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
September 10, 2010
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Farm-designed scraper now in production
10 September 2010
A heavily-built hydraulic slurry scraper, originally designed on a Cheshire farm some ten years ago, is now in production by Latham Engineering of Whitchurch, Shropshire.
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Abington Show, South Lanarkshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Abington Show, South Lanarkshire.
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Actor Matthew Rhys helps promote Welsh lamb
7 September 2010
A NEW Welsh Lamb advertising campaign aiming to tempt consumers’ taste buds and involving television, magazine and online advertisements was launched this week by Hybu Cig Cymru, the Wales-based red meat promotion agency.
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Adaptable sisters just get on with the jobs at hand
September 10, 2010
DESPITE farming in a remote part of Derbyshire, sisters Kath Birkinshaw and Andrea Jolly have anything but a quiet life, as Angela Calvert explains.
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Advice day shows improving grassland
September 10, 2010
THE event was organised by Eblex and the Grassright group at Edward Dean’s Kirkhouse Farm, Brampton, Cumbria.
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Agriculture in the national news - September 10
10 September 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Friday, September 10).
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Agriculture in the national news - September 6
6 September 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Monday, September 6).
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Agriculture in the national news - September 7
7 September 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Tuesday, September 7).
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Agriculture in the national news - September 8
8 September 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Wednesday, September 8).
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Agriculture in the national news - September 9
9 September 2010
A DAILY look at how agriculture has hit the headlines across the country (Thursday, September 9).
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Allendale Show, Northumberland results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Allendale Show, Northumberland
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Appin Show, Argyll and Bute results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Appin Show, Argyll and Bute.
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Arla confirm Aylesbury site for £150m 'mega dairy'
10 September 2010
ARLA Foods UK has announced that its £150 million ‘mega dairy’ is to be located in Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire.
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Baltier Rascal at 20,000gns tops Solway Texels
September 10, 2010
BIDDING peaked at 20,000gns last Friday at the Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club show and sale at Borderway Mart.
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Ban ‘factory milk’, Spelman told
10 September 2010
DEFRA Secretary Caroline Spelman has weighed into the debate on large dairies, stating that the scale of the unit does not affect animal welfare.
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BASF applies for approval of second GM starch potato
7 September 2010
CHEMICAL business BASF has applied for approval of its second genetically modified starch potato. The European Commission approved the company’s first GM potato - the Amflora potato - for commercial production of industrial starch in May this year.
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Beating compaction issues to extend grass leys lifetimes
September 10, 2010
SOME fields can be sorted out without the expense of ploughing and a full re-seed - and all that is needed to find this out is a spade.
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Berkeley Show, Gloucestershire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Berkeley Show, Gloucestershire.
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Better efficiency from new top-end Vario
September 10, 2010
FENDT’S Vario range just got bigger, with the latest model topping almost 400hp, as James Lane and Jane Carley found out at the company’s biennial field days in Germany last week.
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Billy takes first open on anniversary
September 10, 2010
A clean pen and shed at Gatehouse gave Billy Welsh his first open win - on this 23rd wedding anniversary - with Penllwyn Bill (R. Roper’s Tom, IB Jones’ Floss).
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Bpex tool to help monitor farrowing
September 10, 2010
A NEW tool, free of charge to levy payers, has been developed by the British Pig Executive to help monitor sows’ progress at farrowing.
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Brechfa trial makes welcome return
September 10, 2010
THE trial at Brechfa has not been held for three years, due to bad weather, but this year secretary Gethin Rees moved it to his home farm and it went ahead, with a win for E.L. Morgan of Aberystwyth, with Glen.
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British Sugar announces campaign start dates
6 September 2010
BRITISH Sugar has announced the factory start dates for the 2010/11 sugar beet processing campaign.
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Challenger proves alternative to Maris Piper
September 10, 2010
NEW potato variety Challenger could offer growers a high yielding alternative to Maris Piper, said Richard Baker of breeding company HZPC.
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Champion steer tops Thainstone ‘Spectacular’
September 10, 2010
PRICES rose to £4,500 at the ‘Spectacular’ sale of weaned calves and store cattle at Thainstone.
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Changes makes selecting maize simpler for growers
September 10, 2010
NIAB forage maize descriptive list represents key growing conditions.
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CLA to focus on Glastir at Plaid Cymru conference
9 September 2010
CLA WALES is to concentrate on the linkage between Glastir and CAP reform when the rural economy experts share a platform with RSPB Cymru at a Plaid Cymru Annual Conference fringe meeting in Aberystwyth tomorrow (Friday, September 10).
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Clunderwen Show, Pembrokeshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 C?lunderwen Show, Pembrokeshire.
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Cooking is greatest part of potatoes’ carbon footprint
September 10, 2010
BIG changes, especially in buildings, are key to bringing about reductions in the carbon footprint of the potato sector, according to a leading scientist.
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Coylton Show, Ayrshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Coylton Show, Ayrshire.
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Crop status ahead of defoliation is critical to bruising levels
September 10, 2010
Bruising and desiccation were key items on the agenda at the Potato Council’s East of England Potato Day, hosted by Frederick Hiam, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. DominicKilburn reports.
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Dairy Event 2010
9 September 2010
CATCH up on all the news from the 2010 Dairy Event and Livestock Show as it moved to a new home at the NEC, Birmingham, for the first time.
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Dairy Event 2010: Alan WIseman takes lifetime achievement award
8 September 2010
A NEW award from Dairy UK was presented to Alan Wiseman of Robert Wiseman Dairies in recognition of his service to the industry over a 43-year career.
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Dairy Event 2010: Dairy Farmer of the Future winner announced
7 September 2010
DERBYSHIRE farmer, Graham Worsey, has been named the winner of the 2010 Dairy Farmer of the Future competition.
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Dairy Event 2010: Farmers urged to manage risk
8 September 2010
DAIRY farmers are being urged to think more about managing risk and other factors which can impact on their business.
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Dairy Event 2010: Halmyre Urr best placed Ayrshires
8 September 2010
THE title for the highest placed Ayrshire herd in the Gold Cup competition went to the Halmyre Urr herd from the Davidson family, who farm at Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway.
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Dairy Event 2010: Heifer takes interbreed championship
7 September 2010
THE interbreed heifer championship, the first title of the day, has concluded at the Dairy Event. Judged on a points basis, by all the breed judges, it initially resulted in a tie between the Holstein winner, the Wills brothers, Riverdane Gold Ashlyn and the Jersey, winner Barry and Jenny Daw’s, Bluegrass Comericas Pink Heather.
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Dairy Event 2010: Holstein takes Dairy Event interbreed
7 September 2010
The interbreed title at the Dairy and Livestock Event has gone to the Holstein champion, Saxelby Goldwyn Rose, by Braedale Goldwyn, from Robert and Elaine Butterfield, Lancaster.
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Dairy Event 2010: Kendall demands answers on milk price 'robbery'
7 September 2010
NFU president Peter Kendall has called on milk buyers and supermarkets to stop blaming each other over artificially low milk prices and give farmers a proper explanation.
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Dairy Event 2010: Kingspool Holsteins take the Gold Cup
8 September 2010
THE Gold Cup was lifted by brothers Michael and Chris King, marking 20 years since they ‘reinstated’ Kingspool Holsteins, growing the herd from 47 cows to today’s 314 plus followers.
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Dairy Event 2010: Milk prices must rise, say Andersons
8 September 2010
THERE are plenty of reasons why milk prices should be higher than they are say farm business consultants Andersons.
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Dairy Event 2010: Move to the NEC welcomed
9 September 2010
THE RABDF’s decision to switch the Dairy Event and Livestock Show away from Stoneleigh and to the NEC, Birmingham was a hot topic of discussion among visitors and exhibitors - with the vast majority warmly welcoming the new venue.
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Dairy Event 2010: New project to boost Jersey genetics
7 September 2010
A new collaboration set up to help improve the genetics available to Jersey breeders has been announced today.
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Dairy Event 2010: Paice reaffirms commitment to badger cull
7 September 2010
FARMING Minister Jim Paice has reaffirmed his commitment to culling badgers in England, insisting it is impossible to combat bovine TB (bTB) without tackling the disease in wildlife.
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Dairy Event 2010: RABDF reiterates call for live import ban
7 September 2010
THE Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has reiterated its call for a ban on livestock imports from areas where Bluetongue is rife.
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Dairy Event 2010: Somerset farmer wins Milkminder award
8 September 2010
WINNER of Promar’s Milkminder manager of the year award, judged from 700 businesses using the Milkminder costing scheme, is Paul Cary of Dangerfield Farm, Frome, Somerset.
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Dairy Event 2010: Steve Brandon takes grassland award
8 September 2010
ACKNOWLEDGING 12 years of hard work, Steve Brandon of Stafford was the winner of the British Grassland Society’s national grassland management competition.
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Dairy Event 2010: Time is ripe for processor consolidation
8 September 2010
NOW is the time for milk processors to consolidate says the RABDF.
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Dairy Event 2010: Wall Farm recognised for 17.85kg average
8 September 2010
THE Gold Cup entrant to achieve the highest average lifetime daily yield was D.C. and B. Wilcox from Wall Farm, Aldworth, Cheltenham, Gloucester.
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Dairy Event 2010: Wind energy attracts interest
8 September 2010
MORE than one in eight dairy farmers have said they were seriously looking at investing in renewable energy - principally wind projects.
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Dairy Event 2010: Wright family picks up Lilyhill trophy
8 September 2010
THREE generations of the Wright family were present to pick up the Lilyhill trophy for highest placed Jersey herd in the Gold Cup.
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Dairy Event: A clear strategy on forage required
September 10, 2010
DAIRY farmers need to start thinking about forage strategies for the winter to ensure milk from forage is as high as possible, was the advice from Johnny Bax, international technical support manager for Biotal.
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Dairy Event: Benefits from plant extracts in diets
September 10, 2010
DAIRY farmers should consider the inclusion of plant extracts in diets for modifying rumen function and feed intake.
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Dairy Event: Gut worms are not just a problem for youngstock
September 10, 2010
OUT of 464 bulk milk samples tested for gut worms under Merial Animal Health’s subsidised MOO testing scheme last year, 432 were positive.
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Dairy Event: Selenium additive in milk gains approval from FSA
September 10, 2010
THE Food Standards Agency has given permission for milk from cows fed Alltech’s Sel-Plex selenium additive to be branded to say ‘this product will improve your immune system’.
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Dairy Event: Survey raises cause for concern
September 10, 2010
WITH herd sizes creeping up but few farms installing new parlours, cluster liners are not being changed often enough, impacting on teat health and mastitis levels.
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Dairy Event: Value milk poses huge threat to dairy industry
September 10, 2010
SPEAKERS Corner, a regular feature on the Farmers Guardian stand at the Dairy Event and Livestock Show, hosted a Great Milk Debate on both days.
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Desiccation treatments compared
September 10, 2010
FOLLOWING revocation of sulphuric acid as a potato desiccant earlier this year, a trial plot at the event aimed to demonstrate the merits of other forms of desiccation, including flail and spray and chemical sequences.
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Dorset Show results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Dorset Show.
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Dufton Show, Cumbria results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Dufton Show, Cumbria.
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English sheepdog trial results – September 10
September 10, 2010
A ROUND-UP of results from sheepdog trials in England this week (September 10)
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Epworth Show, South Yorkshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Epworth Show, South Yorkshire
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Equine infectious anaemia detected in a horse
7 September 2010
Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Northumberland following importation from the Netherlands, Defra confirmed today.
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EU calls to prohibit supermarket loss leaders
10 September 2010
EURO-MPs have called on EU policy makers to prohibit the sale of agricultural produce below purchase price.
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EU laws insufficient as MEPs go on supermarket attack
7 September 2010
EU law is insufficient to protect farmers from being bullied by supermarkets – a practice which happens throughout the European Union, according to MEPs.
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EU working with FSA to resolve cloning rules
8 September 2010
EUROPEAN Commission officials are talking with their counterparts at the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) to try to bring Britain into line with the rest of Europe on cloning rules.
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Excellent trade in store lambs at Bakewell
September 10, 2010
THE first large sale of store lambs at Bakewell attracted an entry of 10,410 lambs with auctioneers reporting excellent trade from start to finish.
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Farmers split over 'super dairies'
17 September 2010
THE FARMING industry is split in its reaction to ‘super dairies’ like the one proposed by Nocton Dairies, a Farmers Guardian survey has found.
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Females to the fore in beef inter-breed lines at Dorset Show
September 10, 2010
FEMALES dominated the beef inter-breed championship at Dorset County Show, Dorchester, at the weekend.
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First cattle arrive at Dairy Event and Livestock Show
6 September 2010
THE first of more than 200 cattle entries have arrived at the NEC in Birmingham for the Dairy Event and Livestock Show which begins tomorrow (Tuesday, September 7).
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First look at Fendt’s new forage harvester
September 10, 2010
FENDT’S long-awaited forage harvester finally broke cover at the company’s biennial field days last week.
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Focus on fields which produce good grass
September 10, 2010
WHEN deciding to improve grassland, do not start (or even finish) with your worst field, said John Spence of Limagrain UK.
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Fresh fears over Glastir scheme
6 September 2010
A FRESH round of fears has emerged over Glastir, the Welsh Assembly Government’s all-embracing flagship scheme destined to replace existing land management support payments from January 2012.
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Gargrave Show, North Yorkshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Gargrave Show, North Yorkshire.
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Getting the big picture on water quality
September 10, 2010
The Water Framework Directive will affect farmers nationally and across all sectors. We look at what stage we are currently at and what comes next in the drive to improve water standards.
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Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show, Dorset
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show, Dorset.
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Gisburn dairy show sells to £2,250 peak
September 10, 2010
THE September dairy show at Gisburn auction mart produced a top price of £2,250 for a pedigree heifer from Simon Thompson, Hothersall, Longridge.
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Giving children experience of 'real world' farming
September 10, 2010
It looks little different to any other Pembrokeshire coastal farm, but behind the traditional white-washed facade, Treginnis Isaf could not be more different. Barry Alston reports on the farm city children cannot get enough of.
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Government cutbacks hit levy board HQ plans
10 September 2010
THE Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has been forced to shelve plans for a new headquarters at Stoneleigh due to Government spending cutbacks.
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Government working to overcome legal challenges to badger cull
10 September 2010
THE Government is doing ‘everything’ it can to ensure it overcomes the inevitable legal challenge to its plans to cull badgers in England, Farming Minister Jim Paice revealed.
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Great year for beer as hops flourish
6 September 2010
MASTER brewers at Shepherd Neame are hoping for more sunshine and showers to ensure a high-quality hop harvest for 2010.
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Holm Show, Roxburgh results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Holm Show, Roxburgh.
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Jenson Button and Elle Macpherson to wear milk moustache
6 September 2010
RACING driver Jenson Button and model Elle Macpherson have been announced as the next faces of the ‘Make Mine Milk’ campaign.
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John Davies: Weather extends silage season, but crops do well
9 September 2010
We managed to get away for a few days at the beginning of August. It was nice to recharge the batteries and, sure enough, it dried up, so on Friday we travelled back, and by teatime I was on the buckrake once again.
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John Walton: Keeping the kids entertained
September 10, 2010
Just in the nick of time the weather sorts itself out and gives us the opportunity to get things sorted, the combining done and straw very nearly carted, with just a little break to write and tell you what is going on in sunny Arley.
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Killin Show, Perthshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Killin Show, Perthshire.
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Labour MEP calls for ban on clones
10 September 2010
LABOUR MEP Linda McAvan has called for a total ban on cloned meat and milk products until new laws are put in place to regulate the market.
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Latest trailed hemp harvester on trial
6 September 2010
A NEW trailed hemp harvester was unveiled at a demonstration at Easton College last week.
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Lleyn rams to 1,900gns at Ross-on-Wye
September 10, 2010
THE Lleyn Sheep Society sale at Ross-on-Wye saw an entry of 2,364 sheep forward, with rams selling to 1,900gns and ewes peaking at £185.
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Make better use of grass
September 10, 2010
?QUESTIONING the frequent assumption that grass is the cheapest feed for livestock, independent grassland expert, Charlie Morgan, said poor management meant it could actually be more expensive than even growing barley.
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Martletwy Show, South Pembrokeshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Martletwy Show, South Pembrokeshire.
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Melplash Show, Somerset results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 M?elplash Show, Somerset.
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Mule average up at Skipton
September 10, 2010
THERE was a total clearance of 6,000-plus gimmer lambs forward at the North of England Mule Sheep Association’s sale at Skipton recently. The overall average was £91.79 per head - almost £20 up on the year.
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New shoot trailer range
10 September 2010
BUXTON-based Access Trailers specialises in trailers for carrying people, and has teamed up with agricultural trailer manufacturer Graham Edwards to produce a new range for farm and estate shoots.
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On video: Dairy Event and Livestock Show 2010
10 September 2010
CATCH up on the Dairy Event and Livestock Show with our video of the event.
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On video: Dairy Farmer of the Future 2010 winner
10 September 2010
MEET the winner of the 2010 Dairy Farmer of the Future competition, Graham Worsey as he talks to Joanne Pugh at this year’s Dairy Event and Livestock Show at the NEC, Birmingham.
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On video: Meet the DFF 2010 finalists
10 September 2010
MEET the finalists for the 2010 Dairy Farmer of the Future competition as they explain more about themselves and their dairy operations.
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Pea trials harvested with 'good yields'
6 September 2010
ALL nine PGRO Recommended List (RL) pea trials have been harvested with good yields averaging just less than five tonnes per hectare, says PGRO.
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Pesticides give best return on CO2 levels
September 10, 2010
CROP protection products give the greatest return and scope to reduce carbon use in potato production. Cold storage accounts for the greater part and any reduction will require changes in storage practice and customer behaviour.
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Popular Claas Variant gets ‘Pro’ version
10 September 2010
CLAAS has updated its Variant round baler range for 2011 harvest by introducing a four-model ‘Pro’ line-up.
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Ravenstondale Show, Cumbria results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Ravenstondale Show, Cumbria
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RL wheat yields just 5pc down on mean
September 10, 2010
WHEAT yields from Recommended List trials are only 5 per cent down on the five-year mean, according to the HGCA, with four to five winter wheat trials left to combine.
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Rural England running at less than half capacity
7 September 2010
RURAL communities could contribute an extra £250 billion to the national economy if they had access to broadband internet connections and affordable housing, the Government’s Rural Advocate has revealed.
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Scottish seed potatoes free of dickeya infection
7 September 2010
SCOTTISH seed potatoes remain free from dickeya infection, a survey for the presence of the highly damaging potato disease has shown.
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Scottish sheepdog trial results – September 10
September 10, 2010
A ROUND-UP of results from sheepdog trials in Scotland this week (September 10)
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Seed treatment options set to grow
September 10, 2010
INTRODUCED as a likely successor to potato fungicide seed treatment Monceren (pencycuron), new active penflufen from Bayer CropScience, could be available to growers in 2012.
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Sheepdog trials diary – September 10
September 10, 2010
A ROUND_UP of fixtures in the sheepdog trials diary this week (September 10)
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Strathardle Show, Perthshire results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Strathardle Show, Perthshire.
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Successful demo for Delta
9 September 2010
CHESHIRE-based RVW Pugh Ltd., held a Massey Ferguson harvesting demonstration in late August, and despite the unsettled weather the event was a success.
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The unlikeliest place for quality grass
September 10, 2010
LAST week Emyr Jones opened his gates to visitors for the first time since winning the British Grassland Society’s grassland management competition in 2008.
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'Toolbox' approach to potato storage
September 10, 2010
POTATO growers and store managers should take a ‘toolbox’ approach to tackling potato storage, according to Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research head, Adrian Cunnington.
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Top price of 11,500gns at Beeston elite sale
September 10, 2010
A SALE of top pedigree Holstein and Jersey heifers at Beeston Castle last week saw prices peak at 11,500gns.
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UK beef farmers ‘question their future’
6 September 2010
UK beef farmers need ‘a clear price commitment’ from retailers if they are to remain in business, the NFU’s national livestock board chairman Alistair Mackintosh has warned.
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UK food inflation reaches highest level in over a year
9 September 2010
UK FOOD inflation has risen to its highest level in over a year, as the Russian wheat export ban sparks further fears of a return to the global food crisis of 2008.
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Voluntary CIPC checklist for potato stores introduced
September 10, 2010
?Climate change, sustainability and what they might mean in the context of potato storage were the focus of the SBCSR Storage Day. Teresa Rush reports.
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Weardale Show, Co Durham results
September 10, 2010
Results from the 2010 Weardale Show, Co Durham.
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Welsh lamb group to visit Italy
9 September 2010
EXECUTIVES from some of Italy’s leading meat importers and supermarkets will be learning this week how Welsh Lamb can boost their businesses.
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Welsh praised for carbon friendly livestock
6 September 2010
THE findings of a pioneering project involving 20 farms in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales show that beef and lamb production has some of the lowest carbon emissions in the UK.
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Welsh Sheepdog trial results – September 10
September 10, 2010
A ROUND-UP of results from sheepdog trials in Wales this week (September 10)
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Wensleydale Show, Yorkshire results
September 10, 2010
Rsults from the 2010 Wensleydale Show, Yorkshire.
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Wyn and Magi take victory at Longshaw
September 10, 2010
AT Longshaw, Wyn Edwards and Magi won the prestigious double gather championship, the conclusion to three days of competition.