Welsh Show pig championships.

  • RPA to survive despite damning Defra report

    20 July 2010

    THE Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is poorly run and unfit for purpose, a damning Defra review of the agency concluded today (Tuesday, July 20).

  • RSPB calls on farmers to solve Turtle Dove riddle

    20 July 2010

    EAST Anglian farmers are being asked to help scientists work out why turtle doves are disappearing from the countryside.

  • RSPB talking ‘nonsense’ on kestrels - CLA

    20 July 2010

    THE Country Land and Business Association has hit out at the RSPB after it blamed farmers for the sharp decline in Kestrel numbers in recent years.

  • RWAS recognises vet's contribution

    20 July 2010

    FOR the first time in the history of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s most prestigious prize, the Sir Bryner Jones Memorial Award has recognised the major contribution of the veterinary profession to the Welsh farming industry.

  • Savings to be made by planning for wearing parts

    July 23, 2010

    Wearing parts are a significant cost for most farms, and no more so is this true than on those with large root crop areas. So how can metal be purchased more effectively? Farmers Guardian finds out.

  • SCC makes £279,000 profit

    July 23, 2010

    ?AFTER a difficult trading period well into 2009, South Caernarfon Creameries has turned in an operating profit of £279,000 for the year to April 3, 2010. The result contrasts with a loss of £786,000 in the previous year.

  • Scientists investigate bogs to solve climate change riddle

    23 July 2010

    A major investigation is being carried out into how climate change can be mitigated through better management of the UK’s peat bogs.

  • Scottish Hereford Breeders Association’s annual competition

    20 July 2010

    BEST herd in the Scottish Hereford Breeders Association’s annual competition was John and Margaret Cameron’s Balbinnie herd at Fife.

  • Scottish National Hereford Show, Kirriemuir results

    July 23, 2010

    Rsults from the ?Scottish National Hereford Show at Kirriemuir.

  • Scottish sheepdog trial results – July 23

    July 23, 2010

    COMRIE AND DISTRICT Open, Glenartney (Judge, G.C. Gardner, Lesmahagow, 60 ran) 1, I. Brownlie (Forestmill) Boredale Gus, 96; 2, P. Hetherington (Minishant) Liz, 92; 3, D. Galbraith (Comrie) Bob, 91; 4, F. Shennan (Barr) Fizz, 89; 5, S.L. Davidson (Sandbank) Rob, 88 Outbye; 6, M. Caul (Egnomoss) Dougie, 88. Local, 1, D. Galbraith (Comrie) Bob, 91; 2, A. Simpson (Comrie) Loos, 76; 3, A. MacKenzie (Lochearnhead) Eilidh, 75; 4, D. Galbraith (Comrie) Glen, Comrie, 74; 5, ...

  • Seed treatment choice will set the 2011 beet crops potential

    July 23, 2010

    SEED treatment choice for 2011 sugar beet crops will determine the duration of crops’ exposure to virus yellows risk, which will in turn impact on yield and profit potential.

  • Shear quality in entrants from home and abroad

    July 23, 2010

    SOME of the world’s leading sheep shearers will be at NSA Sheep 2010 taking part in a series of competitions.

  • Sheepdog record smashed twice at Skipton sale

    July 23, 2010

    THE world record price for a working sheepdog paid at an official sale was shattered not once, but twice, at Skipton auction mart last week. 

  • Sheepdog trials diary – July 23

    July 23, 2010

    ?ENGLAND

  • Shepherd receives RWAS award

    20 July 2010

    THE Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s special prize – the £2,000 Dr Emrys Evans Award - has been won this year by Breconshire’s Geraint Davies, of Dan yr Eglwys, Garthbrengy, near Brecon.

  • Split reaction to wages board decision

    23 July 2010

    THE decision to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) has been described as a ‘relief’ for farmers but a ‘disaster’ for farm workers.

  • SPS 2010 payments ‘could be delayed’ by RPA mapping errors

    22 July 2010

    THE Rural Payments Agency’s botched Rural Land Registry (RLR) mapping project could delay the delivery of 2010 Single Payments, the Defra-commissioned review of the agency has warned.

  • SPS failures cost taxpayer £161 million

    19 July 2010

    DEFRA’S failure to implement the Single Farm Payment properly in 2005 has cost the UK taxpayer £161 million, the European Commission has confirmed.

  • Straw prices rally on

    July 23, 2010

    BARLEY straw has made £292 a hectare (£118/acre) in a Cheshire auction. The trade follows other recent high realisations all over the country.

  • 'Super' silage samples at Royal Welsh Show

    20 July 2010

    LAST summer might have been poor - but according to the judges the winners of the all-Wales clamp and big bale silage competitions who receivved their awards at the Royal Welsh made some “super” samples.

  • Supplies are falling short of demand

    July 23, 2010

    MATCHING up supply and demand of organic straights feedstuffs and forage was a key theme at the National Organic Cereals Event held at the Fullerton Farms Partnership, Cottonworth, Andover, Hampshire. Teresa Rush reports.

  • Take care to avoid listeria infections

    July 23, 2010

    ?GIVEN the increase in damaging listeria infections earlier in the year, sheep farmers are being warned to take particular care in their late silage making this season.

  • Take note of BCMS figures for beef predictions

    July 23, 2010

    ?THE unparalleled surge of 11 to 13-month-old Holstein bulls on to this year’s prime cattle market has upset many finishers’ expectation of an eventual undersupply situation in the beef market.

  • Take-all levels building despite the dry spring

    July 23, 2010

    TAKE-ALL levels in second wheats have built-up to surprising levels despite the driest first six months of the year since 1929, this season’s NIAB root assessments at HGCA Recommended List trial sites across the country have revealed.

  • Test seed to avoid ‘forgotten’ diseases

    July 23, 2010

    The so-called ‘forgotten’ seed-borne diseases are safe and well and lurking in a field near you, waiting for an opportunity to infect a crop.

  • The host farm for the organic cereals event

    July 23, 2010

    FULLERTON Farms Partnership’s James Liddell describes the business as an organic arable farm with a conventional vineyard, having previously been a conventional dairy farm.

  • Three Counties Showground hosts Sheep 2010

    July 23, 2010

    Useful information to help smooth your visit to the NSA’s Sheep 2010 event.

  • Tom Neill - DFF2010 shortlist

    July 23, 2010

    Age: 37Lives: Thornington Farm, Mindrum, Coldstream, Northumberland

  • Two farm shop butchery awards

    July 23, 2010

    ?The skills of farm shop owners and their butchers will be tested when two new awards are made.

  • UK farmers can save the rainforests - FoE

    21 July 2010

    AN area of rainforest the size of the Yorkshire Dales could be saved each year if UK farmers fed their livestock on home-grown feed rather than imports from Brazil and Argentina, a new Friends of the Earth study has claimed.

  • Variable start to UK winter barley harvest

    July 23, 2010

    ALTHOUGH it is early days in terms of the winter barley harvest, yields have so far been very variable, says Frontier’s barley trader for East Anglia, Andy Donald.

  • Welsh Assembly sins new deal on Royal Welsh food hall

    20 July 2010

    THE Welsh Assembly Government has signed up to a three-year deal to provide sponsorship funding to the tune of nearly £300,000 for the new Royal Welsh Showground Food Hall.

  • Welsh lamb market opens up in China

    20 July 2010

    AS sales of Welsh lamb abroad hit a record high, China - one of the world’s biggest consumer markets - is set to become the latest export target for brand protected Welsh Lamb.

  • Welsh lamb sees improving margins

    20 July 2010

    THERE has been a big increase in the number of Welsh farmers covering their lamb production costs and achieving better margins, according to new figures released at the Royal Welsh Show.

  • Welsh search for leading suckler herd

    19 July 2010

    THE search is on for the leading suckler herd in Wales.

  • Welsh sheepdog trial results – July 23

    July 23, 2010

    EFAILNEWYDD, Pwllheli (Judge, E. Williams) Open 1, J.R.Griffith (Talysarn) Gwen, points lost 5; 2, H. Evans (TalY Bont) Mirk 9; 3, M.Ll. Evans (Llanfachreth) Jan, 17; 4, G. Lightfoot (Llandegla) Mari, 19; 5, E.P. Roberts (Padoc) Eryri Jim, 20; 6, A. Williams (Penmachno) Nim, 21.

  • Where next for the dairy industry?

    July 23, 2010

    The 17-strong group of dairy representatives from across the UK included farmers, processors, supermarkets, trade bodies and the RSPCA.

  • William and Andrew Cowx: Bare pastures, too many cattle and pilfering ewes

    July 23, 2010

    IN the next instalment of our series, following the ups and downs of farmers around the country, we look at what’s been happening on farm in Cumbria.

  • Wool depots working well

    July 23, 2010

    ?THE British Wool Marketing Board’s introduction of a new system of wool collection - through the setting-up of intermediate depots across the UK - is being well supported by sheep producers, the Board says.

  • World champion sheep shearer crowned at Royal Welsh

    22 July 2010

    NEW Golden Shears World Machine Champion is 26-year-old New Zealander Cam Ferguson - beating fellow countryman and five times winner of the title, David Fagan, into second place.

  • World news – July 23

    July 23, 2010

    Round-up of agricultural business news from around the world.

  • Young farmers scheme gains popularity

    20 July 2010

    YOUNG farmers in Wales have been saying ‘yes’ to YESS - the Welsh Assembly Government scheme designed to offer support, guidance and grant aid to encourage young people into the farming industry.

  • Zoonotic diseases campaign

    July 23, 2010

    ?FARMERS and others working with livestock can now obtain a free agricultural medical contact card to help make their GP more aware of the human health dangers presented by zoonotic diseases.

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