Farmers Guardian
May 18th 2007

  • ‘Significant’ margin growth from feed conversion efficiency

    May 18th 2007

    WHILE milk prices are improving, they will never compensate for inefficient production systems, a message which Keenan is anxious to get across as it launches its complete new, high fibre, no compromise dairy nutrition system.

  • £400 for Belgian Blue cross calf at Leyburn May show and sale

    May 18th 2007

    LEYBURN mart held a May fair show and sale of store cattle and rearing calves and produced a top of £400 for the calf champion, a Belgian Blue cross bull from regular consignors, Keith and Debbie Simpson, Bishop Thornton, Harrogate.

  • 8,000gns Arnie sets new Brecon record

    May 18th 2007

    A NEW record was set for Brecon Mart when Limousin bull Glangwden Arnie was knocked down for 8,000gns at the British Limousin Cattle Society’s May show and sale.

  • A change in farm policy begins to pay dividends

    May 18th 2007

    Flower power is giving a helping hand to the marketing of home-produced beef and lamb from a West Wales hill farm. BARRY ALSTON reports.

  • A strong trials performance means early Komando launch

    May 18th 2007

    WINTER oilseed rape Komando from CPB Twyford is to be marketed this autumn, a year earlier than originally planned on the back of good disease resistance ratings and a strong performance in trials.

  • A unique diversification opportunity on offer from Birmingham City Council

    May 18th 2007

    BIRMINGHAM City Council is bucking its own trend of selling off its farm estates by planning to let one of its more unusual farms as a going agricultural concern.

  • Agway BF5000 3ph

    May 18th 2007

    THE Profitable Farming Company was launching a range of bale unrollers. On show was the self-loading mounted version, the Agway BF5000 3PH, which costs £5,790.

  • Animal welfare prizes

    May 18th 2007

    TWO Writtle College students have been awarded prizes for their presentations at the Student Animal Welfare Conference.

  • Australian voyage of discovery for Nicola

    May 18th 2007

    ONE of this year’s Discovery Programme participants – Nicola Chegwidden of St. Columb YFC, Cornwall – is preparing for her trip to Tasmania, Australia.

  • AWB proposes new wage levels

    17 May 2007

    Agricultural Wages Board has agreed a proposed increase of 3.2 per cent for grade 1 agricultural workers following two days of talks this week.

  • Ayr Show results

    May 18th 2007

    Results

  • Banks predict 25,000 farms

    May 18th 2007

    Food production in the UK was predicted to be concentrated in 25,000 farm businesses by the end of the century, according to a Lloyds TSB agricultural specialist , Tim Porter. He said he still expected the UK to have a strong farmed landscape but farming would be mostly done by tenants under contracted arrangements.

  • Bemoaning bureaucracy

    May 18th 2007

    PRINCESS Anne bemoaned the obstacles faced by many landowners today. Speaking to delegates she recounted how one landowner trying to re-plant woodland had been faced with nine different organisations to seek permission from. She said he later gave up because of the volume of bureaucracy he faced.

  • Bids to 1,650gns at dispersal sale

    May 18th 2007

    BIDDING peaked at 1,650gns at the dispersal sale of A. and K. Bonser’s Stauntonvale herd, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire.

  • Bilsrow Jock is new bull at the top of the table

    May 18th 2007

    THE Lancashire-bred Holstein bull Bilsrow Jock, a Jocko Besne son, has entered the Milk Development Council’s latest available Holstein bull list, published this week in top place alongside German-bred Mascol with PLIs of £88.

  • Blonde Society sale hits a peak of 5,000gns

    May 18th 2007

    A TOP of 5,000gns was achieved at the British Blonde Cattle Society show and sale at Carlisle.

  • Braedale Goldwyn takes the top spot from Mesland Duplex on Type Merit rankings

    May 18th 2007

    MESLAND Duplex has finally lost his grip on the latest Type Merit rankings for Holsteins, which see James son Braedale Goldwyn improve his overall score by 0.3 and move into top spot with 3.79.

  • Breed group winners

    May 18th 2007

    Holsteins took the dairy groups beating Ayrshires into second place. Beef groups were led by the Aberdeen-Angus, with Simmental as reserve, while in the sheep lines, the Beltex led over the Bluefaced Leicester group.

  • Burghley to host racehorse qualifier

    22 May 2007

    BURGHLEY Horse Trials is to host the final qualifier for the 2007 Racehorse To Riding Horse Show Championship. The class will run on Sunday September 2 and will be organised by Ponies UK in conjunction with the Ponies UK Burghley Event Pony Class. Both classes are sponsored by SEIB.

  • BVA charity seeks research fund applications

    May 18th 2007

    THE British Veterinary Association’s charity is seeking applications for funds for research projects designed to improve the welfare of farm animals.

  • Caereinion ‘secret’ out at dispersal sale

    May 18th 2007

    ONE of the best kept secrets in Holstein breeding circles was dispersed at Tynllan Farm, Castle Caereinion, Nr.Welshpool in Mid Wales; the Caereinion Herd, the property of Mr and Mrs Newton Davies and their sons, Gareth and Ian, who are ceasing milk production.

  • Calculating the true cost of lameness in your sheep

    May 18th 2007

    LAMENESS is a problem common to sheep farmers across the country but the majority are less familiar with the true costs of the problem.

  • Call for single body to lead the Welsh milk industry

    May 18th 2007

    NFU Cymru wants the new Welsh Assembly to investigate the possibility of bringing together the Milk Development Council, the Dairy Development Centre and the Welsh Dairy Strategy Group into one successful organisation to guide and lead the milk industry in Wales.

  • Cercospera has capacity to devastate beet crops

    May 18th 2007

    SUGAR beet growers are being alerted to a leaf spot disease, which although not yet established in the UK, has the potential to devastate a crop of sugar beet in a very short space of time.

  • CLA’s centenary conference

    May 18th 2007

    Miliband dismisses production concerns

  • Clydesdale champion

    May 18th 2007

    THE Clydesdale championship went to the filly, Braehead Rowan, from Charlotte Young of Hall Stud, By Ayr, with Newlands Lady Catherine, a brood mare from James Curr of Maryport, Cumbria as reserve. The judge was I. Johnston of Bothkennar, Falkirk.

  • Coastal access is ‘an icon’ for our country

    May 18th 2007

    THE extension of open access to coastal areas was given strong backing by both Defra and Natural England.

  • Coming down hard on any outbreak of bluetongue in UK

    May 18th 2007

    GOVERNMENT and industry advisers will ‘come down hard’ on suspected cases of bluetongue, were the livestock disease to hit the UK following last year’s outbreak in northern Europe.

  • Commercial demands drives Charolais to 17,000gns

    May 18th 2007

    QUALITY Charolais bulls met a solid commercial demand selling to a top of 17,000gns at Carlisle last week.

  • Crossroad take SAYFC drama title

    May 18th 2007

    DRAMA competitions in both the east and west regions of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs saw a diverse range of plays.

  • Dan comes good for Jim Cropper in Yorkshire final

    May 18th 2007

    FOLLOWING two days of competition where Saturday’s qualifying trial was won by Trevor Smith with Ben and Sunday’s by Ron Hodgkinson with Jess, the concluding Yorkshire Championship title was taken by Jim Cropper and Dan.

  • Defra is breaking red tape records, say Tories

    May 18th 2007

    FAR from cutting red tape, as it is claiming, Defra is actually increasing the burden of regulation each year, claim the Conservatives.

  • Dispersal sale of Boarstall herd

    May 18th 2007

    TRADE was consistent at the dispersal sale of the Boarstall herd of pedigree Holstein Friesians for Alan and John Read, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with half of the milking section making four-figure prices.

  • Dorset ram makes 5,000gns at Exeter

    May 18th 2007

    PRICES reached 5,000gns at the Dorset Horn and Poll sheep sale at Exeter Market.

  • Early aphid migration service for potato growers

    May 18th 2007

    The British Potato Council’s web-based aphid-monitoring service has now gone live for the 2007 season to help potato seed growers maintain the high health status of the British crop.

  • Emergency off-label approval for Biscaya

    18 May 2007

    THE British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO) has received an emergency off-label approval for the use of the insecticide Biscaya (thiacloprid) to control MACE resistant aphids.

  • Emma takes hat-trick at Pembrokeshire field day

    May 18th 2007

    A SUCCESSFUL Pembrokeshire FYFC field day was a particular triumph for one member – Emma James of Llysyfran YFC picked up three top awards for member of the year, county YFC queen and stockman of the year.

  • End ‘outdated’ sheep carcase splitting regulations, says NFU

    May 18th 2007

    THE NFU has called for an end to the practice of splitting sheep carcases and removing the spinal column as BSE controls.

  • English Sheepdog trials results

    May 18th 2007

    YORKSHIRE, Little Thorn Edge Farm, Trawden, Saturday Qualifying Open (63 ran): 1, T. Smith (Colden) Ben, 75 of 90; 2, T. Lawrenson (Brindle) Zac, 74; 3, T. Huddleston (Caton) Udale Spring, 73; 4, A. Salisbury (Riddlesden) Astra Sweep, 72, OLF; 5, R. Airey (Trawden) Bet, 72; 6, D. Carlton (Newton) Ann, 70.

  • Enter pre-1996 cattle into OCDS to avoid charges

    May 18th 2007

    FARMERS are being advised to enter pre-1996 cattle into the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme (OCDS) to avoid paying for removal of fallen stock once the scheme finishes.

  • Enterprise marketing

    May 18th 2007

    PAST entrants of the Wales YFC Enterprise Scheme have been invited to market their fledgling businesses at the YFC Centre during the Royal Welsh Small Holders and Garden Festival, to be held later this week.Among those attending will be Teleri Jenkins, Bryngwyn YFC, Ceredigion, with her luxury hamper business. Hamperi Ty Croeso was placed first in the competition in 2006.

  • Establish herd leptospirosis status for optimum profit and overall herd health

    18 May 2007

    FAILING to protect dairy cattle from poor fertility caused by leptospirosis can easily shave over 1ppl off the average 7,500-litre herd’s milk cheque.

  • Extension to double sheep tagging derogation ‘unlikely’

    May 18th 2007

    THE chances of an extension to the double sheep tagging derogation appear to be receding, after signs from Brussels that it has lost patience with the UK.

  • Fallen Stock costs to rise from next month

    21 May 2007

    THE cost of using the National Fallen Stock Scheme will rise significantly from the beginning of next month.

  • Farm profitably without subsidy

    May 18th 2007

  • Farmers urged to join the new Levy Board

    May 18th 2007

    THE interim chairman of the shadow horticultural sector company of Levy Board UK has been named as Andrew Colquhoun, chairman of the National Horticultural Forum.

  • Farms to be countryside classrooms

    May 18th 2007

    TWO farms, one in Lincolnshire and the other in Essex, have gained a top accreditation from Defra to be used as a ‘countryside classroom’ to teach schoolchildren about nature and farming.

  • Fella 4m conditioner on show

    May 18th 2007

    Reco has shown the Fella 3m semi-mounted mower conditioner in the UK before but this was the first time to the larger 4m version has been seen.

  • Fella mounted conditioner

    May 18th 2007

    THE Fella SM310 mounted mower conditioner can be fitted with a belt grouper.

  • Fertiliser prices seem set to eventually climb further

    23 May 2007

    The Milk development Council’s fertiliser price watch shows most blended products maintained similar prices to the month before, having already increased sharply in April.

  • Fight to save ‘sacred’ bullock

    May 18th 2007

    A tiny hamlet is at the centre of what could develop into a major international incident – all because of a bullock and bovine TB.

  • Food price rise because of biofuels crops ‘rubbish’

    May 18th 2007

    CLAIMS that food prices would rocket with the increase in crops grown for biofuels were ‘absolute rubbish’, claimed an NFU climate change expert.

  • Grazing Monitor: Plan now to maximise grass use as growth rates are set to accelerate

    May 18th 2007

    WITH most parts of the country receiving an appreciable amount of rain in the last week, grass growth rates are set to accelerate and Promar regional consultant David Burns believes dairy farmers must really focus on getting the most from grazing.

  • Guttler Green Master

    May 18th 2007

    THE Guttler Green Master was on the Wox Agri Services display. It comprises a grass harrow with a levelling board to get rid of mole hills and two rows of 12mm spring tines.

  • Have farmers lost sight of the real objectives?

    May 18th 2007

    We have enjoyed a wonderful spring this year. Our dairy cows were turned out on the first of May, which must be bordering on a record, and our lambs have got away to as good a start as could have been hoped for.

  • Hemburyfort Holstein herd reached a peak of 3,000gns

    May 18th 2007

    TRADE peaked at 3,000gns, twice, and an overall average of £1,150 was achieved when the spring calving portion of the Hemburyfort pedigree Holstein herd was sold on-farm for D.E. Pyle and Son, Clyst, Honiton, Devon.

  • Horses galore at the Royal Bath & West Show

    22 May 2007

    THE Royal Bath & West Show (May 30 – June 2) this year will be bursting at the seams with entries and displays of various equines and their raison d’etre.

  • Horticultural savings from reduced CO2 emissions

    May 18th 2007

    AN average of £42,000 in savings have been made by horticultural businesses over the past year.

  • HSBC launches in Northern Ireland

    23 May 2007

    HSBC Agriculture’s specialist team for agriculture and horticulture has expanded its presence into Northeren Ireland.

  • Irish vets defend badger culling

    17 May 2007

    IRISH vets involved in badger culling have accused badger conservationists of trying to “subvert science” after they claimed the strategy was failing to control bovine TB.

  • JCB TM310 at the clamp

    May 18th 2007

    JCB was showing what its TM310 was capable of on the clamp while the more powerful TM310S and Fastrac 2170 were getting the tyres kicked off them on the static display.

  • JF-STOLL 05 series

    May 18th 2007

    JF-Stoll is introducing its 05 series plain mowers and mower conditioners.

  • John Deere Harvestlab

    May 18th 2007

    John Deere had its HarvestLab system to measure the dry matter of the crop being harvested by the 7500 and alter the chop length to suit the crop on display.

  • Jones family’s award-winning combination

    18 May 2007

    Good stockmanship and management, teamwork and a successful breeding programme – a winning combination for the Jones family. BARRY ALSTON went to find out more about the award-winning pedigree black and white herd riding high in the silverware stakes.

  • Krone big X500

    May 18th 2007

    Krone was showing the baby of its self-propelled forage harvester range, the Big X500.

  • Krone Swadro four-rotor 1400

    May 18th 2007

    Krone has completed its Swadro rake roll-out by showing the four-rotor 1400, which has a variable working width of 11.0m to 13.5m.

  • Lanark implement sale

    18 May 2007

    LAWRIE & Symington Ltd held the first implement sale of May 2007 where 91 tractors, 15 quad bikes, 840 lots of large machinery, 30 motor vehicles and 350 lots of small tools and sundries were forward.

  • Limousin bull to 3,000gns at Skipton Red Pedigree

    May 18th 2007

    PRICES peaked at 3,000gns for a pedigree Limousin bull at Skipton mart’s ‘Red Pedigree’ event.

  • Little change in top bull rankings in other breeds

    May 18th 2007

    THERE have been only limited changes in the ranking of top bulls within the specialist breeds in the MDC breeding+ data this month.

  • Lleyn buyers very selective at females sale

    May 18th 2007

    BUYERS were in selective mood at this week’s spring sale of females held on behalf of the Lleyn Sheep Society at Carlisle where prices reached £102 apiece for a pen of accredited ewe hoggs.

  • Logan Outside Roxy makes it a hat-trick

    May 18th 2007

    TRIPLE honours of champion of champions, dairy inter-breed champion and Holstein breed champion went to Logan Outside Roxy from Brian Yates, led by his 17-year-old son, Michael.

  • Mascol retains his title as all-round improver on health and welfare traits

    May 18th 2007

    AFTER the release of the May type and production figures, a useful list of 57 all round improvers are identified.

  • MF’s new square baler

    May 18th 2007

    Although it was not working Massey Ferguson had the top model of its new square baler range on show the 2190.

  • Milking for profit

    18 May 2007

    READ this week's Farmers Guardian special supplement on milking for profit.

  • Mirk is on the mark at separate trials

    May 18th 2007

    ON Saturday when the handlers congregated around the trials at Felindre and those at Dolfor, two courses quite near to one another, the weather was never fine for very long and when it rained it was cold.

  • More bale wrap layers makes for better silage

    May 18th 2007

    BARRY ALSTON takes a look at some of the latest big bale silage research findings on offer at the IGER open day.

  • More R&D needed in ‘profit-led’ feed industry

    May 18th 2007

    THE UK feed industry, or at least some sectors of it, was holding back progress in both dairying and beef by working on ‘old knowledge’, a leading nutrition consultant has claimed.

  • NBA surplus

    May 18th 2007

    THE National Beef Association has confirmed a surplus of more than £43,000 in its 2006 accounts. 

  • New 80-mile ride across Wales

    23 May 2007

    A new route has created an 80-mile riding trail from the Powys/Shropshire border to the mid-Wales coast at Borth.

  • New brown rust race found in UK – survey

    May 18th 2007

    RESULTS from this year’s UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey suggest that a new race of brown rust is present on winter wheat crops in the UK.

  • New Holland FR9050

    May 18th 2007

    Scotgrass saw the New Holland FR9050 got its first chance to impress the public. It uses an Iveco Cursor 13 engine which has a power output of 466hp at 2,100rpm but rises to 500hp when revs are pulled back to 2,000rpm. Replacing the FX range of choppers the five-model FR9000 foragers are pretty much new from the ground up including a new cab, styling and blower unit.

  • New lease of life for National Park scheme

    23 May 2007

    AN award-winning conservation scheme run in the Yorkshire Dales National Park has been so successful that it has been extended for another year.

  • New root shape for beet reduces tares

    May 18th 2007

    THREE of the new additions to the BBRO-funded NIAB sugar beet Recommended List for 2008 – Trinita, Alota and Opta – all benefit from the new Hilleshog root shape, which is said to reduce dirt and crown tares.

  • New study highlights lameness management issues

    21 May 2007

    MANY English producers are making serious efforts to reduce the incidence of ewe and lamb lameness through preventive foot rot treatment, according to a new study.

  • New study highlights lameness management issues

    21 May 2007

    MANY English producers are making serious efforts to reduce the incidence of ewe and lamb lameness through preventive foot rot treatment, according to a new study.

  • New Welsh Mule field officer

    May 18th 2007

    THE Welsh Mule Sheep Breeders’ Association has a new field officer. Marcus Williams, of Carnedd, Caersws, Powys, is an experienced and well-respected shepherd with long established links with the breed – his family having established one of the first Bluefaced Leicester sheep flocks in Wales in 1978.

  • Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show

    May 18th 2007

    Holstein cow Bilsthorpe Cutter Sue 23 took the dairy inter-breed title at the Newark and Nottinghamshire County Show for the third year running, with reserve going to the Jersey, Warninglidgold Lemvig Autumn 3.

  • Newark and Nottinghamshire show results

    May 18th 2007

    Results

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    May 18th 2007

    Focus farm

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    May 18th 2007

    SOLA for Defy

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    May 18th 2007

    Rate rise will cost £15 million

  • North West Counties Championship Show cancelled

    23 May 2007

    THE North West Counties Championship Show at Somerford Park Farm on September 1-2 has been cancelled by the North West Regional Committee of The British Horse Society, who cite resource and safety concerns as the reasons.

  • Northampton mart boost

    May 18th 2007

    THE Northampton Farmers Consortium’s bid to re-open a livestock market in Northampton has been boosted with the news that the principles of a deal have been agreed with English Partnerships and Kilmartin Property, owners of the existing market at Brackmills.

  • One-third of farmers living below poverty line

    21 May 2007

    NEARLY one in three farmers is living below the poverty line, according to the Conservatives.

  • Opico sward lifter

    May 18th 2007

    There was a lot of interest shown in the Opico Sward Lifter. Individual spring-loaded discs help cut the sod ahead the loosening tine, which also has a knife share so there is little tearing as possible to the sward.

  • Opportunity to meet demand for red beet

    May 18th 2007

    ONE of the UK’s largest producers of red beet wants to persuade ex-sugar beet growers in the former York and Newark factory areas to grow red beet on contract to meet rising demand for the crop from the fresh and processed food industry.

  • Over to you Mr Miliband, says chief vet

    21 May 2007

    THE GOVERNMENT’S chief vet confirmed that any decision on whether to allow badger culling to control bovine TB now rests solely with Secretary of state David Miliband and other ministers.

  • Payment review of 2005 is ditched by the RPA

    May 18th 2007

    IN A last ditch attempt to meet the June 30 EU payment deadline, the Rural Payments Agency has abandoned its efforts to correct mistakes in 2005 Single Payment claims before making 2006 payments.

  • PESTO-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

    May 18th 2007

    Sent in by Chloe Jacquet of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

  • Physical form the key to unlocking diet performance

    18 May 2007

    DAIRY farmers should pay as much attention to the physical form of diets as they do to the chemical composition if they want to maximise dry matter intakes and optimise cow performance.

  • Pictures from ScotGrass 2007

    May 18th 2007

  • Pictures from ScotGrass 2007

    May 18th 2007

    Manufacturers were reporting a positive outlook and one of the best working shows in recent times.

  • Ploughing fund raiser

    May 18th 2007

    A PLOUGHING marathon at Reading University has raised around £1,200 for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute.With 24 students and two tractors using five-furrow reversible ploughs, 150 acres were ploughed with work continuing well into the night.

  • Pottinger Novadisc 730

    May 18th 2007

    Pottinger was showing how it was possible to cut 7.3m of grass with just 120hp.

  • Quality and traceability provides the ultimate consumer assurance

    May 18th 2007

    By taking advantage of living in a national park, Andrew Sebire has a successful business direct selling beef and lamb and running on-farm events. ANGELA CALVERT went to meet the farmer who is as happy producing meat as he is talking about local wildlife and organising cookery demonstrations.

  • Relaunch by Deans after CC ruling

    23 May 2007

    DEANS Foods is relaunching as Noble Foods - and and stylish new corporate image.

  • Renewable energy focus to help expel myths and educate the public

    May 18th 2007

    RENEWABLE energy will be the key focus of a new area at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show at Harrogate.

  • Retraining racehorses to become riding horses

    May 18th 2007

    As part of their quest to make people aware of what happens to racehorses when their track careers ends, the British Horseracing Board-launched charity Retraining of Racehorses recently held one of an occasional series of lecture demonstrations designed to highlight the possibilities of ex-racehorses reborn as riding horses. SARAH CRIPPS attended the event in Lancashire to learn more.

  • Returning for a Harper Adams reunion 50 years on

    May 18th 2007

    A REUNION organised by Harper Adams University College, Shropshire, saw 27 former students return to their former place of study.

  • Rooker fights to stave off harvest labour crisis

    May 18th 2007

    FOOD and Farming Minister Lord Rooker is lobbying the Home Office to stave off the threat of labour shortages during next year’s harvest.

  • Rules are counter-productive

    May 18th 2007

    CLA president David Fursdon posed the question if climate change and the environment featured high on politicians’ agendas, then how were those politicians going to help the industry achieve such aims.

  • Rural properties and land exceeded their sale expectations

    23 May 2007

    RURAL: properties and land exceeded their sale expectations when they came under Bagshaws’ hammer at Bakewell, Derbyshire this week.

  • Schuitemaker Perfekta

    May 18th 2007

    Schuitemaker has retailed its first slurry tanker and trailing shoe injector in the UK. They had a Perfekta 2,000 gallon tanker and 6.2m injector behind special edition McCormick MTX150 at Scotgrass.

  • ScotGrass 2007

    May 18th 2007

    It seems that everyone was introducing a new mower at the main grassland machinery event for this year. Manufacturers were reporting a positive outlook and one of the best working shows in recent times.

  • Scottish hill and island issues

    May 18th 2007

    AN inquiry launched this week by the Royal Society of Edinburgh into the future of Scotland’s hill and island areas, has been welcomed by NFU Scotland as coming ‘at a critical time for the country’s more fragile communities’.

  • Scrap the CAP, say MPS

    23 May 2007

    MPS have sparked controversy by calling for the Common Agricultural Policy to be scrapped and replaced with a new rural policy for the EU.

  • Second-calver Holstein Friesian makes 1,200gns

    May 18th 2007

    PRICES reached 1,200gns on two occasions and another 15 made over £1,000 at the dispersal of the non-recorded herd of commercial Holstein Friesians for Steven and Sarah Higginson, Kinnersley, Hereford.

  • SHEEPDOG TRIALS DIARY

    May 18th 2007

    ENGLAND

  • Show champion sells for 1,400gns

    May 18th 2007

    THE champion at the Holstein South Wales show and sale sold for 1,400gns.

  • Staffordshire stockjudging contests

    May 18th 2007

    TWO stockjudging competitions have been keeping Staffordshire FYFC members busy – a dairy contest and the stockman-of-the-year final.

  • Stray voltage – a shock to your cows and your profits?

    18 May 2007

    Stray voltage in milking parlours is an increasingly common problem and can have a significant impact on profits. Derek Gardner, Promar national dairy consultant, explains.

  • Students’ land-based machine innovation

    May 18th 2007

    INNOVATIVE students at Myerscough College, Lancashire, have being using their skills to design and make their own land-based machinery.

  • Tackling the cause of sheep abortions

    May 18th 2007

    Cockermouth, Kelso, Exeter, Ludlow and Settle – a series of Farmers Guardian – supported sheep health management meetings have been staged up and down the country. JOANNE PUGH reports from the meeting at Ludlow, Shropshire.

  • Tanco 1814 wrapper

    May 18th 2007

    THE 1814 is the latest wrapper from Tanco capable of handling both round and square bales up to Hesston size.

  • Texel champion wins inter-breed and reserve

    May 18th 2007

    TAKING the reserve champion of champions award, plus the sheep inter-breed trophy with their Texel champion, Millbank Lion King, were Ian Gilmour and Sons, of Maybole, Ayr.

  • Texel shearling ewe takes sheep inter-breed title

    May 18th 2007

    Wellingley Shining Star, a Texel shearling ewe, took the sheep inter-breed title for Peter Longdin. Female champion and winner of the ewe lamb class last year, she was also a winner at Lincolnshire last season.

  • The angry face of dairy farming receives a Royal accolade for his work

    May 18th 2007

    The dairy industry’s most prestigious award, the RABDF Princess Royal Award, has been won by David Handley. ALISTAIR DRIVER met one of farming’s most colourful and controversial figures fresh from receiving the award at Buckingham Palace.

  • The BHS calls for Highway Code amendments

    22 May 2007

    THE British Horse Society is calling on riders, carriage drivers and other horse lovers to ask MPs to push for three amendments to the proposed new Highway Code.

  • The secret to managing lameness is prevention: Two farmers from the Midlands explain why they felt it was worth the effort

    May 18th 2007

    Nick Davies, Ludlow, Shropshire.

  • The unexpected rise of Graham’s ark

    May 18th 2007

    From motorcycle sales in Devon to Scottish pig packages based on rare breeds – that is the story of Graham and Linda McDonald Brown, as NEIL RYDER found out.

  • Threat from CLA cannot be ignored as the disease becomes more prevalent

    May 18th 2007

    DOING nothing ‘is not an option’ when it comes to the disease caseus lymphadenitis (better known as CLA), according to Graham Baird of the Scottish Agricultural College.

  • Total ban called for on Brazilian beef

    21 May 2007

    FRESH demands have come from Wales for an immediate total ban on beef imports from Brazil where a massive campaign to vaccinate cattle against an increasingly serious foot-and-mouth disease epidemic is underway.

  • Total ban called for on Brazilian beef

    21 May 2007

    FRESH demands have come from Wales for an immediate total ban on beef imports from Brazil where a massive campaign to vaccinate cattle against an increasingly serious foot-and-mouth disease epidemic is underway.

  • Total ban called for on Brazilian beef

    21 May 2007

    FRESH demands have come from Wales for an immediate total ban on beef imports from Brazil where a massive campaign to vaccinate cattle against an increasingly serious foot-and-mouth disease epidemic is underway.

  • UK import controls not up to scratch, says EU

    May 18th 2007

    MORE than six years on from foot-and-mouth, UK import controls are still not up to scratch, an EU investigation has concluded.

  • UK pressing for 30-month beef-on-the-bone limit

    May 18th 2007

    THE UK Government has pledged to continue to ‘press hard’ for a return to a 30-month beef-on-the-bone limit, following an inconclusive report on the issue by the European Food Standards Authority.

  • Varietal resistance still a vital part of disease management

    May 18th 2007

    WHILE varietal resistance to disease in oilseed rape is currently contributing to yield improvements, greater flexibility in spray timings and potential savings in fungicide applications, in some diseases it is steadily being overcome.

  • Vetting a new horse

    27 November 2006

    A VETERINARY pre-purchase examination (PPE) is recommended before buying a horse. SARAH CRIPPS talks to equine vet Liz Mossop to discover exactly what this involves.

  • Vicon BW 1600 bale wrapper

    May 18th 2007

    AS well as a new mower conditioner range, Vicon had the BW1600 trailed bale wrapper at work.

  • Welsh Black Society’s new president

    May 18th 2007

    THE Welsh Black Cattle Society has a new president – John Pratt, of The Hillis Farm, Llanfilo, Talgarth, Powys, taking over from Robert Williams, Penywern, Talybont, Aberystwyth, at the society’s annual meeting at Aberystwyth, on Saturday.

  • Welsh lambs to star in Gordon Ramsay's F Word

    22 May 2007

    TWO Charollais-Welsh cross lambs from a North Wales farm are starring in the latest series of Gordon Ramsay’s F Word on Channel 4.

  • Welsh Sheepdog trials results

    May 18th 2007

    FELINDRE. Session 1, Open National:1, P. Hinman (Llanteg) Lad, 28; 2, R.B. Pugh (Nantmel) Jess, 29; 3, D. Mckay (Carmel) Kim, 30; 4, D. Mckay, Kate, 31olf; 5, C. Gordon (Gower) Mirk, 31; 6, R.H. Jones (Llanfechain) Jack, 32.

  • Westlife get a milk moustache

    May 18th 2007

    IRISH superstars Westlife will be the next faces to front Scotland’s ‘The White Stuff Milk Moustache’ campaign. They will appear on billboards and bus stops later this month donning the famous white moustaches to help promote the benefits of semi-skimmed milk as part of a balanced diet.

  • Wheat at risk from OWBM from late May

    May 18th 2007

    RAIN following recent high temperature weather conditions means that an attack of orange wheat blossom midge is possible this year. Soil samples indicate high numbers of larvae present.

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