There is a well known saying, 'no pain, no gain' and that will be ringing true in the minds of Milk Link’s 1,600 producers, who are on the brink of reaping just reward for 12 years of loyalty and investment.Farmers Guardian
May 27th 2005
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Action against resistance
May 27th 2005
Herbicide resistance develops three times as fast in a non-inversion tillage situation than in annually ploughed fields, according to TAG’s Jim Orson.
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AI scheme is part of bid to rid scrapie from Welsh flocks
May 27th 2005
Phase two of a unique-to-Wales, add-on element of the overall three-year, £9m initiative to rid scrapie from the Welsh sheep flock is all set to roll.
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Beckett challenges vets to produce TB evidence
May 27th 2005
Margaret Beckett has asked vets demanding a badger cull to come up with the scientific evidence to justify the policy.
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Devon County Show
May 27th 2005
Close result sees win for local breed
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Equipment innovations galore at Grassland 2005
May 27th 2005
If this year’s National Grassland event was anything to go by, self-loading silage wagons are now the in-thing and there was plenty of equipment to get the crop ready in front of them including a 14m mower and 15m tedder. Geoff Ashcroft and Mervyn Bailey report from the event which also included the latest in muck kit and loading shovels.
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Farmer urges neighbours to buy more home-produced meat for British troops
May 27th 2005
The farmer hosting this week’s Welsh Sheep 2005 used the occasion to press his ‘neighbour’ to rethink its buying strategy and feed more home-produced meat to Britain’s armed forces.
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Fine of Fleece
May 27th 2005
If you have several thousand pounds to invest in a new livestock enterprise, alpacas may be just what you are looking for, says Worcestershire breeder Hilary Shenton, who will be speaking at the Three Counties Show CLA seminars.
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GAEC to cause over concern topsoil
May 27th 2005
Showing that you are keeping land in ‘Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition’ (GAEC) for SPS cross-compliance, is currently concerning many farmers.
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Game and wildlife trials provide valuable information
May 27th 2005
Years of game and wildlife crop type trials at Loddington provided valuable information for ELS and Higher Stewardship schemes in which farmers are paid for growing small areas of cover.
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King of Clubs wins the hand and the title
May 27th 2005
Lions Hall King of Clubs, a Texel shearling ram, was crowned inter-breed champion at Devon County Show for brother and sister partnership David and Sue Chave of F.H. Chave and Son.
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Largest sale of Longhorns for a century
May 27th 2005
Although it was the young stock bull Hepworth Emperor that made the top price of 3,100gns at the sale of Longhorns at Chelford, Cheshire, on Saturday, it was the demand for female breeding stock that created a buzz around the ringside.
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MDC breeding+ figures defended
May 27th 2005
The dairy bull proofs, which have undergone their biggest shake-up for years, have been defended in the face of criticism from some ‘commercial interests’, whose bulls may have slipped down the rankings.
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Milk wars cost producers an estimated 9.5m
May 27th 2005
Price cutting by the three major liquid milk processors last year cost milk producers an estimated £9.5 million.
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Mill House becomes latest LEAF demonstration farm
May 27th 2005
A west Cumbria farm has become the latest LEAF demonstration farm.
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Min-till: Not plain sailing but the benefits are worth it
May 27th 2005
Over 350 farmers attended a joint LEAF/GCT Field Day at Loddington – one of LEAF’s designated ‘Innovation Centres’. Alison Lea picks out key points made by speakers on a tour of the farm.
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NBA faces twin threat
May 27th 2005
The National Beef Association is facing an uncertain future due to threats on two fronts.
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Return to show for Flora rewarded with championship
May 27th 2005
Returning to Devon County Show for the first time since foot-and-mouth disease, Roland Ley of W.H. Ley and Partners was delighted to win the inter-breed dairy competition with the November 2001-born Holstein cow Thurborough Flora 44.
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Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Show
May 27th 2005
The Smallholder weekend has been running for more than a decade at the ground of its older and larger cousin, the Royal Welsh at Llanelwedd.
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Sports Illustrated
May 27th 2005
Prints do furnish a room, says Steve Newman
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Three Counties Countryside Show, June 17-19
May 27th 2005
This year, the Three Counties Show, Malvern, has a brand new look – reflecting the changing face of the countryside with new ‘zones’ to promote and celebrate every aspect of rural living. Farming, however, remains at the heart of the show, says the Three Counties Agricultural Society
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Turning his dream into a reality thanks to Charollais
May 27th 2005
John Davies spent much of his working life in high pressure sales and marketing before taking early ‘retirement’ to concentrate on breeding pedigree Charollais rams. Neil Ryder visited his Windmill flock.
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Unique environment and lack of disease yields quality wool
May 27th 2005
The Falkland Islands are truly a special place, where ‘nature is still in charge’. It is easy to imagine that most people are familiar with hearing about a location being described as ‘unique’, but at the risk of sounding a little boastful, the Falkland Islands truly are.