Farmers Guardian
July 8th 2005

  • ‘Wonderful’ Duroc sow takes pig inter-breed title

    July 8th 2005

    An ‘absolutely wonderful’ Duroc sow took the inter-breed pig championship. Maddaford Hjornegard 117 is a six-month-old female from Alan and Pru Rose, of Chard, Somerset. She caught the eye of the judge, Rachael Wylie and was rewarded with the best female and best overall pig titles.

  • 4X4 Polaris impresses on all-round features

    July 8th 2005

    On paper it is an impressive utility vehicle, so Howard Walsh took the newly-redesigned Polaris Ranger 4x4 out for a few days to see how it stands up in practice.

  • Accurate flow from box-drill

    July 8th 2005

    The Ceria is a conventional mechanical box drill for mounting on a power harrow up-and-over linkage.

  • Aiming to bridge the gap between farming tenants and the National Trust

    July 8th 2005

    Bridging the gap between farming tenants and the National Trust in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire is what Jake Hancock, a farming and countryside adviser for the Trust since May 2004, strives to do.

  • Award is all wrapped up

    July 8th 2005

    NEWRAP took home the Special Purpose Equipment and overall new Equipment Award with its automated field scale vegetable wrapping system topping the 18 entrants.

  • Blame the Government on sugar beet, says Boel

    July 8th 2005

    British beet growers could be getting substantially more than £17/tonne after sugar regime reform providing they get the compensation, according to European Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel.

  • Bradshaw concern over NFUs badger gassing proposals

    July 8th 2005

    Animal Health Minister Ben Bradshaw has already expressed concerns about controversial NFU proposals to gas badgers to control the spread of TB in cattle and wildlife.

  • Curb on lamb castration and tail docking practice

    July 8th 2005

    A call for curbs on the practices of castration and tail docking in lambs on the grounds of animal welfare can be expected later this year.

  • Dairy leaders prove big is not always best

    July 8th 2005

    Royal Norfolk Show

  • Double tag ID threat is averted

    July 8th 2005

    The threat of ‘unwanted’ legislation which could have brought the UK sheep industry to a standstill has been averted – for the time being.

  • Doune and Dunblane Show

    July 8th 2005

    Limousin Ronick Unicer is cattle champion

  • Focus is on early maturity for wheat

    July 8th 2005

    With many northern growers caught out by the wet harvest last year, straw strength and early maturity are the two key factors many will now be considering when looking at which wheat varieties to grow this autumn, says independent variety consultant, Richard Fenwick.

  • Fresh Start’s three alliances to attract new entrants

    July 8th 2005

    Fresh Start, the initiative to attract new blood into the industry, is expanding.

  • Helping dairy farmers make the most of combinable crops

    July 8th 2005

    A new agronomy group for Cumbria and the North West, aimed predominantly at helping dairy farmers make the most of their combinable crops, is being established by The Arable Group (TAG).

  • Herefords sweeper role is ideal team effort

    July 8th 2005

    A team of 16 Hereford bulls provides the ideal beef cross on New Zealand Friesian cows on a south west Scotland farm. Neil Ryder talked to farmer, Rory Christie.

  • Lely new Yanmar distributor

    July 8th 2005

    Japanese manufacturer Yanmar Agricultural Equipment is to be distributed in the UK by Lely from the beginning of September. The range was handled by Warwickshire based Claymore Grass Machinery who decided that Yanmar did fit with its future business model.

  • Limousin and Holstein pairs take the Burke Trophy accolades

    July 8th 2005

    The success kept coming for the Limousins as they stepped forward to claim the Burke Trophy in the midst of a torrential downpour in the main ring.

  • Limousin wins beef supreme

    July 8th 2005

    Royal Norfolk Show

  • More time needed to sort out wheat varieties

    July 8th 2005

    Two unusual years in succession and relatively disease free conditions so far this year means that host farmer David Read will be waiting for more information before he decides which new wheat varieties to go for in the next couple of harvests.

  • OP dips study inconclusive over ill health causes

    July 8th 2005

    A long-awaited study into the possible effects of exposure to organophosphates (OP) in sheep dip has proved inconclusive.

  • OSR expert predicts the big six varieties

    July 8th 2005

    In the oilseed rape plots, NIAB OSR expert Simon Kightley drew attention to aborted pods at the very tip on most varieties.

  • Owner’s disbelief as Angus wins supreme award

    July 8th 2005

    When inter-breed judge Graeme Massie tapped forward the Aberdeen-Angus, Bon Lea Elle, as his overall champion its owner Gordon Brooks stood in disbelief.

  • Partnership on new water rules

    July 8th 2005

    The NFU is to work in partnership with Water UK and the Environment Agency to help farmers comply with new water regulations.

  • Planned Agco operations centre

    July 8th 2005

    Agco has announced that it is to move to a purpose-built European Operations Centre at Abbey Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire in Autumn 2006. The current headquarters are in the multi-storey office building at Banner Lane which has been sold along with the former Massey Ferguson factory.

  • Royal Norfolk Show

    July 8th 2005

    Grand parade makes a welcome return

  • Royal Norfolk Show - Pig Results

    July 8th 2005

    Show Results - PigsInter-breed (T. Alty, Bartle) Sup., B. Upchurch (British Lop); res., C. Knights.White breeds (A.W. Gregory, Selby) Sup., B. Upchurch (British Lop); M.J. Kiddy and Son.Coloured (T. Alty, Bartle) Sup., C. Knights; res., A.M. Long (British Saddleback).Commercial (H.W. Judge, Spalding) res., J. A. Wykes-Sneyd.

  • Royal Show - Heavy Horse Results

    July 8th 2005

    Heavy Horse Show Results

  • Royal Show - Pig Results

    July 8th 2005

    Pig Results

  • Royal Show - Sheep Results

    July 8th 2005

    Sheep Results

  • Royal Show 2005 - Beef Show Results

    July 8th 2005

    Beef Cattle Results

  • Royal Show Dairy Results

    July 8th 2005

    Dairy Cattle Results

  • Royal Show News

    July 8th 2005

    CAP reform faces attack

  • Set-aside mower with a wide appeal

    July 8th 2005

    SPEARHEAD introduced a new set-aside mower that has a working width of 8.2m that was runner up in the Husbandry and Maintenance section of the equipment awards.

  • Suffolk pips Charollais to top spot

    July 8th 2005

    The standard was high and it was hard to choose between the champion and reserve in the inter-breed sheep competition. Eventually judge Brian Davies, of Brecon, Powys, went with John Sinnett’s Suffolk ram over Ralph Anderson’s Charollais ram.

  • Three Group 1 choices this autumn

    July 8th 2005

    Plot tours at ProCam’s recent field day at NIAB Cambridge gave growers an opportunity to review varieties for this autumn’s drilling.

  • Top dairy prize goes to Holstein Storm Meggie

    July 8th 2005

    Emotions were running high when David Booth took the Holstein breed championship, so when he went on to take the inter-breed supreme title as well, he was ‘over the moon’.

  • Two-shear Charollais takes top sheep accolade

    July 8th 2005

    Royal Norfolk Show

  • Uplands livestock farming on the brink of collapse

    July 8th 2005

    Livestock farming in the uplands of England and Wales is on the brink of ‘rapid, and unmanaged collapse’, the country’s biggest landowner has warned.

  • Ventilation victory

    July 8th 2005

    GALEBREAKER won the Husbandry and Maintenance category with a variable ventilation system. Available in manual and automatic versions the windmesh can be raised and lowered to control the temperature of a building.Jeremy Scudamore said that with stock being housed all year round this system will allow spans of up to 60m to be raised and lowered according to the building temperature, wind speed and rainfall.

  • Versatile stretched Fastrac

    July 8th 2005

    Scottish dealer AM Phillip has stretched a JCB Fastrac 2140 to accommodate a sprayer or demount fertiliser spreader. This is not the first such conversion for the Forfar based firm who in 1996 altered their first 1135.

  • Young entrepreneur now goes worldwide

    July 8th 2005

    The world is opening up for a young Welsh entrepreneur who is offering text messaging and web design services to companies around the globe.

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