Farmers Guardian
June 1st 2007

  • ‘Building’ up a premium outlet for Galloway beef

    30 May 2007

    Full use of second-hand agricultural and industrial buildings has been made to meet the present and future needs of beef and sheep enterprises at Klondyke Farms, Moniave, Thornhill, Dumfries.

  • ‘Profiting from yield’

    June 1st 2007

    Cereals has become a ‘first look’ opportunity for upcoming varieties and also provides an ideal opportunity to quiz breeders and end-users on variety performance. Here’s a snapshot of what will be on offer at the event.

  • ‘Radical rethink’ needed on cost savings

    31 May 2007

    THE weather was glorious and the queues never ending as most of the 4,000 or so visitors set out to see the spectacular views from the 1,400ft peak at host farmer Nigel Turner’s Graig Farm, overlooking Cross Ash, near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire – featured in Farmers Guardian three weeks ago.

  • ‘Winners and losers’ in West European tractor market

    June 1st 2007

    SALES of new tractors have yet to be officially confirmed for last year, but a cross-section of results compiled by a number of European machinery magazines suggests a modest 1 per cent increase on 2005 levels to a total of just over 161,000 units.

  • ‘World cannot afford a wheat crop problem’

    June 1st 2007

    ALTHOUGH a large world wheat crop is forecast this summer the world cannot afford to have a crop problem because of the current extremely tight stock situation.

  • 10,000gns Angus heads Carlisle beef day trade

    30 May 2007

    A BID of 10,000gns in the Aberdeen-Angus section led trade at the pedigree beef day at Carlisle.

  • 11th Bi-Annual Collective Machinery Sale at Westbrook Head, Staffordshire

    6 June 2007

    A highly successful collective sale of machinery and effects was held at Westbrook Head Farm, Thorncliffe, Leek, Staffordshire on Saturday 2nd June 2007, where 1,530 lots were on offer.

  • 4,200gns calf heads Limousin youngstock trade

    30 May 2007

    A BID of 4,200gns for a heifer calf from A.W. and G.W. Roberts’s Hafodlas herd, Betws-Y-Coed, Conwy, led the Limousin youngstock sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • 8,000gns Sterling Flint daughter tops Simmental Society sale at Bristol

    30 May 2007

    A TOP of 8,000gns was realised at the British Simmental Society sale at Bristol, which included the dispersal of the Shellthorn herd on behalf of Andy and Dianne Grossey, Ilminster, Somerset.

  • A man on a mission

    30 May 2007

    SUFFOLK farmer and director of Agricultural Development in the Eastern Region, Chris Knock, has been awarded a Farmers’ Club scholarship to study how governments are changing farming policies to be more carbon-friendly.

  • An hour in the June garden

    June 1st 2007

    The dawn chorus and fluttering night-time bats make it clear that summer is about to burst on the scene. There is so much to do in the garden that you won’t have time to read on.

  • An open mind when selecting stores, but goal is profit per head

    June 1st 2007

    AN open mind when selecting store cattle from the region’s livestock markets sees finishing sheds at Badminton Farm, Badminton, Gloucestershire, full of a variety of dairy and, predominately, beef breeds of both sexes, but all with one common goal – profit per head.

  • Andes horseback challenge

    5 June 2007

    A HORSE riding opportunity of a lifetime following Charles Darwin’s route through the remote Andes Mountains has been launched by youth charity The Prince’s Trust.

  • Automation makes grain drying a flexible operation in Cumbria

    June 1st 2007

    Upgrading to automatic, unmanned batch grain drying has produced a number of significant advantages on a Cumbrian farm. Labour has been freed up to get on with other vital harvest tasks, such as baling, while the machine’s quiet operation enables drying to continue during the night if necessary.

  • Ballycastle Chocolate Pudding

    June 1st 2007

    “NO one has any idea how long this recipe has been in my family,” say Maggie Robertson of Dartington, Devon. “We have always made it when we stay in our family home in Ballycastle on the North Antrim Coast, so we call it Ballycastle chocolate pudding.”

  • Belgian Blue takes top cattle honours, Texels head the sheep awards

    June 1st 2007

    HEADING the cattle parade at Cothi Bridge Show, Carmarthenshire, was Ingrid Phillip’s winning beef entry, the 30-month-old pedigree British Belgian Blue heifer Balzer Waterlily.

  • Best Young Farmer Producer Award 2007

    June 1st 2007

    In the third of the FG/Waitrose Best Young Farmer Producer finalist features, LIZ FALKINGHAM visits a South Wales dairy producer determined to ensure the viability of the family’s 80-cow herd

  • Best young farmer producer award 2007

    June 1st 2007

    IN the third of the FG/Waitrose Best Young Farmer Producer finalist features, LIZ FALKINGHAM visits a South Wales dairy producer determined to ensure the viability of the family’s 80-cow herd

  • Bid to protect rare moth species

    June 1st 2007

    THE search is on for farmers in Essex to take up a new Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme option aiming to protect a rare and highly threatened moth species.

  • Biggest ever countryside survey

    June 1st 2007

    THE biggest ever survey of the English, Scottish and Welsh countryside was launched by Government agencies this week.

  • Biocrop/biomass the theme

    June 1st 2007

    SAVILLS will have a biocrop/biomass theme in their marquee (415) for both days. There will be discussion sessions with independent guest experts from the biocrop and biomass industry available to advise and talk to visitors to the stand. Confirmed speakers include representatives from the NFU, Renewables East and Greenfinch.

  • Biofuel bike highlights renewable energy

    June 1st 2007

    AGRONOMY specialist Agrovista (754) will be giving visitors a chance to win a biofuel ready EcoRider at Cereals.

  • Biofuel bike highlights renewable energy

    June 1st 2007

    AGRONOMY specialist Agrovista (754) will be giving visitors a chance to win a biofuel ready EcoRider at Cereals.

  • Black-grass control and management

    June 1st 2007

    Bayer CropScience (605) will be highlighting the value of pre-emergence herbicide Liberator (diflufenican+flufenacet) as an  important first treatment before Atlantis (iodosulfuron+ mesosulfuron) for black-grass control, yield and resistance management.

  • BRC Festival of the Hunter, June 3

    30 May 2007

    THE stage is set for another exciting Festival of the Hunter - the British Riding Clubs' championship event for hunter trials and showing classes.

  • Breathing LIFE into blanket bog

    5 June 2007

    A new project in north Wales will see large areas of blanket bog being restored.

  • Butchers get an insight into beef standards

    June 1st 2007

    RETAIL butchers have been given the opportunity to see high on-farm production and welfare standards – and meet the farmers behind them.

  • Cambridge rolls go large

    June 1st 2007

    Farm Force has produced what it believes to be the largest Cambridge rolls produced in the UK, measuring 15.3m.

  • CAP and climate change

    June 1st 2007

    THE European Commission is set to make measures to combat climate change part of the Common Agricultural Policy.

  • Carcase challenge winner

    31 May 2007

    THERE was no shortage of producers trying their hand at the lamb carcase assessment challenge staged by the Welsh red meat promotional body, Hybu Cig Cymru – but only two people got it spot on.

  • Case IH Puma launch

    June 1st 2007

    CASE IH is set for the UK launch of its new European-built Puma tractor range.

  • Cash boost for Cotswolds Conservation Projects

    June 1st 2007

    THREE important grant schemes that help to conserve the Cotswolds have received a 'top-up' and people are being encouraged to apply for funding.

  • Celebs support Scottish Food Fortnight

    June 1st 2007

    FOOD celebrities and top chefs including Lady Claire MacDonald, Wendy Barrie, Martin Wishart, and Gordon Ramsay have given their support to this year’s Scottish Food Fortnight to be held in September.

  • Cereals / Varieties

    June 1st 2007

    Excel impresses

  • Cereals 2007

    22 June 2007

    Around 22,500 visitors made their way to Cereals 2007 at Vine Farm, Wendy, Cambridgeshire last week.

  • Cereals 2007

    22 June 2007

    Around 22,500 visitors made their way to Cereals 2007 at Vine Farm, Wendy, Cambridgeshire last week.

  • Commercially grown organic spelt crop

    June 1st 2007

    A NEW flour mill, producing the only commercially grown organic spelt crop in the UK – one of the oldest grains in the world – will be officially opened this month.

  • Cow’s lifetime achievement recognised in dairy awards

    June 1st 2007

    A NEW competition for dairy farmers will identify those cows in UK herds working the hardest and longest.

  • Crop nutrient management

    June 1st 2007

    THE main focus of the Terra stand (604) will be on effective nutrient management, particularly of nitrogen and sulphur in combinable crops.

  • Crop plots – the ‘must see’ technical heart of the event

    June 1st 2007

    MORE than 90 crop plots created by more than 30 exhibitors will deliver the ‘must-see’ technical heart of the Cereals Event 2007.

  • Crop production and environment

    June 1st 2007

    Velcourt’s crop plots (stand 602) at Cereals are divided into two main themes: Crop production and environment.

  • CropCo loyalty card

    30 May 2007

    AN East Anglian agricultural merchant has launched what is believed to be the farming industry’s first loyalty card.

  • CropWalker products update

    June 1st 2007

    CEREALS will update growers and agronomists with the latest news and developments on the CropWalker family of products, says Muddy Boots (427). Developments revealed at this year’s event will include CropWalker Mobile, the successor to Pocket CropWalker, which is to be released following the launch of Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. Features include a restyled user interface with simplified menus and enhanced functionality.

  • Demand for small farms with land continues

    June 1st 2007

    THE continuing strong demand for small farms with land in picturesque locations has been highlighted with two Powys-Shropshire border properties both selling in excess of their guide prices at auction.

  • Devon Holstein Friesians to 1,200gns

    30 May 2007

    THE dispersal sale of Holstein Friesians held at Widcombe Barton, Colyton, Devon, on behalf of A.G.W. Tucker saw a top price of 1,200gns paid for a Ricecrest Lante Daughter calved in January.

  • DFB fruit juice deal

    June 1st 2007

    DAIRY Farmers of Britain is to distribute an international brand of fruit juice in the UK. It is claimed the new business will generate a good revenue stream for the co-operative.

  • Diversification award winners

    June 1st 2007

    WINNER of the prestigious Devon Diversification Award is The Orange Elephant Ice-cream Parlour.

  • Do the cases of Antrobus/McKenna mark the demise of contract farming?

    June 1st 2007

    AGRICULTURAL property relief (APR) from inheritance tax (IHT) is a very valuable commodity, especially for those who qualify for 100 per cent relief. However, whether or not farmhouses qualify for 100 per cent relief is questionable and perhaps some may not qualify at all.

  • Does it pay to be green?

    June 1st 2007

    CAROLINE Drummond from LEAF and farmer spokesman Guy Smith will ask ‘Does it pay to be green?’ in one of three Forums being run by the Cereals event’s principal sponsor HSBC Agriculture on both days of the event at 2.30pm.

  • Downward pressure causing damage to the beef sector

    June 1st 2007

    STORE cattle values have finally reacted to continuing downward movement in both liveweight and deadweight prices.

  • Eccleshall project ready to burn local miscanthus

    30 May 2007

    CROPS of miscanthus planted back in 2004 had their first commercial harvest last year, says Mike Cooper, chairman of the BiEcc miscanthus producer group, which was created three years ago by Bical and encompasses the Eccleshall project in Staffordshire.

  • Environment Agency denies trying to convert the public to switch to vegetarian diet

    31 May 2007

    A GOVERNMENT agency has denied allegations that it is secretly trying to convert the public to vegetarianism.

  • Europe’s Young Farmers look ahead

    June 1st 2007

    Two YFC members report back from a recent event in Brussels when young farmers from all over Europe descended on the EU Commission to discuss the future with Mariann Fisher-Boel, European Agriculture Commissioner.

  • Europe’s Young Farmers look ahead

    1 June 2007

    Two YFC members report back from a recent event in Brussels when young farmers from all over Europe descended on the EU Commission to discuss the future with Mariann Fisher-Boel, European Agriculture Commissioner.

  • Fair Trade petition tops 10,000

    5 June 2007

    MORE than 10,000 people have now added their voice to the Fair Trade for British Farmers campaign. If you haven't already done so sign it now.

  • Farm shop’s guiding hand

    June 1st 2007

    A MID-Wales beef and sheep farmer has set up a unique diversification venture – helping farmers help themselves.

  • Farmer fury grows over fate of Shambo

    June 1st 2007

    WITH little sign of any voluntary movement towards ending the slaughter stalemate surrounding Shambo, the so-called West Wales ‘sacred’ bullock, legal action is being seen as the only solution.

  • Farmer prosecuted for obstructing bridleway

    1 June 2007

    A LANCASHIRE farmer has been prosecuted for a long-standing obstruction of a bridleway.

  • First Charolais go to Poland

    4 June 2007

    THE first consignment of British Charolais to Poland this week comprised 27, 12 month old heifers from the Morris family’s 230 cow pedigree Dorcas herd at Easington, Aylesbury.

  • First look at Claas Conspeed

    June 1st 2007

    Claas is planning to provide visitors with a first look at its new Conspeed maize header – recognition by the company that grain maize is becoming an increasingly important crop in the UK. The new header employs conical rollers which capture the stalk before breaking off the attached cob. While the cob continues into the combine, the stalk is chopped up by a horizontal knife positioned beneath the picking area.

  • Fontera expects a 27pc increase for farmers

    June 1st 2007

    WORLD supply constraints are expected to be a bigger factor over the next year than any consumer reaction against the big dairy price rises in the past few months, says Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier.

  • Fontera expects a 27pc increase for farmers

    June 1st 2007

    WORLD supply constraints are expected to be a bigger factor over the next year than any consumer reaction against the big dairy price rises in the past few months, says Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier.

  • Forums, seminars and advice

    June 1st 2007

    HSBC Agriculture, the dedicated farming division of HSBC Bank plc, is the principal sponsor of Cereals.

  • Framework for Post Office network’s future receives a guarded welcome

    June 1st 2007

    FOLLOWING the official announcement on the future of the Post Office network, the Commission for Rural Communities has welcomed proposals that the access criteria should be extended beyond simple geographical criteria.

  • From the drawing board

    June 1st 2007

    TRACKED OPTION: As far as we are aware, this is the very first Case IH Magnum 250 to be kitted out with rubber tracks on all four corners.

  • Funding for animal welfare projects

    June 1st 2007

    THE BVA Animal Welfare Foundation has announced available funding for projects designed to improve the welfare of sheep, cattle and horses.

  • Good practice is Potash Association’s theme

    June 1st 2007

    THE Potash Development Association’s (810) theme for Cereals 2007 is based around improving practice and the need for good crop nutrient management – whatever the crop.

  • Grain storage and pricing / Varieties and markets / Biofuels and climate change / Food and nutrition

    June 1st 2007

    HGCA's stand (306) this year will showcase the latest research results on a wide range of topical issues, as well as offering the chance to get first-hand information on factors affecting the markets.

  • Grazing Monitor : Maintaining the quality of your grazing is the key

    June 1st 2007

    AT long last, most parts of the country are seeing something resembling normal grass growth rates – but make sure you manage grass to ensure a good supply for the next month and do not waste grazing.

  • Hay Festival highlights campaign

    1 June 2007

    A RECEPTIVE audience of more than 300 attended the weekend’s ‘No Cows=No Countryside’ debate at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts at Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

  • Hay Festival highlights campaign

    1 June 2007

    A RECEPTIVE audience of more than 300 attended the weekend’s ‘No Cows=No Countryside’ debate at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts at Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

  • Hertfordshire County Show Results

    June 1st 2007

    CATTLE

  • Hertfordshire Show

    1 June 2007

    A SIMMENTAL bull on his first outing took beef inter-breed honours at this year's Hertfordshire County Show.

  • HGCA grant for dog product

    June 1st 2007

    A £20,000 grant from the Home-Grown Cereals Authority’s Enterprise Awards has helped a dog food manufacturer launch a new product that will require more grain.

  • High performers from CPB Twyford

    June 1st 2007

    CPB Twyford will feature two new high yielding feed wheats on its stand which are expected to take a 10 per cent market share of the UK wheat area this autumn.

  • HOLL and hybrid oilseed rape

    June 1st 2007

    GRAINFARMERS (816) are offering more information on HOLL and hybrid oilseed rape, new winter wheat varieties and new options for grain storage. Staff will talk visitors through the growing HOLL (high oleic, low linolenic) market, what makes the ‘right’ farm for HOLL and which regions are the most appropriate for expansion of the HOLL Vistive oilseed rape varieties, which could be worth £30-40/t over double lows.

  • Home Office defends migrant workers policy

    June 1st 2007

    THE Home Office has hit back at claims that it is risking a farm labour crisis by restricting a migrant workers scheme from 2008.

  • Identifying the rural development priorities

    June 1st 2007

    A BROAD welcome for the new SNP-led Scottish administration has come from NFU Scotland and the SRPBA (Scottish Rural Property Business Association.

  • Improve your nitrogen footprint

    June 1st 2007

    ‘Recycle your rubbish, use low energy light bulbs, don’t leave the video on standby and, whatever you do, don’t take a plane! The pressure to be green has never been greater. While there is nothing wrong in asking people to be green we do need to keep a degree of perspective in the debate.’

  • Inter-breed honours on Simmental’s first outing

    June 1st 2007

    A SIMMENTAL bull on his first outing took beef inter-breed honours at the Hertfordshire County Show.

  • Inter-breed title for a Southdown ram from the Mulberry flock

    June 1st 2007

    TERMINAL sheep breeds took centre stage on the first day of judging with a Southdown ram taking inter-breed honours ahead of a Charollais ewe.

  • Jess shows her liking for Trawden course yet again

    30 May 2007

    RON Hodgkinson with Jess and Stephen Duckworth with Highcliff Tom were victorious at the two open trials held in midweek at Little Thorn Edge Farm, Trawden, Lancashire, when taking the morning and afternoon sessions respectively.

  • Kendall opens farm for local children

    5 June 2007

    PETER Kendall, president of the National Farmers Union is opening his Bedfordshire farm to 60 local school children this Friday ahead of the Open Farm Sunday celebrations.

  • Kverneland Accord i-drill Pro

    June 1st 2007

    Kverneland’s presence will include the Accord I-Drill Pro power harrow/drill combination which, says the company, uses modular components for the seed hopper, markers, toolbar and steps.

  • Land bids fierce

    June 1st 2007

    WITH common rights and SFP entitlements available on most lots, competition for land was fierce when Kivells offered nine lots of pasture, arable and woodland totalling 198 acres bordering Penpont Water beneath the eastern slopes of Bodmin Moor alongside the A30 corridor.

  • Less Brazil beef

    June 1st 2007

    THE United Kingdom was one of the few countries to take less beef from Brazil so far this year. Latest figures from MLC’s European Survey show that overall Brazilian exports in the first four months of 2007 were up by 133,000 tonnes, or 41 per cent.

  • Little market impact from survey figures

    4 June 2007

    EXPANDED beef herds and sheep flocks in England do not mean there has been a turnaround in the sector’s fortunes.

  • Livestock auction marts – an undervalued asset

    June 1st 2007

    WHILE livestock markets experience an unrivalled trade for breeding and store stock, farmers are becoming more and more aware of their value to the agricultural industry.

  • LM5000 to launch at cereals

    June 1st 2007

    New Holland has ann-ounced that Cereals is where it will launch the LM5000 – its in-house designed side engine telehandler.

  • Local Food Hero search

    June 1st 2007

    THE search for Britain’s Local Food Hero, the nationwide competition to find the ultimate food champion, is returning this year, hosted by celebrity chef Gary Rhodes.

  • Local show winners and results

    June 1st 2007

    Heathfield show, East Sussex

  • Looking beyond farming alone to make a living

    June 1st 2007

    THERE is an increased willingness among landowners to look beyond farming alone in order to make a living, according to a survey of landowners conducted by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).

  • Major research project at IGER is aiming to invigorate beef industry

    31 May 2007

    A MAJOR new research project involving the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER) in Aberystwyth is aiming to provide major benefits for both producers and consumers of beef.

  • Making the CAP work for Scotland

    June 1st 2007

    SCOTTISH farming has generally welcomed the new Scottish National Party-led Scottish Parliament and its new Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead.

  • Managing brown rust

    June 1st 2007

    RUST has been a hot topic this spring and, at Cereals, NIAB is aiming to help growers manage the disease threat with information on rust diversification, emphasising the importance of correct choice of variety to reduce the risk of the development of rust epidemics.

  • Mccormick XTX tractor range

    June 1st 2007

    AS McCormick rides out the turmoil of transferring tractor production from Doncaster to Italy it has set about introducing new members to its XTX tractor range.

  • Meeting the 70t beet challenge

    June 1st 2007

    THE British Beet Research Organisation/ British Sugar stand (616) will be majoring on increasing yields and meeting the industry’s 70 tonnes/hectare yield challenge.

  • Miliband ‘supportive of badger cull’

    4 June 2007

    DEFRA Secretary David Miliband has told cabinet colleagues that culling badgers could be effective in containing Bovine TB in cattle but would be hard to implement, according to a report over the weekend.

  • Min-till with a capability to direct drill too

    June 1st 2007

    The search for lower establishment costs has led one Warwickshire grower to ditch the plough and opt for a min-till approach that offers the capability to direct drill too. Geoff Ashcroft looks at the system in use.

  • More upward moves on milk producers’ prices

    June 1st 2007

    BOTH Milk Link and Dairy Crest have announced producer price increases from July 1 of an average 0.5ppl and 0.4ppl respectively.

  • Morty Ghost tops dairy lines

    June 1st 2007

    OVERALL dairy and Holstein championships went to Aldingham Morty Ghost from Sarah and Andrew Oliver, of Stocksfield.

  • Muddy waters ahead for Welsh Assembly?

    June 1st 2007

    AFTER three weeks of wheeling and dealing, twisting and turning, the Welsh Assembly at last has the makings of an administration in place – but for how long?

  • Mycotoxin test

    June 1st 2007

    STATE OF THE ART mycotoxin diagnostic products can be seen for the first time in the UK on the Calibre Control stand 7(18).

  • New Bill may end worries over ‘spooked’ stock liability

    June 1st 2007

    CAMPAIGNERS are delighted that a CLA-sponsored Private Member’s Bill to amend the Animals Act is likely to change the law and remove the liability from livestock owners if animals are ‘spooked’ and cause injury.

  • New guide to winter OSR

    June 1st 2007

    LOOK out for a definitive new guide to winter OSR management to be launched by oilseeds experts, DEKALB at Cereals.

  • NEW PRODUCT – De Sangosse TDS slug control bait

    30 May 2007

    BRINGING slug control technology up to date and in line with its crop protection herbicide, insecticide and fungicide counterparts, while offering improved performance in control, is how De Sangosse sums up its new TDS slug control bait.

  • New products launched

    June 1st 2007

    Farm Works (447) is launching several new products at Cereals. Visitors will have the opportunity to see the new version of the X2 software which has been improved and updated since it was initially on show at LAMMA in January.

  • New Skipton mart record of 3,100gns for a pedigree bull

    30 May 2007

    A NEW Skipton mart record for a pedigree bull of 3,100gns was set at the multi-breeds show and sale of pedigree beef breeding cattle at Skipton Auction, North Yorkshire.

  • New spraying guide

    4 June 2007

    BCPC has published a quick and easy-to-use guide to spraying within the law. ‘Using Pesticides’, produced by BCPC for farmers, growers and those operating in the horticultural, forestry and amenity sectors, provides all the information operators need to apply pesticides safely, accurately and within the law.

  • News in brief

    31 May 2007

    Promo award: The Brecknock Hill Cheviot Sheep Society came out top in the awards for the best breed promotional display, with the British Charollais Sheep Society second and the Lleyn Sheep Society and Zwartbles Sheep Association tying in third.

  • News in brief

    June 1st 2007

    Spongiform new members: The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) has appointed four new members: Prof John Collinge, Dr Azra Ghani, Dr Richard Knight and Dr Roland Salmon.

  • NFU takes part in World Environment Day

    5 June 2007

    NFU played its part in this week’s World Environment Day by urging its members to adopt new farming techniques to enhance their status as custodians of the landscape.

  • NFU welcomes new waste strategy but has concerns over flytipping

    June 1st 2007

    THE NFU has welcomed David Miliband’s new strategy for cutting waste, but is concerned that it does not detail how the Government plans to cut flytipping.

  • Nitrogen application focus: Winter wheat variety trial

    June 1st 2007

    NITROGEN application will be the focus on one of two trial plots being organised by independent agronomy company, TAG (The Arable Group).

  • North East Simmentals at Thirsk

    30 May 2007

    THE North East Simmental Club held their second sale at Thirsk, where a top of 1,150gns was realised.Top price was Blakewell Gentian’s Snowdrop from I. and M. Steele, Easington, Hull, and selling to Ian Willison, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Born in March 2005 this heifer is an AI daughter of Blackford Harvester. Auctioneers: Thirsk Auction Mart.

  • Northumberland Show

    June 1st 2007

    With forecasts of heavy rain the prospects for Tynedale Agricultural Society's Northumberland Show at Corbridge, on Monday, did not look good, but a day of just showers saw the crowds pouring on to the showground.

  • Northumberland Show Results

    June 1st 2007

    CATTLE

  • Not making a drama out of a crisis

    30 May 2007

    The equestrian industry has come together, headed by the British Horse Society, to launch the Emergency Services Protocol and Fund. This initiative is designed to ensure that equine emergency rescue cases are carried out within strict guidelines, by trained experts and under correct veterinary supervision to ensure that all victims have the greatest chance of survival. ANGELA CALVERT reports.

  • On-farm processing study

    June 1st 2007

    RESULTS of a study that has reviewed the potential for on-farm processing of various non-food crop products, will be announced by the National Non Food Crops Centre (528) at the event.

  • Organic Farming - Everything you need to know

    31 May 2007

    THE world of organic farming can seem a strange and somewhat incomprehensible one to the newcomer or outsider.

  • Organic Farming - Everything you need to know

    31 May 2007

    THE world of organic farming can seem a strange and somewhat incomprehensible one to the newcomer or outsider.

  • Patient’s sandwich query sparked hospital’s local food sourcing revolution

    1 June 2007

    Cornwall is once again proving to be a leading the way with local food. This time it is the county’s hospital food which has been revolutionised. DAVID BURROWS reports on a new initiative which is benefiting patients and farmers alike.

  • Peak District wildlife’s brighter future

    June 1st 2007

    THE latest biodiversity survey in the Peak District National Park has revealed positive news for a number of species, but others remain vulnerable.

  • PGRO approach for pulse grower

    June 1st 2007

    PGRO is planning a coordinated approach to demonstrating and discussing pulses for Cereals 2007, involving BEPA, NIAB and PGRO.

  • Plea to farmers on double tagging regulations

    31 May 2007

    NFU Cymru vice-president and Meirionnydd sheep farmer, Edmund Bailey, appealed at the event to farmers, the auction markets, abattoirs and local authorities to do all they could to stick to the regulations in order to extend the current derogation UK farmers have from sheep double tagging.

  • Practical test for the science of farming

    June 1st 2007

    NEARLY 300 fifth-year pupils from 12 secondary schools in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire will take part in the Royal Northern Countryside Initiative annual Science of Farming in the Countryside Day at Dunecht Home Farms.

  • Preference for big bale silage – new survey

    31 May 2007

    A SURVEY conducted by Dow has revealed that more farmers in the UK made big bale silage in 2006 than used clamps.

  • Quality counts as two Jerseys from Barry and Jenny Daw take the dairy line honours

    June 1st 2007

    THE quantity of competitors in the dairy classes may have been lacking, but the quality of entries was not, according to the section’s judge C. Hall, of Buckingham.

  • Queen’s Ayrshire dairy herd to be sold off

    31 May 2007

    THE Queen is to sell off her Ayrshire dairy herd, which for the past 56 years, has been based at the Royal farm in Windsor.

  • RABI awards at annual meeting

    June 1st 2007

    A NUMBER of Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution volunteers received awards at the annual meeting. They included a new award, the Hunter Farm Challenge Cup, for the person who organised the most successful and innovative charity event on a farm.

  • Record smashed for rearing calf

    30 May 2007

    GISBURN Auction Mart’s anniversary show and sale of rearing calves saw all previous market record calf prices smashed with a top price of £428 being achieved.

  • Region’s first wind farm to go on the market

    June 1st 2007

    HOW do you value a wind farm ? The first wind farm to be sold in the North East has gone on the market.

  • Restrictions on land use should be tested warns CLA

    30 May 2007

    RESTRICTIONS on land use should be tested before more are imposed on farmers and landowners, David Fursdon, president of the CLA has warned.

  • Retail sector warning

    June 1st 2007

    AS supermarkets go all out to try to attract new customers with their ‘green’ credentials, the retail food sector has been warned it may need to restructure radically in the face of climate change.

  • Right equation for a successful agri-business

    June 1st 2007

    THE success or failure of agri-businesses is not simply down to the level of sales, says a new report from financial analysts Plimsoll Publishing.

  • Right equation for a successful agri-business

    June 1st 2007

    THE success or failure of agri-businesses is not simply down to the level of sales, says a new report from financial analysts Plimsoll Publishing.

  • Rooker urged to give December SPS commitment

    4 June 2007

    FARM leaders have called for a Government commitment to begin 2007 Single Payments in England in December.

  • Same Deutz-Fahr

    June 1st 2007

    A busy event for Same Deutz-Fahr, Cereals will see the company forging ahead with its determination to make its mark in the combine harvester market.

  • Schoolchildren to discover ‘why farming matters’

    June 1st 2007

    NINETEEN Leicestershire and Warwickshire schools with more than 800 children and their teachers will visit Burton Fields Farm next week to find out ‘why farming matters’.

  • Second implement sale at Lanark Agricultural Centre

    4 June 2007

    Lawrie & Symington Ltd, May 31, 2007, held their second Implement Sale of the month, with 76 Tractors, 18 Quad Bikes, 760 Lots of Large Machinery, 17 Motor Vehicles, 15 Balers, 450 lots of Small Tools & Sundries being sold at auction.

  • Shadow is horse champion

    June 1st 2007

    INGLEBY Silver Shadow, a two-year-old filly by Deighton Telstar and from P. and W. Bedford of Escrick, York, took the agricultural horse championship.Runner-up was the mare, Cocklaw Lady, from M.C. Robinson and Son, of Humshaugh, Hexham. Section judge was P. Tennet, of Edinburgh.

  • Sheep producers urged to ‘wise up’ to the threat of bluetongue

    31 May 2007

    SHEEP producers from across the industry were being urged at the event to ‘wise up’ on bluetongue.

  • Sheepdog Trial Results

    30 May 2007

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  • Skipton Horse Trials preview June 23-24

    8 June 2007

    AS the hundreds of competitors start working towards the 2007 Skipton Horse Trials, which take place on June 23-24, the team at Skipton are working hard to ensure everything runs as smoothly as possible.

  • Sprays & Sprayers

    June 1st 2007

    Sprays and Sprayers is now an integral part of Cereals. As ever, this important sector will present visitors with static and working displays of the latest developments in sprayer machinery.

  • Stockjudging prize

    31 May 2007

    THE top prize for the event’s open stockjudging competition – a galvanised lamb weigher – did not have far to travel.

  • Stone picker range

    June 1st 2007

    Gregoire Besson can now supply UK farmers with a range of stone-picking machines that have working widths of 4, 5 and 6m. Stones between 25mm and 300mm can be gathered with the 6m model, which is capable of handling 1,200kg per minute.

  • Stratford Hampshire Downs to 850gns

    30 May 2007

    A READY demand for Hampshire Downs led bidding to peak at 850gns at the breed association’s show and sale in Stratford upon Avon.

  • Strike a balance for good yields

    30 May 2007

    THE best oilseed rape yields require a balance to be struck between good establishment and giving plants space to branch out, says Richard Fenwick, of Cambridge Arable Technologies.

  • Suffolk competition looks at the whole business structure

    1 June 2007

    THE Suffolk Agricultural Association has launched its 2007 Suffolk Farm Business Competition.

  • Surrey County Show

    June 1st 2007

    THE two-year-old Beef Shorthorn bull, Pode Hole Yeti, from C. Horrell, took the beef inter-breed championship at Surrey County Show, staged at Guildford.

  • Surrey dispersal 1,220gns peak

    30 May 2007

    TRADE peaked at 1,220gns and 23 individuals made over four-figure prices when the Cobham Park Farms commercial Holstein herd was dispersed on farm at Cobham, Surrey.

  • Tatton’s new Talisman

    31 May 2007

    A CLYDESDALE foal born to one of Tatton Park Farm’s mares on May 15 this year has arrived back at the farm with his mother, Blossom, just two weeks after he was born at the Arclid Shires and Clydesdales Stud in Church Minshull.

  • The RB209 fertiliser guidelines

    June 1st 2007

    ROTHAMSTED Research wants to make the most of the opportunity offered by Cereals to talk to farmers about its current work but more particularly about the RB209 fertiliser guidelines.

  • The real biofuels agenda

    June 1st 2007

    The competition between food and fuel production will be at the heart of the debate in the HSBC Forums at this year’s Cereals event.

  • Top of 5,000gns for Mayne Holstein heifer

    30 May 2007

    PRICES peaked at 5,000gns when the 650-head Mayne pedigree Holstein herd, from Dean and Andrew Anderson, was dispersed on farm at Plewlands Farm, Duffus, Elgin.

  • Tough course and tough weather can’t stop Cap landing a double fetch double

    30 May 2007

    ONE of the toughest courses in Wales at Ponterwyd, near Aberystwyth, was the venue for the Aberceiro Double Fetch Mountain Trials.

  • Trailed machine replaces self-propelled

    June 1st 2007

    Growing a grain heap cheap is how Warwickshire farmer Robert Hadley sums up the challenge for growers. Wanting to simplify his system further he is making the move to liquid fertiliser, which has resulted in the self-propelled being swapped for a larger capacity trailed machine.

  • TREC Welsh Championships, Pembrokeshire, June 16-17

    1 June 2007

    LOCAL and International riders will contest the Chevron BHS TREC Welsh Championships at Cott Farm in Pembrokeshire on June 16-17.

  • Triple honours go to Belgian Blue Vivienne

    June 1st 2007

    TRIPLE honours of champion of champions, inter-breed beef champion, and Belgian Blue breed champion went to young cow Broomfield Viviene from Kevin and Alistair Watret, farming as Maulscastle Farms, Cummertrees, near Annan.

  • TV appearance will take the CLA’s Game Fair to much wider audience

    June 1st 2007

    ORGANISERS of the 2007 CLA Game Fair have joined forces with Horse & Country TV to allow television coverage of the popular event, which takes place at Harewood House near Leeds from July 27 to 29.

  • Two major stores to go cage-free

    June 1st 2007

    THE life of the battery egg could be numbered after two leading supermarkets made a public stand against battery cages. Both Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have committed to go cage-free by 2010 and 2012 respectively.

  • Two-shear Suffolk is supreme sheep

    June 1st 2007

    A two-shear tup, Tillydusk Farewell, bought in Edinburgh two years ago, took the Suffolk and overall sheep championships.

  • UK introduction of John Deere iTEC Pro

    June 1st 2007

    JOHN Deere’s march to ever greater sophistication in electronic automation for its tractors continues with the UK introduction of the company’s iTEC Pro headland management system.

  • UK loses battle to stave off double tagging of sheep

    5 June 2007

    THE UK has effectively lost the battle to stave off the potentially damaging double tagging requirement for sheep and goats, Defra has admitted.

  • UK meat ‘undervalued’

    1 June 2007

    LIVESTOCK farmers were given a significant boost this week after new research revealed that consumers were willing to pay more for British beef and lamb.

  • Vigour and yield potential

    June 1st 2007

    THE Glenside Group (607) has a range of cereal crops in the ground at the Cereals site with the aim of demonstrating that nitrogen is not the only limiting factor on vigour and yield potential, even when nitrogen rates are cut by as much as a third.

  • Vine Farm hosts event for third time

    June 1st 2007

    The 1,392-hectare Vine Farm, near Wendy, will be hosting the Cereals event for the third time, when growers and exhibitors gather on the Cambridgeshire unit this June.

  • VIP ticket winners

    7 June 2007

    TWO lucky Farmers Guardian readers have won a pair of VIP tickets to Skipton Horse Trials on the day of their choice – June 23 or 24.

  • Weed control solutions

    June 1st 2007

    VISITORS to the Dow AgroSciences stand (822) will have the opportunity to get a preview of new chemistry designed to deliver a range of weed control solutions to cereal growers, which the company is developing for launch in the near future.

  • Welsh Blacks to 2,400gns at Llandovery

    30 May 2007

    BUYERS came from as far as Cornwall and Leicestershire for the Welsh Black Cattle Society’s pedigree summer sale at Llandovery where a top price of 2,400gns was realised.

  • Welsh Sheep 2007

    31 May 2007

    BARRY ALSTON reports from a record crowd-pulling Welsh Sheep 2007 – which delivered some sobering messages on lamb prices and a serious disease threat.

  • Welshpool market captured in photographs

    5 June 2007

    AN exhibition of black and white photographs entitled 'Welshpool Market and it's People', taken by local photographer Joyce Jones, is currently on display in the public library at Newtown in Mid-Wales, where it will run until June 29.“The exhibition captures the atmosphere and the characters of this busy rural livestock market place and the people who frequent it,” said Joyce.

  • What is carbon neutral farming?

    June 1st 2007

    CAN UK agriculture ever achieve a carbon neutral footprint?

  • Win a cap spanner

    June 1st 2007

    Win one of hundreds of free spanners for making light work of removing crop protection pack lids on the Syngenta stand (900).

  • Would Miliband sacrifice food security for fuel?

    June 1st 2007

    I do find it painfully difficult to dislike David Miliband, but there are times when I think I should try much, much harder.

  • Yara mounts Kemira bid

    June 1st 2007

    YARA International, the world’s biggest fertiliser company, has acquired 30.05 per cent of all shares and votes in the European company Kemira GrowHow Oyj.

  • Yorkshire farmers invited to harvest ‘internet crops’

    1 June 2007

    THE Yorkshire farming community is being offered the opportunity to diversify into new markets, with help from the Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward.

  • Yorkshireman’s appeal to realise wildlife reserve dream

    June 1st 2007

    A YORKSHIREMAN is appealing for help in a bid to complete a wheelchair-friendly wildlife reserve for his local community.

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