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Agricultural, Environmental, Countryside and Farming News from the UK and beyond.
| 2017-Oct-30 |
With straw prices high and lambing time fast approaching, sheep farmers are being advised to consider alternative bedding options to save costs and prevent health problems.
| 2017-Oct-30 |
Dairy farmers looking to produce more milk from forage should view grass silage clamps as much more than a forage store.
| 2017-Oct-30 |
University of Leicester mathematicians research shows how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals.
| 2017-Oct-30 |
CLAAS has taken over the tyre pressure control technology developed by R&M Landtechniksysteme.
| 2017-Oct-27 |
Following the news that sales of antibiotics to treat and prevent disease in UK farm livestock have achieved a record low, targets for further reducing, refining or replacing antibiotic use have been announced.
| 2017-Oct-27 |
Farming charity R.A.B.I has given out more than £1.1 million to the retired, sick and disabled this year. CEO Paul Burrows says the charity is committed to looking after farming people throughout their lives.
| 2017-Oct-27 |
New Holland Agriculture partnered with the Fourth European Congress of Young Farmers which took place at the European Parliament in Brussels.
| 2017-Oct-27 |
An exciting new era has begun at one of the UK's leading agricultural colleges, with the appointment of its first female farm manager. Chantelle Astley takes up the post at Askham Bryan College.
| 2017-Oct-27 |
A new ‘Young Board’ comprised of outstanding young talent within the dairy sector has been announced by RABDF.
| 2017-Oct-27 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 3,779 prime lambs and 5,448 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 26th October 2017.
| 2017-Oct-25 |
Establishing maize under biodegradable film has the potential to deliver an earlier harvest along with significantly higher yields and, in the case of most marginal maize growing areas, make the crop more consistently economically viable.
| 2017-Oct-25 |
The primary aim of The Donkey Sanctuary on the Isle of Wight is to provide a home for unwanted donkeys.
| 2017-Oct-25 |
John Deere has named Europe’s top self-propelled forage harvester drivers for 2017 in a unique social media campaign.
| 2017-Oct-25 |
Beef Shorthorn met a strong, level demand with bulls selling to a new October breed record top of 12,000gns and £5,121.00 average at the breed society’s official autumn sale at Stirling on Monday 23 October.
| 2017-Oct-25 |
The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has urged farmers to remain vigilant for signs of bluetongue virus after the disease was successfully picked up in a number of cattle imported from France through our robust post-import testing regime.
| 2017-Oct-25 |
Tuesday 24 October 2017 saw a flying trade for Charolais bulls with 85 sold, averaging £6,079, £405 up on the year, and a whopping 19% increase on last year’s clearance rate to 82%.
| 2017-Oct-23 |
The new VIP Roller introduces an entry level model to the HE-VA range of rolls, offering high output rolling, whilst retaining many of the features of the well regarded larger models.
| 2017-Oct-23 |
Dyed-in-the-wool Dalesbred sheep farmer Richard Close, was crowned champion at the annual Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association’s final seasonal show and sale of shearling and aged rams, and females, at Skipton Auction Mart.
| 2017-Oct-23 |
Finalists in the 2017 NMR/RABDF Gold Cup competition have been announced and include two block calving grassland-based herds, two high-production Holstein herds, a Channel Island herd and a grass-based block calving herd milked once-a-day.
| 2017-Oct-23 |
Massey Ferguson is proud to announce the addition of a new line up of high quality, advanced technology MF Round Balers to its fast expanding green and gold harvesting range, which will make their debut at Agritechnica 17.
| 2017-Oct-23 |
Massey Ferguson is proud to announce the addition of a new line up of high quality, advanced technology MF Round Balers to its fast expanding green and gold harvesting range, which will make their debut at Agritechnica 17.
| 2017-Oct-23 |
The country’s honey crop remains depressingly small, just 24 lbs or approaching 11 kilos per beekeeper, pointing to a steady decline in the crop and an increase in worries about the future of honey bees.
| 2017-Oct-20 |
A new report aimed at identifying a strategy for the UK dairy industry post-referendum has concluded the future is bright for dairy farmers in Brexit Britain.
| 2017-Oct-20 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 4,219 prime lambs and 6,858 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 19th October 2017.
| 2017-Oct-18 |
Forage specialist Germinal is to establish its own research station to spearhead a new programme of trials and development work geared to helping UK farmers improve the production and utilisation of homegrown feed.
| 2017-Oct-18 |
KUHN Farm Machinery has added a new model to its range of high horsepower, folding power harrows, with the 7-metre HR 7040 R sitting between the company’s existing 6 and 8 metre models.
| 2017-Oct-18 |
Farmland values show signs of firming over the past quarter, on the back of tight supplies and strong interest from non-farmers and tax-driven buyers.
| 2017-Oct-18 |
Unprecedented trade for field-run entries at Skipton Auction Mart’s autumn sale of working sheep dogs produced a top call of 9,500gns for an Irish dog with impeccable bloodlines.
| 2017-Oct-16 |
RUMA has welcomed the profile given on 13 October of a possible “post-antibiotic apocalypse” by England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. She was speaking at a global ‘Superbugs’ conference held in Berlin.
| 2017-Oct-16 |
The Sedgemoor Auction Mart ring was filled to bursting for the dispersal of the Balbithan Charolais cattle and emotional goodbye to one of the breeds most renowned herds, on Thursday 12 October.
| 2017-Oct-16 |
Historically overlooked in government funding schemes and legislation, agricultural contractors will be stepping squarely into the limelight at the National Association of Agricultural Contractor’s unique conference and exhibition.
| 2017-Oct-16 |
Cattle took centre stage at Skipton Auction Mart for the annual Autumn Pedigree Day, featuring shows for multi-breed beef breeding cattle and suckled bulls, steer and heifer calves, primarily 2017-born.
| 2017-Oct-16 |
A new £6 million project launched on Monday 16th October to help fix large swathes of Pennine peatland over the next four years.
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| 2017-Oct-13 |
New Holland is proud to support The Worshipful Company of Farmers alongside the NFU at the 802nd Lord Mayor’s Show in the City of London on 11th November.
| 2017-Oct-13 |
More than half the country’s dairy farmers are planning to increase milk production…either by boosting numbers or by aiming for more milk from existing herds.
| 2017-Oct-13 |
Four partners in health, have launched the first roadmap to stop transmission of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis.
| 2017-Oct-13 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 34 cattle, 4,135 prime lambs and 7,259 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 12th October 2017.
| 2017-Oct-11 |
The National Sheep Association is urging Ministers and policy makers to exercise extreme care when considering some of the questionable calls being made by campaigners opposing live exports.
| 2017-Oct-11 |
Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing, can counteract the positive effect of the trees, a recently published study suggests.
| 2017-Oct-11 |
There was a strong demand for pedigree females at the Northern Ireland Simmental Cattle Breeders’ Club’s autumn show and sale, hosted by Dungannon Farmers’ Mart on Friday 6th October 2017.
| 2017-Oct-11 |
More than 93 per cent of farmers surveyed by the Livestock Auctioneers Association, used auction markets to buy and sell livestock because prompt payments and wider customer base attracted them to the live auction ring.
| 2017-Oct-09 |
Rural planning policy has the potential to significantly drive economic growth, but it simply isn’t working effectively and budget cuts are not going to help.
| 2017-Oct-09 |
Producers are warned to guard against relaying on average reports and infrequent silage testing and make sure they have routine silage analyses so they know exactly what’s in the clamp.
| 2017-Oct-09 |
Worldwide livestock reproduction and bovine technology business ST genetics of Texas has become the majority shareholder in the UK’s largest bull stud Cogent Breeding Ltd.
| 2017-Oct-09 |
Skipton Auction Mart has sold its first prime lamb under a new fund-raising initiative on behalf of national farming charity, the Addington Fund.
| 2017-Oct-09 |
The Sainsbury Laboratory, a global institute for plant health, launches its new vision and announces the appointment of Professor Nicholas Talbot FRS as Executive Director.
| 2017-Oct-06 |
BaleCollect 1230 is Krone’s first bale collector to be launched at this year’s Agritechnica. BaleCollect is 4.3m wide, 3.2m long and carries up to three 2.7m long bales.
| 2017-Oct-06 |
The thirteenth annual Farmers Weekly Awards took place at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel, London with fifteen awards, for different categories, presented to the best farmers in the country.
| 2017-Oct-06 |
Benchmarking, new technology, science and research are key themes running through this year’s CropTec seminar programme.
| 2017-Oct-06 |
A key message to come out of this year’s Dairy Show was that UK dairy farmers are producing some of the best product in the world, and should be marketing it to survive future volatility.
| 2017-Oct-06 |
A key message to come out of this year’s Dairy Show was that UK dairy farmers are producing some of the best product in the world, and should be marketing it to survive future volatility.
| 2017-Oct-06 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 24 cattle, 4,231 prime lambs and 6,383 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 5th October 2017.
| 2017-Oct-04 |
The Scottish Crofting Federation has sent a post-Brexit agriculture and rural development policy position outlining a vision for crofting to key government ministers and politicians emphasising the opportunity for change.
| 2017-Oct-04 |
JCB Agriculture is celebrating a major milestone in its long record of innovative machine design and engineering - the 40th anniversary of the Loadall telescopic handler.
| 2017-Oct-04 |
The Cereals event is undergoing an industry-led transformation following the inaugural meeting of a new advisory board comprising 24 of the UK’s leading agricultural organisations.
| 2017-Oct-04 |
A report outlining the case for UK dairy farming to maintain access to EU labour in the short term, and improve the pipeline of domestic labour in the long term, was presented to Defra’s Access to Labour Team.
| 2017-Oct-04 |
Strutt & Parker is recommending a 1.4% increase is applied to farmworkers’ wages this year, as a guide for employers in England – who are no longer covered by the rates set down by an Agricultural Wages Board.
| 2017-Oct-02 |
Seventy Wynnstay animal health advisers are now primed to help Welsh sheep producers stamp out flock foot problems after the company organised four practical training workshops on reducing lameness issues.
| 2017-Oct-02 |
Payments made to farmers under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme will be just under 5% higher than in 2016 and at their highest level since 2009, because of a more beneficial currency exchange rate.
| 2017-Oct-02 |
Based in Running Waters, County Durham, Elaine Vickers is a busy farmer looking after more than 1,000 acres of arable and livestock. She wanted a Power Arm that was productive and powerful while still being precise and manoeuvrable so she chose a McConnel PA6065.
| 2017-Oct-02 |
Opportunity to purchase Peterscrook Farm, a high quality well equipped dairy farm near Penton in Cumbria.
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