As one Defra agency appears to be finally learning the painful lessons of IT rollouts gone wrong, another seems to have walked into the same trap. Lamma 2012
Lamma: Tractor Guard’s innovation in protection is rewarded
TRACTOR Guard took the top prize in the new Most Innovative Farm Invention award at Lamma held in conjunction with Farmers Guardian.
Latest event news
Supreme champion puts Fizz into beef competition
THE East of England Smithfield Festival, supported by Farmers Gaurdian, attracted the cream of livestock exhibitors from all corners of the UK, keen to compete for the prestigious Smithfield silverware. Angela Calvert reports from the East of England showground, Peterborough.
Latest sales
Champion Dalesbred pen makes 201p/kg at Bentham
A show of Dalesbred hoggs, a dispersal of commercial Texel and Beltex in-lamb ewes from Scotland, plus in-lambers from Essex, were among more than 4,000 sheep sold over two days in Bentham last week.
Latest shows news
Supreme championship at Allam’s Christmas Fatstock show
THE supreme championship at Allam’s Christmas Fatstock show went to the British Blue champion owned by Keith and Stephen Williamson, Benburb, Co Tyrone.
Great British Shows
How the UK's agricultural shows are going from strength to strength
THE role agricultural shows play in rural Britain has probably never been more important. That was the finding of a Farmers Guardian survey of readers into what makes a good agricultural show. David Boderke reports.
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Great British Shows: Win a media partnership with FG
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Innovation award-winners at agricultural shows
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Bespoke goods for all at agricultural shows
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Showing the way to the future
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Showing livestock without insurance cover is a sizeable risk
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Good etiquette lies at the heart of successful livestock show judging
WANT to keep up-to-date with what's happening in the world of livestock shows and sales? FG's new senior livestock and sale reporter Angela Calvert has her own blog, Calvert's Livestock Lowdown, where you can find all the latest news and views, kicking off with this year's winter fairs.
Conferences
New rhizo resistance-breaking strain spreads into north Norfolk
‘Closing the gap’ between potential and actual delivered yield was the theme of the 2012 British Beet Research Organisation’s annual winter conference at the East of England showground. Teresa Rush reports from Peterborough.
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