Farmers Guardian
March 28th 2008

  • £1.7m profit in 2007 for ANM Group

    March 28th 2008

    A TRADING profit of £1.7 million has been announced for 2007 by Scottish farmer-owned co-operative, the ANM Group.

  • ‘Be cautious’ with information

    March 28th 2008

    Farming organisations are being advised to be cautious with information they provide to farmers.

  • 14,000gns Red Ruby Devon record

    March 28th 2008

    THE breed record price for a Red Ruby Devon was smashed at the Devon Cattle breeders’ society spring show and sale at Sedgemoor Livestock Centre, Somerset.

  • 5,300gns Hunday-bred bull heads B&L sale

    March 28th 2008

    BIDDING peaked at 5,300gns for a Hunday-bred bull at the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club spring show and sale of Holstein and British Friesian bulls at Carlisle. Top price was paid for reserve champion, Hunday Duplex, from E. Moffitt and Son, Stocksfield, Northumberland. This bull, descended from the heart of the prolific Dianna family, has six generations of dams classified in the top two grades. Buyer was R. Black, Corrie, Lockerbie.

  • A traditional art can play a major part in the future

    March 28th 2008

    NEIL RYDER visited the Scotch Whisky Research Institute in Edinburgh and discovered that while the majority of the work carried out there benefits distillers, it is also relevant to the modern bioethanol biofuel industry.

  • Abattoirs face pressure to belly clip ‘dirty’ cattle

    March 28th 2008

    ABATTOIRS in the UK are coming under increased pressure to provide a belly clip service for ‘dirty’ cattle and shift responsibility away from the farmer.

  • Adapting to meet market conditions and the challenge of climate change

    March 28th 2008

    Flexibility has become the name of the game for the 1,980-acre Penllyn Estate John Homfray runs at Cowbridge, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

  • Agency smashes its SPS targets

    27 March 2008

    THE Rural Payments Agency has smashed its latest 2007 Single Payment Scheme target.

  • An alternative venture

    March 28th 2008

    RURAL businesses are forever being told to diversify, sometimes leading to saturation in some markets, such as bed and breakfast accommodation.

  • An earlier turnout saves over £8,000

    March 28th 2008

    HAVING started grazing his cattle at the end of January and planning complete turnout in late March, Tom Rawson believes he will save over £8,000 over the two-month period.

  • Arable Focus

    28 March 2008

    OILSEED rape crops are coming out of the winter smaller than last year but omitting a PGR spray could be false economy, agronomists are advising. For more on oilseed canopy management, plus pests and diseases, sugar beet weed control and a high output spraying set-up read our Arable Focus special supplement.

  • Around the marts

    March 28th 2008

    Hawes

  • Average of £2,000 at Lancaster

    March 28th 2008

    THE overall average at Lancashire Holstein Club’s March sale at Lancaster Auction Mart once again made it to the £2,000 mark and the top price was 2,800gns.

  • Balancing spraying capacity with cost for a flexible weed control strategy

    March 28th 2008

    However you plan to approach weed control in beet crops this season, build in flexibility is the advice from Broom’s Barn.

  • Beef supplement

    25 March 2008

    THIS week’s Farmers Guardian features an eight-page special beef supplement with technical articles on feeding maize, getting suckler cows back in calf and sourcing the best priced ration ingredients. Two beef farmers are also featured – both supplying beef direct to the consumer but via two very different farm set-ups.

  • Beefing about feed costs

    25 March 2008

    DESPITE recent hopes that feed markets had perhaps reached their peak, the ongoing trend of firming prices and tight supply appears to be continuing for longer than expected.

  • Berechapel to 2,600gns

    March 28th 2008

    THE Berechapel Holsteins from E.G. Cox and Sons sold to 2,600gns twice at Higher Berechapel Farm, Crewkerne, Somerset. Trade toppers were 60kg third lactation cow Stourbere Tug Winnie, by home-bred Stour Tug bull, and second lactation Stourbere Mars Patacake 9. Patacake was by Ricecrest Marshall and sold giving 41.1kg daily.

  • Best Producer Award caps a great day for the Neales

    March 28th 2008

    IT was a double celebration for the Neale family from Burscough when their farm was named as the Best Producer in Lancashire on the same day they opened a new tea room and farm shop at their family farm on Martin Lane.

  • Bluetongue case in New Forest

    28 March 2008

    DEFRA has announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone has been extended following confirmation of another case of the disease.

  • Brazilian beef exports hit

    March 28th 2008

    NEW evidence has emerged that the Brazilian beef industry is being hit hard by the tough restrictions on its exports to Europe.

  • Brussels briefing

    March 28th 2008

    Higher commodity prices to stay

  • Children go into sheep farming

    March 28th 2008

    Children from an Aberdeenshire primary school have gone into business – sheep farming.

  • Continental crosses to £5,200

    March 28th 2008

    AN entry of 2,731 were forward at Borderway Mart’s spring show and sale of continental cross cattle and top price was £5,200.

  • Country of origin meat labels not clear enough

    March 28th 2008

    COUNTRY of origin labelling of meat products is not clear enough despite three-quarters of consumers wanting to see the name of the country of origin on the pack, according to a new NFU report.

  • Craven dairy

    March 28th 2008

    THE March Craven Dairy Auction at Skipton attracted a quality entry of 28. Top price was £2,200 for a fresh heifer from Brian Moorhouse, Bell Busk, Skipton, sold to Aubrey Greenhalgh, Preston.

  • Criticism over foot-and-mouth review

    March 28th 2008

    AN expert in biosecurity has dismissed Dr Iain Anderson’s review of last year’s foot-and-mouth outbreak as ‘not being worth the paper it is printed on’.

  • Dairy UK warns Government to re-think restrictions on junk food advertising

    26 March 2008

    DAIRY UK has called on the Government to re-think its restrictions on junk food advertising, claiming they are doing little to fight the obesity epidemic in the UK.

  • Dash for biofuels ‘ill thought out’

    March 28th 2008

    IT was not long ago that biofuels were seen as a ‘win-win-win’ solution to the problems of climate change, dwindling fossil fuel supplies and rocketing prices and falling farm incomes.

  • Defra launches new advice service for farmers wanting to go organic

    25 March 2008

    DEFRA has re-launched a free national information and advice service for farmers thinking of converting to organic production.

  • Defra launches new advice service for farmers wanting to go organic

    25 March 2008

    DEFRA has re-launched a free national information and advice service for farmers thinking of converting to organic production.

  • Defra launches new advice service for farmers wanting to go organic

    25 March 2008

    DEFRA has re-launched a free national information and advice service for farmers thinking of converting to organic production.

  • Don’t miss your T0 spray this year

    March 28th 2008

    CEREAL growers should try hard not to miss T0 sprays this year despite continuing bad weather limiting spraying opportunities, says ProCam.

  • Dorset bird flu restrictions lifted

    27 March 2008

    RESTRICTIONS put in place following the H5N1 avian flu outbreak in wild birds on the Dorset coast earlier this year have been lifted.

  • Emergence of new brown rust races threatens RL ratings

    March 28th 2008

    TWO new races of brown rust first identified on 2006 Robigus winter wheat crops also resulted in high levels of infection on the variety in 2007.

  • English trials results

    March 28th 2008

    RYEDALE, Open (40 ran): 1, J. Cropper (Deerplay) Fleet, 82 of 100; 2, S. Beaton (Nun Appleton) Pershore Glen, 78; 3, M. Ward (Yedingham) Whitethorne Dark, 77, OLF; 4, A. Salisbury (Riddlesden) Joe, 77; 5, J. Cropper Dan, 76; 6, P. Exelby (Nun Appleton) Gael, 75.

  • Equine sector likely to be given more responsibility for disease control

    28 March 2008

    A GREATER say in disease control measures – as well as a greater share of the costs – looks likely to extend beyond the farmed livestock industry into the equine sector, as the spectre of African Horse Sickness looms.

  • EU ban on mince branded ‘madness’

    27 March 2008

    A NEW European Union health regulation could prohibit processors from turning fresh red meat into mince from carcases that are more than six days old, it has emerged.

  • EU ban on mince branded ‘madness’

    27 March 2008

    A NEW European Union health regulation could prohibit processors from turning fresh red meat into mince from carcases that are more than six days old, it has emerged.

  • Expanding capacity to meet growing needs

    March 28th 2008

    With an expanding acreage and busy workload, Thoresby Home Farm in Nottinghamshire needed more sprayer capacity. A 4,000-litre high-speed self-propelled sprayer fitted the bill, increasing productivity beyond expectations. Jane Carley reports.

  • FFB to close following Defra funding cuts

    25 March 2008

    FOOD From Britain (FFB), the body responsible for promoting British food abroad, is to close at the end of March next year.

  • First bluetongue vaccine on the verge of approval

    March 28th 2008

    THE first vaccine able to protect livestock from the BTV8 strain of the bluetongue virus is on the verge of receiving official authorisation.

  • Government could fail on coastal access pledge

    March 28th 2008

    THE Government needed to have a better understanding of how its proposals to extend a statutory right of access around the English coast would impact on a whole raft of coastal-based businesses.

  • Grant will aid food group growth

    March 28th 2008

    A WELSH food company is enjoying a double celebration – signing its first deal with a national supermarket chain and being awarded a £100,000 Welsh Assembly processing and marketing grant.

  • Great value shown by liquid feeds set to continue

    27 March 2008

    STILL available, still good value and still excellent feeds – that was the message from Trident’s Richard Cross, who claimed the great value shown by liquid feeds in recent months looked set to continue well into the summer.

  • Growers concerned about mycotoxin risk

    25 March 2008

    ANALYSING mycotoxin risk is a cause for concern amongst growers, according to feedback from recent farmer meetings.

  • Heavy-duty Bush Hog 320 and Flex Wing mower

    26 March 2008

    OPICO are to introduce the heavy-duty Bush Hog 320 scrub cutter and Flex Wing mower.

  • Heinz cleared of misleading public over Farmers Market ads

    26 March 2008

    FOOD manufacturer Heinz has been cleared of misleading the public in its marketing for its Farmers Market soup range.

  • High feed prices to continue

    March 28th 2008

    DESPITE recent hopes that feed markets had perhaps reached their peak, the ongoing trend of firming prices and tight supply appears to be continuing for longer than expected, according to KW’s Colin Shepherd.

  • High-Lift post drivers

    27 March 2008

    TWYMAN have introduced a new High-Lift range of post drivers.

  • Increased milk prices in the UK dependent on strong world prices

    25 March 2008

    FALLING domestic milk production is not the main driving force behind current UK milk prices.

  • Increased milk prices in the UK dependent on strong world prices

    25 March 2008

    FALLING domestic milk production is not the main driving force behind current UK milk prices.

  • Indecision over biofuels RTFO policy

    27 March 2008

    NATIONAL Farmers’ Union president Peter Kendall has warned the Government that backtracking from its biofuels policy would stifle the UK renewable fuel industry and harm the global environment.

  • Indecision over biofuels RTFO policy

    27 March 2008

    NATIONAL Farmers’ Union president Peter Kendall has warned the Government that backtracking from its biofuels policy would stifle the UK renewable fuel industry and harm the global environment.

  • Infiniti EX37

    March 28th 2008

  • Investors boost marketing group’s expansion plans

    March 28th 2008

    HAVING successfully overcome the stumbling block of liquidity, farmers and investors in a regional lamb and beef marketing initiative say they now have a sufficiently robust business model to replicate the added-value venture in other National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty throughout the country.

  • Iveco takes on Land Rover Defender with new Massif

    March 28th 2008

    Iveco wants a slice of the Land Rover Defender cake with its rugged 4x4 – the Massif – boasting a number of practical touches such as a 3.0-litre engine and leaf spring suspension, allowing a payload of one tonne.

  • Jim Cropper and Fleet win Ryedale

    March 28th 2008

    UNDETERRED by the bitterly cold and windy weather conditions of Saturday, Jim Cropper and Fleet took a convincing victory at the Ryedale open at Nova Lane, Middleton, Pickering, while Alison Salisbury and Joe gained their first novice title.

  • Lest we forget that our wildlife also has a place

    March 28th 2008

    VIEWPOINT: By Liz Walker

  • Levy board reform - is it a fresh start or a false dawn?

    March 28th 2008

    APRIL Fools Day marks the beginning of what on the face of it is a radical new era for the levy board structure, with the formal arrival of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to replace the existing levy board. But, as ALISTAIR DRIVER reports, in reality the reforms have barely got off the ground.

  • Levy board reform – is it a fresh start or a false dawn?

    March 28th 2008

    IT was meant to be a ‘fresh start’ – a fresh structure, a fresh way of doing business and fresh services for the levy payer.

  • Levy boards – The new structure

    March 28th 2008

    From April 1, one overarching levy board, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), will replace the five current levy boards.

  • Lincolnshire young farmer to take on world at the ploughing championships

    March 28th 2008

    Young farmer Ashley Boyles is preparing to take on all comers after qualifying for the World Ploughing Championships, which are to be held in Austria later this year. ANGELA CALVERT meets the Lincolnshire ploughman hoping to fulfil his dream of becoming a world champion.

  • Liner rotor rakes updated

    25 March 2008

    CLAAS has updated the Liner range of two-rotor rakes.

  • Lowering light leaf spot treatment threshold could make economic sense for this year’s crop

    March 28th 2008

    The relatively late development of oilseed rape crops last autumn resulted in many of them receiving only a single fungicide spray, leaving them more susceptible to spring diseases.

  • Maintaining a simple system while achieving cost savings

    March 28th 2008

    BARRY ALSTON reports from the latest recruit to the Wales Dairy Development Centre’s demonstration farm network.

  • Maize silage can reduce costs and boost profits

    March 28th 2008

    Beef finishers faced with soaring feed costs could find that introducing forage maize to diets would not only reduce the amount of costly energy fed but also improve performance.

  • Make a stand against inhumane transport of horses

    26 March 2008

    THE International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) at Penny Farm in Peel is holding a special evening event on Thursday March 27 to ‘Make A Noise’ and help end the cruel long distance transport of horses across Europe for slaughter.

  • March's Flock Watch

    March 28th 2008

    HAVING initially met Brian and Andy Ryder in January (when the Farmers Guardian and Novartis Animal Health ‘Flock Watch’ monthly feature was first launched) JOANNE PUGH caught up with them to see what they had been doing for the past eight weeks.

  • Marts winners and losers as the zone extends

    March 28th 2008

    THE extension of the Bluetongue Zone further into North and West Yorkshire has brought welcome relief to some auction marts – but severe limitations on throughput for others.

  • Mull and Morvern secretary

    March 28th 2008

    THE secretary of Mull and Morvern sheepdog trial, Netta MacDougall, has died suddenly, aged 69.

  • National Equine Database launches

    28 March 2008

    THE long-awaited National Equine Database (NED) was finally launched at the National Equine Forum in London, by the Minister for the Horse Industry Jonathon Shaw and the British Equestrian Federation’s Graham Suggett.

  • New scheme to educate children about farming

    March 28th 2008

    ASDA has launched a new scheme to help educate schoolchildren about farming, its importance to life in Britain and the benefits of using fresh ingredients – including meat – as part of a healthy balanced diet.

  • News in brief

    March 28th 2008

    Cumbrian grazing land sells for £6,556 an acre

  • NFU report analyses meat retail sector

    25 March 2008

    FIERCE supermarket competition is preventing increased farmgate value entering the supply chain, according to a new report by the NFU.

  • NFU report analyses meat retail sector

    25 March 2008

    FIERCE supermarket competition is preventing increased farmgate value entering the supply chain, according to a new report by the NFU.

  • Nissan sticks to Patrol’s core values of off-road and mechanical simplicity

    March 28th 2008

    Nissan's much-admired 4x4 and perhaps one of the few ‘real' off-roaders, the Patrol, is to be admired for its no-nonsense utilitarian approach.

  • Oilseed rape crops should be treated as priority

    25 March 2008

    OILSEED rape crops ravaged by pigeons over the winter will be more susceptible to pollen beetle damage this spring, and should be treated as a priority.

  • Oilseed rape crops should be treated as priority

    25 March 2008

    OILSEED rape crops ravaged by pigeons over the winter will be more susceptible to pollen beetle damage this spring, and should be treated as a priority.

  • Organic grant deadlines double looms in Wales

    27 March 2008

    FARMERS in Wales looking to take their land or livestock into the organic system must act immediately if they are to receive Welsh Assembly Organic Farming Scheme payments.

  • OSR crops smaller, but risk of lodging persists

    March 28th 2008

    Many oilseed rape growers will have observed that autumn conditions have slowed down their crops’ development and, on the threshold of spring, they are looking small and often underdeveloped.

  • Parton is new NFU North West chairman

    March 28th 2008

    THE NFU’s new regional board chairman for the North West is Denis Parton of Boot House Farm, Tarporley, Cheshire, a former county chairman and NFU council delegate.

  • Peevee sale

    March 28th 2008

    A LARGE proportion of the Peevee Holsteins from Messrs Vicary, Kent, went under the hammer at Sedgemoor, Somerset and made a top of 2,400gns for Peevee Igniter Cavail, a December 2007 calved first lactation heifer by Summershade Igniter giving 35kg. Averages: 101 dairy cows and heifers, £1,241; 12 calved heifers, £1,362; 4 in-calf heifers, £1,567; 117 head overall, £1,260.Auctioneers: Greenslade Taylor Hunt.

  • Pig industry showing signs of improvement

    26 March 2008

    THE European Commission has rejected calls for further aid for the pig industry - but this time that decision may reflect positive factors in play.

  • Pig industry showing signs of improvement

    26 March 2008

    THE European Commission has rejected calls for further aid for the pig industry - but this time that decision may reflect positive factors in play.

  • Poultry meat and eggs see growth

    March 28th 2008

    THE 2 Sisters Food Group has announced a £5.5million investment for the South West poultry company Lloyd Maunder which it acquired in January. The plan is to increase throughput from 530,000 chickens a week to more than 710,000 by the end of the year.

  • Prioritised fibre feeding a way to achieve high milk yields

    26 March 2008

    IT is time for dairy farmers to ‘kick the energy habit and jump on the fibre bandwagon’, according to Peter Allen of Total Diet Management.

  • Profitable suckler cow production

    March 28th 2008

    To cover her costs, a suckler cow needs to calve on practically the same day every year of her breeding life – and the 80-day period from calving to conception is crucial to maintaining a tight calving pattern.

  • Saving seed with precision

    March 28th 2008

    While pneumatic seeders are a must for wide working widths there is still a market for gravity fed box drills for mounting on power harrows. MERVYN BAILEY speaks to a user that finds these simple drills save seed.

  • Scottish trials results

    March 28th 2008

    BOGBAIN (Judge, A. MacDonald, Fearn) Open (48 ran) 1, P. Martin (Glenlyon) Eilidh, 90; 2, H. Munro (Leys Castle) Tess, 89; 3, E. Mackinnon (Lochcarron) Nan, 88; 4, H. MacLean (Culloden) Kim, 84 Outbye; 5, M. McNally (Invergarry) Callag, 84; 6, S. Grant (Strathcannaird) Jen, 83. Some £650 was raised for L’Arche Centre, Inverness.

  • Selling beef direct to the consumer, with a professional approach

    March 28th 2008

    Looking for ways to increase the farm income, Mark and Jenny Rooke were certain their beef suckler herd held the answer.

  • Sheep farmers urged to plan vaccination programmes

    25 March 2008

    WITH no clear information about when the bluetongue vaccine will be widely available, Intervet Animal Health has urged sheep farmers to plan routine vaccination programmes as soon as possible.

  • Sheep farmers urged to plan vaccination programmes

    25 March 2008

    WITH no clear information about when the bluetongue vaccine will be widely available, Intervet Animal Health has urged sheep farmers to plan routine vaccination programmes as soon as possible.

  • Sheep presidents and chairman

    March 28th 2008

    North of England Mule Sheep Association president Billy Batey has been elected for a further year. New chairman is John Pedley, of Carnforth, Lancashire. The new president of the Suffolk Sheep Society is Charles Harding, of the Bentley flock, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

  • Short-term funding refused for rural business catalyst

    March 28th 2008

    FINANCIAL support and advice that has been provided by Lancashire Rural Futures for rural businesses in the county came to an end this weekend as the organisation ran out of funds.

  • Shropshire Farmer’s club launch

    March 28th 2008

    SHROPSHIRE Chamber of Commerce is launching a Farmers’ Club to specifically address the professional and business needs of farmers. 

  • Soil quality impacts on health

    March 28th 2008

    SPEAKING at the open day on Tom Rawson’s farm, Matt Rance of the Kingshay Farming Trust said the impact of soil on the health of livestock was often overlooked.

  • Soyabean harvests fall short of demand

    26 March 2008

    GLOBAL soybean harvests will total 221.3 million tons for 2007-08 - but forecast consumtion is 239.49 million tons.

  • Ssangyong range revised

    March 28th 2008

    An overhaul of the south Korean-built Ssangyong range has seen the Rexton and Kyron get a revised specification and a three-year servicing package too, through its new UK distributor Koelliker UK.

  • Success is ‘a state of mind’

    March 28th 2008

    COMMITMENT, confidence, challenge and control were the four elements for success for anyone in business, said Nicky Hughes, who coaches executives and staff to help them to achieve more in business and their private lives.

  • Successful March auctions

    March 28th 2008

    FISHER German’s Stafford and Banbury offices have both held successful March auctions.  

  • Sussex cattle are the preferred breed to cope with marshy land

    March 28th 2008

    Kent farmer Roger Dunn has worked with Sussex cattle all his life and believes they are best suited to the marshy land he farms and also provide an excellent source of beef for his farm shop. KATIE LOMAS went to meet him.

  • Terrier and lurcher championship

    March 28th 2008

    THE 2008 Scottish National Terrier and Scottish National Lurcher Championships will be held at Scotland’s Countryside Festival on September 6-7 at Glamis Castle, Angus. The championships, now in their third year, are sponsored by the Scottish Countryside Alliance, whose head of policy and campaigning, Ross Montague, said: “Terrier and lurcher handlers and their dogs make a huge contribution to the economy and biodiversity of rural Scotland through their work to control pest species ...

  • The web creates a real life journey

    March 28th 2008

    THE world-wide web has removed physical boundaries that exist between many countries, but for one WiRE member her journey to establishing a web design business based in South Wales meant a real life journey of crossing continents.

  • Volvo XC60

    March 28th 2008

  • Watson warns of possible ‘insanity’ of biofuels push

    25 March 2008

    DEFRA’S chief scientific adviser has warned that it would be ‘insane’ to continue pushing for increased use of biofuels until more is known about their impact on climate change.

  • Watson warns of possible ‘insanity’ of biofuels push

    25 March 2008

    DEFRA’S chief scientific adviser has warned that it would be ‘insane’ to continue pushing for increased use of biofuels until more is known about their impact on climate change.

  • Western Holstein Club spring show

    March 28th 2008

    This year’s Western Holstein Club show was open to exhibitors residing within the Bluetongue Protection Zone. Over 140 animals were entered for the event at Southview Equestrian Centre, Nantwich, Cheshire. Katie Lomas reports.

  • Westwayne

    March 28th 2008

    PRICES peaked at 2,080gns when the Westwayne Holsteins from Geoff Jones, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, went under the hammer at Sedgemoor Auction Centre, Somerset. Top money was paid for Westayne Doris 9, a second calver by Avenham Westminster and giving 28.6kg. January served heifers sold to 1,200gns and heifer calves 650gns.

  • What impact will grain price increases have on rent reviews?

    28 March 2008

    Emma Coke, solicitor with Sudbury based Bates Wells & Braithwaite considers Rent Reviews in the current market.

  • What is the best practice?

    March 28th 2008

    AN informal discussion group, based around the Grainfarmers/UAP Project Energise investigation, is helping an agronomist get to grips with his rape crop.

  • What should i ask my agronomist?

    March 28th 2008

    IF the recent cold snap persists and the passage to flowering in winter oilseed rape crops becomes protracted, then pollen beetles could become a matter of concern, warns TAG agronomist, Richard Overthrow.

  • What will change

    March 28th 2008

    The new sector companies spell out what will change under the new structure – or not, as is largely the case

  • Why do few understand what business profit is?

    March 28th 2008

    YOU are in business to make a profit – do not kid yourself otherwise – so why do so few understand what profit is, how it is made, and, most importantly, how to make more of it?

  • Win a trip to a Canadian farm in Agrimin competition

    25 March 2008

    TWO-WEEK trips visiting and staying on Canadian farms are being offered as prizes in an Agrimin competition.

  • Win tickets to this year's East Anglian Game & Country Fair

    2 April 2008

    THIS year’s East Anglian Game & Country Fair is now in its fifth year of success and to celebrate the organisers have teamed up with Farmers Guardian to offer five free family tickets (each admitting two adults and up to three children).

  • Wiseman’s stay in the running

    March 28th 2008

    ROBERT Wiseman Dairies will be sponsoring the Great Scottish Run, Scotland’s largest participation race for the next three years, under its ‘freshnlo’ low fat milk banner.

  • Women in Rural Enterprise Conference

    March 28th 2008

    Few conferences can boast the vibrancy and energy generated at the WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) conference at Harper Adams University College, Shropshire, where more than 250 delegates engaged in sessions on eco-tourism, confidence building and pursuing profit. Simon Wragg reports.

  • World News

    March 28th 2008

    • NEW ZEALAND’S North Island farmers are the key to the meat mega-merger concept and their South Island counterparts are prepared to subsidise them to get it started according to a Southland farmer. 

  • Wysall herd peaks at 4,200gns

    March 28th 2008

    A tremendous trade at the Wysall dispersal sale for David Onions and his family, Leicestershire, saw prices peak at 4,200gns and an overall average of £1,300.

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