Farmers Guardian
September 14th 2007

  • ‘Pulling parties’ to help cut ragwort weed threat

    September 14th 2007

    THE British Horse Society (BHS) is calling for volunteers to organise ‘ragwort pulling parties’ during its Ragwort Awareness Week to remove the deadly weed where it is growing on, and near to, grazing land.

  • ‘Quietly confident’ Oakley steps up training

    September 14th 2007

    As the six Pony Club mounted games teams train for the Prince Philip Cup, sponsored by Farmers Guardian, at Horse of the Year Show, FG will see how they are getting on. This week SARAH JONES talks to the Scottish-based Eglington Hunt and visits the Oakley Hunt (West) near Milton Keynes.

  • 7,800gns top price at Worcester

    September 14th 2007

    A shearling ram sold for 7,800gns to top the English National Texel sale at Worcester livestock market.

  • A successful tale of succession

    14 September 2007

    NIGEL Davies solicitors director Nigel Davies relates the course of a recent tenancy succession case which ended up with an unsuccessful appeal by the landlords in the High Court.

  • A successful tale of succession

    September 14th 2007

    Nigel Davis solicitors director Nigel Davis relates the course of a recent tenancy succession case which ended up with an unsuccessful appeal by the landlords in the High Court.

  • ALL-IN-ONE

    September 14th 2007

    The All-in-One is another machine that enjoyed a huge amount of interest at the last show in 2006. The result of combining a Kuhn cultivator with a Miedema planter and Hardi sprayer, these are coupled to a drive system developed by Fischer Landtechnik. The company claims to have sold 20 machines this season.

  • ALP cost rise and disputes claim over new wages order

    14 September 2007

    AGRICULTURAL workers who work longer hours are set to lose out and the cost of labour looks set to rise when the 2007 Agricultural Wages Order comes into force next month, according to the Association of Labour Providers (ALP).

  • Amac AXL4

    September 14th 2007

    First seen in prototype form three years ago, the Amac AXL4 four-row trailed harvester at the event remains the only version ever built. Largely based on joining two of the company’s two-row trailed Elite harvester, the result is two lifting elevators and further cleaning systems of 1.48m-wide over the whole length of the machine. With a power requirement of 160 to 200hp, and weighing in at 11 tonnes empty, although new Amac owner Agrimac Holding stresses that two-row machines are the ...

  • AMAC FF INTERROW CULTIVATOR

    September 14th 2007

    Amac is not only back in business but is looking to develop a whole range of products, including new harvesting techniques.

  • An hour in the September

    September 14th 2007

    September is unmistakably summer and unmistakably autumn all in the same month – a busy time for the gardener.

  • Analysts predict a feed import surge

    September 14th 2007

    FEED compounders across the EU are preparing to import maize from Brazil, sorghum from the USA and tapioca from Brazil, Thailand or Nigeria in a desperate effort to reduce livestock feed costs.

  • Animals at second Egham FMD farm may have had infection for three weeks

    16 September 2007

    ANIMALS at the second Surrey farm to be diagnosed with foot-and-mouth last week may have been infected for about three weeks before disease was discovered, vets believe.

  • AVR Puma

    September 14th 2007

    AVR’s Puma self-propelled four-row harvester replaces the former Solanum. Although billed as a lightweight machine, the harvester features an extra set of wheels and axle at the rear. Positioned between the standard rear axle, the concept is designed to spread the weight of the harvester (21 tonnes empty) over a greater area in the field. The central wheels are hydraulically raised for headland turning. Powered by a 430hp Iveco engine, and fitted with an 8-tonne bunker, 10 machines ...

  • Become a farming ambassador for the campaign

    September 14th 2007

    MORE than 900 farmers, food producers and other organisations have pledged their support for the Year of Food and Farming – and it is hoped even more will get involved.

  • Benefits from using cover crops 'tiny'

    11 September 2007

    PROPOSALS for cover crops ahead of spring sown crops outlined in the consultation on Nitrate Vulnerable Zone regulations are a cause for concern for sugar beet growers, according to a leading sugar beet research scientist.

  • Benn denies pressure put on chief vet to lift restrictions

    13 September 2007

    DEFRA Secretary Hilary Benn has denied suggestions that Chief Veterinary Officer Debby Reynolds was put under pressure by Ministers to declare the country free of foot-and-mouth.

  • Bid to redress dairy chain balance

    September 14th 2007

    FRIENDS of the Earth has asked the Competition Commission to acknowledge the supermarkets’ role in pushing down the price of dairy products – and then to take action to redress the balance of power in the dairy supply chain.

  • Bidding hits 2,500gns at Kerbanks dispersal

    September 14th 2007

    THE first pedigree dairy sale to take place at Borderway mart after the lifting of the foot-and-mouth restrictions was the complete dispersal of the Kerbanks herd of pedigree Jerseys owned by John and Jane Chester, Bolton Low Houses, Cumbria.

  • Biotech ban may limit US trade

    September 14th 2007

    THE United States is expecting record harvests but EU rules against biotech-derived crops may force Europe to turn to South American sources to make up the differences.

  • BPEX offering efficiency advice to farmers

    September 14th 2007

    THE British Pig Executive (BPEX) is issuing advice to farmers about how to save money by improving efficiency in response to the feed price crisis.

  • BPEX offering efficiency advice to farmers

    September 14th 2007

    THE British Pig Executive (BPEX) is issuing advice to farmers about how to save money by improving efficiency in response to the feed price crisis.

  • Branded cheeses see surge in consumer popularity

    September 14th 2007

    BIG name branded cheeses are the latest dairy product to enjoy a surge in consumer popularity, with increases of more than 15 per cent in the UK in just a year.

  • Brazilian threat to EU biofuel industry

    September 14th 2007

    BRAZIL has already undermined the European beef and poultry industries with low cost supplies, and has now confirmed it wants to become a major supplier of biofuel to Europe.

  • British Grassland Society conference

    September 14th 2007

    Red clover pest and disease challenges

  • British Lop pig of the year

    September 14th 2007

    THE British Lop pig of the year championship was decided at the traditional native breeds show and sale held at Melton Mowbray market.

  • Brown meets farmers hit by foot-and-mouth

    14 September 2007

    PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has met with a group of five livestock farmers at the NFU London office.

  • Building on experience for a sustainable future

    September 14th 2007

    A poultry unit for 24,000 free-range layers, an arable enterprise and 300 dairy cows managed on a grass based-system is not a usual combination. Angela Calvert discovers how these very different sectors are managed to complement each other.

  • Campaign’s royal launch

    12 September 2007

    THE Prince of Wales will launch the Year of Food and Farming today – a 12-month long campaign aiming to reconnect children with the countryside and food production.

  • Cash requested to help farmers during FMD crisis

    14 September 2007

    THE National Sheep Association (NSA) has called for monies from the Single Payment Scheme and Hill Farm Allowance to be paid earlier in order to ease farmers' cash flow problems during the foot-and-mouth crisis.

  • Children cut off from the countryside, says report

    September 14th 2007

    TODAY’S children are cut off from the countryside and do not care where their food comes from, according to research published this week. 

  • Chris King wins at Blenheim

    11 September 2007

    CHRIS King was the popular winner at Blenheim International Horse Trials yesterday with The Secret Weapon.

  • CLA question ‘coastal corrider’ proposals by Natural England

    September 14th 2007

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  • Clitheroe sheep

    September 14th 2007

    A good crowd attended the first open auction sale at Clitheroe Auction Mart for the show and sale of Suffolk and continental rams. The championship in the Suffolk section went to John Nutter, Hurst Green, with a shearling, which went on to sell for 410gns to Martin Taylor, Helmshore.

  • Clover’s climate change role

    September 14th 2007

    CLOVER could make a positive contribution to climate change, according to IGER plant breeder Michael Abberton, and some varieties even more than others.

  • Confidence rocked

    September 14th 2007

    FOOD recalls from both imports and foods produced in the US have rocked American consumer confidence in recent months.

  • Conservative’s blueprint to revitalise the countryside

    September 14th 2007

    FARMERS are unwanted, undervalued and misunderstood by the Government, according to the head of the Conservative Party’s policy group on farming, John Gummer.

  • Cost-sharing plans put back to autumn 08

    14 September 2007

    THE planned introduction of controversial news animal disease cost-sharing legislation has been pushed back to autumn 2008, in response to UK-wide industry concerns over the plan.

  • Cover crop could have negative effect

    September 14th 2007

    CONCERNS were also voiced during the open afternoon over Defra proposals, under the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) legislation, requiring cover crops to be grown ahead of spring-sown crops.

  • Crafting a cottage winner from poplar

    September 14th 2007

    THE ‘poplar challenge’ proved a popular attraction at the recent National Forest Wood Fair, held at Beacon Hill Country Park in Leicestershire.

  • Crunch time for beef sector

    10 September 2007

    IT reads like a final warning to major retailers as the National Beef Association’s worst fears since decoupling begin the strike home.

  • Crunch time for beef sector

    10 September 2007

    IT reads like a final warning to major retailers as the National Beef Association’s worst fears since decoupling begin the strike home.

  • Cucumber jam

    September 14th 2007

    Sent in by Mrs Rhiannon Evans of Drws-Nant, Llandrillo, Denbighshire.INGREDIENTS900g/2lb cucumber (diced and peeled)Juice of 2 lemons900g/2lb sugar1/8pt water(a little ginger may be added to taste if wished)METHOD1. Simmer the diced cucumbers in water and lemon juice until soft.2. Add sugar and stir until dissolved.3. Boil rapidly and test for setting.4. Put into warm jars.

  • Dairy Event cancelled

    14 September 2007

    THE Dairy Event, due to take place at Stoneleigh next Wednesday and Thursday (September 19 and 20) has been cancelled due to foot-and-mouth.

  • Dairy Event cancelled

    14 September 2007

    THE Dairy Event, due to take place at Stoneleigh next Wednesday and Thursday (September 19 and 20) has been cancelled due to the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

  • Dairy farmers need 22ppl yearly average, says study

    September 14th 2007

    DAIRY farmers will find it hard to survive if the average price of milk stays below 22 pence per litre this year, according to a new study of the dairy sector.

  • Dairy industry activates biosecurity measures

    12 September 2007

    THE dairy industry has activated a full range of precautionary biosecurity measures nationally in view of the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak, Dairy UK said today (Wednesday).

  • Dairy industry needs 3.7ppl price increase

    11 September 2007

    THE dairy industry needs a sustained milk price increase of at least 3.7 pence per litre to secure its future, according to the latest farm analysis from Promar Farm Business Accounts (FBA).

  • Dairy industry needs 3.7ppl price increase

    11 September 2007

    THE dairy industry needs a sustained milk price increase of at least 3.7 pence per litre to secure its future, according to the latest farm analysis from Promar Farm Business Accounts (FBA).

  • Damning reports into Pirbright lapses pave way for legal claims

    14 September 2007

    ALTHOUGH the focus is now on the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth, the publication of damning reports into the origin of last month’s incident appears to have paved the way for legal claims for compensation against the parties responsible.

  • Defra believe Egham virus is same strain as previous outbreaks

    13 September 2007

    DEFRA has confirmed that initial sequencing of the virus that has caused foot-and-mouth on a farm near Egham, in Surrey indicate is the same strain that caused the August outbreak.

  • Defra confirms second cull

    12 September 2007

    DEFRA has confirmed that animals on a neighbouring farm are also being slaughtered as a precautionary measure, following the confirmation of a new foot-and-mouth case on land near Milton Park Farm, Egham in Surrey, earlier today (Wednesday).

  • Derbyshire Texel competition

    September 14th 2007

    THE champion home-bred ram in the Derbyshire Texel Club flock competition would not have appeared before judge David Williams, Criccin, had the Scottish Premier sale at Lanark not been postponed.

  • Dewulf Mega R3060

    September 14th 2007

    With an annual turnover of around £9.1million, and currently producing some 125 harvesters a year, Belgian firm Dewulf brought two of the four versions of its Mega R3060 self-propelled two-row machine to Potato Europe – the RQA3060 and RA3060. Ahead of the rear wheels they are largely the same, as both make use of the same lifting mechanism, new 300hp Deutz engines, Claas cab, and new 7 tonne capacity hopper. At the rear the RA3060 is fitted with a haulm roller, axial rollers and two ...

  • Diet feeders

    11 September 2007

    AUTOMATED feeding systems could at some point replace the mixer wagon on many dairy farms. STEVEN VALE discovers there are already plenty of robotic options.

  • DM benefit of bi-crop lupins

    September 14th 2007

    THERE is still a lot to learn about optimising yields of spring lupins grown for forage in the UK, but two recent PhD student projects at the Royal Agricultural College aim to help.

  • Don’t cut weed control corners

    September 14th 2007

    BETTER returns may be available from other crops in the rotation but growers should not cut corners in terms of weed control in their sugar beet crops to keep costs down.

  • Don’t get wrapped up in technology – just keep it simple

    September 14th 2007

    SIMPLICITY is the key to West Bodden Farm. Run by John Davis and his brother, William, the farm near Doulting, Somerset has been short listed as a finalist for the South West Dairy Farmer of the Year competition.

  • Don't let the taxman take the 'cream'

    11 September 2007

    SIGNIFICANT increases in milk prices will result in a dramatic increase in taxable profits for many farmers even after increased feed and other costs, says an accountant.

  • Double gather victory for Joseph and Eve

    September 14th 2007

    Joseph Relph and Eve took the prestigious double gather championship at Longshaw, on the edge of the Derbyshire Peak District to the west of Sheffield.

  • Efficiency advice offer to farmers from BPEX

    September 14th 2007

    THE British Pig Executive (BPEX) is issuing advice to farmers about how to save money by improving efficiency in response to the feed price crisis.

  • Eggy eyes are on a 14th win

    September 14th 2007

    They were disappointed not to win the Prince Philip Cup last year, but as HOYS 2007 fast approaches, the most successful Prince Philip Cup team of all time have put all that firmly behind them.

  • English Results

    September 14th 2007

    LONGSHAW, Longshaw Pastures, Sheffield, Thursday Qualifying Open (61 ran): 1, S. Duckworth (Haslingden) Highcliff Tom, 83 of 100; 2, S. Beaton (Nun Appleton) Pershore Glen, 82; 3, Thomas Longton (Quernmore) Cap, 80; 4, W. Allen (Sheen) Astra Jasper, 75, OLF; 5, F. Cleary (Tockholes) Dan, 75; 6, I. Murdoch (Sheriff Hutton) Bill, 74.

  • Extra pictures from Llandyfaelog Show

    September 14th 2007

  • Fears of disease spread sparked by Egham Show link

    14 September 2007

    IN WHAT could be the nightmare scenario for the farming industry there are fears that the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak may have originated at a show attended by hundreds of farmers.

  • Finishing beef – bite the bull

    September 14th 2007

    BEING prepared to still feed an energy dense ration to finishing cattle – albeit using cereal alternatives – could be ‘less painful’ than extending the finishing period advises the English Beef and Lamb Executive (Eblex).

  • FMD costing £10m a day

    16 September 2007

    FOOT-AND-MOUTH controls has prevented nearly £10 million worth of transactions taking place within the UK livestock sector each day since Wednesday, according to estimates.

  • FMD restrictions eased - but no end in sight yet

    15 September 2007

    THE foot-and-mouth restrictions have been further eased with direct to slaughter movements allowed for all English farmers from midnight tonight (September 15).

  • Foot-and-mouth 'confirmed' at Surrey farm

    12 September 2007

    FOOT-AND-MOUTH has been 'confirmed' at a farm in Surrey according to sources.

  • French president reassures over CAP health check

    September 14th 2007

    FRENCH president Nicolas Sarkozy has reassured farmers he will not allow them to lose out in the health check of the CAP next year.

  • Gatrog is the best of the best

    September 14th 2007

    THE cancellation of livestock classes throughout the whole of August pointed to a slimmed down line-up for this year’s end of season ‘champion of champions’ parades at Llandyfaelog – but that was not the case.

  • Gl 34 cultivating options

    September 14th 2007

    Potato growers without stone and clod problems might like to know that it is now possible to combine the tasks of power harrowing and planting on the conventional GL 34 four-row planter.

  • Grassland rejuvenation

    September 14th 2007

    As feed prices rise, the importance of fully exploiting the value of home-grown feeds increases. A key route for many livestock farmers is to improve output from grass. Andy Collings reports.

  • GRIMME TERRA-FLOAT

    September 14th 2007

    Although Grimme has developed a simpler operating control version of its Tectron 415 harvester, it is the new four-row lifting unit that is worthy of attention.

  • Grimme Varitron

    September 14th 2007

    Grimme will use this year’s Agritechnica to reveal a brand new two-row self-propelled machine. Called the Varitron 270 and based largely on the GT series, it supersedes the SF DLS and SF GBS harvesters.

  • Haddo Neptune takes Texel sale to 14,000gns peak

    September 14th 2007

    PRICES peaked at 14,000gns for a Cowal Maverick-sired ram lamb at the Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club show and sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Hard ground causing problems for potato growers

    11 September 2007

    HARD, crusted soils are impeding harvesting progress for many potato growers, according to the British Potato Council.

  • Hard ground damaging harvesters

    September 14th 2007

    HARD, crusted soils are impeding harvesting progress for many potato growers, according to the British Potato Council.

  • Heading for HOYS

    September 14th 2007

    As one of the most prestigious shows in the calendar approaches, FG profiles some of the lucky competitors who will be heading for the Horse of the Year Show 2007. This week, LIZ FALKINGHAM talks to 11-year-old Jessica Walton who has qualified home-produced showjumper Pringle for the first time

  • Hunting suspended

    14 September 2007

    HUNTS are advised that no activity with hounds should take place on farmland until further notice and hunting a trail or drag is prevented by law under the regulations.

  • Industry reaction ‘supportive’

    September 14th 2007

    INDUSTRY reaction to the report has been supportive with the farming unions seeing it as an important step towards securing a sustainable future for Welsh agriculture.

  • Keeping cool as events are turned on their head

    September 14th 2007

    THE ink had hardly dried on my last article, where I mentioned foot-and-mouth was fading into our memories, by the Friday night of the day it was published when the announcement that foot-and-mouth was back came as a complete shock to most of us.

  • Keeping track of dairy investment

    11 September 2007

    GIVEN improving returns from dairying, an agricultural consultancy and HSBC have teamed up to monitor just how much larger dairy farms are now reinvesting in their businesses.

  • Lely systems

    10 September 2007

    LELY makes no secret of its plan to develop a full range of robotic systems for the dairy sector.

  • Lifting the lid on what happened at Pirbright site

    13 September 2007

    As foot-and-mouth returns, two hard-hitting reports have lifted the lid on the series of astonishing biosecurity lapses that lay behind last month’s outbreak.

  • Livery yard embraces new technology

    14 September 2007

    On their farm in New Cross, just outside Aberystwyth, Siarl Owen and his wife Mair have set up a DIY livery yard with a difference.

  • Llandyfaelog Show

    September 14th 2007

    Exhibitors rally round to make classes competitive

  • Llandyfaelog Show results

    September 14th 2007

    DAIRY - Holstein (Judge, M. Gould, Shropshire) Sup., E. and C. Thomas, Gatrog ASL Bengal; res., M. Williams, Lyganylan Zenith Kandy.

  • Lord Coe opens Hartpury International Arena

    14 September 2007

    CHAIRMAN of the London Organising Committee and double Olympic gold medallist Lord Sebastian Coe recently visited Hartpury College to officially open the new International Indoor Hartpury Equine Arena.

  • Maize monitor – countdown to harvest 2007

    September 14th 2007

    Late harvest predictions – don’t go in too early unless disease threatens crop

  • More legal safeguards for protected species

    September 14th 2007

    AMENDMENTS to the Habitats Directive, which came into effect in England and Wales on August 21, could affect all farmers, foresters and landowners.

  • Movement ban in place

    12 September 2007

    A NATIONAL animal movement ban is once again in place after Defra confirmed the presence of foot-and-mouth at a farm in Surrey.

  • Mullerup mix feeder

    10 September 2007

    The Mullerup Mix Feeder rates as one of the earliest machines to make it to the commercial stage, and it is suggested that somewhere between 200 to 300 units are currently in use.

  • National Carriage Driving Championships cancelled

    12 September 2007

    THE National Carriage Driving Championships, due to be held in Windsor Great Park this weekend (16 -18 September) have been cancelled as a result of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

  • Net farm income

    September 14th 2007

    HIGHER grain and livestock prices will push US net farm income to a record $87.1 billion, up $28.1 billion from 2006 and $29.7 billion above the 10-year average of $57.4 billion.

  • New chief executive for ILPH

    12 September 2007

    THE International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) is to appoint Roly Owers as chief executive at the start of 2008.

  • New figures reveal presence of pesticide residue on food remains at very low level

    September 14th 2007

    THE percentage of food samples in which pesticide residues were detected rose slightly in 2006, compared with 2005, figures from the Pesticide Residues Committee (PRC) published this week reveal – but the number of samples of home grown produce found to contain residues remains at very low levels.

  • New Zealand has as much to fear as the UK from low prices

    10 September 2007

    NEW ZEALAND may be the hot favourites to win the Rugby World Cup but NFU livestock chairman Thomas Binns says Britain’s sheep farmers have less to fear from them in the lamb market. 

  • New Zealand has as much to fear as the UK from low prices

    10 September 2007

    NEW ZEALAND may be the hot favourites to win the Rugby World Cup but NFU livestock chairman Thomas Binns says Britain’s sheep farmers have less to fear from them in the lamb market. 

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    September 14th 2007

    Uptake in shearing

  • NFU president praises Tesco

    22 August 2007

    TESCO have behaved responsibly towards farmers during the foot-and-mouth crisis according the NFU president Peter Kendall.

  • NFU step up crop protection campaign

    September 14th 2007

    THE NFU is stepping up its campaign against EU plans to impose what it describes as disproportionate and bureaucratic controls on how farmers use crop protection products.

  • Nine wins in a row for ewe

    September 14th 2007

    BALLYCASTLE exhibitors Sean and Fiona McAllister took the championship at the Northern Ireland show of Kerry Hills at Gosford Forest Park, Co Amagh.The three-year old ewe was bred by G. and G. Pugh, Powys, Wales, and bought two-years ago by the McAllisters. She has taken the championship title at all the nine shows she has been shown at. The reserve champion was an aged stock ram from James McClintock, Kells, Ballymena.

  • No ban on Northern Ireland exports

    13 September 2007

    EXPORTS from Northern Ireland will not be affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey.

  • No producer price increase

    September 14th 2007

    DESPITE growing pressure from farming organisations, two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets are refusing to increase prices of pork and poultry products and ease the strain on farmers across the country.

  • Non-short Dexter breaks record by 1,000gns to sell for 2,300gns

    September 14th 2007

    A prolonged bidding war between two determined breeders saw the record for a non-short Dexter bull reach 2,300gns – almost 1,000gns more than the previous record – at the traditional native breeds national show and sale, at Melton Mowbray Market.

  • Northern Ireland pig farmers in protest at Asda price cuts

    14 September 2007

    PIG farmers in Northern Ireland are to mount a public protest against Asda’s decision to cut pork prices despite the feed price crisis facing pig farmers.

  • Now damage limitation begins

    13 September 2007

    THE damage limitation exercise began immediately – alongside the HSE and Spratt reports, Defra published the Government's response, which accepts the recommendations ‘in full'.

  • Obituary: Kerr Kirkwood

    September 14th 2007

    FORMER senior partner and dairy specialist with Reading auctioneers Thimbleby and Shorland, Kerr Kirkwood, has died aged 80.

  • Organic feed seminars

    September 14th 2007

    TO help organic livestock farmers cope with the incoming feed regulations, a series of seminars have been organised for October by the Scottish Agricultural College and the Scottish Organic Producer Association.

  • 'Outbreak could not have come at a worse time' - Kendall

    13 September 2007

    THE livestock industry is facing up to the consequences of not being able to move animals at the most crucial time of the year.

  • Pellon TMR Feeder

    10 September 2007

    FINNISH-company Pellon used the recent Danish Agromek show to reveal its very first automatic feeding system.

  • Performance recording helps bring out the best in Lumbylaw Texel flock

    10 September 2007

    A COMMITMENT to performance recording during almost three decades of pedigree sheep breeding has paid off for Richard Oates.

  • Phocle Bonanza takes inter-breed at Kington Show

    September 14th 2007

    A Hereford bull carried off the inter-breed cattle championship at Kington Show while in the sheep lines, a Charollais ewe took the top ticket.

  • Pigs near to Surrey outbreak to be slaughtered

    15 September 2007

    PIGS on a farm in close proximity to the two infected premises in Surrey are to be slaughtered as a precautionary measure say Defra.The decision follows inconclusive veterinary inspection of clinical signs.Defra has said there is no timetable for when laboratory results will be received.

  • Plant species mix offers best cover and wild bird food

    September 14th 2007

    In the second instalment of her feature on combining agronomy best practice and biodiversity on a Yorkshire farm, JOANNA BAKER reports on cropping for wildlife.

  • PLOEGER AR-4B FOUR-ROW HARVESTER

    September 14th 2007

    Self-propelled four-row potato harvesters might take outputs to new high levels but not all operators are looking for fully automatic control. Many argue that they would like the possibility to have more control of the harvesting process.

  • Positive Welsh farming future needs urgent steps – report

    September 14th 2007

    A POSITIVE future for Welsh farming is predicted in a major ‘visionary’ report published this week – but only if urgent steps are taken to stem today’s haemorrhaging of people and resources.

  • Potato Europe

    September 14th 2007

    NEW self-propelled potato harvesters took pride of place at last weeks Potato Europe. Held in Belgium, and attended by several thousand visitors, STEVEN VALE discovers that there is also a trend to machines that combine a number of tasks

  • Producer numbers down 6pc

    September 14th 2007

    THE number of milk producers in England and Wales is six per cent lower than a year ago.The Milk Development Council said the August figure of 12,739 was 69 less than the previous month and 816 (6 per cent) down on August 2006.On a regional basis, the North West remains as the region with most producers, followed by Wales and the North. The East, not surprisingly, has the least number of producers at 194.

  • Rain helps crops kill off aphids

    11 September 2007

    VIRUS yellows infection in sugar beet has not reached the levels forecast at the beginning of the season in spite of high early aphid pressure and dry weather conditions hindering the activity of insecticidal seed treatments.

  • Read what organisations and those in the industry have to say

    20 September 2007

    THE foot-and-mouth outbreak in Surrey and the re-introduction of movement restrictions just five days after they were lifted has left the UK farming industry reeling.

  • Record Cheshire land price

    September 14th 2007

    ALMOST £21,000 per acre was achieved for 7.24 acres of land sold as part of Little Moss Farm, Great Warford, Alderley Edge.

  • Record prize money on offer for 2007/08 season at Cheltenham

    11 September 2007

    PRIZE money at Cheltenham Racecourse, known as the home of jump racing, will be a new record of £5.9 million for 2007/08 – last season’s equivalent figure was just under £5.5 million.

  • Remember to book in OCDS animals cattle

    11 September 2007

    A FURTHER warning has been issued over the need to plan OCDS disposals to avoid losing the compensation and that animals to go in the current year, must be booked by the end of this month.

  • Remember to book in OCDS animals cattle

    11 September 2007

    A FURTHER warning has been issued over the need to plan OCDS disposals to avoid losing the compensation and that animals to go in the current year, must be booked by the end of this month.

  • Remember to book in OCDS animals cattle

    11 September 2007

    A FURTHER warning has been issued over the need to plan OCDS disposals to avoid losing the compensation and that animals to go in the current year, must be booked by the end of this month.

  • Reports conclude biosecurity breaches to blame for recent FMD outbreak

    10 September 2007

    A SERIES of biosecurity breaches at the Pirbright complex allowed the foot-and-mouth virus to escape to nearby farms, two hard-hitting reports into the origin of the outbreak have concluded.

  • Retailers urged to ‘play fair’ on price

    13 September 2007

    AN ‘absolute catastrophe’ at a time when the beef industry was already struggling with inadequate returns and facing hefty feeding costs was how National Beef Association chief executive Kim Haywood described yesterday’s news.

  • Revocation notice on paraquat herbicides

    13 September 2007

    THE Pesticides Safety Directorate has issued a revocation notice on paraquat herbicides stopping further supplies of product from manufacturers.

  • Rob Weaver and Jo Hefford

    September 14th 2007

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  • Rocky withdrawn over sterility problems

    September 14th 2007

    PROMISING Group 3 winter wheat variety Rocky has been withdrawn from Recommended List trials by its breeders because of sterility problems.

  • Royal appointment to Devon County show

    September 14th 2007

    THE Duchess of Cornwall has been elected president of the Devon County Agricultural Association for 2008 and will preside over next year’s Devon County Show. HRH Prince Charles is the association’s patron.

  • Sainsbury’s and Tesco announce higher milk prices for the autumn

    September 14th 2007

    NEW and higher milk prices have been announced by Tesco and Sainsbury’s.

  • Scotland announces some relaxations to movement ban

    12 September 2007

    THE Scottish Government has announced some relaxations to the movement ban that was introduced in the Scottish mainland at 3pm today (Wednesday).

  • Scottish Results

    September 14th 2007

    Rogart (Judge: T McPhee, Wick) Open – 54 ran – 1, M Shearer’s Cap, Westfield, 96; 2, W Cormack’s Jen, Dunnet, 95; 3, H MacLean’s Meg, Culloden, 92; 4, S Renwick’s Queen, Inverbroom, 91; 5, D MacIntyre’s Twig, Skye, 86; 6, E Mackinnon’s Nan, Lochcarron, 89; Local - 1, D Murray’s Kylie, Rogart, 69; 2, D Ross’ Gemma, Achaillach, 60; 3, D Ross’ Nell, Achaillach, 55; 4, J Ross’ Don, Achaillach, 49.

  • Selected farms chosen to lead new Scottish Arable Monitor Farm project

    11 September 2007

    HGCA has announced details of the arable farmers chosen to lead the new Scottish Arable Monitor Farm project.

  • Shearling ram to 240gns at Gatcombe production sale

    September 14th 2007

    ONE of the first sales to be conducted following the lifting of some of the movement regulations after foot-and-mouth was held at Gatcombe Park Estate, Gloucestershire, with a production sale of 100 Wiltshire Horn sheep from the organic flock run at Gatcombe Park.

  • Sheepdog Trials Diary

    September 14th 2007

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  • Soil solutions for all championed by new web resource

    September 14th 2007

    A NEW web-based resource – the Soils Information Gateway – is aiming to provide ‘soil solutions’ by championing the achievements of more than 15 pioneering farmers.

  • South Wales Shire show

    September 14th 2007

    THE South Wales Shire Horse Society enjoyed a successful 25th show at Bailey Park, Abergavenny. The event, solely for shires, is the penultimate Shire Horse of the Year qualifier.

  • Stamp of traceability for eggs

    September 14th 2007

    A SHROPSHIRE egg business claims it is one of the first major UK packers to stamp 100 per cent of its eggs. All of J. A. and O. Griffiths and Sons ‘Oaklands Farm’ eggs will be stamped with traceability coding, identifying the farm of origin.  

  • Strong 12 months for Red Tractor logo

    14 September 2007

    THE Red Tractor logo is now carried on product with an annual retail sales value of £6.4 billion – a rise of over £1 billion in the past 12 months.

  • Surrey foot-and-mouth reaction

    13 September 2007

    SURREY’S farmers thought that the foot-and-mouth nightmare had come to an end last Saturday when Defra announced the all clear and lifted the final virus restrictions.

  • Surrey's second case of foot-and-mouth disease confirmed

    14 September 2007

    DEFFRA has confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey.

  • Suspected FMD case in Norfolk (updated)

    13 September 2007

    A TEMPORARY control zone has been put in place around a farm in Norfolk, due to a suspected case of foot-and-mouth.

  • Suspension of waterlogged soils cross compliance rules ends

    11 September 2007

    THE suspension of the waterlogged soils requirement under Cross Compliance (GAEC 3) has ended.

  • Taught by a Prince

    14 September 2007

    HRH The Prince of Wales demonstrates sheep handling to pupils from Avening Primary School to mark the Wednesday launch of the Year of Food and Farming, of which he will act as patron for the first 12 months.

  • Thainstone trade topper goes at £6,000

    September 14th 2007

    BIDDING peaked at £6,000 at the Aberdeen and Northern Marts Spectacular sale at Thainstone. The sale leader was the reserve champion heifer, a 454kg September 2006-born Limousin cross by Linarn Unique and out of a Belgian Blue cross cow. Bred and exhibited by Andrew Anderson, Smallburn Farms, Elgin, it was bought by Harry Emslie junior, Kinknockie, Mintlaw.

  • Thanks over bridleway

    September 14th 2007

    FARMERS and landowners have been given a big thank you for their help in the on-going development of a 52-mile section of bridleway through the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

  • The costs of being a student – juggling your finances to stay out of the red

    September 14th 2007

    Top-up fees, lodging, living, happy hours in the local – the cost of being a student is ever-burgeoning and far from cheap. Being aware of the common pitfalls of debt, learning how to dodge them and knowing where your money is going can help prevent you from spiralling into the red. Farmers Guardian reports.

  • The importance of feeding fibre

    13 September 2007

    IN their natural state, horses are gregarious herd animals that eat little and often whilst roaming.

  • The rush is nearly over

    11 September 2007

    THE last ten days or so of August have seen so many cancellations that it is little wonder that those trials that have been able to take place have been filled, and it is greatly to the credit of those in charge that no dogs have been refused entry and every competitor on the books has been able to go to the post.

  • Tillage still on

    12 September 2007

    THE Agricultural Engineers Association has confirmed that the Tillage Event at Landmead Farm in Oxfordshire is still taking place on Thursday September 13.

  • Tillage still on

    12 September 2007

    THE Agricultural Engineers Association has confirmed that the Tillage Event at Landmead Farm in Oxfordshire is still taking place on Thursday September 13.

  • TKS Mechaniske to push underhaug development

    September 14th 2007

    Currently celebrating 100 years in the business, the future of the Norwegian-made Underhaug potato equipment business seems more secure now that the factory has been acquired by TKS Mechaniske.

  • Top tips on how to manage your money better as a student

    September 14th 2007

    Farmers Guardian talked to Beccy Boden Wilks, student adviser at the Money Advice Trust, who offers her top tips on how to manage your money better as a student.

  • Tory Quality of Life report to curb supermarkets and promote local food outlets

    10 September 2007

    JOHN Gummer’s Quality of Life report will call for greater controls on supermarkets and moves to promote the availability of local food outlets.

  • Tracking investment in dairying as returns improve

    September 14th 2007

    GIVEN improving returns from dairying, an agricultural consultancy and HSBC have teamed up to monitor just how much larger dairy farms will be reinvesting in their businesses.

  • Trioliet triomatic

    10 September 2007

    THE Triomatic fully-automatic system is not only capable of cutting silage blocks and straw bales, but also mixing and feeding the ingredients.

  • UNDERHAUG UN3700 PLANTER

    September 14th 2007

    All four, six and eight-row mounted Underhaug potato planters have been superseded by new versions. Known as the UN3700 series, and added to the updated two-row machine launched two years ago, the new versions boast similar features.

  • Up to 50pc yield boost from appropriate fungicide treatment

    September 14th 2007

    CEREAL disease pressure was ‘massive’ during the last crop year, but wherever crops were looked after with an effective fungicide programme, green leaf area was maintained.

  • Urban

    10 September 2007

    The German-made Urban feeding system was originally developed in Denmark by Cormall.

  • Variable results this harvest, but wheat yields are down 7pc

    September 14th 2007

    WINTER wheat variety results have varied fairly significantly from site to site this year, with weather conditions during flowering having now possibly led to one candidate variety being withdrawn, said Recommended List manager, Jim McVittie, this week.

  • Virus yellows not at the forecast levels

    September 14th 2007

    VIRUS yellows infection in sugar beet has not reached the levels forecast at the beginning of the season in spite of high early aphid pressure and dry weather conditions hampering the activity of insecticidal seed treatments.

  • Warm nights favour cercospora

    September 14th 2007

    LATE powdery mildew infections may develop in sugar beet crops if weather conditions remain settled.

  • Wasserbauer butler

    10 September 2007

    THE Butler robot cannot really be compared with all the other machines featured on this page as its main function is to automatically ensure that all feedstuffs are pushed to the sides of the feed barrier.

  • Waterlogging extension

    September 14th 2007

    DEFRA has announced that the suspension of the waterlogged soils requirement under Cross Compliance GAEC 3 is to be extended. Where waterlogging remains, farmers may apply for an individual exemption to last until September 30.

  • Welsh livestock free to move to slaughter from Friday

    13 September 2007

    FARMERS in Wales will be allowed to move livestock direct to slaughter from Friday, Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones said.

  • Welsh National Sheepdog Trials

    6 September 2007

    Three winners, but Glyn is crowned Welsh team captain

  • Welsh Results

    September 14th 2007

    WELSH NATIONAL. 1, G.L. Jones (Llanaramon D.C.) Ben, 210 points; 2, E.W. Edwards (Ruthin) Clwyd Jac, 204; 3, D.K. Evans (Libanus) Mirk, 200; 4, G.R. Powell (Gladestry) Gwen, 208; 5, R.E. Lewis (Moelfre) Craig, 200; 6, P.R. Tomkins (Llandrindod Wells) Fynydd Bonnie, 200; 7, P. Williams (Mold) Sweep, 200; 8, A. Owen (Corwen) Roy, 198; 9, M. Jones (Maesybont) Joe, 198; 10, G.B. Jones (Llanarmon D.C.) Eira, 197; 11, R.M. Millichap (Port Talbot) Taddymoor Cap, 196; 12, G.Ll. ...

  • What does the FMD outbreak mean to you?

    13 September 2007

    PROTECTION and Surveillance Zones: The infected farm near Egham, in Surrey, comprises a number of separate parcels of land.

  • Wheat growers encouraged to conduct mycotoxin risk assessment if in any doubt

    September 14th 2007

    GROWERS who think their wheat may have an increased risk from mycotoxins should undertake a risk assessment before grain for human consumption is moved off the farm this autumn, NFU chief arable advisor Guy Gagen said this week.

  • Wheat price link to upland beef

    September 14th 2007

    A BIT of lateral thinking by a Macaulay Institute professor suggests record high wheat prices could drive a resurgence in upland cattle production.

  • Wheat: Words of warning to British Sugar

    September 14th 2007

    A combination of the latest research news and practical advice for sugar beet growers was on the agenda at the British Beet Research Organisation Broom’s Barn open afternoon in Suffolk. TERESA RUSH reports.

  • WK SINGLE-ROW HARVESTERS

    September 14th 2007

    WK Kartoffeltechnik might be an unfamiliar name in the UK, but it is in fact the company that formerly traded as Wuhlmaus.

  • Year of Food and Farming launch

    10 September 2007

    WEDNESDAY (September 12) sees the launch of the Year of Food and Farming.

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