Farmers Guardian
September 23rd 2005

  • Bayer puts podcast on hi-tech menu

    September 23rd 2005

    Advice, ideas and the latest news and views will be available in a radically different way this autumn, as Bayer CropScience launches a new, free service on its website – the ‘podcast’.

  • Cheshire Ploughing

    September 23rd 2005

    A great show for all

  • Claas Xerion 3300:

    September 23rd 2005

    A new engine, new transmission, and new cab suspension system are just a few features of the new Claas Xerion. Called the 3300 (330hp), Steven Vale spoke to contractors in Germany and the UK to find out whether the changes made to this latest version could help to improve the popularity of this versatile tractor.

  • Collaboration allows both research and application

    September 23rd 2005

    Cow comfort was the key to profitable performance. That was the theme of Kingshay Farming Trust’s open day at Bridge Farm near Glastonbury, Somerset.

  • Co-op launches national branding

    September 23rd 2005

    Dairy Farmers of Britain the co-op is now, also, Dairy Farmers of Britain the brand.

  • Delivering a future for the Uplands event

    September 23rd 2005

    The NFU’s strategy for the future of upland areas was outlined to regional stakeholders at a conference organised by the union’s North East region and staged at Barnard Castle.

  • Difficult transition period following OTMS

    September 23rd 2005

    The return of Over-Thirty-Months cattle to the food chain has been widely welcomed, but the beef industry has been warned it could face a difficult time ahead unless it is properly prepared.

  • Guidelines for ragwort disposal and prevention

    September 23rd 2005

    New guidelines for controlling ragwort offer help and advice on how to dispose of the weed correctly and stop its re-growth.

  • High growth rates make some weeds a control priority

    September 23rd 2005

    While the Government has set arable agriculture the task of balancing weed control with wider biodiversity benefits there are certain species that will continue to require a prophylactic approach to control.

  • Holstein Young Breeders Calf Shows

    September 23rd 2005

    Ten years of showing pays off with Western Holstein title

  • Lord Bach criticises negative attitude towards dairy industry

    September 23rd 2005

    The British dairy industry is ideally placed to be a world-leader, claimed Lord Bach in his keynote speech at the Dairy Event on Wednesday, which was met with some scepticism by farmers.

  • Making the most of ELS - Marginal decisions

    September 23rd 2005

    Experienced Rural Development Service (RDS) adviser, Geoff Howe and Norfolk-based, Masstock Arable Group agronomist, William Ridgwell of Dalgety put the spotlight on Buffer Strips (EE1, EE2 and EE3) and Field Corner Management (EF1) in the third of our monthly ELS management guides.

  • Nearly finished but not quite

    September 23rd 2005

    Team leader Max Boote works for the Ohreland Agro contracting business, which in turn belongs to the Ohreland KG Landwerkshaft farming enterprise. Located about 20km north of Magdeburg, in east Germany, from July to November each year Mr Boote spends an average of 400 hours a month on his Xerion. In fact, he has clocked up well in excess of 10,000 hours on three different models since 1998.

  • Neil and Spot thrilled to win Supreme Championship

    September 23rd 2005

    International Sheepdog Trials

  • Pesticides' controls are inadequate

    September 23rd 2005

    The current controls designed to protect the public from crop spraying are inadequate, a long-awaited Government-commissioned report has concluded.

  • Possible strike action over ending of pension scheme

    September 23rd 2005

    The war of words over support for strike action at Grampian Foods has continued this week.

  • Quality of school fruit is assured as pesticide claims are refuted

    September 23rd 2005

    Claims by the Soil Association that fruit and vegetables supplied to schoolchildren contain more pesticides than those on general sale are being strongly refuted.

  • Questions that need answers

    September 23rd 2005

    So, why are beef prices so low? Why did the market plummet throughout the summer and why are prices now so far down on last year’s levels? Most importantly, where are they going from here?

  • RABDF highlights way forward for a united UK dairy industry

    September 23rd 2005

    The UK does not have a sustainable dairy farming sector and will not have one unless it gets a truly national dairy body representing all sides, plus a clear national strategy to point the way forward.

  • Reluctant drop in milk prices announced

    September 23rd 2005

    A drop in milk price of 0.2ppl has been confirmed by First Milk this week which will come into effect from October 1, 2005.

  • TAGLIATELLE WITH BACON AND MUSHROOMS

    September 23rd 2005

    This recipe is from Jeanette Sunderland of High Greenwood House, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. “It’s an easy dish that can be quickly rustled up,” she says.

  • TB control and eradication strategy launched by CLA

    September 23rd 2005

    Government proposals for pre-movement testing of cattle for bovine TB should be abandoned and EU testing intervals properly implemented, the Country Land and Business Association has claimed.

  • Unjust cuts a route to ruin

    September 23rd 2005

    The beef industry is facing its ‘worst crisis since BSE’, following yet more price cuts, it was claimed this week.

  • Voluntary pollution control measures in sensitive areas

    September 23rd 2005

    Farmers will find out by the end of the year whether they are in one of the Environment Agency’s targeted areas for reducing diffuse pollution.

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