Farmers Guardian
September 8th 2006

  • ‘No excuses’ for black-grass control delay

    September 8th 2006

    THIS season’s first attack on difficult black-grass must be a well-timed pre-emergence spray – don’t use the pressures of a busy work period as an excuse for a delay.

  • ‘Protect OSR seedlings with pellets’

    September 8th 2006

    SLUG pellet sales have surged, according to major UK distributors, following the recent wet weather. As oilseed rape emerges in moist seedbeds, growers have been advised to use quality pellets to protect delicate seedlings.

  • ‘We should unite with one voice, not fight over organic’

    September 8th 2006

    In case you weren’t aware, we are now in the middle of Organic fortnight. It is the Soil Association’s annual attempt to get their message into overdrive for a couple of weeks.

  • ‘We’ll stick at it if figures add up’

    September 8th 2006

    Starting as stockmen and working their way up to tenant farmers, Will and Jo Jones know exactly what it takes to create a successful dairy business. Ahead of the Dairy Show, they spoke about their own personal mix of ambition and realism.

  • ‘Work together for moor’s future’

    September 8th 2006

    AROUND 50 farmers and commoners from across Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor attended a moorland farming event on Okehampton Common which promoted the benefits of working together and examined ways to increase the levels of income to those who manage the land.

  • £1m available for improving storage and transport of milk

    September 8th 2006

    MORE than £1million in grants has already been awarded to Cornish dairy farms and more money is available, though new applicants will have to look lively.

  • A ‘significant improvement’ in harvested wheat quality

    September 8th 2006

    FIRST results from this season’s HGCA Cereal Quality Survey suggest that early harvested wheat samples show very good quality with an increase in wheat hagbergs and protein content from 2005.

  • About-turn by RPA over cross compliance regulations

    7 September 2006

    THE Rural Payments Agency has made a turnaround over its cross compliance regulations for landowners who provide land for grazing – a move that has been welcomed by the Country Land and Business Association.

  • Add value and halt decline

    September 8th 2006

    From local delicatessens to foreign hotels, Tiptree’s products are so reassuringly familiar it could be easy to underestimate the efforts that underlie that enviable position. Tia Rund finds out about one of the country’s oldest and most successful farm diversifications.

  • An eclectic mix of advice, innovation and insight

    September 8th 2006

    CATTLE JUDGING

  • Animal feed demand boosts NZ wheat

    September 8th 2006

    NEW Zealand wheat prices are up 50 per cent and barley 33 per cent on this time last year thanks to surging demand for animal feed.

  • Ardbrack Limousin tops at 4,500gns at Borderway Mart

    September 8th 2006

    THREE Limousin breeders from Durham, Lancashire and Pembrokeshire saw prices reach 4,500gns at their joint production sale in Borderway Mart, Carlisle.

  • Argentine beef farmers in turmoil

    September 8th 2006

    THE Argentinian government has come up with a £150 million subsidy package to help some 170,000 smaller farmers increase beef production.

  • Average over £1,600 at Holstein dispersal

    September 8th 2006

    WITH a top of 12,000gns and 21 animals at 2,000gns or more, the 185 lots that changed hands in the Llydan Holstein herd dispersal last week averaged more than £1,600 for T.E. Allen and Partners who have decided to cease milk production.

  • Be aware of hygiene rules

    September 8th 2006

    NEW on-farm hygiene regulations will require farmers to keep better records, the NFU has said this week.

  • Big increase in Argentine corn?

    September 8th 2006

    STRONG global demand and high prices could stimulate a 40 per cent increase in Argentina’s corn production next year, according to industry analysts.

  • Bioenergy is for all farmers, says

    September 8th 2006

    EVERY farming sector stands to benefit from new opportunities in the bioenergy sector, said NFU president Peter Kendall, as he called on the Government to show more commitment to the burgeoning sector.

  • Bishop Burton undergoes a facelift and refurbishment

    September 8th 2006

    IN direct response to increased student numbers, the animal management unit at Bishop Burton College, Yorkshire is undergoing a £250,000 facelift.

  • Bluetongue disease spread under control, while other outbreaks rise

    September 8th 2006

    EUROPEAN Commission veterinary officials have had a baptism of fire on their return from the traditional August break.

  • Breeding choice improves the hardiness of Welsh hill sheep

    September 8th 2006

    FARMING in the hills above the South Wales Valleys can be tough. Making a living within the harsh conditions demands a special breed of person – and sheep to match.

  • Breeding quality sheepdogs on farm for four generations

    September 8th 2006

    Father and son Tim and Michael Longton will both be representing England at this year’s International Sheepdog Trial. Ahead of the competition JOANNE PUGH went to see the dogs being put through their paces.

  • Buck stops at Government’s door, say unions

    September 8th 2006

    PROPOSALS being considered by Defra that would impose cost sharing responsibilities on the industry for dealing with disease outbreaks have met with short shrift in Wales.

  • Bucks County Show

    September 8th 2006

    Penelope Pitstop – champion blonde

  • Case study 1 Little Langford Farmhouse, Wiltshire

    September 8th 2006

    What the guidebook says:

  • Case Study 2 The Grange, Lincolnshire

    September 8th 2006

    What the guidebook says:

  • Cattle at heart

    September 8th 2006

    The Dairy Event 2006 is Europe’s premier two-day business to business exhibition for all those with a commitment to the dairy industry.

  • Cattle breeders’ open day

    September 8th 2006

    MORE than 200 people attended the Devon Cattle Breeders’ Society open day at Brian and Angela Coward’s Leawood Estate, Okehampton, Devon.

  • Cattle movement convictions quashed

    13 September 2006

    TWENTY-FOUR farmers across Scotland, convicted under Cattle Identification Regulations and Cattle Database Regulations, are to have their convictions set aside and fines repaid.

  • Centenary Competition

    September 8th 2006

    THIS year the International Sheepdog Society (ISDS) is celebrating its centenary year so competition at the International Sheepdog Trial 2006 will be even fiercer than usual.

  • Changing times for semen market?

    September 8th 2006

    IN the light of tight margins for everyone in the dairy industry, a noted Holstein breeder is taking a radical step in marketing a ‘breeder’s bull’.

  • Choose carefully to get best from Euro markets

    September 8th 2006

    Ahead of the Dairy Event’s ‘beef from the dairy herd’ feature, Duncan Sinclair, MLC economics manager, provides advice on how dairy farmers can best participate in the resumption of European beef exports.

  • Climate ‘could cause long term soil damage’

    September 8th 2006

    HIGH temperatures and continuing drought may cause long-term damage to soils, according to scientists from Germany’s GSF Research Centre for Environment and Health, who are engaged in a long-term study to investigate the ability of soils to degrade the herbicide isoproturon.

  • College beef off to local vendor

    September 8th 2006

    STUDENTS at Wiltshire College will return this autumn to find that the beef reared at their college farm – Lackham Farm – is being sold to a vendor right on their doorstep.

  • Competition for early crops

    September 8th 2006

    IDEAL drilling conditions for oilseed rape mean that some early-drilled crops are up already, but they are facing intense competition from volunteer cereals.

  • Copywood Shottle Sara takes Dairy Breeders’ title

    September 8th 2006

    THE inaugural South West Dairy Breeders’ calf show, staged at Hallworthy Stockyard, Camelford, Cornwall, attracted more than 90 entries in the Ayrshire, Holstein and Guernsey classes.

  • Cumbria Farmers Network takes over Rural Futures

    September 8th 2006

    THE Cumbria Farmer Network – a company set up earlier this year – has now officially taken over the work of the Rural Futures project, which finished at the end of July.

  • Dairy export tax cuts

    September 8th 2006

    ARGENTINA’S finance minister, Felisa Miceli, has responded to pressure from dairy farmers by reducing export tax on powdered milk from 15 to 10 per cent, and on cheese from 10 to 5 per cent.

  • Death sentence

    September 8th 2006

    Pat Bird’s farm, near Bude, in Cornwall, was located in the RBCT reactive badger culling area. But the concept of ‘reactive culling’ became a farce when her cattle became infected in 2000. Here she relates her first-hand experience of the trial . . .

  • Defra cuts raise fears on disease

    September 8th 2006

    DRASTIC budget cuts affecting key Defra agencies are lowering the UK’s ability to keep out and control diseases like avian flu, scientists warned this week.

  • Defra's Response - No ruling in or out

    September 8th 2006

    DEFRA refuted Prof Bourne’s criticism. A spokesman said: “Theconsultation on badger culling has not been a waste of time. It has been invaluable in helping Ministers hear from all sides of the debate – farmers, conservationists, scientists, vets and the wider public.

  • DFB ‘in good shape’ with £16.9m profit

    September 8th 2006

    DAIRY Farmers of Britain is in good shape, claims chairman Rob Knight.

  • Don’t hold your breath for a milk price increase

    September 8th 2006

    A firming in some of the main dairy commodity markets is seen as a positive sign by most of the major milk buyers – but none are committing themselves to an imminent producer price increase.

  • Don’t think average – think top 25pc

    September 8th 2006

    Despite all the challenges facing dairy farmers, some still manage to consistently achieve higher profits.

  • Don’t undersell your Newark quota, beet growers warned

    September 8th 2006

    NEWARK sugar beet growers who have decided to sell their contract tonnage need to be careful not to undersell at potentially a fifth of their value.

  • Dorchester County Show

    September 8th 2006

    SPECIAL new awards in the cattle and sheep classes at Dorchester were made this year for the first time with a trophy going to the most successful winning owners from three Dorset shows.

  • English Sheepdog Trial Report

    September 8th 2006

    A LARGE crowd of spectators was entertained by the sheep dog trials at Kilnsey Show, Upper Wharfedale, where Alec Baines and Jess took the trophy.

  • English Sheepdog Trial Results

    September 8th 2006

    KILNSEY SHOW, Upper Wharfedale, Open (61 ran): 1, A. Baines (South Stainmore) Jess, 68 of 90, OLF; 2, A. Kyme (Lumb) Sally, 68; 3, I. Ibbotson (Oakworth) Zac, 66, OLF; 4, R. Briggs (Wennington) Bill, 66; 5, R. Briggs Wenndale Star, 65; 6, R. Handy (Settle) Bet, 63.

  • Even the cows love their decision to change to cheese

    September 8th 2006

    Nettles might be the last things that comes to mind when you think about how to add value to milk, but the weeds have brought Michael and Margaret Horrell a great deal of success. KATIE ROEBUCK went to find out more about Cornish Yarg, a cheese coated in hand-picked nettles. PICTURES: JOHN EVESON

  • Family farm part of scheme to open up farming and countryside to public

    September 8th 2006

    A FAMILY farm on Bodmin Moor has been accredited as suitable for public and school visits under a national scheme to increase access to farmland and countryside teaching

  • Farm bread-making business toasted throughout the area

    September 8th 2006

    WHEN Caroline Sellers went on a bread-making course at The Village Bakery, Melmerby, Cumbria, three years ago, neither she nor her family could have anticipated what would follow.

  • Farmers ‘should follow water-saving advice’

    September 8th 2006

    FARMERS irrigating crops in hot dry weather conditions should try to limit their water usage in the same way that consumers are being told to do, according to the chair of the Consumer Council for Water in the eastern region, which covers the area from the Thames to the Humber.

  • Farming has critical role to play

    12 September 2006

    IT was a myth that the rural economy was heavily dependent on farming with it representing just 2-3 per cent of the North West economy, Steve Heaton of the North West Development Agency told a rural creative economy conference at Lancaster University.

  • Feeds re-focus at Mole Valley

    September 8th 2006

    AS livestock farmers move away from compounds and straights to blends and meals, Mole Valley Farmers is reorganising its Risdon feed mill near Okehampton in Devon.

  • Fendt pushes technology on next generation of 900 series tractors

    September 8th 2006

    THE largest changes in the Fendt stable have been made to the 900 series, which gets the look and technical features of the German flagship 936 that was launched a year ago, albeit in limited numbers.

  • Front-mounted mower and plough ranges extended

    September 8th 2006

    Pottinger has extended its front mounted mower and plough ranges. There is now a 3.5m version of the Alpha Motion front-mounted mower, which has a removable conditioner.

  • Get together and supply a school meal

    September 8th 2006

    FURTHER school meal reforms announced this week will see farmers encouraged to come together to supply fresh produce to local schools.

  • Glaring errors charge in aid figures

    September 8th 2006

    THE man who claims to be responsible for forcing the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) to publish farm subsidy details has accused the agency of making ‘glaring errors’ in this year’s figures.

  • Global deal is signed by ‘start-up’ company

    September 8th 2006

    WELSH start-up company Ovasort has signed a global deal with the owners of Danish Bacon for a new genetic technology that could allow pig breeders to pre-select the sex of new-born animals.

  • Good forward planning can stop forage shortage

    September 8th 2006

    The cold late spring, wet silage making and early summer drought has had a massive impact on grass silage and grazing and left many farmers eating into buffer feeds and first cut silage far sooner than expected. With concern mounting that forage stores will not hold out to spring, Farmers Guardian takes a look at the help and options on offer.

  • Harper Adams ‘very satisfying’

    September 8th 2006

    THE National Student Survey 2006 has revealed that students at Harper Adams University College, Shropshire are some of the most satisfied in the country.

  • Heading for HOYS

    September 8th 2006

    This week we start our Heading for HOYS series, focusing on competitors from a range of disciplines heading to the NEC at the beginning of October. In this first article, ANGELA CALVERT talks to the Bankier family who home-produce top lead rein pony Dinsdale Sweet Harmony

  • Helen’s rare breeds Pull-in Dorset award

    September 8th 2006

    Dorchester County Show

  • High risk of yellow rust bridging gap between old and new crops

    September 8th 2006

    THERE is an increased risk of yellow rust using the ‘green bridge’ between old crop and new this autumn, according to Mike Jeffes, of Dalgety.

  • International owner’s tip-top Tessie triumph

    September 8th 2006

    Monmouthshire County Show

  • Keighley Show

    September 8th 2006

    Rain stopped play

  • Kilnsey Show

    September 8th 2006

    Sole cow takes dairy inter-breed

  • Land sales buoyant

    13 September 2006

    MANOR House Farm at Overton near Morecambe and part of Woodburn Farm, Middleton were offered at auction by M.B. Hodgson & Son of Kendal and Lancaster.

  • Large White tops Old Spot

    September 8th 2006

    Dorchester County Show

  • Limousins help boost Poland’s beef trade

    September 8th 2006

    A LARGE consignment of pedigree Limousin heifers were exported from the UK to Poland last week.

  • Livestock farmers face shocking effects of little-known EU electric fence proposal

    September 8th 2006

    AN as yet little known EU proposal which could have widescale repercussions for livestock farmers is to be fought all the way by NFU Cymru.

  • Llandysul Show

    September 8th 2006

    Beltex ram takes supreme sheep ticket

  • Lord Elgin commissions new trophy for Fair winner

    September 8th 2006

    A NEW trophy has been donated to the Scottish National Fat Stock Club for presentation to the commercial calf champion at this year’s Scottish Winter Fair, which takes place at The Royal Highland Showground on November 22.

  • Low maintenance Berrichon’s fit the bill for Nick

    September 8th 2006

    IF such a thing even exists as a low maintenance sheep, then the Berrichon du Cher could well fit the bill.

  • Lowest August milk since the MMB

    13 September 2006

    MILK production in August slumped to its lowest volume since deregulation 13 years ago.

  • Maize Monitor: Countdown to Harvest 2006

    September 8th 2006

    OVERCAST and cooler conditions have generally slowed down the progress of maize towards optimum maturity, so that readiness for harvest in early September has been the exception rather than the rule, even in the south. Reports continue to suggest great variability in yield and quality all over the country.

  • Mandelson flies to Brazil in bid to resurrect WTO talks

    September 8th 2006

    THE World Trade Organisation talks might have been suspended with no deal in the offing, but EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, this week confirmed his determination to get them started again and his willingness to make major concessions on agriculture.

  • MILK: it like

    September 8th 2006

    In a challenging dairy industry how does the British dairy producer overcome the downward pressure on milk price and the attitude of retailers to market milk as a commodity?

  • Minister’s badger proposals are ‘complete waste of time’

    September 8th 2006

    The results of the Randomised Badger Culling Trials (RBCT) lie at the heart of the debate and the current impasse over badger culling. They are hugely controversial and have been described as ‘deeply flawed’ by critics who feel they should be sidelined in the decision-making process. Professor John Bourne has hit back at the criticisms levelled at his trials, claiming Government mishandling is to blame for the controversy. ALISTAIR DRIVER reports.

  • Monmouthshire County Show

    September 8th 2006

    This year’s Monmouthshire Show marked the end of an era. After 60 years in its town-centre setting, the largest one-day show in Wales will be on a new 96-acre, society owned site just south of Monmouth next year. BARRY ALSTON reports.

  • More power for new line-up

    September 8th 2006

    FENDT is piling on the power with new models at the top of each range. All of the German firm’s tractors above 100hp now get new engines to comply with Stage IIIa emissions. They have also carried out some house keeping to the 400, 700, 800 and 900 series tractors.

  • Myerscough unveils its top students for the past year

    September 8th 2006

    THE top students at Myerscough College, Lancashire, have been announced with the very best presented with a selection of awards and silverware.

  • New agribusiness centre on way

    September 8th 2006

    SOMERSET dairy farmer and NFU council member Derek Mead is pictured cutting a ceremonial ‘first sod’ as work gets under way on his new regional agribusiness centre for the South West in North Petherton, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

  • New at the Dairy Event

    September 8th 2006

    THE first ever on-line dairy medicine book - to be unveiled at this year's Dairy Event - is the latest service to be provided by the Cattle Information Service (CIS). The programme meets all a herd's statutory record-keeping needs and, because it is on-line as part of the national CDI database, is completely secure from farm computer failure as well as unauthorised access, will never require farm software updating and can be made directly accessible to the farm vet.

  • New home for historic Masseys

    September 8th 2006

    MASSEY FERGUSON is finding a new home for its heritage tractors. Since the closure and sale of the Banner Lane premises, the future home of the tractors that were part of the museum was uncertain, but they will now have a new pride of place.

  • New mart opens doors for business in Thirsk

    September 8th 2006

    THE first livestock sale at the new Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart took place last week. Includes extra pictures

  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    September 8th 2006

    Expansion plan

  • NFU to show politicians importance of farming

    September 8th 2006

    THE South West NFU has launched a long-term campaign to establish exactly how vital farming is to the region’s well-being.

  • Nicholas leads strong line-up

    September 8th 2006

    Monmouthshire County Shoiw

  • No deliberate releases of GM organisms

    September 8th 2006

    THERE were no deliberate releases of genetically modified organisms in England or Wales In the period April 1 2005 to March 30 2006, according to the GM Inspectorate in its sixth annual report.

  • Outside deal to 4,000gns caps Belgian Blue sale

    September 8th 2006

    A 4,000gns deal outside the ring capped the Belgian Blue Cattle Society’s National show and sale in Chelford last week.

  • Pollution ‘timebomb’ on groundwater supply

    September 8th 2006

    NITRATES and phosphorous from agricultural chemicals and fertilisers are contaminating groundwater and many rivers in the UK, and will continue to do so for the next 70 to 80 years, even if tight restrictions are put in place now.

  • Poynton Show

    September 8th 2006

    Katherine top at Poynton

  • Probiotic launch

    September 8th 2006

    THE LATEST marketing tool from Dairy Farmers of Britain is Bio Milk.

  • Providing a voice for the professional herdsmen

    September 8th 2006

    When the creation of Stockmen UK – an association catering for the needs of professional herdsmen – was announced a month ago the most common reaction was, ‘Why has this not been done before?’ JOANNE PUGH went to find out what this long overdue organisation has to offer.

  • Putting the Blelack blend of quality breeding to work on the Beef Shorthorn

    September 8th 2006

    THE Blelack herd prefix, which is synonymous with top quality pedigree cattle breeding, now lends itself to a herd of Beef Shorthorns.

  • Ram lamb takes top price of 110,000gns at Carlisle show

    September 8th 2006

    A TEXEL ram lamb realised 110,000gns at the Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders’ Club’s annual show and sale at Carlisle last week.

  • Reeth Show

    September 8th 2006

    THE Teeswater breed champion from Bainbridge Bros., took the supreme sheep inter-breed honours at Reeth Show.

  • Reglone application before flailing could save potato growers £7 per hectare

    September 8th 2006

    AN application of Reglone (diquat) a week before planned flail operations will significantly increase the speed of flailing, achieve cleaner haulm removal, reduce the risk of vascular browning tuber damage, and could save potato growers an average £7/ha in costs.

  • Ryeland lamb tops rare and native sale

    September 8th 2006

    THE inter-breed sheep champion in the Rare and Native breeds show and sale in Skipton last Saturday was an eight- month-old Ryeland ram lamb from Margaret Hipps, Bishop Thornton, Harrogate pictured (left) with sponsor Nick Gray and the reserve inter-breed champion, another Ryeland from Sylvia Halmshaw, Brompton, Northallerton (right).

  • Scottish dairies in price fixing probe

    September 8th 2006

    SIX Scottish dairies may have engaged in price fixing over a four-year period from 2000 to 2003, says the Office of Fair Trading.

  • Scottish Sheepdog Trial Results

    September 8th 2006

    GATEHOUSE (Judge, W. McMillan, Straiton), Open, 90 ran, 1, M Bell (Sorn) Buff, 98; 2, R. Dalziel (Ettrick) Spot, 97; 3, A.T. McMillan (Straiton) Jen, 96 Outbye; 4, A.R. Mundell (Moffat) Jake, 96; 5, I. Fergie (Straiton) Floss, 94; 6, A. Mock (USA) Taff, 93 Outbye. Confined, 1, R. Malcolm (Gatehouse) Meg, 78; 2, W. Doak (Gatehouse) Jan, 72; 3, W. Doak (Gatehouse) Fly.

  • Sennybridge Show

    September 8th 2006

    Gale force winds stop show as the main marquee is flattened

  • Sennybridge Show Results

    September 8th 2006

    CATTLE

  • Shearlings pen top the bill

    September 8th 2006

    PRICES rose to £115 at the Farmers Guardian-sponsored show and sale of Mule gimmer shearlings at Gisburn last week.

  • Showtime for college livestock

    September 8th 2006

    FOR the first time, livestock from Bishop Burton College, Beverley, East Yorkshire, will be competing in the All-Breeds All-Britain Calf Show at the NAC, following student Rachel Richardson’s success at the recent Ripley Show.

  • Soil surgery and silage clinic

    September 8th 2006

    Specialist clinics have always been a part of the Dairy Event but this year, an unprecedented number of different services are on offer for a wide range of different dairy-related issues.

  • Spinning a traditional organic yarn

    September 8th 2006

    TRADITIONAL spinning methods are being used to add value to organic sheep wool in Cornwall.

  • Strategic role for Alastair at Askham Bryan

    September 8th 2006

    A LIFELONG involvement in agriculture and education has led Alastair Philip to a key strategic role at Askham Bryan College near York.

  • The Background

    September 8th 2006

    WHEN badgers were culled ‘reactively’ in response to outbreaks, the trials showed this actually increased disease incidence in cattle.

  • Thousands of SPS claims reviewed

    7 September 2006

    AROUND 19,000 SPS claims, and 7,700 claims with horticultural authorisations, are being reviewed by the RPA to assess whether adjustments are required.

  • Tight-skinned rams top out at 1,400gns at Beltex sale

    September 8th 2006

    QUALITY tight-skinned rams and females made the money in the Beltex Sheep Society’s annual sale in Chelford last week, which topped out at 1,400gns for a March 2004 ram.

  • Tomato Soup

    September 8th 2006

    This recipe for tomato soup has been sent in by Rachel Woof, Mill Beck, Dent, Sedbergh, Cumbria, who describes it as ‘delicious, especially when served with warmed granary bread’.

  • Top eight herds go for the Gold Cup 2006

    September 8th 2006

    Eight dairy herds are in the running for this year’s NMR/RABDF Gold Cup and are eagerly awaiting the Dairy Event when the winner will be announced. Around 800 herds qualified for the competition, which is open to all milk recording herds in Britain with more than 50 cows, a rolling average somatic cell count of less than 200,000 cells per ml and a genetic merit level above that set for the breed.

  • Top horse judges for Scottish winter fair

    September 8th 2006

    The popular Highland and Shetland Pony classes at this year’s Scottish Winter Fair will be held at Perth Agricultural Centre at 2.30pm on Saturday, November 25.

  • Trials highlight feed wheat N tolerances

    September 8th 2006

    SOME feed wheats are markedly more tolerant of variations in drilling date and nitrogen application than others, according to the first winter wheat systems trials conducted by Cambridge Arable Technologies at its Great Wilbraham site near Cambridge this season.

  • Tried and Tested - Equestrian books

    September 8th 2006

    SARAH CRIPPS reviews some of the latest equestrian titles on the market.

  • Union warns of court action if IPPC rules are flouted

    September 8th 2006

    THE NFU is urging all existing pig and poultry producers, who have not already done so, to act now and complete their applications for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permits before the January 31 deadline.

  • Voluntary levy call to back Red Tractor

    September 8th 2006

    FARMERS are being asked to consider a voluntary levy to promote the Little Red Tractor.

  • Waste information on web

    September 8th 2006

    A WEBSITE has been launched to disseminate information from the Agricultural Waste Plastics Collection and Recovery Programme.

  • Welsh Sheedog Trial Results

    September 8th 2006

    LLANARTHNE SDT. Qualifying Trial: 1, R. Millichap (Port Talbot) Cap, 7; 2, W.P. Lloyd Jones (Tregaron) Davey, 8; 3, B. Evans (Bronant) Meg, 9; 4, D. Howells (Port Talbot) Rock, 10olf; 5, G. Lewis (Gwynfe) Jack, 10; 6= J. Chamberlain (Builth Wells) Jim & J. Drinkwater (Peacehaven) Grace, 10. Double Fetch Final: 1, R. Millichap, Cap, 19; 2, B. Evans, Meg, 20; 3, G. Lewis, Jack, 23; 4, J. Drinkwater, Grace, 49; 5, W.P. Lloyd Jones, Davey, 77; Retired - J. Chamberlain, ...

  • Welsh Sheepdog Trial Report

    September 8th 2006

    BEING less than a couple of miles apart, the trials at Llanddewi Brefi and Tregaron in Ceredigion see well over 90 runs at each as the handlers commute from one to another.

  • What makes a Bed & Breakfast special?

    September 8th 2006

    Alastair Sawday’s Special Places to Stay is about to publish the 11th edition of its popular guidebook ‘British Bed & Breakfast’, which features a number of farm-based B&Bs. SARAH CRIPPS talks to Alastair to discover what makes a B&B ‘special’, and how farmhouse B&Bs can achieve great things.

  • Wide mix of winners in the RNAS awards

    September 8th 2006

    AN organic farming expert, a farmer who has pioneered the promotion of farming and food production to school children, and a young dairy farmer who has established one of the top yielding herds in Scotland have been named as the recipients of the Royal Northern Agricultural Society awards for 2006.

  • Winter wheat sowing guide

    September 8th 2006

    PLANT breeders Nickerson have released a ‘sowing guide to winter wheat’ showing the best time to sow each variety in their wheat portfolio.

  • Yield success of new OSR variety

    September 8th 2006

    YIELDS of the new high oleic, low linoleic (HOLL) spring oilseed rape variety Nex 170, grown for the first time in the UK this year, have surpassed all expectations, according to United Oilseeds.

  • Young breeders show their talents at annual calf show

    September 8th 2006

    THIRTY young handlers and 60 calves competed in the Holstein Young Breeders’ (HYB) annual calf show at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, judged by Denis O’Neill from Northern Ireland.

  • Young dynamic duo repeat success

    September 8th 2006

    Monmouthshire County Show

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