Farmers Guardian
July 7th 2006

  • ‘A fair deal is needed if subsidies are scrapped’

    July 7th 2006

    BRITAIN’S farmers can survive and prosper without subsidies – but to do so they need a fair deal from the Government and the market place, MPs were told on Tuesday.

  • ‘Positive feel for rural businesses amid challenges’

    July 7th 2006

    INVESTING in alternative complementary enterprises in order to ‘support’ the core farm business – if it was that which you enjoyed – was a perfectly valid business reason for going ahead as far as one relatively optimistic banker was concerned.

  • ‘Sheep breeds approaching extinction’

    July 7th 2006

    THE trend towards fewer, yet larger sheep flocks in the UK is threatening the survival of some breeds, says a Government report published this week.

  • A sweltering success for Welsh contingent - Royal Show Pig Results

    July 7th 2006

    THE pig classes were plunged into disarray by the searing heat but after a rejig of the judging schedule the Welsh exhibitors came out on top.

  • Able to alter the angle of attack

    July 7th 2006

    Although there are no changes to the rotating finger design of the Frato hoe, the possibility of being able to alter the angle of the rear hooked tines is new.

  • All quiet in the milk front

    July 7th 2006

    NO Arla, no Wiseman, no DFB, a slightly smaller Dairy Crest presence and Milk Link confining itself to a much less expensive stand in the retail food hall – that was the Royal Show’s dairy company tally, save for OMSCo flying its flag on the main avenue and First Milk not far away.

  • American Bran Muffins

    July 7th 2006

    INGREDIENTS

  • An hour in the July garden

    July 7th 2006

    There is a difference between the peak of the July garden and the maturity of August, writes PAUL PEACOCK.

  • Associa’s problems behind it, says chief executive

    7 July 2006

    THE head of Associa has insisted the company’s problems are behind it. Chief executive Ian Dalzell described the accounting anomalies that resulted in the company overstating its profits by £1 million between 2002 and 2004 as an ‘unfortunate episode’.

  • Banwell qualify for Prince Phillip Cup

    11 July 2006

    Last Saturday (1st July) the Banwell branch of the Pony Club became the first team to qualify for the 2006 Prince Phillip Cup, following a closely fought battle at the zone finals in Taunton Racecourse.

  • Beef labelling leader

    July 7th 2006

    RENEWED calls for a UK-wide country of origin label for beef have been made after the introduction of a similar law in the Republic of Ireland this week.

  • British Rouges clean up - Royal Show Sheep Results

    July 7th 2006

    THERE was double success for the British Rouge in the Royal Show sheep lines on Tuesday.

  • Call for a stiffer child safety regime on farms

    July 7th 2006

    THE Prime Minister has been urged to give his backing to a campaign to increase the safety of children on farms.

  • Castle Kennedy Horse Driving Trials go international

    11 July 2006

    Castle Kennedy Horse Driving Trials has been awarded International status for 2006 and will run as an FEI CAI-B event (August 25 – 27).

  • Centaur commits to Lincolnshire bioethanol

    July 7th 2006

    GRAIN marketing company Centaur Grain has launched a contract enabling its members to supply 325,000 tonnes of wheat annually for a 100,000 tonnes per year bioethanol production facility in Lincolnshire.

  • Charolais bull to 3,800gns at Carlisle

    July 7th 2006

    CHAROLAIS peaked at 3,800gns in Carlisle for Thrunton Vendor, an 18-month-old bull bred by the Campbell family, Ian and John, and their father, Colin of Thrunton, Alnwick, Vendor. He was by the 24,000gns Perth leading bull Mowbraypark Orlando and out of a home-bred cow. He sold to A.J. MacGregor, Ecclefechan, Lockerbie.

  • Comprehensive revision of fertiliser use guidelines

    July 7th 2006

    DEFRA is undertaking a comprehensive revision of its current guidelines for fertiliser use. The revised fertiliser recommendation system is due to be published in early 2008, although this is subject to the length and timing of the research.

  • David Miliband’s partnership challenge to FG readers

    July 7th 2006

    ‘One of my aims in this job is help farming regain its rightful place as a great British success story’. Defra Secretary David Miliband writes exclusively for Farmers Guardian readers two months into his new role.

  • Defra at odds with EU over vet drug decision

    July 7th 2006

    DEFRA is at loggerheads with the European Commission over a decision to restrict the use of a veterinary drug for cattle.

  • Dodson & Horrell advocates going green

    July 7th 2006

    As part of its own ongoing commitment to both the local and global environment, Dodson & Horrell has produced an environmental leaflet to help you do your bit too.

  • Domestic market ABP’s core focus with strong demand for high quality cattle

    July 7th 2006

    DESPITE having regained an export toe-hold in Italy, which 10 years ago was its most important market, Anglo Beef Processors says the domestic market remains very much its main focus.

  • Doune and Dunblane Show

    July 7th 2006

    Ronick Tanita takes inter-breed

  • Ear tag dispensation call

    July 7th 2006

    NFU Cymru is urging the Welsh Assembly to follow the lead of the Scottish Executive and provide producers with a 28-day window from the date of an inspection to replace missing livestock ear tags.

  • East of England Show

    July 7th 2006

    THE overall Rare Breeds supreme inter-breed championship at the East of England Show

  • English Sheepdog Trial Results

    July 7th 2006

    FARLETON, Moorcock Hall Farm, Hornby, Open (40 ran): 1, F. Noble (Wearhead) Moss, 81 of 100; 2, Timothy Longton (Quernmore) Carrie, 80; 3 R. Briggs (Wennington) Bill, 78; 4, P. Noble (Quernmore) Jack, 76; 5, R. Briggs Wenndale Star, 75; 6, R. Clarkson (Embsay) Cap, 73. {EOP}

  • Exhibition celebrates horses in art

    July 7th 2006

    The Society of Equestrian Artists (SEA) will be holding it’s 27th annual exhibition in London this year from Monday July 17 to Saturday July 22.

  • Farming – the last refuge for sexual stereotyping?

    July 7th 2006

    Pay attention everyone. This is a quiz. Look round your farm and decide which creature gets the least respect.

  • Farming hand-in-glove with wildlife and conservation

    July 7th 2006

    Already involved with Countryside Stewardship Schemes, Simon Henderson is looking at ELS and largely HLS schemes for his Northumberland arable farm. Philip Bull of ADAS used the farm to illustrate farming practices that could score highly in an HLS application. The open day was held in conjunction with the Rural Development Service. NEIL RYDER joined them.

  • Father and son team reign supreme again - Royal Show Dairy Results

    July 7th 2006

    MORE than a decade after their last dairy inter-breed victory at the Royal, the father and son team of Tom and Andy Cope once again reigned supreme.

  • Fears over equine microchips

    July 7th 2006

    PLANS to microchip every horse in the country have provoked an angry response from the Farmers Union of Wales, who warned the new identification proposals were ‘unworkable’ and that they could have ‘severe consequences’ for the future of many ponies.

  • Feasibility study of equestrian games

    11 July 2006

    The wisdom of bidding to hold the FEI Games, formerly known as World Equestrian Games, in the UK is being investigated.

  • Festival of Champions summer championships July 22-23

    11 July 2006

    One of the largest equestrian shows in the northwest will be held on July 22-23 this year at Valiants House near Preston in Lancashire. Valiants is 12 miles from junction 32 of the M6.

  • Frank Noble and Moss take Farleton title

    July 7th 2006

    OUTSTANDING outfield work over a testing course at Farleton, Lancashire, earned Frank Noble and Moss the title at this new location.

  • Funnell rides Cortaflex Mondriaan to victory after his triumph over colic

    July 7th 2006

    WILLIAM Funnell and Cortaflex Mondriaan hit top form in the scorching heat at Hickstead last Sunday to win their first DFS Derby title.

  • Go west, says guide, for a fresh approach to Cornish hospitality

    July 7th 2006

    HAVING sold their traditionally-reared meats via farmers’ markets for years, Gill and Kim Courtauld of Helston, Cornwall, witnessed the increasing levels of public demand for local foods first hand.

  • Government clueless on origin of food

    12 July 2006

    The Government has admitted to having no idea how much publicly procured food is of British origin.

  • Government just misses the legal Single Payment deadline date

    July 7th 2006

    THE Government narrowly missed the legal June 30 Single Payment deadline, Defra Secretary David Miliband admitted this week.

  • High yield and fast regrowth

    July 7th 2006

    EXPERIMENTS at Reaseheath College, Cheshire, suggest that using newly developed, top performance varieties of grass and clover can offer higher yields and faster regrowth rates after first cut silage.

  • Hill Farm Allowance extended to end of 2007

    7 July 2006

    THE Hill Farm Allowance has been extended for one year, bringing much-needed stability to upland farmers.

  • Hot weather a mixed blessing for farmers

    July 7th 2006

    THE soaring temperatures over the past week have been mixed news for farmers – while some cereal growers have welcomed the warm weather, livestock farmers have been struggling to keep their animals cool.

  • Improving grassland quality to save money

    July 7th 2006

    Soil testing the entire farm every year, changing from set stocking to paddock grazing and volunteering as a guinea-pig for a new grassland management group – the green stuff is a real priority for dairy farmer Clive Gurney. JOANNE PUGH went to meet the man with a passion for grass.

  • In and out of row

    July 7th 2006

    Organic vegetable growers take heart, as the expensive task of removing unwanted weeds from within the crop row by hand could soon be a thing of the past. STEVEN VALE reports on a new breed of mechanical options from Holland.

  • Kirkby Thore sale sees two Holsteins make 3,600gns

    July 7th 2006

    THERE was a good crowd at the Norton and Brooksbank Sale Centre at Kirkby Thore, Cumbria, for the sale of the entire younger adult section of J. Waring and Sons’ highly regarded Winton Holstein herd, which had been removed from their home near Beverley, East Yorkshire.

  • Lancashire yard takes riding horse championship at Royal Show

    July 7th 2006

    IN the scorching heat of this year¹s Royal Show, horses able to keep their cool and perform when it mattered were at a premium.

  • Launceston YFC pull off fourth tug victory at the Royal Show

    July 7th 2006

    THERE was plenty of YFC action on all four days of the Royal Show with members competing in a number of important national finals.

  • Machinery news from the Royal Show

    July 7th 2006

    John Deere Gator is overall winner

  • Making light of laborious field work

    July 7th 2006

    Not designed for in-the-row work, Dijk Innovatie nevertheless used the event to reveal the latest version of the Rosko hoe. The main difference to the previous version concerns the hoeing elements, which at 17kg are a good deal lighter than the original 40kg versions. The company says that less weight means that it can be coupled behind a smaller tractor.

  • Miliband wavers on ‘irresponsible’ badger cull moves

    July 7th 2006

    THE decision on whether to cull badgers has been delayed yet again.

  • New Equine charity helps children

    11 July 2006

    A new national charity, which aims to help children with disabilities and learning difficulties by teaching them to perform gymnastics on the back of a moving horse, is to be launched in Scotland this month.

  • New export market drives Dungannon Meats rebranding

    July 7th 2006

    DUNGANNON Meats Group is consolidating its various companies under one name to raise its profile in the newly opened export market.

  • New oilseed rape herbicide gains approval

    July 7th 2006

    A NEW residual and contact herbicide has received approval for use in oilseed rape in the coming season.

  • New style of jacket for riders launched at HOYS

    July 7th 2006

    At long last British show jumping is catching up with its continental equivalents by introducing a competition jacket designed to take into account the physically demanding nature of the sport.

  • Nozzles put weeds on notice

    July 7th 2006

    This machine is based on a German-made system known as the Pneumat, which has been tested in mainland Europe for the past two years. Instead of purchasing the machine, Dutch contractor Renze Hoekstra felt he could make a similar machine at a much cheaper price.

  • Organic supply deficit predicted

    12 July 2006

    THE ORGANIC sector is in danger of being hit by chronic under-supply in the next few years, revealed a report this week.

  • Public opinion split on badger cull to control bovine TB

    12 July 2006

    THE general public is evenly split for and against a badger cull to control the spread of bovine TB.

  • Pupils get big lift-off

    July 7th 2006

    BURY St Edmunds Young Farmers Club has donated £827 to the St Louis Catholic Middle School, Bury St Edmunds towards the installation of a lift for disabled pupils.

  • Rock bottom wool price a ‘hammer blow’

    July 7th 2006

    THE ‘rock bottom’ wool price is being seen as the latest hammer blow to less favoured area farmers in Wales by NFU Cymru’s LFA board chairman John Owen.

  • Royal Burke Trophy - beef

    July 7th 2006

    THE Limousins swept to the Burke Trophy title beating the Charolais team into reserve.

  • Royal Burke Trophy - dairy

    July 7th 2006

    THE Burke Trophy for the dairy section capped a great show for the Holsteins as they took the title.

  • Royal Norfolk Show

    July 7th 2006

    Flying high Holstein Airfield Rox Ring enjoys a first victory

  • Royal Show 2006 pictures

    July 7th 2006

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  • Royal Show videos

    July 7th 2006

  • Royal Show Young Handlers

    July 7th 2006

    There was plenty on offer at the Royal Show for young people, including award presentations, a large YFC area and some hotly competed young handlers’ classes. JOANNE PUGH reports

  • Safety fears as UK fails to carry out hormone tests on imported meat

    July 7th 2006

    FURTHER doubts about the safety of imported beef were raised this week after Defra admitted the UK had failed to carry out any tests for hormones in imported meat since 2004.

  • Sara's set Summer Classic sizzling with 20,500gns bid

    July 7th 2006

    WITH 15 of the noted Sara family among the small but select Copywood herd of Belinda Fox dispersed at the Bristol Sales Centre last week, the Breeders Summer Classic was always going to be a sizzling sale.

  • Scottish Sheepdog Trial Results

    July 7th 2006

    Kilberry (Judge, D. Robertson, Luss) Open, 55 ran, 1, I. McConnell (Garven) Dan, 96; 2, J.R. Welsh (Girvan) Moel Jock, 91; 3, C. Davidson (Sandbank) Tweed, 88; 4, P. Martin (Yarrow) Fly, 86; 5, N. McVicar (Dunoon) Spot, 85, Outbye; 6, N. McEachern (Dunoon) Molly, 81 Outbye.

  • Semen analysis to improve production on farms

    July 7th 2006

    A MAJOR investment has been made by the British Pig Executive (BPEX) as part of a two-stage plan to improve productivity on Britain’s pig farms.

  • Sharp decline in green aphids in sugar beet crops

    July 7th 2006

    LOW flying aerial aphid activity has declined sharply this year, with fewer than normal green aphids seen in sugar beet crops.

  • Sheep milk producer takes FG/Waitrose Best Young Farmer Producer Award

    July 7th 2006

    THE Lancashire farmer behind a co-operative venture to add value to sheep’s milk has scooped the title of Farmers Guardian/Waitrose Best Young Farmer Producer 2006 and a cheque for £4,000, in the Waitrose Small Producers Awards.

  • Simmental ends her show career on top - Royal Show Beef Results

    July 7th 2006

    IN her showring swansong the Simmental cow Atlow Rhians Valentine went out on top, taking the beef inter-breed title.

  • Simplicity is key to Fendt’s Vario 312

    July 7th 2006

    FENDT has unveiled the 300 Vario line-up, following a flavour of the range when they showed the 312 at the end of last year.

  • Smarter approach to potato protection

    July 7th 2006

    POTATO seed growers have been urged to make use of the British Potato Council aphid-monitoring service to bring a smarter approach to protecting the crop from Potato Virus Y (PVY) and help maintain the high health status of the British seed crop.

  • Sportsman’s superior comfort makes a lasting impression

    July 7th 2006

    SOME 12 months and 3,260 miles after it was delivered, our Polaris Sportsman 400 has been returned and we have been suddenly reminded what a solid rear axle and swing arm suspension feels like compared to the Sportsman’s truly independent set-up.

  • Suffolk gene improvement

    July 7th 2006

    THE possibility of introducing ‘outside’ genetics into Suffolk sheep is being explored by the breed society – and for those breeders who want it, New Zealand semen will be easier to get hold of.

  • Sugar factories closure 'a kick in the teeth'

    July 7th 2006

    BEET growers in Yorkshire and the West Midlands may become the first UK casualties of the EU sugar regime reform after British Sugar announced its intention to close its factories at Allscott and York.

  • TB survey must be resumed says FUW

    July 7th 2006

    AN immediate resumption of a ‘found dead’ badger TB survey has been urged by the Farmers Union of Wales after it was revealed that dead badgers testing positive for the disease have triggered tests in cattle throughout Wales.

  • Top RASE students

    July 7th 2006

    THE Royal Agricultural Society of England has announced its 2006 top students. Each of the winners was presented with a certificate and five-year membership package by Helen Ghosh, Defra permanent secretary.

  • Tough challenge for beef exhibitors

    July 7th 2006

    THE South Devon Herd Book Society provided a tough challenge for young beef exhibitors on Monday evening with competitors having to impress the judge in four different categories.

  • Tractor winner at Royal Show

    July 7th 2006

    Martin Dennison, of R.W. Dennison and Son, Crow Trees Farm, Northallerton, North Yorkshire is presented with the key to his new MF 5455 by FG editor Liz Falkingham during a parade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Massey Ferguson at the Royal Show. Martin won the tractor in an FG competition.

  • Tribunal ruling on red diesel

    July 7th 2006

    A TRIBUNAL has ruled that farmers and those associated with the agricultural industry can continue to run larger tractors on public roads for the purposes of agriculture, using rebated or ‘red diesel’.

  • Tynyreithin herd sells to 4,100gns

    July 7th 2006

    RICHARD Shearer, of Newtown, Powys, dispersed his Tynyreithin herd of pedigree Hoslteins at Beeston Castle Auction to a top price of 4,100gns for milking heifer, Tynyreithin Kite Olivia, a daughter of Painley Kite. She was purchased by Ivan Robinson and his daughter Louise for their herd at Ballygowan, County Down.

  • Weeding a wide range of crops

    July 7th 2006

    THE main benefit of the ATH 450 mechanical hoe is that it can be successfully used in a wide range of crops.

  • Welsh Sheepdog Trial Results

    July 7th 2006

    Valley, Open, 1, M. Evans (Llanfachreth) Cadi, 9; 2=, E.L. Morgan (Aberystwyth) Sali; and R.H. Jones (Llanfechain) Jack, 10; 4=, A. Owen (Llangwm) Roy; R.H. Jones, Meg; and B. Williams (Ysceifiog) Queen, 11.

  • Westminster duo vie for farmers’ support

    July 7th 2006

    TWO of Westminster’s rising stars went head to head at the Royal Show, vying with each other to be seen as the champion of the progressive, green farming industry of the future.

  • Wild boar wallowing in perfect harmony

    July 7th 2006

    BARRY ALSTON takes a look at a unique West Wales venture with a ‘wild’ side to its growing success.

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