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Agriculture in the national news - November 10
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Tuesday, November 10).
Supermarkets face struggle to meet Competition Commission’s deadline on suppliers’ code
The UK’S second-tier supermarkets have a “mountain to climb” if they are to meet the Competition Commission’s February deadline to alter the way that they deal with farmers and other suppliers, according to supermarket industry insiders.
Iceland, Lidl, Aldi, the Co-op, Marks & Spencer and Waitrose have just 12 weeks to make themselves compliant with a new, toughened-up code of practice that will oversee dealings with suppliers.
The Telegraph
Micro pigs are maxi-disaster
Last month, the Telegraph reported on the latest fashionable pets: micro-pigs. Last week, it was widely reported that celebrity endorsement has given these unlikely pets another boost in popularity: Victoria Beckham has bought two micropigs for David for Christmas.
To any of us working in the animal world, these new fads for pets just make us roll our eyes and groan. You can’t deny the “cuteness” of such pets, but the logic of keeping them as pets is hard to follow.
The Telegraph
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterwedderburn/100016254/micro-pigs-are-maxi-disaster/
Industry bosses highlight renewable energy source
The bosses of two of Britain’s best known companies played host to industry colleagues to highlight the potential of a renewable energy source
Philip Green, the chief executive of United Utilities (UU), and Mark Price, managing director of Waitrose, showed off a system called anaerobic digestion.
IET
http://kn.theiet.org/news/nov09/bosses-highlight-renewable.cfm
One dead following fire at farm
Police have launched an investigation after the death of one person in a fire at a farm.
Emergency services were called to Ciliau West Farm in Llanwnda, near Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, just after 2100 GMT on Sunday.
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8350408.stm
180 chickens stolen from farm
Police are investigating the theft of more than 180 chickens from Willow Wharf Farm, in Daisy Lane, Alrewas.
The crime was discovered at 8am on Saturday.
The Warren hybrid chickens, worth about £2,000 in total, were stolen from sheds at the farm along with a red Lincoln 3.1kw generator.
Derby Telegraph
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/180-chickens-stolen-farm/article-1494828-detail/article.html
Region’s campaigners unite to fight wind farms
Too many wind turbines are being built too tall and too close to homes, according to a growing number of campaign groups in the North-East and North Yorkshire.
In a bid to halt “inappropriate” wind farm developments, activists in the region have pledged to work together to urge the Government to review its renewable energy policy.
Northern Echo
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4729542.Region_s_campaigners_unite_to_fight_wind_farms/
Plans to double wind farm above Burnley
A wind farm above Burnley could be set to double in size after plans for three extra turbines were announced.
RWE npower renewables is exploring the possibility of installing the additional three turbines at Hameldon Hill Wind Farm.
This is Lancashire
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/4728638.Plans_to_double_wind_farm_above_Burnley/
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