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
November 4th 2005
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Arla imports organic milk to meet demand
November 4th 2005
The country’s largest milk processor has begun importing organic milk because it cannot get enough from UK suppliers.
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Beef producer has to meet diet and movement requirements
November 4th 2005
George Horton farms on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire and is one of the 16,000 beef farmers in Britain and Ireland who supply McDonalds with meat.
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Blair backing biofuels to tackle climate change
November 4th 2005
Tony Blair has voiced his support for a Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation as a weapon to tackle climate change.
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Claas hopes Scorpion will provide enough sting to gain market share
November 4th 2005
Since Claas introduced telehandlers, it has struggled to gain a foothold in this competitive market. But the harvesting machinery giant now hopes this will change with the introduction of the Scorpion, built by fellow German manufacturer Kramer.
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Defra slammed over failure to introduce future disease levy
November 4th 2005
Joint Government-industry proposals to share the cost of disease outbreaks will be issued early next year, Defra revealed this week.
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Equal distribution of fertiliser is key to increased accuracy
November 4th 2005
By placing fertiliser at three points on the disc Kuhn has been able to improve the accuracy of its broadcasters.
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EU politics threat to beef exports
November 4th 2005
It would be a scandal if ‘crude politics’ delayed the resumption of UK beef exports, Food and Farming Minister Lord Bach has warned his EU counterparts.
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Farmers hunt kennels show determination for the future
November 4th 2005
Over 600 people attended the official opening of the new kennels for the Cotswold Vale Farmers’ Hunt as the new hunting season opened.
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Final stage of rights of way act complete as East and West open
November 4th 2005
The new right of access to the countryside was completed across England on Monday when the last two remaining areas of England were officially opened to the public under the CroW Act.
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Independent review of avian quarantine
November 4th 2005
Joanne Pugh looks at the latest situation regarding bird flu.
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McDonalds buys local and British
November 4th 2005
Every day two-and-a-half million people in this country eat a McDonalds. That amounts to a lot of food and they source a great deal of it from UK farmers. Joanne Pugh found out why McDonalds believes it is a great friend to British agriculture.
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New contract scheme for Tesco beef
November 4th 2005
St Merryn Foods is targeting 2,500 cattle a week for its new contract scheme supplying beef for Tesco’s Finest and Organic ranges.
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Quality, free-range eggs to meet marketing image
November 4th 2005
David and Helen Brass of the Lakes Free-Range Egg Company supply McDonalds with around 60 per cent of its shell egg requirements.
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QUICK APPLE CAKE
November 4th 2005
T recipe is from Nicola Goodings of Green Farm Wicklewood, Norfolk. It is very quick, very easy and can be eaten as a cake or a pudding. “It will keep a day or two but the sooner you eat it the better it is,” she says.
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Ray of hope in bid to trim supermarket buying power
November 4th 2005
Farmers are being offered a ‘ray of hope’ after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) agreed to reconsider its decision on whether to recommend a full inquiry into the grocery market.
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Soil Association objects to proposed mass cull of poultry
November 4th 2005
The Soil Association has accused the NFU of pressurising the Government into planning a mass cull of poultry should avian influenza enter the UK.
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Strike gets public support
November 4th 2005
The Farmers For Action three-day strike began on Wednesday with over 4,000 farmers pledging to withhold produce from retailers and processors.
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Successful testing of preventative spray
November 4th 2005
A former free-range egg producer from Yorkshire, Ted Dickin, claims he has developed a preventative for avian influenza.
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Underpinning dairy unit growth with quality grass leys
November 4th 2005
In our first Forage365 case study we report how high quality grass is the key to one successful dairy herd expansion project.
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Welcome back...
November 4th 2005
The name, masthead and colours will be familiar, but the format isn’t – welcome to CountryView in its new home as part of Farmers Guardian.
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Ziegler to blend machinery elements into single brand
November 4th 2005
Ziegler may be a new name on the farm machinery block but if the kit it is supplying looks familiar then look no further than Niemeyer.