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Agricultural, Environmental, Countryside and Farming News from the UK and beyond.
| 2015-Jul-31 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 32 prime cattle, 22 OTM cattle, 2,090 prime lambs and 4,720 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 30th July 2015.
| 2015-Jul-30 |
Above-average yields and good quality have been reported from the spring barley harvest across northern Europe.
| 2015-Jul-27 |
Dorset ewes which lamb out of season fit in well on a Northumberland farm which runs a herd of traditional beef cattle and also capitalises on the tourist trade with a small camp site.
| 2015-Jul-27 |
Kuhn Farm Machinery has introduced a new fully-mounted twin rotor grass rake to its range of hay and silage making equipment.
| 2015-Jul-27 |
Far from being sleepy backwaters, England's finest landscapes contribute more than £20bn each year to our economy - similar to that of Birmingham, according to a new report.
| 2015-Jul-27 |
Global plant phenotyping specialist LemnaTec has established an automated process to identify disease in sugar beet leaves which it believes will significantly improve the yield of the crops worldwide.
| 2015-Jul-27 |
Sheep producers are enduring their worst season for five years, NFU Scotland is urging consumers to get behind Scotch lamb.
| 2015-Jul-27 |
Australian contractor Wayne Marshall loves his Massey Ferguson tractors for their engines, their economy and the uniformity of their cabs.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
The biggest milk co-operative in the UK, Arla, has today announced another cut to the price it pays its UK members taking it to 23.01ppl.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
A new paper on the extent and frequency of heather burning used as a vegetation management tool across Britain is published in Biological Conservation.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
Craven Cattle Marts are using the opening of the new Keelham Farm Shop and the presence of Stanforths Butchers on site as an opportunity to invite all retail butchers and cattle feeders to attend the weekly Monday sale of prime cattle.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
Increasing the level of professionalism within the dairy industry will help open doors to new markets and reduce risk.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
Tom Ryan, who farms in Altrincham, Cheshire, presented the first prize young bull and overall show champion at a special summer cattle show at Skipton, which produced healthy trade throughout.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
The Health & Safety Executive has announced that new rules on the purchase and use of professional rodenticide bait to control rats and mice will come into force next year.
| 2015-Jul-24 |
For the first time in the history of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society the wife of a former President is following in her husband’s footsteps.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 15 prime cattle, 14 OTM cattle, 2,517 prime lambs and 5,219 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 23rd July 2015.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
Latest carefully controlled Agrii trials suggest so-called biostimulants may have a valuable role to play alongside fungicides in increasing wheat yields by helping the fight against Septoria, in particular.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
EU prices continue to weaken as harvest progresses, resulting from better than expected results.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
Salmonella infection in pigs isn’t a new issue for pig producers, but the level of incidence is a cause for concern.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
The NFU has secured the emergency use of neonicotinoid seed treatments providing much needed protection from the pest cabbage stem flea beetle for five per cent of the oilseed rape crop in England amounting to around 30,000ha.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
Prime Minister David Cameron has said As a one nation government we will keep on backing British farmers.
| 2015-Jul-23 |
Cover crops were the focus point on June 26th at a Germinal and Cooney Furlong event in Wexford.
| 2015-Jul-22 |
The Royal Welsh showground’s stockman’s accommodation, Neuadd Henllan, has benefited from a beautiful facelift.
| 2015-Jul-22 |
Harrison and Hetherington are set to host their 20th annual sale of Beltex Sheep on 12th to 14th August 2015.
| 2015-Jul-21 |
The 2015 Royal Welsh Show was officially opened by Owain Williams, a representative from the feature county of Gwent, and Commissioner Phil Hogan, the new European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development.
| 2015-Jul-21 |
The Environment Secretary, Elizabeth Truss, calls for more CAP simplifications for farmers from the EU Agriculture Commissioner.
| 2015-Jul-21 |
ForFarmers has launched a trial together with the Department of Entomology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, to explore the impacts of live insects as a source of protein in the broilers’ diet.
| 2015-Jul-21 |
Adapting milking parlour routines to ensure optimum timing for cluster attachment could help many dairy herds increase milk yields, achieve faster milking times and reduce the risks of mastitis.
| 2015-Jul-21 |
Brand President of New Holland Agriculture Carlo Lambro addressed the public debate at the EXPO Milano 2015 Biodiversity Pavilion.
| 2015-Jul-20 |
Fears are growing that without timely intervention to stem outbreaks of the highly virulent avian flu virus H5N1 across West Africa, further spread across the region and beyond is inevitable.
| 2015-Jul-20 |
Kent and East Sussex-based machinery dealer Haynes Agriculture prepares to showcase a range of small and specialist New Holland tractors at Fruit Focus, on 22nd July at East Malling Research Centre, Kent.
| 2015-Jul-20 |
A new assessment by National Parks England has found that England’s ten National Parks are among the very best places in the country for wildlife.
| 2015-Jul-17 |
Now that the BPS forms are submitted, it is important that farmers take stock, look to the future and spend time planning how to maximise their assets and move their farming enterprises forward.
| 2015-Jul-17 |
The Scottish Crofting Federation has strongly opposed the ‘re-wilding’ of Scotland and the UK proposed recently by species-reintroduction lobbyists.
| 2015-Jul-17 |
Sunshine, royal visitors, celebrities and the best of British farming combined to make the 157th Great Yorkshire Show a spectacular event.
| 2015-Jul-17 |
The onset of the big sheep sale season at Skipton Auction Mart began with the traditional store lamb pipe opener, the first major sale of its kind in the north, which again attracted nationwide interest.
| 2015-Jul-17 |
Non-native ‘space invaders’ are transforming the world’s precious grassland ecosystems, with new research showing that they do far better than native plant species.
| 2015-Jul-17 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 15 prime cattle, 7 OTM cattle, 2,903 prime lambs and 5,970 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 16th July 2015.
| 2015-Jul-16 |
At this time of the year the market is only as good as the latest weather forecast.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
Farming Unions Seek Cross-Government Recognition of Land-Based Renewables Potential.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
Graham Hatton has been appointed regional manager for Gleadell’s northern office from July 2015.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
Limagrain, in partnership with the Campaign for the Farmed Environment and BASF, is offering a discount on the new Field Margin seeds mixture.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
The Texel championship title at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show stayed in the county as John Mellin and family, Skipton, claimed the top ticket with their aged ram, Langside Thunderbird under judge Pip Kermode, Isle of Man.
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| 2015-Jul-15 |
Same Deutz-Fahr brings the theme of agriculture to the attention of the public at large, collaborating in two events of international interest.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
At midnight on the 14th July, the International Agency for Research on Cancer published the monograph used to classify Glyphosate as a “probable carcinogen”.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
Scotland’s dairy producers have received yet another blow following an announcement by Graham’s the Family Dairy to cut the price paid to its supplying farmers.
| 2015-Jul-15 |
The Irish Holstein Friesian Association National Open Day was held on the 8th July 2015 on the Hannan family farm Lisnalty, Friarstown, Crecora, Co. Limerick.
| 2015-Jul-13 |
The Tenant Farmers Association has suggested that share farming could assist both with easing farm tenants into retirement whilst providing opportunities for new entrants.
| 2015-Jul-13 |
A case of H7N7 avian flu has now been confirmed in Lancashire.
| 2015-Jul-13 |
According to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel, in the year to 24th May, the value of the UK beef market grew by over 1% on the year earlier to reach £2.17 billion.
| 2015-Jul-13 |
Rhian Price, Farmers Weekly Deputy Livestock Editor, has received the Germinal Grass Champions Travel Bursary for 2015.
| 2015-Jul-13 |
Favorable worldwide conditions for cereal crops will lead to better than expected production this growing season at the global level, despite continuing apprehension over El Nino.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
The latest UPM Tilhill Timber Bulletin takes an in-depth look at the main drivers affecting the UK timber industry both at home and abroad, as well as providing analysis of trends and pricing forecasts.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
While Howden’s John Bell was again top dog with a 5,000gns sale, it was the pup pen that proved the real eyecatcher at Skipton Auction Mart’s Summer working sheepdogs sale, setting a new record price for the venue.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
Neil Baker from Rushywood Farm, Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset, is the winner of the NMR RABDF Gold Cup 2015.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
Dairy Light from Unilight is the only LED light on the market designed to optimise melatonin suppression.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
Farmers are being warned by RIDBA that a change in construction regulations means they could be criminally liable for health and safety during building work on their land.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
Farmers and rural businesses could face some significant changes to their tax bills in the coming years, following one of the most dramatic Budgets in recent history.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
Wheat prices have eased back on more favourable weather outlooks for key producing areas.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
Auto Enrolment Pension Platform, Smart Pension, urges all employers to get on board with auto enrolment including farmers and those with home help such as nannies and personal carers, or risk hefty fines.
| 2015-Jul-10 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 11 prime cattle, 15 OTM cattle, 2,772 prime lambs and 4,600 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 9th July 2015.
| 2015-Jul-06 |
A leading provider of green energy technologies is urging Britain's livestock farmers to take advantage of cheaper energy and generate new income streams by installing solar PV or wind turbines on their land and farm buildings.
| 2015-Jul-06 |
Kuhn Farm Machinery will have a wide selection of hay and silage making equipment, seed drills and livestock feeding equipment on display at this year’s Royal Welsh Show.
| 2015-Jul-06 |
The Tenant Farmers Association is urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer to review the taxation of farmland, particularly in relation to farm tenancies, as part of the new Government’s first Budget.
| 2015-Jul-06 |
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, and Minister of State Tom Hayes TD, have announced the opening of the new TAMS II Dairy Equipment Scheme.
| 2015-Jul-06 |
CLAAS will soon be launching the largest tractor-mounted mower combination with conditioner that is available on the market.
| 2015-Jul-06 |
A new disinfectant, designed for routine use in cattle footbaths, is being officially launched by G Shepherd Animal Health at the Livestock Event.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
The AHDB Potatoes ‘Next Generation’ tour kicked off in Yorkshire, visiting two progressive Yorkshire based potato businesses. The day focused on processing, a star performer of the £4.1bn GB potato industry.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
With Scottish farmers receiving their lowest lamb price for five years, NFU Scotland is urging all supermarkets to make the switch to Scotch.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
Clare Moriarty has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary for Defra. The current Director General at the Rail Executive in the Department for Transport was chosen following a civil service-wide competition.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
On May 26th, the McHale Race Day took place at Ballinrobe Racecourse for the second year running.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
Pork exports rocket after UK government opens up pork trade to China.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
Carlo Lambro, Brand President of New Holland Agriculture, was invited by the President of the World Farmers Organisation to illustrate the brand’s strategic role in providing a sustainable, fair and comprehensive response to feeding the world’s population.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
Local fencer Neil Tait has just been appointed as Show Director for the Annual Glendale Agricultural Show, which takes place every August Bank Holiday Monday at its traditional showfield home, in Northumberland.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart plc had forward 5 prime cattle, 2 OTM cattle, 1,672 prime lambs and 3,565 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 2nd July 2015.
| 2015-Jul-03 |
With harvest just a few weeks away, and the reality that growers are carrying a larger proportion of wheat, storage may become an issue with some.
| 2015-Jul-01 |
Bees are to benefit from £900 million for a new scheme to protect our countryside, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced today.
| 2015-Jul-01 |
The countdown has begun in earnest to the 118th Kilnsey Show & Sports, on Tuesday, September 1st 2015.
| 2015-Jul-01 |
Pearsons Farm Supplies’ open day at its Stainton House Farm base in West Marton, near Skipton, proved a resounding success, with around 1,000 people turning up to help the company celebrate its milestone 10th anniversary.
| 2015-Jul-01 |
Hampshire Downs met a strong demand selling to a top of 1,000gns in Stratford on Saturday 27 June at the breed association’s 2015 premier sale.
| 2015-Jul-01 |
The University of Leicester free land cover map of the UK reveals national loss of habitats and agricultural land.
| 2015-Jul-01 |
Cold, dry conditions in the past two weeks, have slowed the regrowth of grass and broad-leaved weeds like docks and thistles, in silage crops cut at the beginning of June.
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