Farmers Guardian
June 22nd 2007

  • ‘Outstanding’ British Lop gets the judge’s nod

    June 22nd 2007

    THE British Lop breed reigned supreme in the pig inter-breed judging with the title going to Ashghyll Harmony 4 from Carol Barr, Coniston, Cumbria.

  • ‘Riding for life’ from office to office

    June 22nd 2007

    WALES YFC members are currently ‘riding for life’ in aid of Cancer Research Wales, their nominated charity of the year. The training and promotion committee decided members should take part in a virtual bike ride around Wales, linking all of the Wales YFC county offices. The 540 mile journey began at the Royal Welsh Smallholders and Garden Festival and will end during the Royal Welsh Show next month.

  • ‘Select rams on their EBVs’

    June 22nd 2007

    RAMS should be selected on the basis of their EBVs and not their performance at county shows, most panellists at the open forum agreed.

  • £1,420 for a Wrestow heifer tops Beeston sale

    June 22nd 2007

    A TOP OF £1,420 was realised when an entry approaching 300 head went under the hammer at the mid month sale of pedigree and commercial cattle at Beeston Castle auction, Cheshire.

  • 16,000 at Essex show and rally

    June 22nd 2007

    A SHOW and rally held by Essex FYFC attracted nearly 16,000 people to see Young Farmer competitions and countryside demonstrations.

  • 500 Litres/Min spray pump

    June 22nd 2007

    Lechler launched what it claims is the largest single-bodied spray pump in Europe, packing a capacity of 500 litres/min to meet demand for machines with ever wider booms, operating at faster forward speeds.

  • 6m Maxidrill TRW

    June 22nd 2007

    Sulky now has a 6m version of its Maxidrill TRW. Cultivations are carried out by two rows of discs and a toothed packer to firm the soil ahead of the disc coulters. Aaron Keogh, export area manager for Sulky says that some farmers don’t like the idea of a toothed packer but during UK demonstrations in wet conditions it keeps clean while the cleats on the optional tyre packer on the drawbar filled up.

  • A ‘cracking’ four-day event is promised with something for everyone

    June 22nd 2007

    Visitors to this year’s Royal Show have been promised a ‘cracking’ four-day event that showcases an eclectic mix of farming, food and rural life.

  • A 20 per cent stake in Acecroft Goldwyn Zulu tops sale at 28,000gns

    June 22nd 2007

    BLOODLINES which have never before been sold at public auction came under the hammer at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, at the World Wide Sires Ex Factor sale.

  • A high standard of herds in Cheshire Dairy competition

    June 22nd 2007

    TROPHY winners were spread throughout the county when the Cheshire Dairy Herds competition results for 2006 were announced at the annual dinner.

  • A new centre for innovation

    June 22nd 2007

    SAC’s Bush Estate Farms near Edinburgh have been awarded LEAF Innovation Centre status.

  • Abrey adds Eurotechnics

    June 22nd 2007

    Abrey has increased its hand in the implement sector with machines from the Eurotechnics Group.

  • Absord-a-bed, a new bedding product from Envirosystems is launched

    26 June 2007

    A NEW bedding product which manufacturer Envirosystems claims is ‘an innovation that all horse owners have been waiting for’ has been launched.

  • AGCO boys into Laverda

    26 June 2007

    AGCO has bought a 50 per cent share in Laverda’s combine and grass equipment business from the Argo Group. The relationship between the two companies started two years ago when Agco struck a deal with Argo to supply them with combines for the small to medium growers.

  • Amazone goes for bigger booms

    June 22nd 2007

    Amazone used Sprays and Sprayers to reveal new versions within its UX trailed sprayer range.

  • ANGUS SHOW, AYRSHIRE

    June 22nd 2007

    BEEF - Inter-breed, Supreme, J. and M. McMillan, Dunesk Unesta (Charolais); reserve, W. Peters, Rhianna (Commercial).

  • Arable production and biodiversity working hand-in-hand

    June 22nd 2007

    In 2001, the Voluntary Initiative (VI) was established in response to the Government’s proposal for a tax on pesticides.

  • Asda pledges a greater commitment to sales of British beef

    June 22nd 2007

    BEEF sales in Asda supermarkets will have increased by 37 per cent next year compared with 2005 levels – and a greater percentage of it will be British, the supermarket claims.

  • Ayrshire wins first time out this season

    June 22nd 2007

    THE dairy inter-breed championship went to Ayrshire second calver, Sandyford Clover 10, from Blaise Tomlinson, Nanpanton, Leicestershire.

  • Bassett Boston leads the trade to 2,200gns

    June 22nd 2007

    PRICES peaked at 2,200gns at a sale of pedigree Charolais bulls and unhaltered females at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Beef inter-breed goes to a Charolais heifer

    June 22nd 2007

    DIFFERENT judges on different days put two cattle from two different Charolais herds in pole place for the two main Malvern inter-breed beef cattle championships.

  • Beef producers happy to support ban

    25 June 2007

    WITH beef producers apparently happy to support the Scottish Beef Cattle Association’s campaign to ban Brazilian beef, petition signatures would be running into thousands by the end of the show, the association claimed.

  • Berthoud Tenor four-model range

    June 22nd 2007

  • Bid for shares from unknown parties could threaten Skipton mart’s future

    June 22nd 2007

    DEVELOPERS could be looking to get their hands on Skipton auction mart.

  • Blair out, Brown in – and Cameron waiting in the wings: What does the change at the top mean for farmers?

    June 22nd 2007

    Tony Blair finally hands over the keys to 10 Downing Street to Gordon Brown this month. Mr Blair has not exactly endeared himself to farmers during his decade in power, but will his neighbour and long-time foe fare any better? And what of David Cameron, now a real contender for Number 10 at the next election. ASH DOSANJH assesses the Blair years and looks forward to the Brown and, possibly, Cameron governments.

  • Bluetongue fears voiced

    27 June 2007

    RE-EMERGENCE of the bluetongue virus in northern Europe could increase the risk that it could spread to the UK this year, the Institute of Animal Health has warned.

  • Boost for Black Grouse numbers

    June 22nd 2007

    THE population of the rare black grouse in England has increased to an estimated 1,200 males in 2007 – up 55 per cent since 1998 when the population stood at just 773 males.

  • Border and Lakeland Holstein Club

    June 22nd 2007

    JAMES Pattinson, of Walby Hall, Walby, Carlisle, won the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club’s 2007 stockjudging competition’s open category.

  • British Saddleback champions

    June 22nd 2007

    BRITISH Saddlebacks led the way in the pig inter-breed championships, which saw a gilt and a boar being named champion and reserve respectively.

  • Bull Fieldson Andrew takes Limousin Society summer sale to 5,500gns peak

    June 22nd 2007

    LIMOUSIN bulls sold to 5,500gns and a virtual total clearance at the society’s annual summer sale of bulls and unhaltered females at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Caldbeck out in front at field day

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Cumbria YFC Northern District field day saw over 500 members compete in 80 competitions.

  • Campaign for pig farmers against media’s portrayal

    June 22nd 2007

    IF you think television documentaries on bad farming practices and poor welfare standards are an obsession solely of the UK media then think again – three such programmes have recently hit the Danish pig industry.

  • Carpet bowls night

    June 22nd 2007

    AN evening of carpet bowls, organised by Felliscliffe YFC, North Yorkshire, saw five clubs compete as part of their forthcoming district rally. The hosts won on the night, narrowly beating Winksley-Cum-Grantley. Farnley Estate came third.

  • Caruelle Sprayer

    June 22nd 2007

  • Case-IH Axial flow 7010

    June 22nd 2007

    Case-IH has increased its combine range in the UK with the Axial Flow 7010 slotting in above the 2388.

  • Cattle Results

    June 22nd 2007

    Inter-breed beef (Judge, J.K. Goldie, Dumfries) Supreme and female, B.M. Robinson, Shamleys Victoria (British Charolais); reserve sup. and male, C.J. Hutchings and Sons, Goldies Trophy (Limousin).

  • Celebrating 50 years in agriculture

    June 22nd 2007

    The 17 recipients, assembled civic leaders and other dignitaries were thoroughly soaked at the Three Counties Show, Malvern, Gloscestershire, just as HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall began presenting the society’s long service medals.

  • Champion reaches 2,100gns

    June 22nd 2007

    THE champion made the day’s top price in the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club’s sale at Carlisle.

  • Character of Charollais secures inter-breed honours

    June 22nd 2007

    A CHAROLLAIS shearling ewe with ‘plenty of character’ won top honours in the sheep ring.

  • Cheshire County Show

    June 22nd 2007

    Limousins dominate inter-breed ribbons

  • Cheshire Show Results

    June 22nd 2007

    Beef - Inter-breed (S. Edwards, Leicestershire) Supreme P.R. Dawes, Fleethill Sal (Limousin); reserve Wythenshawe Community Farm, Dendor 1 Bonanza (Hereford).

  • Claas Con speed

    June 22nd 2007

    With grain maize on the increase Paul Moss of Claas says they want to be leading the field and that is why they had the eight-row Con Speed header on show.

  • Cousins Patriot

    June 22nd 2007

    The Cousins Patriot is a mounted tine, disc-packer implement for those wanting to min-till stubbles.

  • Cows brighter in dull cattle market

    June 22nd 2007

    FINISHED cattle prices remain sticky and the latest figures from MLC’s EU Market Survey show deadweight values easing slightly while live figures hold steady.

  • CR9080 gets tracks

    June 22nd 2007

    New Holland will be kitting out its CR9080 demonstrator combine with tracks for the coming season.

  • Crusher rejects new variety

    June 22nd 2007

    MAJOR crusher ADM, based in Kent, has rejected the new high oleic/low linolenic OSR variety V1410L.

  • Dairy prices on a 12-month roll ?

    June 22nd 2007

    A GRAPH of market returns, milk prices and milk deliveries shows rolling prices are set to improve in the next 12 months, says Nick Holt-Martyn, director of The Dairy Group.

  • Damning report and new PM means more delays on bTB

    June 22nd 2007

    THE ISG’s report has killed stone dead any prospect of an imminent announcement on the issuing of licences to farmers to kill badgers.

  • Dan takes top spot in first Sheep South West dogs trial

    June 22nd 2007

    A FIRST for Sheep South West was the sheepdog trials and sale. Both were great crowd pullers, bringing in around 2,500 people to the event. Winner of the trials was Jenny Holdsworth from Moretonhampstead, Devon, while Jed Watson from Minehead took second and third positions.

  • Danish export market growing – including the organic sector

    June 22nd 2007

    OF the two million tonnes of pork produced each year by Denmark’s 8,800 pig farmers, 90 per cent is exported – with Germany and UK being the biggest markets.

  • Discordon DXR

    June 22nd 2007

    Gregoire Besson was showing a 4m version of its latest Discordon, the DXR, with shear bolt protection.

  • Discount aims to encourage land registration

    June 22nd 2007

    DESPITE publicity urging land registration, 40 per cent of land in England and Wales remains without ownership guaranteed by the state.

  • Dispersal peaks at 1,100gns

    June 22nd 2007

    TOP price at the dispersal sale of Robin Dale’s flying Redesdale herd of Holstein Friesians at Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, was 1,100gns.

  • Division between retailers, buyers and packers

    June 22nd 2007

    THERE appears to be serious disconnection between senior retail executives, buyers and packers, believed NFU livestock board chairman Thomas Binns.

  • East of England Show

    June 22nd 2007

    ‘Absolutely perfect’ Limousin Segala takes beef inter-breed

  • East of England Show

    June 22nd 2007

  • East of England Show Results

    June 22nd 2007

    Beef - Inter-breed (A. Adam, Newhouse of Glamis) Supreme, W.J. and M. Mash, Segala (Limousin); reserve, D.K. Jeary, Briston Echo (Aberdeen Angus).

  • EBLEX Beef BRP is to reward the most improved herds at the Royal Show

    June 22nd 2007

    The EBLEX Beef Better Returns Programme (Beef BRP) is working with the breed societies and Farmers Guardian to reward the most improved recorded herd of pedigree cattle for each of eight beef breeds at 2007 The Royal Show.

  • Egg brand raises key social issues

    June 22nd 2007

    NOBLE Foods’ Woodland Egg brand and sold exclusively at Sainsbury’s, has won the Business in the Community (BITC) Big Tick Award for Cause Related Marketing.

  • Einbocks Subsoiler

    June 22nd 2007

    Although it has shown a V formation subsoiler in the UK before, this was Einbocks first outing with the hydraulic reset version. Hailing from Spain, the Agric uses five legs and Einbock had fitted this particular model with a Guttler roller and their own small seed-broadcasting unit. Price for the 3m unit is around £8,500.

  • English Sheepdog Trials Results

    21 June 2007

    CLOUGH HEAD, Grane Road, Haslingden, Lancashire, Morning Open (29 ran): 1, T. Huddleston (Caton) Udale Spring, 92 of 100; 2, T. Lawrenson (Brindle) Zac, 89; 3, C. Cropper (Water) Roy, 87; 4, Thomas Longton (Quernmore) Chip, 85; 5, S. Duckworth (Haslingden) Highcliff Tom, 84; 6, C. Cropper Rap, 83.

  • EUA 4500 sprayer

    June 22nd 2007

    Knight Farm Machinery has extended its EUA trailed sprayer range with the 36m, 4500-litre capacity EUA 4500, which is based on the firm’s previous largest model, the fibreglass tank EUA 3800.

  • Exceptional amounts lead to a huge surplus

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Royal Welsh Agricultural Society made a surplus last year of £577,692.This is a record figure that has been largely influenced by two exceptional one-off amounts.The profit on the sale of a small area of land owned by the society at Builth Wells and the record-breaking contribution of £323,026 made by Montgomeryshire, the featured county at the 2006 Royal Welsh Show.

  • Extra pictures from East of England Show

    June 22nd 2007

  • Extra pictures from Cheshire Show

    June 22nd 2007

  • Extra pictures from the Kirkham YFC Jubilee Dinner

    June 22nd 2007

  • FACE puts name to young artist on farming mission

    June 22nd 2007

    EDUCATIONAL organisation Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) is backing a young artist’s tour of farms across Britain as she draws inspiration from different rural working environments.

  • Fair Trade petition tops 50,000

    12 October 2007

    51,640 people have now added their voice to the Fair Trade for British Farmers campaign.

  • Farm Force front press tool range

    June 22nd 2007

    Farm Force has increased the range of tools that it can fit on the front of its front press ranges, both new and old, with a wavy disc option.

  • Farm open day gets 800 visitors

    June 22nd 2007

    PRIMARY schools around Spalding and Holbeach were invited to a special farm event courtesy of Robert Oldershaw.  

  • Farm waste management and recycling

    June 22nd 2007

    As most farmers know, climate change and waste management issues are never far from the headlines.

  • Farmers must be aware of their duty of care on waste

    June 22nd 2007

    FROM oil containers to sheep dip concentrate, the potential of hazardous waste to harm human health and the environment leaves farmers with a new Duty of Care to ensure any waste they produce is controlled in accordance with the law.

  • Farming’s vital contribution in East Anglia is highlighted

    June 22nd 2007

    THE vital contribution farmers and growers make within East Anglia is highlighted in a new booklet by the region’s NFU.

  • Fashion show raises £239

    June 22nd 2007

    A FASHION show has been held by Harrogate District YFC, North Yorkshire, with members from the club modelling clothes and handbags that were available to buy afterwards. Organised by Nichola Holmes, it raised £239 for club funds.

  • Find new uses for wool to capitalise on demand

    June 22nd 2007

    FARMERS need to find innovative new uses for wool, according to speakers at the open forum.

  • Food miles – ‘inaccurate and misleading’

    June 22nd 2007

    WHEN considering the environmental damage caused by producing 1kg of Danish pork and exporting it to the UK, the actual transport from one country to the other is only a tiny fraction of the overall impact.

  • Food safety ‘priority’ for VLA

    June 22nd 2007

    MEETING its ministerial targets and responding rapidly and effectively to outbreaks of avian flu and Newcastle disease in the UK made for a ‘highly successful’ year for the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.

  • Fun Run

    June 22nd 2007

    A sponsored fun run and family farm walk will be held in aid of RABI at Scotland Farm, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday, July 1 from noon. Sponsorship forms for runners are available at admin@cambsnfu.co.uk.

  • Funding plans for affordable rural homes

    June 22nd 2007

    A FEASIBILITY study is to look into funding for more affordable rural housing for people on low incomes.

  • Getting to grips with the new waste regulations

    June 22nd 2007

    Although farmers seem to be getting to grips with the new waste regulations many remain frustrated as the new rules bring more red tape, added paperwork and a new responsibility to the environment, as Clemmie Gleeson found out at the Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire and Danusia Osiowy discovered at Gisburn Auction Mart, Lancashire.

  • Give peas a chance, growers are urged

    June 22nd 2007

    THE pea crop could be in for a resurgence in 2008 if new and former growers are tempted by harvest prices of around £120/t – up £40/t on September 2006.

  • Gloucester is top dual-purpose

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Three Counties is one of the few major shows to stage full classes and a separate inter-breed championship for dual purpose breeds.

  • Good future for those with business mindset – Curry

    25 June 2007

    THERE is growing evidence of a business-based culture change among farmers says Sir Don Curry, chair of the Sustainable Farming and Food Implementation Group.

  • Good gathers as Ben and Fleet win brace competition

    21 June 2007

    UDALE Spring secured the morning open at Clough Head, Haslingden, Lancashire for Tom Huddleston with the afternoon title going to Shirley Cropper with Lily while Jim Cropper won the difficult brace contest with Ben and Fleet which was run on his own suggested format.

  • Grant to help grow superior plant species

    June 22nd 2007

    A £1 million plus grant awarded to the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, will allow scientists to develop superior plant varieties that are able to adapt to the challenge of climate change.

  • Greater working widths

    June 22nd 2007

    Shelbourne Reynolds is answering the call of borage growers who want an increased working width.

  • Hampshire lands a second championship in two weeks

    June 22nd 2007

    THE inter-breed sheep championship went to a Hampshire Down shearling ram from Jennifer Borsey, St Asaph, Denbighshire.

  • Handy Nap earns Glyn the Islwyn open

    21 June 2007

    SATURDAY was a very satisfactory day for the organisers of the annual Islwyn Trials, which, once again were held at Cearllwyn Farm, Ynysddu at the kind invitation of Steve Cook and family, who provided not only the usual and familiar field but also the sheep.

  • Heifer leads Gisburn dairy show at £1,440

    June 22nd 2007

    THE June dairy show and sale saw an entry of 50 cattle forward at Gisburn Auction Mart and 22 animals achieved four figure prices, producing a strong average of £1,063 for newly calved heifers.

  • Heifer to £1,310 at Skipton

    June 22nd 2007

    NORTH-East Lancashire father-and-son dairy farmers Philip and John Bowen won their first Craven Dairy Auction championship at the June show at Skipton Auction Mart this week.

  • Highlighting areas for co-operation

    June 22nd 2007

    EXPANDING co-operation amongst farmers and growers, realising the value in local foods and establishing farmers’ role in managing carbon emissions are the four priority areas laid out in the annual report of SAOS – Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society.

  • Holstein Cramar Durham Diamond

    June 22nd 2007

    A HOLSTEIN cow on her second outing took inter-breed honours at the East of England Show at Peterborough last weekend.

  • HONLEY SHOW, WEST YORKSHIRE

    June 22nd 2007

    CATTLE - Best in show, Supreme, A.P. Midgley (Holstein).

  • Househam TAR 4000

    June 22nd 2007

    Househam Sprayers used the event to launch a 4,000-litre trailed sprayer – its largest to date – and an innovative ultrasonic boom levelling system.

  • Huge costs savings on electricity can be made by group buying

    June 22nd 2007

    FARMERS are missing out on potentially huge electricity cost savings by purchasing individually rather than through a group buying scheme, according to the farmer-owned purchasing and marketing organisation Framlingham Farmers.

  • Improving the lamb price must be priority

    June 22nd 2007

    NEW ZEALAND and UK sheep farmers should get closer as they are interdependent on there being a viable industry in both countries believes the National Sheep Association.

  • Industry vows to continue the fight

    June 22nd 2007

    FARMING organisations are adamant the ISG report should not be the end of the matter as far as badger culling is concerned.

  • Is machinery necessary on British sheep farms?

    June 22nd 2007

    BRITISH sheep farmers should seriously question their need for mechanisation, said Waitrose agriculture manager Duncan Sinclair. “In a 2,000-ewe flock in New Zealand, the most striking thing for me was finding the need to ask, ‘where is the machinery?’ On British farms, I find I am falling over it.”

  • ISG report – is it robust science or just political?

    June 22nd 2007

    The shock waves created by the release of the final report by the so-called Independent Scientific Group on TB (ISG) have left many bewildered as to how on earth the current TB epidemic is to be controlled.

  • Jeff’s Jersey gets the better of wife Anthea’s Holstein

    June 22nd 2007

    THE return of an inter-breed dairy championship after an absence of seven years turned into a husband versus wife face-off for Jeff and Anthea Daw.

  • John Deere appoints Masons for South Devon

    25 June 2007

    John Deere has appointed Masons as its newest full line commercial and consumer dealer covering South Devon.

  • John Deere Prototype Sprayer

    June 22nd 2007

    John Deere’s prototype self-propelled sprayer has entered field test programmes for a final shake-down before going into production during June 2008.

  • KILBARCHAN SHOW, Renfrewshire

    June 22nd 2007

    Beef - Inter-breed (Judge, A. Wyllie) Supreme, A. Kennedy, Cannach the 20th of Aehnaclioch (Highland); reserve, D. Anderson, Teuchter (Charolais).

  • Kilcot Pedigree Pigs win all-three inter-breeds

    June 22nd 2007

    FEW people can remember the last time a Hampshire took the show’s supreme pig championship – but the breed figured in a remarkable inter-breed judging performance by the husband- and-wife team of Lewis and Sharon Barnfield.

  • Kirkham YFC Jubilee Dinner

    June 22nd 2007

    MORE than 240 guests, including YFC members past and present, gathered on Saturday for a black-tie dinner dance at Blackpool Football Club to celebrate the Kirkham Young Farmers Jubilee.

  • Kirkham YFC Jubilee Dinner

    June 22nd 2007

    MORE than 240 guests, including YFC members past and present, gathered on Saturdayfor a black-tie dinner dance at Blackpool Football Club to celebrate the Kirkham Young Farmers Jubilee.

  • Knighthood for one of Wales’s best known farmers

    June 22nd 2007

    ONE of Wales’s best-known farmers, Meuric Rees of Escuan Hall, Tywyn, Gwynedd, received a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

  • Kockerling Quadro

    June 22nd 2007

    With a working width of 8m, this Kockerling Quadro has already found a home near Baldock.

  • KRM Soladrill 799

    June 22nd 2007

    KRM has increased its drill range that was first launched at LAMMA.

  • Kuhn Mounted Megant drill

    June 22nd 2007

    Kuhn had a host of machines at Cereals including the mounted Megant drill which is available in working widths of between 4m and 6m. The four rows of seeding tines have a trash flow clearance of 200mm. The hydraulic pump for the seeding unit is connected directly to the tractor’s pto and can be operated between 750 and 1,000rpm to save on fuel.

  • Lamb Price Talks

    June 22nd 2007

    New Zealand sheep boss denies ‘profiteering’ claims

  • Landini Power Lift

    June 22nd 2007

    Landini turned heads with the Power Lift telescopic handler, which it was showing in the UK for the first time.

  • Last chance to win a Keenan Klassik 100 Bale Chopper Diet feeder with Farmers Guardian

    June 22nd 2007

    This is the final week for your chance to win this fantastic package worth £22,500.

  • Lemken Heliodor 8 cultivator

    June 22nd 2007

    Lemken was showing its Heliodor 8 cultivator with the new disc, which is scalloped rather than serrated. The concave profile has also been increased to make the discs more aggressive. Each disc is attached to the frame using a leaf spring.

  • Liquid gold – but it’s not the dairy variety

    June 22nd 2007

    BARRY ALSTON takes a look at how a part-time farm diversification venture has turned into one of the UK’s top 10 spring-water bottling businesses.

  • Liver fluke threat more widespread

    June 22nd 2007

    BEEF and lamb producers across the country need to reinforce their guard again liver fluke infestations this season, according to Eblex scientist Dr Liz Genever.

  • Longevity of service at Harbro

    June 22nd 2007

    SCOTTISH independent agricultural supply company, Harbro, of Markethill, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, has marked 30 years in business by recognising the services of five of its longest-serving employees.

  • Low Kiwi lamb prices grate French

    June 22nd 2007

    AS expected, antagonism towards imported New Zealand lamb was stronger among French farmers and lamb marketing executives than their German counterparts, reports The New Zealand Farmers Weekly.

  • Lungworm infections in beef and dairy herds can cause substantial losses

    June 22nd 2007

    THE National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS) is warning farmers to start thinking about lungworm as data shows levels of infection increase from June onwards, with a high in late August.

  • Machinery at Cereals 2007

    22 June 2007

    22,500 visitors made their way to last week's Cereals 2007 event at Vine Farm, Cambridgeshire. Mervyn Biley reports from the machinery exhibits.

  • Make money from scrap

    June 22nd 2007

    A TYPICAL farm can easily contain several tonnes of scrap metal within its grounds and recycling that material can pay dividends to farmers as well as the environment, according to European Metal Recycling (EMR).

  • Managing threats of climate change

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Government needs to invest at least £750 million a year in flood defences, the Association of British Insurers has warned.

  • Many businesses fail to update their skills

    June 22nd 2007

    THOUSANDS of small Scottish rural businesses are being warned they could be falling behind on techniques and knowledge, because they are not getting enough training to keep up to date.

  • Miliband’s ‘access all areas’ plan for British coastline

    June 22nd 2007

    ENVIRONMENT Secretary David Miliband has called for the whole of England’s coastline to be opened up to the public for the first time.

  • Milk Link eases up on production quota

    June 22nd 2007

    MILK Link producers need no longer cover their production with quota.

  • Much can be done to reduce farming’s ‘footprint’

    June 22nd 2007

    MAJOR contributions to reducing carbon footprints from farming could be made by the veterinary profession, said BVA president David Catlow.

  • NBA ‘gazumped’ by BMPA

    June 22nd 2007

    THE National Beef Association is renewing its search for a chief executive to replace Robert Forster after the person appointed to take over in the spring changed his mind.

  • New Holland LM5000

    June 22nd 2007

    Cereals was the launchpad for New Holland’s latest telehandler line-up the LM5000. The three models all use a mechanically-governed four cylinder CNH motor, delivering 120hp.

  • New Tine Coulter System adapts to contours

    June 22nd 2007

    John Dale has developed a new tine coulter system. Four tines with following depth wheels are attached to a frame, which can pivot sideways, allowing it to adapt to contours. The seeding depth is set using a turnbuckle.

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    June 22nd 2007

    • AGRICULTURAL merchant Lindley Pate at Gisburn, Lancashire, has been bought by the owner of the neighbouring Gateway contractors plant auctions.

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    June 22nd 2007

    Old TV egg advert banned

  • NSA 2007 South West

    June 22nd 2007

    The third of the NSA’s 2007 Sheep events took place in the South West last week at the home of Garth and Sue Martyn, Hornacott Barton, comprising 350 acres of grassland on the western banks of the Tamar at Boyton near Launceston in east Cornwall. Ann Hardy reports.

  • NSA South West Competitions

    June 22nd 2007

    Young Farmers Challenge

  • Obituary – Bill Davies

    21 June 2007

    BILL Davies, of Uzmaston, Pembrokeshire, a notable and much respected contributor to the world of sheep dog trials, has died.He was a competitor of considerable skill, noted for his desire to buy in the very best bloodlines, and was for many years a member of the Executive Committee of the South Wales Sheep Dog Trials Association, of which he was a former chairman and president.

  • Out in force at Ayr Show

    June 22nd 2007

    THERE was a strong SAYFC presence at Ayr Show with members competing in arts and crafts and stockjudging competitions.

  • Pesticide residues ‘slightly higher than normal’ in food

    June 22nd 2007

    MORE than one-third of routine food tests contained traces of pesticides, the latest quarterly report from the Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) has revealed.

  • Pig and Horse Results

    June 22nd 2007

    PIGS - Inter-breed (B.R. Knight, Northampton) Sup. and male, Kilcot Pedigree Pigs, Burma Southern Style 5 (Hampshire); res. sup. and fem., Kilcot Pedigree Pigs, Kilcot Mermaid (Berkshire).

  • Pottinger Terra Disc

    June 22nd 2007

    Pottinger had the hydraulic folding version of its Terra Disc cultivator on show.

  • Preserve traditional farming, Gareth Vaughan tells Minister

    27 June 2007

    IN order to be able to guarantee food supplies in the face of global warming steps were needed to preserve the traditional family farming structure, the Welsh Assembly’s new Farming Minister has been told.

  • Promise auction

    June 22nd 2007

    A PROMISE auction held by Rushbury and Cardington YFC, Shropshire, raised £6,100 for club funds and two nominated charities (Starlight and Breakthrough Breast Cancer).

  • Quivogne Pluton

    June 22nd 2007

    After launching the Pluto last year Quivogne has introduced the Pluton.

  • Rabe flail topper line-up

    June 22nd 2007

    Rabe is now offering a flail topper line-up. There are three versions – two of which have hydraulic side shift and the other which can be fully offset.

  • Real commitment to problem solving

    June 22nd 2007

    Looking at the huge amounts of pork produced in and exported from Denmark, it would be easy to assume the country’s pig industry is untouchable. However, Danish farmers face very familiar problems – increasing legislation, poor consumer perception and rising costs. JOANNE PUGH visited the country to find out how the Danes are rising to the challenge.

  • Reassurance for Welsh farming unions about Tir Mynydd payments

    June 22nd 2007

    A PROMISE from the Welsh Assembly’s new Minister for Sustainability and Rural Development, Jane Davidson, to partially restore crucial Tir Mynydd support payments to hill farmers has been welcomed by both Welsh farming unions.

  • Resurgence takes Shropshire sheep off the rare breeds list

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Shropshire Sheep Breeders Association (SSBA) was founded in 1882 and is the UK’s oldest sheep breed society. To celebrate its 125th anniversary, the society held its first ever World Congress.

  • Rhubarb and Banana Oat Crumble

    June 22nd 2007

    This recipe has been sent in by Mrs Rachel Cowper, of Keswick, Cumbria, who says that adding a banana to the rhubarb gives added sweetness to this classic pudding.

  • ROAD to the ISLES SHOW, Arisai

    June 22nd 2007

    Overall livestock champion, D. Campbell (Limousin x).

  • Royal Highland Show

    29 June 2007

    Read FG's coverage of the 167th Royal Highland Show including show reports, full results and video footage.

  • Royal Highland Show

    29 June 2007

    Watch FG's video footage from the 167th Royal Highland Show.

  • Royal Show 2007

    June 22nd 2007

    FOLLOWING the split with Haymarket after the 2006 Royal Show, this was the year for RASE to make changes and restore the event to its former glory.

  • RPA meets its EU Single Payment target, avoiding fines

    June 22nd 2007

    THE Rural Payments Agency has passed its June 30 EU Single Payment target and has thus avoided any further EU fines.

  • Rumours suggest even more cash from First Milk

    June 22nd 2007

    STRONG rumours this week suggested another producer price increase from First Milk.Although the co-op would not confirm that members would see the core price increase from July 1, a spokesman said First Milk was determined to deliver further returns back to members from all its various activities, whenever possible.It will be the fourth consecutive month that First Milk has passed money back to its producers

  • Rural focus for law firm

    June 22nd 2007

    North West law firm Brabners Chaffe Street has launched a new rural unit.The setting-up of the nine-strong agricultural team in its Liverpool and Preston offices follows a significant increase in the volume of work from farmers and land owners worried about falling sales and greater regulation, says the firm.

  • Sands long wheelbase hillsider

    June 22nd 2007

    Asked by a customer to produce a sprayer suitable for working across side slopes of 1 in 3, but with a larger capacity than its 3,600-litre Hillsider model, Sands Agricultural Machinery responded with the SLC 4000E.

  • Scottish vets annual dinner

    June 22nd 2007

    Vets to have ‘central role’ in Scotland

  • Scottish Winter Fair judges are unveiled

    June 22nd 2007

    THE task of picking the overall cattle champions at this year’s Scottish Winter Fair at The Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh in November falls to Somerset butcher Gerald David.

  • Sheep Results

    June 22nd 2007

    Inter-breed overall (J. Thorley, Malvern) Sup. and fem., T.L. Prichard (Charollais); res. sup. and male, A.G. Morgan and Son (Ryeland).

  • SHEEPDOG TRIALS DIARY

    21 June 2007

    ENGLAND - 22, 23 and 24 JUNE HARDEN MOSS Trials, Greenfield Road, off A635, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, entry closed.

  • Shooting on a tight budget

    June 22nd 2007

    When the Game Conservancy in Scotland organised a one-day course called ‘Shooting on a Shoestring’ they expected about 20-30 applications. In fact they had nearer 70 and found themselves running a second course at short notice. Most of the ‘students’ were people involved in small syndicates or with small on-farm shoots rather than professional gamekeepers. More used to frightening fish than scaring pheasants, Neil Ryder went along to find out more.

  • Show judge with pride in his pigs

    June 22nd 2007

    Having started from nothing, this year’s junior pig inter-breed judge Phil Fowlie knows only too well what it means to work your way up to a Royal Show championship – taking the inter-breed title himself in 2006 – aided by a keen eye for breed type and commercial merit. Simon Wragg reports.

  • Simba low draft tine

    June 22nd 2007

    Simba is looking to save on the ponies with a low draft tine for the Horsch Terrano tine cultivator and Solo ST.

  • Skipton Horse Trials cancelled due to heavy rain

    22 June 2007

    After a morning inspection, Skipton Horse Trials have been cancelled due to the heavy rain. For more information visit the British Eventing website www.britisheventing.com

  • Smaller XTX models on show

    June 22nd 2007

    McCormick had the smaller XTX models on show along with the new livery for the other tractors.

  • Soil Association warns of farm ‘superbug’ threat

    25 June 2007

    THE Soil Association is calling on the Government to test UK livestock and meat for the MRSA bug and limit the use of antibiotics that could be associated with it.

  • Sow cull figures up 15 pc

    June 22nd 2007

    IN the first four months of 2007 nearly 70,000 sows were culled in Great Britain, says MLC.

  • Spaldings culti-disc

    June 22nd 2007

    Spaldings is increasing its implement line-up with the Culti-Disc.

  • Step-by-step guide to using EBVs for better returns

    June 22nd 2007

    1: – Look at your business and make sure you know what your costs are (feed, veterinary bills, machinery, labour etc).

  • STRAITON SHOW, AYRSHIRE

    June 22nd 2007

    Champion of Champions (Judge J. Loch) Supreme, H. Ritchie, Catmint (Pony)

  • Tecnis Tecnoma

    June 22nd 2007

    Tecnis is Tecnoma’s new entry-level trailed sprayer range that will replace the firm’s Galaxy range.

  • Tecnoma new spray control box

    June 22nd 2007

  • Texel has best lamb carcase

    June 22nd 2007

    TOP place in the lamb carcase competition went for the second year running to an entry from Joseph Taylor and his son, Robert, of Littleton-on-Severn, near Bristol.

  • Three Counties picture gallery

    June 22nd 2007

  • Three Counties Show

    June 22nd 2007

    A Royal visit, record livestock entries and violent thunderstorms combined to make the 210th Three Counties Show – the 50th on its permanent Malvern showground – a memorable occasion. Pictures: John Eveson.

  • Three Counties Show

    June 22nd 2007

    A Royal visit, record livestock entries and violent thunderstorms combined to make the 210th Three Counties Show – a memorable occasion. Includes extra pictures.

  • Tighter cattle controls, but no badger cull – ISG report

    June 22nd 2007

    FARMERS in bovine TB hotspot areas face tighter cattle controls, but there will be no badger cull to tackle the reservoir of disease in wildlife, if Ministers accept recommendations from TB advisors published this week.

  • Trimble EZ-guide 500

    June 22nd 2007

    Trimble was showing its latest parallel guidance device, the EZ-Guide 500.

  • Truly diverse Essex farm is home to cows, sheep and willow cricket bats

    June 22nd 2007

    Essex farmers and entrepreneurs Kit and Trudy Speakman bring a new meaning to the term ‘mixed farm,’ for as well as arable, beef, lamb and willow enterprises, they run an array of diversification projects. CLEMMIE GLEESON reports.

  • UK farmer confidence lags behind Europe

    June 22nd 2007

    FARMERS in the UK are more confident now than in the past three years since 2004.

  • Waste management legislation – a blessing or a curse to farming industry?

    June 22nd 2007

    SEEING the traditional methods of waste removal, including open burning, burial and disposal in farm dumps, as both environmentally unfriendly and a public health risk, Government last year set out to bring waste management practice in sync with the rest of the country’s major industries and Europe.

  • Weather threat to grazing management

    27 June 2007

    FARMERS throughout parts of Britain have faced problems with grazing, silage and damage to their properties following the recent spate of torrential rain that has swept the country.

  • Weaving Caddy trailed drill

    June 22nd 2007

    Weaving has introduced a trailed drill. The Caddy has a 5,000kg capacity trailed hopper with a telescopic axle that pushes the 800/45R26.5 tyres out by 300cm on either side so the machine’s wheels are not running in the same path as the tractor.

  • Welsh Sheepdog Trials Results

    21 June 2007

    ISLWYN Open National: 1, G. Coombs (Pontypridd) Nap, 15; 2, P. Tomkins (Llandrindod Wells) Peg, 19olf; 3, L.N. Watkins (Llangadog) Lad, 19; 4, P. Tomkins, Arnie, 20; 5, D.I. Morgan (Aberystwyth) Mirk, 23olf; 6, P. Best (Nantyglo) Taff, 23. Novice: 1, C. Gordon (Gower) Mirk, 26; 2, L. Jones (Treorchy) Zac, 36; T. Cashmore (Coventry) Lyn, 37.

  • Wessex grants

    June 22nd 2007

    GRANTS of up to £10,000 are available to projects that encourage and support sustainability in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

  • WHY CULLING BADGERS WON’T WORK – SUMMARY OF ISG REPORT

    June 22nd 2007

    The TrialsThe report is based on the results of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials (RBCT).

  • Winds of change in power generation

    June 22nd 2007

    FARMERS and landowners should be aware that changes in the way green electricity will be funded mean there is currently strong demand for wind farm sites, says head of Fisher German’s renewables team Mark Newton.

  • Yorkshire FYFC chairman

    June 22nd 2007

    THE new chairman for Yorkshire FYFC is Peter Gratton, 28, from Nidderdale YFC, who will take over from Helen Herd.

  • Young judges prove as keen as mustard

    June 22nd 2007

    COMPETITION was as keen as ever in this year’s round of North Wales Holstein Club stockjudging events.

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