Farmers Guardian
March 16th 2007

  • ...but bioenergy profit margins forecast to dip

    March 16th 2007

    DESPITE high crude oil prices and various policy incentives, the US Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) economists expect bioenergy profit margins to deteriorate.

  • ‘Birthday’ show and sale sees £10,000 in prize money at Newark Mart

    March 16th 2007

    NEWARK Livestock Market held a special prize show and sale to celebrate the 80th birthday of mart director Douglas Gascoine.

  • ‘Great relief’ as sheep shearing crisis is averted

    March 16th 2007

    THE threatened sheep shearing crisis has been averted following the Home Office decision to relax its rules on work permits for visiting shearers.

  • ‘Great relief’ as sheep shearing crisis is averted

    March 16th 2007

    THE threatened sheep shearing crisis has been averted following the Home Office decision to relax its rules on work permits for visiting shearers.

  • ‘Inaction’ on bovine TB is blocking partnership hopes

    March 16th 2007

    ANY partnership approach to cost and responsibility sharing for animal health and welfare between farmers and the Government depended on clear and concerted action to rid the industry of bovine TB, NFU Cymru has told the Welsh Assembly and Defra.

  • ‘Pilot study is long overdue’

    March 16th 2007

    THE pilot study on pesticide spray records is a positive move but is long overdue, says Georgina Downs of the UK

  • ‘Selection box’ of free-range eggs – and not a hen egg in sight

    March 16th 2007

    THE arrival of spring is being marked in the food aisles of Waitrose stores with a ‘selection box’ of free-range eggs – and not a hen egg among them.

  • AG Leader EZ Boom

    March 16th 2007

    AG Leader has developed a switch box dubbed EZ Boom to work with the EZ Guide Plus lightbar. The EZ Boom can then be used to shut on and off sprayer boom sections to prevent overlapping over 10 sections as well as adjusting the rate.

  • Agreement is way forward for Government’s heritage plans

    March 16th 2007

    THE NFU has called on the Government to negotiate management agreements with farmers if new legislation on scheduled ancient monuments means that sites can no longer be used for arable production.

  • Aldicarb use revoked after EU ruling on MRLs

    March 16th 2007

    AUTHORISATIONS for the use of the soil-applied carbamate nematicide and insecticide aldicarb on potatoes, carrots and parsnips have been revoked with immediate effect.

  • Arnie starts season in style

    March 16th 2007

    THE Coedkernew Trials, organised by Colin and Mary Evans at Springcourt Farm, Coedkernew, has long been regarded as the first in the new season. It is always well supported, raises large sums of money for charity and not infrequently the winner of the open national is a novice dog.

  • Asian miscanthus grasses could assist UK biomass

    March 16th 2007

    SCIENTISTS in West Wales have been successful in collecting novel types of the giant miscanthus grass from China, Taiwan and Japan in order to boost the development of biomass from energy crops.

  • Avian flu restrictions lifted

    March 16th 2007

    DEFRA has lifted the Surveillance Zone and Restricted Zone restrictions surrounding the site of the Suffolk avian flu outbreak.

  • Balance must be struck between the crop and supermarket demands

    March 16th 2007

    BALANCING water shortages and the affects of global warming with the need to irrigate potato crops for today’s supermarket and consumer demands was tackled by experts talking to Northumberland and Borders producers.

  • Beef Expo 2007

    March 16th 2007

    AROUND 6,000 visitors, which was a record for the 'mobile' event, descended on Craven Cattle Marts, Skipton last week for the 2007 Beef Expo.

  • Beeline RTK Basestation

    March 16th 2007

    BEELINE had a JCB Fastrac 8250 working with its auto steering system using an RTK base station. Nathan Watkins of Beeline Technologies said that they can fit the auto steering system to 95 per cent of tractors as an after-market kit.

  • Better regulation

    March 16th 2007

    THE proposed Soil Framework Directive duplicated existing legislation, burdens farmers with additional costs and was not necessary, the NFU told EU heads of state taking part in a summit meeting on better regulation this week.

  • Biofuel: ‘A steamroller about to hit’

    March 16th 2007

    THE predicted demands of the biofuel market for oil and starch crops from 2010 is ‘like a steamroller about to hit us’, according to James Woolway, sales director, Opico

  • Blonde demand takes record to 8,500gns

    March 16th 2007

    RECORDS were broken at the British Blonde Society’s spring show and sale at Carlisle where a new breed record bull price of 8,500gns was set.

  • Booths’ ‘Love Local’ produce campaign

    March 16th 2007

    FOOD producers in Lancashire and Cheshire are playing a starring role in a new campaign to promote local food and drink. 

  • Brockhall Manor sale

    16 March 2007

    HOWKINS and Harrison’s first spring sale of 2007 attracted a large crowd at the Brockhall Manor farm dispersal sale despite wet ground conditions underfoot.

  • Buying the ‘local’ adds yet another source of income

    March 16th 2007

    BARRY ALSTON visits a suprising Meirionnydd beef and sheep farm at the heart of four diversification ventures.

  • Calf Management

    March 16th 2007

    Rearing calves? Want to improve your calf management? Then click onto our video report from the south-west farmers' meeting and pick up some valuable pointers from experts in the field. Don't miss it.

  • Campaign attracts big names

    15 March 2007

    BRITISH consumers were ready to support Fair Trade for British Farmers, claimed a succession of speakers at a Farmers Guardian campaign symposium yesterday.

  • Campaign attracts big names

    15 March 2007

    BRITISH consumers were ready to support Fair Trade for British Farmers, claimed a succession of speakers at a Farmers Guardian campaign symposium yesterday.

  • Campaign to stop Scottish meat brand confusion on the shelves

    March 16th 2007

    NFU Scotland’s campaign to prevent the large supermarkets from confusing consumers by mixing meat from different origins on shelves marked with the Saltire, is gaining momentum.

  • Caylers Angus heads Charolais at 3,000gns

    March 16th 2007

    A TOP price of 3,000gns was realised at the British Charolais Cattle Society’s Spring Show and Sale at Carlisle.

  • Change of Dates for Olympia

    16 March 2007

    A CHANGE of dates has been confirmed for Olympia, The London International Horse Show in 2007.

  • Check for bugs before grain is moved, growers urged

    March 16th 2007

    WITH load rejections for bug infestations in cereals becoming more common as the weather gets warmer, one merchant is urging growers to check grain stores before grain is moved.

  • CLA announce first winner in centenary picture competition

    March 16th 2007

    THE first winner of the CLA Centenary Photographic Competition is D.H. Wheeler, from Hurworth, Co. Durham, with his picture ‘Sheep – Food coming at last!’

  • CLA wants a radical policy rethink

    March 16th 2007

    BARRY ALSTON takes a look at some of the key issues CLA Wales will be putting to every candidate standing in May’s Welsh Assembly elections.

  • Climate change causing shrinking sheep

    19 March 2007

    CLIMATE changes could be impacting on the size of sheep populations, according to a study out this week.

  • Conference ticket details

    March 16th 2007

    THE day before Beef Expo – Wednesday, May 16 – farmers are invited to tour three prominent beef farms and then attend a two-hour conference at Skipton Market, the same venue as Beef Expo the next day.

  • Confident win for Kauto Star

    17 March 2007

    KAUTO Star kept his jumping together long enough to scoop National Hunt’s blue ribbon for trainer Paul Nicholls when winning the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

  • Confused over power settings standards?

    March 16th 2007

    When is 100hp genuinely 100hp? Well, that depends on how the tractor – or engine – was tested and which measurement for power was used. Confused? You should be. A tractor brochure could mislead you. Geoff Ashcroft attempts to explain the standards behind power settings.

  • Co-operating to manage water at peak demand

    March 16th 2007

    A NNAAG/BPC-organised workshop at Berwick-upon-Tweed sought to help growers gain a better understanding of irrigation efficiency and licensing.

  • Co-ops ruffle Akkerman’s feathers over cheese plant

    March 16th 2007

    THE waters around Dutch businessman Ronald Akkerman’s plan for a new cheese plant near Workington in Cumbria have been muddied somewhat by eleventh hour moves by two co-ops.

  • Cotswolds survey shows hedgerow wildlife diversity

    March 16th 2007

    MAPS showing the result of a hedgerow survey spanning 10 parishes in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) go on display at Marshfield Community Centre in south Gloucestershire, on March 20.

  • Cow for charity at Truro Market

    March 16th 2007

    A FOUR-YEAR old Friesian cow is to be auctioned to raise awareness and funds for The Prostate Cancer Charity. Cornish farmer Paul Badcock, who lost his father to prostate cancer 10 years ago, hopes to raise at least £1,000 when he takes the cow, Joe 90, to Truro Market on March 27. The auction takes place in the wake of Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (March 19-25).

  • Craven calf sale

    March 16th 2007

    PRICES rose to £264 at the Craven Cattle Mart Spring calf show and sale at Skipton, North Yorkshire.The top money was paid for a Belgian Blue calf from G.T. Booth, of Lothersdale, Skipton.It was bought by Peter Lambert, of Bedale, Yorkshire.The champion calf, a Limousin bull, from Anthony Newsome, Todmorden, was bought by the day’s judge, Richard Umpleby, Killinghall, Harrogate, for £260.

  • Cross-party support for Fair Trade campaign

    19 March 2007

    MPS from right across the UK political spectrum have signed up to Farmers Guardian’s Fair Trade for British Farmers campaign.

  • Custodians – but don’t forget bottom line profit

    March 16th 2007

    VIEWPOINT: By Robin Dean

  • Cut flower trials aim to reverse sales trend

    March 16th 2007

    FLOWER growers in Lincolnshire and elsewhere in the UK are to benefit from a new initiative funded by Leader+ and Defra. Although sales of cut flowers have gone up dramatically in the last 10 years, a large proportion of flowers being sold are imported. The UK’s first Cut Flower Trials Centre at Kirton, Lincolnshire, will be leading the way in reversing this trend.

  • Defra may cut organic trials funding, says Soil Association

    March 16th 2007

    DEFRA funding for organic vegetable and potato trials is due to be discontinued at the end of March, the Soil Association is warning.

  • DGPS4U

    March 16th 2007

    DGPS4U is marketing a low cost receiver. The £500 unit can be combined with a lightbar for simple guidance and is £1,200.

  • Different SPS systems are ‘distorting rental market’

    March 16th 2007

    THE decision to implement different Single Payment Scheme systems in the UK is distorting the land rental market, said Tenant Farmers’ Association chairman Reg Haydon.

  • Disappointment as Black Jack Ketchum crashes out of race

    15 March 2007

    BLACK Jack Ketchum crashed out of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival, leaving the field clear for Graham Wylie's Inglis Drever to take the top spot as he did in the race two years ago.

  • Double delight – £3,500 top price and championship at Leyburn Spring Spectacular

    March 16th 2007

    PRICES peaked at £3,500 at the annual Spring Spectacular show and sale of show potential cattle at Leyburn Auction, North Yorkshire. The event was sponsored by Farmers Guardian.

  • EC to cut cross-compliance red tape

    March 16th 2007

    THE European Commission will produce proposals by the end of the month to ease some of the red tape associated with cross-compliance inspections.

  • Egg fraud may be taking place on huge scale – Defra

    19 March 2007

    DEFRA investigators suspect that more than one million imported caged eggs per week may have been sold illegally as ‘free-range’ over the past few months.

  • End to rounding down marks move to greater transparency in livestock trade

    March 16th 2007

    ROUNDING down live or deadweights in markets and abattoirs should not now be happening, Defra has told businesses this week.

  • Endurance GB appoints the 2007 Team Chef D'equipes

    16 March 2007

    AFTER four successful years as chef for the British Endurance Young Riders Team, Sue Broughton has been appointed to take on the job for the Senior British Endurance Team.

  • English Sheepdog Trials Results

    March 16th 2007

    MELTHAM, Peat Ponds Farm, Lindley Moor, nursery championship (7 ran): 1, R. Fielden (Todmorden) Brad, 83 of 100; 2, J. Cropper (Deerplay) Ben, 82; 3, L. Bone (Holmfirth) Ches, 79, OLF; 4, D.Broster (Lindley Moor) Cap, 79; 5, J. Palmer (Twiston) Jim, 74; 6, K. Salisbury (Riddlesden) Scott, 72.

  • Ethanol production in US drives higher corn prices

    March 16th 2007

    ETHANOL production in the United States is driving higher corn prices – but it means long-term livestock returns will suffer and beef production will shrink, according to the Department of Agriculture’s annual Outlook Forum.

  • EU Ministers finally reach modulation deal

    20 March 2007

    EU Farm Ministers have finally reached agreement on voluntary modulation, paving the way for announcements soon on the funding and make-up of the 2006-07 Rural Development Programme (RDP).

  • European market is targeted by the top names in the business

    March 16th 2007

    New Holland has announced ambitious plans to take a bigger share of the European tractor, combine and self-propelled forager market. Steven Vale discovers that part of the plan involves a massive research and development investment to renew many of its tractors and harvesters.

  • Ex-NFU president joins FSA

    15 March 2007

    FORMER NFU president Tim Bennett has been appointed to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board.

  • Farm Works

    March 16th 2007

    FARM Works has developed an easy system of recording information when working in the field and then transferring it to the office PC.

  • Farmers warned over poor wool

    March 16th 2007

    BRITISH sheep farmers must be prepared for a very low wool cheque this coming season, says the British Wool Marketing Board.

  • Farming’s key role in climate change fight

    March 16th 2007

    ENVIRONMENT Secretary David Miliband has called for a ‘radical rethink’ about land use and for farming to take a key role in tackling climate change.

  • Feed wheat prices rise by £2/tonne

    March 16th 2007

    FEED wheat prices have increased by around £2/tonne over the last 10 days.

  • Fendt Varioterminal

    March 16th 2007

    IN addition to offering the highest screen resolution, one thing we liked about the Fendt VarioTerminal is that it is easy to get access to the ISO-Bus mode.

  • FG teams up with Country Living Magazine for their major 2007 campaign

    9 March 2007

    EDITOR Susy Smith explains why the magazine, has chosen to team up with Farmers Guardian and Waitrose on a campaign to highlight the challenges facing British farmers.

  • Fine weather does not dampen auction crowd

    19 March 2007

    DESPITE the exceptionally fine weather, several hundred farmers and dealers from across the UK and Ireland took time out to attend Brown and Co’s farm machinery auction at Pond Farm, Toft Monks, near Loddon in Norfolk, last week.

  • Forster to step down from NBA

    March 16th 2007

    ROBERT Forster is to retire as head of the National Beef Association in June.

  • Fresh milk chocolate drink

    March 16th 2007

    MILK Link’s Kirkcudbright site in Scotland is producing under licence a new fresh milk chocolate drink for Masterfoods.

  • GLA revokes seven licences

    March 16th 2007

    A SPOT-CHECK by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority has led to seven gangmasters having their licences revoked.

  • Government urged to halt potato trials

    March 16th 2007

    THE Government has been urged to suspend plans for experimental trials of genetically modified potatoes in the United Kingdom.

  • Grampian Strike threat

    20 March 2007

    MEAT processing giant Grampian could be hit by industrial action in the run up to Easter.

  • Grazing Monitor: First challenge this year

    March 16th 2007

    EVERY grazing season is different and will throw up its own challenges – last year we had a wet start to the season followed by a very cold wet snap which in turn was followed by a hot, arid summer, and this year the first challenge is going to be winter grown grass.

  • Grazing Monitor: Helping you make the most of grazed grass

    March 16th 2007

    GRAZING Monitor, the popular feature combining data on grass growth rates and herbage quality with expert analysis and insights from contributor farmers, is returning for another year.

  • 'Great achievement' as hill farming support payments on time

    21 March 2007

    WELSH Assembly Countryside Minister Carwyn Jones has been patting himself and his Rural Payments Wales staff on the back this week for getting the full Tir Mynydd hill farming support payments to less favoured area farmers across Wales on time.

  • Green light for Teeside biofuels plant

    15 March 2007

    FUNDING has been secured to build the UK’s first large-scale wheat bioethanol plant, a move that could give a significant boost to local arable farmers.

  • Hawes winner

    March 16th 2007

    THE spring show and sale of store cattle at Hawes Mart, North Yorkshire, was won by an 11-month-old Belgian Blue cross steer from J.R. and A. Blades, of Hawes, and sold for £740 to D.R. Jackson, Carnaby.

  • Help with SPS in the East Midlands

    March 16th 2007

    NFU East Midlands is organising a series of eight meetings to help union members with their 2007 SPS application forms.

  • Hemisphere PDA

    March 16th 2007

    SADERET had the Hemisphere handheld GPS unit on show. This £1,600 unit has a 10Hz refresh rate and the PDA has a BPS receiver built into the antenna.The Buckinghamshire-based distributor explained that it could be used for weed mapping and farm survey applications and is sub meter accurate.

  • Hiring migrant workers

    March 16th 2007

    HIRING illegal migrant workers could now cost employers thousands of pounds, lead to prosecution and being named and shamed in public, warns the Home Office.

  • Hospice receives £1,000 after raffle and auction

    March 16th 2007

    ADDINGHAM Sheep Breeders’ Association presented a cheque for £1,000 to Sue Ryder Care – Manorlands Hospice, which they raised through a charity raffle and auction at their recent annual dinner.

  • Improve batch system or face double tagging

    March 16th 2007

    THE United Kingdom sheep industry has been warned it must take immediate steps to improve compliance with traceability rules to help stave off what is now a very real threat of a far more onerous tagging system.

  • Improvement needed with OSR agronomy

    March 16th 2007

    OILSEED rape growers need to improve establishment methods, reduce seed rates and get out of their current mind-set was the challenge from Masstock agronomist Phillip Marr.

  • In the chair

    March 16th 2007

    British Conservative Neil Parish, who was a full-time farmer before he became a Member of the European Parliament in 1999, has been elected as the new head of the Parliament’s agriculture committee. He will serve as chairman of the committee until the end of the current Parliament in June 2009.

  • Institute is celebrating forty years

    March 16th 2007

    AROUND 140 members of the Institute of Agricultural Secretaries and Administrators attended the annual conference, this year hosted by the Warwickshire branch and staged in Stratford.

  • John Deere GSD 2100

    March 16th 2007

    THE John Deere 6820 might be an outgoing tractor but we are told that there is no change to the GSD 2100 terminal included in the new 6030 series tractors.

  • John Deere GSD 2600

    March 16th 2007

    Currently, John Deere is the only company able to offer a touch screen terminal.

  • Kemira Satellite imaging

    March 16th 2007

    KEMIRA has also developed a satellite imaging system. There are two versions of Sky-Farm.

  • Kirkby Stephen Swaledales sell to £2,000

    March 16th 2007

    A TOP of £2,000 was realised at the Swaledale Sheep Breeders’ Association’s sale of in-lamb ewes at Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria.

  • Knowledge of how soil holds water is a win-win situation

    March 16th 2007

    IF potato producers don’t understand how their soil is holding and releasing water then they will not be able to irrigate with the right amount at the right time and they will over or under irrigate, says Cranfield University agro hydrologist Tim Hess.

  • Kverneland Tellus

    March 16th 2007

    Kverneland claims to have sold in excess of 700 Tellus terminals so far, the majority working in Europe.

  • Lanark auction market

    16 March 2007

    LAWRIE & Symington Ltd held their second Implement Sale of March on Thursday 15 where 70 tractors, 24 quad bikes, 760 lots of large machinery, 15 motor vehicles and 310 lots of small tools and sundries were on offer.

  • Legal advice

    16 March 2007

    FARMERS Guardian has teamed up with a group of law firm experts to provide you with up-to-date legal advice.

  • Managing your set-aside

    March 16th 2007

    FARMERS and landowners with insurance set-aside could fall foul of management restrictions on the land for the first time this year, warns rural consultant Fisher German.

  • Massey Ferguson GTA

    March 16th 2007

    THE GTA terminal included in the 7485 Dyna VT can also be found in the 6400, 7400 and 8400 models and is the same as that found in Valtra M, T and S series tractors.

  • Miliband leadership pressure

    March 16th 2007

    FORMER Home Secretary Charles Clarke has encouraged Defra Secretary of State David Miliband to stand for the Labour leadership.

  • Milk quality improves, but not cell counts, says NMR report

    March 16th 2007

    AVERAGE fat percentage has improved and protein percentage stabilised, after a period of decline in milk constituents, according to the latest NMR Annual Production Report, for the year to September 2006.

  • MPs back Fair Trade campaign

    March 16th 2007

    MPS from across the political spectrum have backed the Fair Trade for British Farmers campaign this week.

  • MÜLLER BASIC TERMINAL TOP

    March 16th 2007

    Müller’s two portable terminals are already offered on machines from the likes of Amazone, which it finishes in its own livery.

  • MÜLLER comfort-terminal

    March 16th 2007

    ONE of the newest portable ISO-Bus terminals, it offers the largest screen as the 26cm diameter is the same as that offered by John Deere’s GSD 2600.

  • National Trust share offices with their feathered friends

    March 16th 2007

    AS work started on the renovation of a listed building at Cwrt, Aberdaron, the National Trust had an unusual problem to address.

  • New life member of FUW

    March 16th 2007

    Credit: © FARMERS GUARDIAN please contact 01772 799445.

  • New name and sale ruling for National Primestock Show

    March 16th 2007

    A NEW name and a ruling designed to encourage the sale of the supreme champion were among changes announced by the National Primestock Show and Sale organisers this week.

  • New name and sale ruling for National Primestock Show

    March 16th 2007

    A NEW name and a ruling designed to encourage the sale of the supreme champion were among changes announced by the National Primestock Show and Sale organisers this week.

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    March 16th 2007

    Scotsheep ‘08 in Borders

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    March 16th 2007

    Big four raise retail milk price

  • North West safety awareness

    March 16th 2007

    NORTH West farmers were warned not to ‘pay the big price’ for lack of attention to health and safety at two farm safety awareness days staged by the Health and Safety Executive.

  • Not your average Farm shop

    March 16th 2007

    The days of the farm shop consisting of a garden shed and a chest freezer are long gone. However, at one farm in Devon they really have taken to the ‘local shopping’ concept in a big way. DAVID BURROWS reports.

  • Organic dairy market healthy says OMSCo

    March 16th 2007

    THE organic dairy market has most definitely not reached a plateau and the challenge remains one of carefully managing the production increase to match unfulfilled demand.

  • Paice raps PR cost

    March 16th 2007

    SHADOW Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has described the Rural Payments Agency’s efforts to assemble a new public relations department at a cost of £243,000 a year as ‘outrageous’.

  • Patchwork Tablet PC

    March 16th 2007

    PATCHWORK was giving a sneak preview to a tablet PC that will be a more advanced version of the Black Box but will not replace it said Richard Price.

  • Pay back time for new levy board

    21 March 2007

    BRITAIN'S new agricultural levy board could be about to give Scotland and Wales back some of the thousands of pounds that are lost annually when cattle, sheep and pig are processed in England.

  • Pay back time for new levy board

    21 March 2007

    BRITAIN'S new agricultural levy board could be about to give Scotland and Wales back some of the thousands of pounds that are lost annually when cattle, sheep and pig are processed in England.

  • Pear Technology Fieldmapper

    March 16th 2007

    PEAR Technology was showing an early version of its Fieldmapper Version 3. John Cowling explained that if you change combines then the yield map information cannot be used on the software to suit the old machine – that is until now.

  • Pilot study gives public access to spray records

    March 16th 2007

    A PILOT study looking at how farm pesticide spray records can be accessed by the public has been launched by the Pesticide Safety Directorate (PSD) in the East Midlands.

  • Pit your judging skills against the country’s top Holstein judges

    March 16th 2007

    Farmers Guardian and Holstein UK have teamed up to test your judging skills ahead of the National Holstein Show, to be held on Tuesday, April 17, at Bingley Hall, Stafford.

  • Placing faith in a green revolution

    March 16th 2007

    Having taken the plunge last spring in planting energy crops, the Heybrooks have put their faith in the burgeoning green sector but, with local end users in short supply, have they taken too big a risk?

  • Planning your taxes

    March 16th 2007

    STEVE Pitts, head of the probate trusts and tax department at Thursfields Solicitors, Kidderminster, takes a timely look at tax issues before the end of 2006 /2007 tax year .

  • Plug and play

    March 16th 2007

    A minor revolution is taking place in tractor implement operation: checking the pros and cons

  • Precision Farming Event

    March 16th 2007

    The Precision Farming event may not attract huge crowds but those who did make it to the one-day event at Newark were keen to learn how technology could help cut costs.

  • Putting your questions to the speakers at the pre-event conference

    March 16th 2007

    THE managing director of Waitrose, Steven Esom, will be one of the main speakers at the National Beef Association’s Beef Expo 2007 conference.

  • Questions raised about BSE as a new form of the disease is identified

    March 16th 2007

    A NEW form of BSE has been identified in the UK for the first time, raising new questions about the nature the disease.

  • Raven ENZIZIO

    March 16th 2007

    RAVEN’S Envizio was on both Patchwork and J and S Industries stand.

  • Reichhardt Ultrasonic

    March 16th 2007

    JIM Wilson of Soil Essentials explained that not every farm could afford GPS auto steering so they were introducing the Reichhardt Ultrasonic.

  • Re-Training the Ex-Racehorse

    March 16th 2007

    THINKING of going for an ex-racehorse? Make sure you don’t miss out on the Re-training of Racehorses day of lectures and demonstrations at Osbaldeston Equestrian Centre, near Preston in Lancashire, on Wednesday March 28.

  • Rise in Yorkshire brand awareness

    March 16th 2007

    THE campaigning brand of the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber, Deliciouslyorkshire, has helped raise brand awareness within the county by 81 per cent and nationally by 31 per cent, according to new research.

  • Rural charitable projects sought by trust

    March 16th 2007

    RURAL-BASED charitable projects requiring additional funding are being sought by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Charitable Trust.

  • Scots demand swift return to 30-month boned beef limit

    15 March 2007

    THE Scottish meat industry is demanding an end to the costly delays in Brussels over much-needed changes to the rules governing beef on the bone.

  • Scottish contracts workshops

    March 16th 2007

    A series of three workshops have been organised by NFU Scotland to help members use grain contracts to the best advantage and to know what to do if one goes wrong.

  • Scottish Sheepdog Trials Results

    March 16th 2007

    Druid, Machrie I (Judge, A. Miller, Kildonan), nursery, 1, W. Stevenson, Brodick, Bill, 83; 2, W. Stevenson, Brodick, Arran Mist, 80; 3, G. Todd, Shiskin, Spice, 66; 4, G. Brooke, Southpark, Shona, 40.

  • Seafood solution to lamb slump?

    March 16th 2007

    A seafood industry-type quota system is being urged on the New Zealand meat industry to end what farmers see as an ongoing debacle over lamb returns.

  • Septoria tritici is main threat

    March 16th 2007

    THE latest information on foliar disease control in wheat is now available on a new HGCA Topic Sheet.

  • Sharp rise in potato prices as quality sample supply tightens

    March 16th 2007

    POTATO prices have seen some sharp rises in the last three weeks as the supply of quality samples tightens in a strong market, says the British Potato Council (BPC).

  • Sheepdog Trials Diary

    March 16th 2007

    17 March. PENNINE INTER-CLUB championship, Peat Ponds Farm, Lindley Moor, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3TD, 10am start, entry closed. HUTTON IN THE FOREST charity open, near Skelton, Cumbria, 8.30am start, first 60 dogs to enter on field before 2pm. BERRY MOOR open, Berry Moor Farm, on B6449 between Oxspring and Silkstone Common, Barnsley, 9am start, enter on field.

  • Single point deciders

    March 16th 2007

    With a single point advantage Robert Fielden and Brad took the Meltham Championship, while with the same narrow margin Keith Salisbury and Scott won the trial.

  • SNEC opens UK’s largest indoor arena

    March 16th 2007

    Oatridge College has recently become home to a multi-million pound investment in the form of the Scottish National Equestrian Centre, which aims to use its international-standard facilities to attract the very best in equestrianism. NEIL RYDER met centre director Carson Jones to learn why this is such an exciting project.

  • Soylsense

    March 16th 2007

    SIMON Parrington of Soyl said that there are 150 users of its SOYLsense satellite imaging product for 2007.

  • Sponsored fun ride for Horse Lovers on April 29

    20 March 2007

    FANCY riding somewhere different and supporting the East Cheshire Hospice at the same time?

  • Steer makes £9,000 at Penrith: Richardsons’ record £3,149 average

    March 16th 2007

    RECORDS were smashed at Penrith Mart’s Spring Special sale and trade peaked at £9,000 for the reserve champion steer.

  • Struggling to reach a modulation compromise

    March 16th 2007

    THE European Commission and German EU presidency are still struggling to find a compromise over voluntary modulation, ahead of Monday’s crucial meeting of EU Farm Ministers.

  • Summit on cheese industry

    March 16th 2007

    Dairy UK is to host a special summit on the future of the nation’s cheese industry. 

  • Supermarkets under the cosh in Commons dairy farming debate

    March 16th 2007

    SUPERMARKETS were effectively accused of ‘ripping off’ farmers during a debate in the House of Commons on fair trade in the dairy industry.

  • Tenant farmers told to not believe the hype, be sceptical on climate change

    March 16th 2007

    Worried about your carbon footprint? Maybe you shouldn’t be. In the week the Government unveiled its Climate Change Bill seeking huge CO2 emissions cuts, the Tenant Farmers’ Association annual meeting heard from a scientist who claims current climate change thinking is ‘nonsense’. ALISTAIR DRIVER heard him go down a storm at the Farmers Club.

  • The CS is back

    March 16th 2007

    The smaller CS tractors originally from the Steyr stable enjoyed a cult following among stock farmers wanting a straightforward tractor. Above average resale values are proof of this. Now the CS is back, albeit in just one model. Mervyn Bailey managed to get an exclusive behind the wheel look.

  • The new face of Tesco pork who concentrates on what he does best

    March 16th 2007

    Edward Lankfer, a third generation Norfolk pig and arable farmer, is the new face of Tesco pork. CLEMMIE GLEESON met him and his father Roger to find out how they are working together to run an efficient and profitable business.

  • The South Devon – the breed going places quietly

    March 16th 2007

    By Caroline Poultney, breed secretary

  • Tomato & Chickpea Soup

    March 16th 2007

    This recipe was sent in by Elizabeth Langley from Shaftesbury, Dorset. “It is very simple to make and tastes excellent,” she says. “You can reheat any leftovers the following day.”INGREDIENTS

  • Tough journey from city boy to country farmer

    March 16th 2007

    Is an urban upbringing a barrier to becoming a successful farmer? Not according to Jack Cockburn, as he explained to TOM LEVITT.

  • Tractors Special Supplement

    March 16th 2007

    A minor revolution is currently taking place in the world of tractor implement operation.

  • Trial area’s farmers have nothing to hide

    March 16th 2007

    EAST Midlands arable farmers are ‘surprised but not alarmed’ by their inclusion in the Pesticide Safety Directorate’s pilot study on pesticide spray records, according to Leicestershire/ Northamptonshire/Rutland NFU county chairman Richard Bailey.

  • UK and Italy will give the lead on CAP reform

    March 16th 2007

    DEFRA Secretary David Miliband will signed an accord with his Italian counterpart at Monday’s farm council in Brussels that aims to put the UK and Italy at the vanguard of the drive to reform the Common agricultural Policy.

  • Ultimatum to Defra over badger cull

    March 16th 2007

    THE NFU has written to Defra Secretary David Miliband warning him it is not prepared to accept sharing the costs of disease control until the Government sanctions a cull of badgers.

  • Understanding the local market needs

    March 16th 2007

    A SERIES of marketing workshops organised by HGCA and supported by Farmers Guardian aims to help growers of combinable crops to get ahead in understanding the particular requirements of their local markets.

  • Welsh Sheepdog Trials Results

    March 16th 2007

    COEDKERNEW CHARITY TRIALS, open national: 1, P. Tomkins (Llandrindod Wells) Arnie lost 10pts; 2, K. Evans (Libanus) Mirk, 101¼2 OLF; 3, P. Thomas (Pontypool) Rob 101¼2; 4, H. Coope (Blackwood) Jake, 11; 5, P. Tomkins, Dawn, 12; 6, R.C. Montgomery (Bristol) Roy, 13. Novice national: 1, P. Tomkins, Arnie, 10; 2, K. Evans, Mirk, 101¼2; 3, J. Hudd (Waun Tysswg) Fleee, 131¼2 OLF; 4, K. Evans, Spot, 131¼2.

  • What the owners say

    March 16th 2007

    Having already clocked up 200 hours brothers Cliff and Abe Dent have got a good idea of the strengths and weaknesses of the CS100 Special edition are. Replacing an X-reg CS94 the newcomer inherited the Quicke 730 loader, which is used as back up to Newsteed Farm’s two handlers.

  • Wheat area rises across UK

    March 16th 2007

    DEFRA and SEERAD December 2006 survey figures show the English wheat area at 1.72 million hectares, 5 per cent higher than in December 2005.

  • Wigton Charolais-sired

    March 16th 2007

    A SHOW and sale of 31 prime cattle sired by a Charolais bull was held at Hopes Auction, Wigton, on behalf of the Border Charolais Club and an overall average of 127.39p/kg was achieved.

  • WKT field-operator 205

    March 16th 2007

    WTK might be working on a brand new larger and full colour Field-Operator version to solve many of the drawbacks with the current unit we had to make do with the current black and white version.

  • Young dairy farmer loses his battle for survival

    March 16th 2007

    A YOUNG Flintshire farmer – featured in Farmers Guardian in January – has lost his battle for survival and been forced to give up his livelihood due to his growing concerns for the future of the crisis-hit dairy industry.

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