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Agricultural, Environmental, Countryside and Farming News from the UK and beyond.
| 2013-Dec-30 |
Yorkshire Wensleydale is the latest in a host of UK festive foods to be awarded an international title to protect its heritage.
| 2013-Dec-30 |
Co Tyrone farmer Wilbert Mayne was elected onto the AgriSearch Board of Trustees at the recent Annual General Meeting.
| 2013-Dec-30 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 4 prime cattle, 2 young bulls, 0 over thirty month cattle, 7,387 prime lambs and 5,395 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Friday 27th December 2013.
| 2013-Dec-27 |
Colleagues have bid a fond farewell to JCB Chief Executive Officer Alan Blake who is retiring from the company after almost a quarter of a century of service.
| 2013-Dec-27 |
Scaife Hall Farm at Hardisty Hill, Blubberhouses, is set to stage its third charity ‘Big Breakfast’ in the New Year.
| 2013-Dec-27 |
FAO and DFID agree on a 4-year, $48 million project on climate-smart agriculture, training, market access and inclusive financing.
| 2013-Dec-27 |
The 2014 conference will be the 69th British Cattle Conference and will take place on 20th - 22nd January 2014 at the Telford Golf and Spa Hotel, Telford in Shropshire.
| 2013-Dec-27 |
Suckler herd owners walking the Kircubbin farm of Sam Chesney and family found old ideas challenged during an autumn AgriSearch event.
| 2013-Dec-27 |
The Tenant Farmers Association’s National Chairman, Jeremy Walker, believes that 2014 will be a year of both promises and potential pitfalls for the farming community.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
Outcross sires are like gold-dust in the modern Holstein population and one that also brings almost three points for PTA Type, superb daughter health and fertility, a high weight of fat and positive fat and protein percentages is rare indeed.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a joint project to tackle the global problem of food losses.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
Last month ABS Ireland sent its first shipment of AI straws from their grassland programme to New Zealand.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
Exploring supply chain opportunities from the perspective of the supermarket and personal insights from two Yorkshire producers will be in the spotlight for the Future Farmers of Yorkshire at the group's next meeting.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
A final year PhD student from Harper Adams University claimed the prize for ‘Best Presentation’ at the 2013 PhD Seminar Programme held near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
A study of soils sampled from farms across the South West of England has produced results that could help the region’s farmers increase yields and provide environmental benefits.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
A multi-breed show and sale of pairs of breeding ewe hoggs will be a major feature of next year’s NSA Scotsheep 2014 to be held at Quixwood, Grantshouse, Berwickshire, on June 4.
| 2013-Dec-23 |
A show-stopping line-up diversely ranging from utility vehicles to full-size tractors has been unveiled by New Holland for the 2014 Bigga Turf Management Exhibition.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
The prices being paid for pedigree sheep have never been higher, with top class in-lamb sheep attaining averages of more than £1,000 in the pre-Christmas sales.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
It has been a busy year for the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership but a bracing walk to the top of one of the area’s most impressive vantage points will be a fitting end to the past twelve months.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
West Midlands agronomist, Harry Abell reports on oilseed rape development and management priorities.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
Following announcements this week about modulation rates in England and Wales, the NSA is urging policymakers to ensure the enlarged Pillar Two pot is put to the most effective use to directly support farming businesses.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
Commercial bidders were out in force at Holstein NI’s December show and sale, hosted by Taaffe Auctions at the Pedigree Sales Arena, Moria.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
JCB’s UK employees are to receive a £400 Christmas bonus, the company announced yesterday.
| 2013-Dec-20 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 22 prime cattle, 12 young bulls, 18 over thirty month cattle, 7,072 prime lambs and 7,272 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 19th December 2013.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
New minced meat labelling laws will mean for the first time that shoppers buying ‘lean’ minced meat are guaranteed a low fat product.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
Quality, if not quantity, was the order of the day at the final Craven Dairy Auction of 2013, the December show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
A further case of the tree disease Chalara, also known as ash dieback, has been confirmed in a woodland in Derbyshire.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
Claas the agricultural equipment company based in the eastern Westphalian town of Harsewinkel has been celebrating its 100th anniversary during 2013.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
Boosting productivity, fostering competitiveness and ensuring that small-scale farmers have greater access to markets are key to West Africa realizing its full agricultural potential.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
A North Craven father and daughter sent out a mother and daughter to secure a memorable championship and reserve championship double at Skipton Auction Mart.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
‘All-Grass Wintering’ is a rotational grazing system where a pregnant ewe flock is grazed at a high stocking density in electric-fenced paddocks to improve grass utilisation.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
Farmers in Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire had an exclusive first drive of new tractors from the McCormick stable when newly-appointed dealer Bryan Hoggarth ran a series of customer days.
| 2013-Dec-18 |
A trio of White Wyandotte bantams from renowned Red Rose poultry breeder Alan Barnes, ruled the roost at the Craven Feather Auctions Christmas show and sale of poultry and waterfowl at Skipton Auction Mart.
| 2013-Dec-17 |
One month after Typhoon Haiyan struck a devastating blow to the Philippines, farmers who lost essential crops and supplies are receiving the first wave of emergency seeds.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society has announced the appointment of Neil Caul as the Society’s assistant breed secretary.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
Higher lambing percentages, having fewer empty ewes and increased growth rates drove an extra 11% of output, or £11.50 per ewe, in top third English lowland flocks.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
Population growth, agricultural expansion, and the rise of globe-spanning food supply chains have dramatically altered how diseases emerge, jump species boundaries, and spread, according to an FAO report.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
The use of an innovative drilling system which had reduced costs, improved timeliness of establishment and benefited soil structure was key to Irish farmer Thomas McGuinness achieving the 2013 Silver Medal for ‘Best Percentage of Potential Grain Yield’.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
With the residual impact of the 2012/13 weather affecting the availability of working capital for many across the country, some farmers should consider short term flexible loans as an alternative to renewing or extending their bank overdraft.
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| 2013-Dec-16 |
The latest AgriSearch farmers’ booklet was launched at the RUAS Winter Fair in a talk given by Maria Guelbenzu of Veterinary Sciences Division, AFBI.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
Bringing the official British Limousin Cattle Society Sale year to a close was the Red Ladies Derby Sale held at Carlisle on Friday 13th December 2013.
| 2013-Dec-16 |
Hexham and Northern Marts at their weekly sale had forward an entry of 398 Store Cattle and Suckled Calves on Friday 13th December 2013.
| 2013-Dec-13 |
NADIS on behalf of Norbrook Laboratories is hosting a webinar focusing on milk fever with the aim of improving the understanding of the risks associated with clinical and subclinical milk fever.
| 2013-Dec-13 |
Owen Paterson responds to the interim findings of a review he commissioned into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks.
| 2013-Dec-13 |
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has urged retailers in the UK to work harder to create stronger trading relationships with domestic lamb suppliers, as they will be unable to continue relying so heavily on New Zealand imports in the future.
| 2013-Dec-13 |
The seventh annual charity sheep show and sale of predominantly Mule wether lambs staged by Addingham & District Sheep Breeders’ Association at Skipton Auction Mart raised a resounding £4,500 for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice.
| 2013-Dec-13 |
One of Scotland’s leading suppliers of agricultural equipment will cement its long association with leading global farm equipment manufacturer Case IH during 2014 by opening a new dealership in Perth.
| 2013-Dec-13 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 26 prime cattle, 10 young bulls, 28 over thirty month cattle, 7,030 prime lambs and 6,153 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 12th December 2013.
| 2013-Dec-11 |
New Holland Agriculture took part in the 2013 Agrievolution Forum, held on December 5 and 6 in New Delhi, India, which focused on global food security and farm machinery.
| 2013-Dec-11 |
Experts from Scotland’s Rural College have issued a reminder that from January 1 farmers working within Scotland’s Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) face regulation changes.
| 2013-Dec-11 |
An innovative water friendly farming initiative is being developed as part of the new £2 million dairy unit at Sewborwens Farm, Newton Rigg College, Penrith.
| 2013-Dec-11 |
Marginalised groups in mountain regions hold great potential for better food security and nutrition.
| 2013-Dec-11 |
Dr Gareth Arnott, AgriSearch research fellow in international dairy production at QUB Institute of Global Food looks at the facts.
| 2013-Dec-10 |
Bang Tidy, an 18 month old Charolais cross heifer scooped the supreme Smithfield championship in Peterborough, on Thursday 5 December.
| 2013-Dec-09 |
The Northumberland town of Rothbury has become the first recipient of the Rural Community Broadband Fund and can expect to enjoy some of the fastest broadband speeds.
| 2013-Dec-09 |
Members of a highly-successful Pig Producers’ Group operated by AtlasFram, the UK’s foremost farmers’ co-operative, have visited the United States on a nine-day, 3000-mile tour to study agriculture in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
| 2013-Dec-09 |
More attention to the health and management of the planet's soils will be needed to meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population while coping with climate change and increased scarcity of natural resources.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
The announcement that the government has unveiled their infrastructure spending plans could hit landowners hard, and the correct action needs to be taken from the start to ensure you don’t leave yourself wide open to issues in the future.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
A collaborative project between academics in the UK and India aims to develop a revolutionary new control strategy for bovine tuberculosis (TB), with global benefits for human and animal health.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
The Crop Protection Association has said the Government must not impose unnecessary restrictions on pesticide use as it implements Common Agricultural Policy “greening” measures.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
A hearty turnout of 414 head of store cattle for Skipton Auction Mart’s second annual Christmas show and sale sold well to a huge company of buyers seeking to top up feeding sheds over the festive period.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
JCB have announced plans to invest £150 million to expand its operations in Staffordshire and create an additional 2,500 jobs by 2018, which will in turn add a further 7,500 jobs in the UK supply chain.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
World cereal production will reach a new high of almost 2 500 million tonnes, including rice in milled terms, according to new FAO estimates.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
40 Ulster farmers joined a Markethill Dairy Discussion Group visit to four young Scottish milk producers on a tour led by David Allan of Volac International.
| 2013-Dec-06 |
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 43 prime cattle, 5 young bulls, 29 over thirty month cattle, 5,843 prime lambs and 6,317 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 5th December 2013.
| 2013-Dec-05 |
One million fertiliser spreaders sold allows Amazonen-Werke, in 2013, to look back on what is a major success story.
| 2013-Dec-05 |
Staff and Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority are stepping up a gear in their preparations for next year’s Tour de France Grand Départ.
| 2013-Dec-05 |
The Brown family of Bedale retained their supreme champion prime lamb championship at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock show.
| 2013-Dec-05 |
Cuts to farm animal health surveillance could risk new diseases going undetected and jeopardise public health, warns The Royal College of Pathologists.
| 2013-Dec-04 |
Sion and Claire Williams, a young couple from Llandeilo, were presented with the NSA Cymru/Wales Young Achievement Award at the Welsh Winter Fair.
| 2013-Dec-04 |
Quality Holstein bulls sold to a top of 3,200gns at Holstein NI’s December show and sale, hosted by HA McIlrath and Sons Ltd at Kilrea Mart.
| 2013-Dec-04 |
All set for a LAMMA 2014 launch, the new Steketee IC is a fully automatic weeder capable of operating at speeds of up to 3.5km/h.
| 2013-Dec-04 |
With Developer RWE Innogy shelving plans for the 240-turbine Atlantic Array project in the Bristol Channel, there is likely to be even greater interest in the role solar energy can play in the UK meeting its renewable energy targets.
| 2013-Dec-02 |
New Holland Agriculture has further reaffirmed its commitment to a sustainable and productive future with its gold level sponsorship of the 2013 Climate Action Sustainable Innovation Forum, which was held alongside the UNFCCC Conference of Parties.
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