Farmers Guardian
September 29th 2006

  • ‘Next year will be another challenging year’ says Miliband

    September 29th 2006

    DAVID Miliband has admitted the Government is facing a major dilemma over whether to push ahead with part payments again in 2006.

  • ‘No magic formula’ – attention to detail the most important consideration

    September 29th 2006

    THERE is no ‘magic formula’ behind Derek Smith’s success as a calf rearer and no reason why other farmers cannot replicate it, according to vet Bill May.

  • ‘Shake out’ of dairy industry required

    September 29th 2006

    A MAJOR ‘shake out’ of the dairy industry was required if it was to get back on the path to profitability, a Defra Minister told dairy farmers.

  • £6m SPS modulation refund

    September 29th 2006

    THE RPA has begun paying back more than £6 million in modulation refunds to claimants in England this week.

  • 1.7pc of fruit and veg above permitted residues levels, But imported products contain 3.2pc

    September 29th 2006

    ALTHOUGH the majority of food – including milk, eggs and chicken – does not contain any pesticide residues, a small percentage of fruit and vegetables have been found to include residues above the permitted maximum levels.

  • 15,000gns Lleyn breed record set at Carlisle sale

    September 29th 2006

    A NEW breed record of 15,000gns was paid at the Lleyn Sheep Society’s show and sale at Carlisle – a day that drew the breed’s biggest ever UK sale entry of almost 7,500 sheep.

  • 280gns Roussin peak

    September 29th 2006

    A LEAD price of 280gns was realised at the Roussin Sheep Society show and sale at Carlisle. A two-shear ram, a French-bred import, from Thomas Edgar, Kilkeel, County Down, sold to G.C. Gourlay, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire.Averages: 3 shearling rams, £112; 13 lamb rams, £124.40; 1 aged ram, £294; 2 ewe lambs, £210. Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.

  • 4,000gns leads Solway and Tyne Texels

    September 29th 2006

    A TOP price of 4,000gns was realised at the Solway and Tyne Breeders’ Club show and sale at Carlisle. Glenside Malibu, a lamb ram from John Forsyth, Maybole, Ayrshire, was sired by Castlecairn Keltic Star, was bought by Austin Shaw, County Antrim.

  • 70 dairy cattle slaughtered after Scottish outbreak

    September 29th 2006

    MORE than 70 animals will be slaughtered following a significant outbreak of bovine TB in a dairy herd in Gretna.

  • ALL4HORSES at Horse of the Year Show

    2 October 2006

    The new online equestrian channel, ALL4HORSES.TV, is launching with an extensive sponsorship package at Horse of the Year Show this week (October 4-8).

  • An identical approach to each calf

    September 29th 2006

    Ahead of the Farmers Guardian/ Intervet meetings, JOANNE PUGH went to meet Derek Smith, a calf rearer with over 20 years’ experience dealing with youngstock.

  • Bakewell Mart

    September 29th 2006

    Allen takes double with pens of Mules

  • Bale-rolling tests skill and stamina

    September 29th 2006

    BALE-ROLLING Young Farmers took centre stage during Robert Alner’s racing stables open day at Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset.

  • Beware of thorn apple menace

    September 29th 2006

    FARMERS are being warned to be on the look out for thorn apple – a ‘strange looking’ poisonous weed that has thrived in this season’s weather conditions and is particularly prevalent in East Anglia, according to Kite consultant Ben Watts. 

  • BFL peak of £1,575 at Wales and Borders club fixture

    September 29th 2006

    PRICES peaked at £1,575 at the Wales and Borders Registered Crossing Bluefaced Leicester club sale at Builth Wells for a shearling ram from J. Thomas and Son, Tanhouse, Dolau.

  • Biofuel bliss or futuristic fantasy?

    September 29th 2006

    More than 200 delegates from the farming industry attended an HGCA workshop last week looking at the latest developments in biofuel policy and production. CLEMMIE PEROWNE reports.

  • Bluefaced Leicesters to £3,300 at Castle Douglas

    September 29th 2006

    BIDDING peaked at £3,300 at the annual show and sale of Bluefaced Leicester rams at Castle Douglas, for a shearling ram from John Kerr, Craigskean, sold to Mains of Larg Farmers.

  • Board wants to halt disease levy dialogue

    September 29th 2006

    THE South West NFU livestock board agreed unanimously to put forward a resolution to halt talks regarding the compulsory disease levy proposals.

  • Bringing healthy eating to children

    September 29th 2006

    MORE than 1,100 primary school pupils from 33 schools in Pembrokeshire have been taking part in a dynamic ‘outdoor classroom’ called ‘Grow it, Cook it, Eat it’.

  • Brown hints at being green PM

    September 29th 2006

    GORDON Brown showed the first hint of his green credentials during a passionate conference speech that was effectively a job application for Number 10 Downing Street.

  • CHEESE AND EGG PITTA BREAD

    September 29th 2006

    THIS recipe is from Margaret McCrae, of Blackburn, Lancashire. “It is simple and quick to make but very tasty,” she says.

  • Chelford mart hosts rare breeds event

    September 29th 2006

    THE largest ever rare breeds sale was held at Chelford auction, Cheshire, on behalf of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. It consisted of 504 sheep, 47 pigs and 65 cattle.

  • Chipping dogs ‘is worth it’

    September 29th 2006

    WORKING dogs should be micro-chipped so they can be easily identified if they wander away from the farm says Stafford Borough Council, dog warden, Margaret Morden, who covers a 250-mile rural area.

  • Clitheroe’s Horned and Hill

    September 29th 2006

    PRICES peaked at £92 at the Farmers Guardian sponsored show and sale of Horned and Hill Going ewes and shearlings at Clitheroe, Lancashire.The top price pen came for the first prize pen of Lonk shearlings from K. Clarke, Meltham, Yorkshire. Averages: Swaledale ewes £65, shearlings £51; Gritstone ewes £40, shearlings £47; Lonk ewes £48, shearlings £51.Auctioneers: Clitheroe Auction Mart.

  • Close contest for Welsh Black male and female titles

    September 29th 2006

    COMPETITION has been fierce for the Welsh Black Cattle Society’s Bull and Female of the Year 2006 titles.

  • Combines - Case IH 2050

    September 29th 2006

    CASE IH launched a range of header options for use this year including the 2040, which has its cutterbar fixed 150mm further forward than the standard header.

  • Combines - Claas Vario

    September 29th 2006

    THE Claas Vario cutterbar is available for all its Lexion combines and the firm reckons it is now fitted to nearly two thirds of all its machines. Indeed, it adds, the option is specified for nearly 90 per cent of all high capacity models.

  • Combines - MF Powerflow

    September 29th 2006

    Massey Ferguson introduced its Powerflow header with driven belts 30 years ago. While the design and basic principle stays the same the firm has, however, made numerous upgrades over the years with lighter construction and more durable material for the belts.

  • Combines Varying the cut maximises the feed

    September 29th 2006

    The latest generation of header cutter bars – special feature. Even, heads-first feed to the threshing mechanism is one the golden rules of combining. Header developments, some old, some brand new, aim to help operators achieve this. Mick Roberts reports.

  • Combining tourism with quality beef production

    September 29th 2006

    From central London to the wilds of Dartmoor, there is always demand for Andy Bradford’s beef. And from Swedish holidaymakers to local ramblers, there is also demand for his on-farm tourist attractions. KATIE ROEBUCK finds out more.

  • Consistency needed in pork supply chain

    September 29th 2006

    CONSUMERS were becoming more demanding, wanting the best of both worlds – the best quality product, but as cheap as possible.

  • Contract farming’s new agreement

    September 29th 2006

    OFFERING the potential to make contract farming more profitable, a new Contract Option Agreement has been launched.

  • Country Land and Business Association roadshow

    4 October 2006

    The CLA – the Country Land and Business Association – are running a series of roadshows to both advise members and to gather information and views from them. NEIL RYDER joined the roadshow team at Hexham, Northumberland.

  • Dairy Event 2006 - Robotic milking demonstration

    September 29th 2006

    LARGE crowds visited the UK’s first live demonstration of robotic milking at the Dairy Event.

  • Dairy Event 2006 Bluegrass herd takes Jersey title – again

    September 29th 2006

    THE overall championship in the UK Jersey Cattle Society’s annual herd competition has been retained by Barry and Jenny Daw and their Bluegrass herd in Hertfordshire.

  • Dairy Event 2006 Bright future for Stockmen UK

    September 29th 2006

    WITH a new president, increasing interest in membership and a partnership with a leading training provider, the future for Stockmen UK is already looking promising.

  • Dairy Event 2006 Haresfoot Bella ends black and white dominance...

    September 29th 2006

    Dairy cattle judging remains at the heart of the Stoneleigh Dairy Event with seven breeds vying for supremacy. BARRY ALSTON reports.

  • Dairy Event 2006 machineryand equipment reports

    September 29th 2006

    There was new kit for milking and monitoring, feeding and bedding cattle at the RABDF’s Dairy Event this year, as our pictorial review of the highlights shows. While the static exhibits held plenty of interest for dairy farmers prepared to invest in new machinery and equipment, there was action in the diet feeder demonstration area and the event’s first live robotic milking of a local herd to keep visitors informed and entertained.

  • Dairy Event 2006 New initiative can improve performance while facing up to dairy’s environmental challenge

    September 29th 2006

    A NEW initiative to tackle environmental challenges facing dairy farmers was launched at the Dairy Event.

  • Dairy Event 2006 New Products

    September 29th 2006

    Guide to feed cost cutting

  • Dairy Event 2006 Results

    September 29th 2006

  • Dairy Event 2006 videos

    29 September 2006

    The dairy event videosPeter Hollingshead welcomes you to our roundup from the Dairy Event 2006 with full report on the launches. 11 videos in total.These videos have now been archived, for more information please email FGSupport on FGSUpport@ubm.com

  • Dairy Event 2006...Ayrshire also claims heifer

    September 29th 2006

  • Dairy Farmer of the Future 2006 winner Robert Bowdler

    September 29th 2006

    Every year the Dairy Farmer of the Future competition looks for someone who, at the beginning of their career, is already showing passion for their job and a clear understanding of what is required for a sustainable and successful future. Rob Bowdler, the youngest ever competition finalist and this year’s winner, certainly fits the bill, as JOANNE PUGH found out.

  • Dairy farmers should market branded product for better returns

    September 29th 2006

    The Dairy Event has become the annual forum for the great and the good to blather on about the travails of the dairy industry and make their proposals to stop the rot in farmgate prices.

  • Double cab pickup group test

    September 29th 2006

    Mitsubishi L200 Warrior

  • Double cab pickup group test

    September 29th 2006

    Ford’s all-new Ranger is the latest pickup truck to tempt you to part with your hard-earned, but how does it compare to double cab favourites from Nissan, Mitsubishi and Isuzu? Geoff Ashcroft holds the starting pistol.

  • Drive to simplify the CAP

    4 October 2006

    EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has promised a drive to simplify the CAP - and Commission vice-president, Gunther Verheugen, has criticised member states that gold plate EU policies.

  • Early harvesting enabled capture of milling quality

    September 29th 2006

    SPECIFIC weights proved to be the stumbling block for certain quality wheat varieties this harvest.

  • English Sheepdog Trials Results

    September 29th 2006

    BRAMPTON, Open (70 ran): 1, A. Temple (Holmrook) Lassie, 90 of 100; 2, A. Tait (Thropton) Dale, 89; 3, M. Elliott (Lazonby) Chip, 88; 4, F. Satterthwaite (Brough) Joe, 87, OLF; 5, M. Davidson (Gorebridge) Dave, 87; 6, R. McPherson (Kirklinton) Roy, 86.

  • Entertainments licence misunderstanding

    September 29th 2006

    THE National Agricultural Centre at Stoneleigh could have ended up with a licence for, among other things, pole and lap dancing activities due to a misunderstanding.

  • Farmers invited to help save grey partridge

    September 29th 2006

    FARMERS and landowners are invited to attend the launch of the County Durham and Northern Dales Grey Partridge Recovery Group at Raby Castle, County Durham, on Wednesday October 11, 2006.

  • Fewer pesticides in water

    September 29th 2006

    A REPORT to be published later this year will demonstrate that significant improvements have been made in the amount of pesticides found in water.

  • Figures back call for ‘realistic’ milk price

    September 29th 2006

    THE NFU is seeing a strong response to its appeal for accurate costings data from milk producers, which will form the credible basis for an invoicing campaign it intends to promote this autumn.

  • First Milk cheese deal with Dairy Crest official

    September 29th 2006

    FIRST Milk’s proposed acquisition of the majority of Dairy Crest’s private label cheese operations became official this week with the announcement of a cash deal worth £61.9 million, subject to the approval by the co-op’s members on October 14.

  • First rise in pig numbers for six years

    September 29th 2006

    PIG PRODUCERS were celebrating this week as census figures revealed a rise in pig numbers for the first time in six years.

  • Foals decision a ‘common sense’ victory

    September 29th 2006

    A DECISION by Defra to oppose the microchipping of all foals is being greeted as a ‘victory for common sense’ by the Farmers Union of Wales, which represents hundreds of farmers with an interest in pony breeding.

  • Food and drink Cornish record

    September 29th 2006

    A RECORD 55 Cornish food and drink producers will be exhibiting in this weekend’s Cornwall Food and Drink Festival, which is being held over three days at Lemon Quay, Truro.

  • Funding battle could delay UK’s Rural Development Plan

    September 29th 2006

    A ‘battle of Europe’ is being predicted by the chairman of the Welsh Assembly’s Countryside Committee over funding for the new UK Rural Development Plan.

  • Further fall in barley plantings

    September 29th 2006

    WEATHER conditions this summer compromised the yield and quality of malting barley crops, particularly those in the eastern counties.

  • FUW urges Bradshaw to reconsider the results of culling consultation

    September 29th 2006

    ANIMAL Health Minister Ben Bradshaw has indicated the Advertising Standards Authority ruling on the RSPCA’s advert will not affect his thinking on a badger cull.

  • Gethin Jones and Jill win the North Wales Championship

    September 29th 2006

    THE North Wales Championship was graced by good weather. The steep hillside of field 1 (500yards) and the flat meadow of field 2 (500 yards) provided a good contrast for dogs to qualify for the double fetch final at Defaidty, the home of Gwyn and Alan LL. Jones.

  • Grainfarmers harvest review

    September 29th 2006

    It’s the time of year when the agricultural trading and supply companies take a look back at the harvest and a look forward to plantings for the coming season. TERESA RUSH reports from the Grainfarmers harvest review and new season outlook.

  • Hard work and determination will benefit children’s charities

    September 29th 2006

    TWO charities will benefit from a 48-hour ploughing marathon by Bury St Edmunds YFC, Suffolk. The club, which has staged a big plough event for the past 16 years, last year set a record of 600 acres ploughed and raised around £6,000.

  • Hawk nozzle boosts Defy’s performance

    September 29th 2006

    WINTER wheat and winter barley growers looking to boost application of the new pre-emergence herbicide prosulfocarb (Defy) against black-grass can do so using 40 degree angled Hawk nozzles, but alternating them forward and backward facing along the spray boom, trials by Syngenta suggest.

  • High risk of frit fly and leatherjackets

    September 29th 2006

    NEWLY-sown winter cereals and grass re-seeds following grassland may be at higher risk of frit fly and leatherjacket damage after the hot summer.

  • Highest membership for a decade

    September 29th 2006

    WALES YFC membership has topped the 6,000 mark, its highest since 1996. The figure was announced at the Wales Federation’s annual meeting. “It proves YFC is still number one for young people in rural areas and that it is thriving. We are proud that through all that has happened in rural Wales in past years Wales YFC has emerged strong as ever, showing its value to our members,” said chairman Rhodri Evans.

  • Home for Rest for Horses rebranded as The Horse Trust

    5 October 2006

    The Home for Rest for Horses, based at Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, is to be rebranded as The Horse Trust.

  • Industry backing for Rural Health Week

    September 29th 2006

    FARMING industry leaders from across the UK have pledged their full support for this year’s Rural Health Week – running until September 30.

  • Interest in a prosperous farm industry

    September 29th 2006

    THE Government had a genuine interest in promoting a prosperous and environmentally attuned farming industry, David Miliband told an NFU fringe meeting in Manchester.

  • Investigation after botulism outbreak

    28 September 2006

    FEARS that the illegal spreading of chicken carcases may have contributed to a recent outbreak of botulism has led to four farms in the South West being investigated by Trading Standards.

  • Kate joins MDC as its Scottish ‘extension’

    September 29th 2006

    KATE Cross, vice-chairman of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, has joined the Milk Development Council as its extension office for Scotland.

  • Kelpie training clinic

    September 29th 2006

    Steve and Jennie Andrews, of Woolstone Kelpie Clinic in Gloucestershire, are working to raise the breed standard of kelpies in the UK and educate oweners about training methods. Sarah Cripps visits a kelpis training clinic hosted on their farm, where handlers can learn from experts.

  • Kerry Hill tops prices

    September 29th 2006

    A TOP price of £660 was realised at the rare, minority and traditional breeds sale at Carlisle for a Kerry Hill shearling ram and two others went for £600 and £500.

  • Latest engines at heart of upgrades

    September 29th 2006

    MEETING the latest engine developments has allowed John Deere to update its six-cylinder 100hp to 200hp 6030 and 7030 line up.

  • Lincoln Red Week cook-off

    September 29th 2006

    LINCOLN Red Week, organised by the Lincoln Red Cattle Society and Taste of Lincolnshire to promote Lincoln Red Beef runs from October 1-8.

  • Little good news for pulses

    September 29th 2006

    THERE was not much in the way of good news on pulse crops at the Grainfarmers harvest review.

  • Live exports and lifting of British beef ban lift BCCS

    September 29th 2006

    THE British Charolais Cattle Society has enjoyed ‘huge positives’ during the last 12 months thanks to the easing of the OTMS and the lifting of the ban on British beef and live cattle exports, according to its chairman, Jimmy Wilson.

  • Milk price moves?

    September 29th 2006

    ROBERT Wiseman Dairies could announce a producer price increase from November.

  • Missed opportunity for farming

    September 29th 2006

    THE farming industry appeared to miss an opportunity to portray itself as a part of the solution to climate change, and not part of the problem.

  • National Trust debuts Fine Farm Produce Awards

    September 29th 2006

    THE National Trust has presented 13 products with a new award in recognition of top quality food and drink products from its farms, orchards and gardens.

  • New man in the East Midlands

    September 29th 2006

    RICHARD Hezlet has been appointed regional director of NFU East Midlands. Mr Hezlet has worked for the NFU for 13 years and was previously business development manager at Telford.He replaces Jack Ward, who is leaving the East Midlands office to take up a post on the National Proficiency Tests Council at Stoneleigh.

  • New measures aimed at whole pesticide life cycle

    September 29th 2006

    TWO new pieces of legislation proposed by the EU will affect the way pesticides are used and soils are managed on UK farms.

  • New Red Tractor guidelines

    September 29th 2006

    THE Red Tractor logo can now be added to products containing non-assured ingredients after Assured Food Standards announced changes to their compliancy regulations.

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    September 29th 2006

    ‘Green Growth’

  • Nidderdale Show

    September 29th 2006

    Big turnout for the ‘last of the year’ at Nidderdale

  • Nidderdale Show Results

    September 29th 2006

    Dairy

  • No debate on aid cut is slammed

    September 29th 2006

    THE Welsh Assembly Labour Government has been slammed by Montgomeryshire farmer and Welsh Lib-Dem AM, Mick Bates, for refusing to debate the proposed withdrawal of Tir Mynydd hill support payments.

  • No new mart for Stirling

    September 29th 2006

    ELPHINSTONE Land, the property development company, which 18 months ago acquired United Auctions in a £54 million deal, has been refused planning consent to build a £10 million new mart on the outskirts of Stirling.

  • One in nine found-dead badgers in Wales had TB, reveals survey

    September 29th 2006

    ONE in nine badgers randomly collected from roadsides in Wales was infected with tuberculosis, the results of the Welsh Assembly badger survey showed.

  • Organic milk’s nutritional benefits rejected

    September 29th 2006

    NEW scientific evidence on the nutritional benefits of organic milk over regular milk has been rejected by the Food Standards Agency.

  • Organic shortage

    September 29th 2006

    A SHORTAGE of British organic milk and beef has led to a supermarket group warning it might have to stock imported goods.

  • Overseas labour abuse could catch out UK farmers

    3 October 2006

    OVEREAS labour providers supplying UK farmers are not being properly monitored, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has admitted.

  • Paying more than lip-service to the value of wheat straw

    September 29th 2006

    WHEAT straw could soon be used as the raw material for lipstick manufacture.

  • Payments ‘a step in the right direction’

    September 29th 2006

    DEFRA’S announcement that additional income payments from the 2007 Single Payment Scheme would be paid exclusively to sugar beet growers was a ‘big step in the right direction’, growers said this week.

  • Payments ‘a step in the right direction’

    September 29th 2006

    DEFRA’S announcement that additional income payments from the 2007 Single Payment Scheme would be paid exclusively to sugar beet growers was a ‘big step in the right direction’, growers said this week.

  • Pioneering family and their ‘bomb-proof’ Limousins

    September 29th 2006

    With access to the salt marshes and much land reclaimed from the sea, Peter and Jean Pitcher know what it is like to farm on the coast. They also know what it is like to farm next to an RAF bombing range. ANGELA CALVERT went to find out how they produce vegetables and Limousin beef in a place that is far from quiet.

  • Police clampdown on illegal labour providers imminent

    September 29th 2006

    LABOUR providers operating without a gangmaster’s licence from this Sunday, October 1, will be targeted in a police clampdown.

  • Poorton flock’s double reason for celebration

    September 29th 2006

    THE overall prize in the Dorset Horn and Poll Dorset Breed Society’s flock competition has been won by the Poorton flock of Francis Fooks, who is also celebrating the centenary of the founding of his flock by his great-grandfather Frederick Henry Fooks.

  • Popplestone Holsteins to 1,220gns

    September 29th 2006

    Bidding reached 1,220gns at the dispersal sale of the Popplestone Holstein herd of J.F. Popplestone and Sons. The sale ended over a century of Popplestone family farming at Higher Sampford Farm, Somerset.

  • Potato yields are patchy

    September 29th 2006

    POTATO crops are showing huge yield variations this season, according to the British Potato Council.

  • Prescription-only medicines available over the internet

    September 29th 2006

    A NEW ‘on-line pharmacy’ has been developed so that farmers can order and pay for prescription-only medicines (POMs) over the internet – but vets could increase their fees if they lose significant income from selling animal health products.

  • Producers feel they have been ‘sold down the river’

    September 29th 2006

    MOST of the 200 Dairy Crest Direct producers supplying the Aspatria plant in Cumbria feel they have been sold down the river, according to one of them, who is also a director of DC Direct, Alan Lowrie.

  • Questions need to be asked about RSPCA

    September 29th 2006

    SERIOUS questions must be asked about the leadership of the RSPCA and their influence over Government policy as a result of this week’s Advertising Standards Authority ruling, believes the Farmers Union of Wales.

  • Quieter cab and CommandCenter

    September 29th 2006

    THE most notable changes to the 6030 and the new bottom end 7030 include a quieter 70.6 dB(A) cab with a fresh interior that has a coloured display dubbed CommandCenter.

  • Raising standards across globe

    September 29th 2006

    HAVING raised its own standards to new levels, the UK should now shift its attention to raising animal welfare standards across the globe, Animal Health Minister Ben Bradshaw told an RSPCA event.

  • Red and black top of £16,000, £2,000 average

    September 29th 2006

    A TOP price of 16,000gns and an average of just over £2,000 was achieved when the entire black and red Holstein herd from Bailey Farms, Kendal, went under the hammer at Beeston Castle Auction, Cheshire.

  • Restrictions as two more join EU

    September 29th 2006

    THE European Commission has agreed that Romania and Bulgaria can join the EU next January – but they will face agricultural restrictions that farmers elsewhere in Europe will want to see rigorously enforced.

  • Robert lifts show stockjudging cup

    September 29th 2006

    ROBERT Metcalfe, was overall winner of the annual pre Nidderdale Show stockjudging competitions for Yorkshire Young Farmers Club members sponsored by the Nidderdale Agricultural Society

  • Romsey Show

    September 29th 2006

    THE dairy supreme and reserve championships at Romsey Show, Hampshire, proved a reversal from last year.

  • RSPCA ads: ‘Untruthful and unsubstantiated’

    September 29th 2006

    THE Government has been urged to reconsider the outcome of its badger culling consultation after the RSPCA was accused of making ‘untruthful’ and ‘unsubstantiated’ claims in its Back off Badgers campaign.

  • Scottish Sheepdog Trials Results

    September 29th 2006

    MONIAIVE (Judge: T. Welsh, Patna) Open (40 ran): 1, J.R. Welsh (Dalrymple) Moel Jock, 97; 2, J.R. Welsh, Fly, 96; 3, W. Welsh (Dalmellington) Buff, 94; 4, R. Dalziel (Ettrick) Spot, 93; 5, A. Waugh (Glenluce) Tanzie, 92; 6, R. Malcolm (Gatehouse) Mist, 91. Confined: 1, R. White (Carsphairn) Jess, 73; 2, B. Welsh (Moniaive) Floss, 70; 3, I. Robertson (Carsphairn) Peg, 56.

  • Second SOLA cd is ready

    September 29th 2006

    HGCA and HDC have issued a second SOLA CD for the minor use of pesticides with a third due in the near future.

  • Share information say EU officials

    September 29th 2006

    EU food safety officials have urged the UK and other member countries to work more closely in the future after the emergence of bluetongue in Northern Europe for the first time this summer.

  • Shooting supports 70,000 jobs

    September 29th 2006

    A NEW independent study released today – in time for the start of the pheasant shooting season across the UK – has revealed that shooting supports 70,000 full-time jobs in the UK and boosts the economy by £1.6 billion a year.

  • Show could be back in RASE hands

    September 29th 2006

    MANAGEMENT of next year’s Royal Show could be returned to the Royal Agriculture Society of England if changes to the set-up are agreed.

  • Skipton Mules

    September 29th 2006

    THE champion pen of 10 lambs at the second annual show and sale of Mule gimmer lambs at Skipton Auction, North Yorkshire, was claimed by John and Claire Mason, Embsay.

  • So many sheep breeds amazes Texan visitor

    September 29th 2006

    ‘SO this is how you do it!’

  • Soil Association and NFU at loggerheads

    September 29th 2006

    THE NFU and the Soil Association clashed over the organic body claims that eating less non-organic food is the best way to tackle climate change as conventional farming was a major cause due to its ‘massive fossil fuel inputs’.

  • Soil Association and NFU at loggerheads

    September 29th 2006

    THE NFU and the Soil Association clashed over the organic body claims that eating less non-organic food is the best way to tackle climate change as conventional farming was a major cause due to its ‘massive fossil fuel inputs’.

  • South Lakeland Gateway

    3 October 2006

    CUMBRIA County Council has dealt a severe blow to plans for the South Lakeland Gateway development project at Crooklands, Kendal, which would incorporate a new auction mart with a regional information centre, restaurant/café, meeting rooms and offices.

  • South Wales Nursery season underway

    September 29th 2006

    SATURDAY saw the first of the Nursery trials in South Wales when the Ceredigion series got underway at Llyngronw, Penrhyncoch, near Aberystwyth.

  • Spray courses for operators

    September 29th 2006

    CONTINUOUS professional development for those on the National Register of Sprayer Operators (NRoSO) will continue this winter in a series of roadshows entitled: ‘On Target’. 

  • Stokesley Show

    September 29th 2006

    BREED results from Stokesley Show, Middlesbrough, included:

  • Switch to totally organic

    September 29th 2006

    COOMBE Farm, the Somerset-based farming, dairy and food processing business is becoming totally organic.

  • Temple and Lassie set the standard

    September 29th 2006

    AFTER setting the standard with an early trial Arthur Temple and Lassie held their lead to take the Brampton Open title.

  • The return of the turnip sawfly could provide headaches for OSR growers

    September 29th 2006

    A RELATIVELY uncommon pest of brassica crops is affecting oilseed rape crops across the country.

  • Under the hammer at the Carlisle sale

    September 29th 2006

    AN entry of 1,671 suckled calves were forward at the Farmers Guardian-sponsored annual show and sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Variable OSR yields make final results disappointing

    September 29th 2006

    OILSEED rape yields this season were generally disappointing and no better than average.

  • Wages Board to hold extraordinary meeting on holiday pay calculation

    September 29th 2006

    THE Agricultural Wages Board is to hold an extraordinary meeting on October 13 to negotiate changes to the calculation of holiday pay, which have angered employer representatives.

  • Wanted – Scottish young farmers for competition

    September 29th 2006

    YOUNG farmers in Scotland are being urged to start thinking about their entries in the 2006-07 overwintered cattle competition, run in conjunction with Aberdeen and Northern Marts.

  • Warning after illegal cattle sent into food chain

    September 29th 2006

    THE Government’s chief veterinary officer has warned that farmers should remember to keep cattle born or reared in the UK before August 1996 out of the food chain.

  • We’re not an enemy of the countryside – Miliband

    September 29th 2006

    LABOUR had been unfairly branded as the enemy of the countryside, Defra Secretary David Miliband said at a briefing hosted by the Commission for Rural Communities.

  • Welsh Sheepdog Trials Results

    September 29th 2006

    NORTH WALES OPEN Qualifying, Field 1: 1, J.R. Griffith (Talysarn) Nan, 8; 2, A. Bennett (Lydbury) Sam, 11; 3, G. Edwards (Llantysilio) Lyn, 12 OLF; 4, H. Owen (Caergeiliog) Roy, 12; 5, P. Williams (Treuddyn) Dale, 13; 6, M. Evans (Llanfachreth) Moss, 14.

  • White Park: An ancient breed with SAS-type toughness

    September 29th 2006

    AS the most ancient breed of cattle native to the British Isles, White Park have a very strong heritage in this country.

  • YAS ‘excellence’ plan blow

    September 29th 2006

    THE Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s plans for a Regional Centre of Agricultural Excellence at its Harrogate showground have been dealt a severe blow. The society’s application for the centre, which would incorporate two-storey offices to house YAS staff, plus a centre for other farming organisations such as Young Farmers and Askham Bryan College, and a farm shop and café, has been rejected by Harrogate Borough Council.

  • Zara Phillips named HOYS Equestrian of the Year

    2 October 2006

    European and world three-day eventing champion Zara Phillips has been awarded the HOYS Equestrian of the Year trophy in recognition of her achievements in the sport.

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