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Agricultural, Environmental, Countryside and Farming News from the UK and beyond.
| 2018-Dec-28 |
It’s evident, as I carry out my work among farmers in South Wales and the South West of England, that the average age is increasing says Sotirios Karvountzis of Medip Vets.
| 2018-Dec-28 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 6,090 prime lambs and 3,335 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 27th December 2018.
| 2018-Dec-28 |
Richard King of Andersons Farm Business Consultants says forecasting profitability for 2019 is rendered almost impossible by the uncertainty over Brexit.
| 2018-Dec-28 |
The Environment Secretary has stated that applications for the continued authorisation for professional and amateur slug pellet products containing metaldehyde have been refused.
| 2018-Dec-21 |
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Allerton Project is launching a new course aimed at agronomists, farmers and land agents on farmland conservation management.
| 2018-Dec-21 |
Kitson & Sons Butchers has hosted a visit from one of the championship-winning farmers who has helped beef up its Christmas festive meat feast this year.
| 2018-Dec-21 |
Whatever happens with the Government’s Brexit vote, it’s vital that farmers take the current opportunity to secure their businesses during the transitional period.
| 2018-Dec-21 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 6,268 prime lambs and 4,758 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 20th December 2018.
| 2018-Dec-21 |
New Holland received the prestigious Good Design Award for the methane powered Concept Tractor.
| 2018-Dec-21 |
Farmers in the future could have a special early-detection system for lameness in cattle, thanks to a new technique developed by the University of Essex and Writtle University College.
| 2018-Dec-19 |
It is essential that veterinary surgeons are included in government plans to scrap the cap on skilled workers from the EU and elsewhere, according to the British Veterinary Association.
| 2018-Dec-19 |
Against the backdrop of a sometimes difficult environment in the agricultural machinery and commercial trailer industries, the Krone Group finished the past 2017/2018 financial year with another record turnover.
| 2018-Dec-19 |
Flood risk management needs to stay at the top of the public and political agenda, even after flood waters recede, shadow environment minister Sue Hayman MP has stated.
| 2018-Dec-19 |
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has elected the New Holland IntelliSense combine setting system and the Intelligent Trailer Brake System recipients of the 2019 AE50 Awards.
| 2018-Dec-19 |
The Landed Estates and Rural Business Group of Saffery Champness commissioned a survey through YouGov Plc to investigate whether the GB public has a view on proposed farming subsidies after Brexit.
| 2018-Dec-17 |
Representing a global standard in animal traceability, authenticity and knowledge, a brand new initiative ‘Approved Registered Cattle’ mark is set to revolutionise Holstein and British Friesian breeds.
| 2018-Dec-17 |
David Green, who owns K&J Green Butchers, in Heskin, Chorley has hosted a visit from a championship-winning farmer who has helped beef up his Christmas festive meat feast this year.
| 2018-Dec-17 |
Farmers must focus on profitability rather than maximum production to secure the future of their business without subsidy payments - and improved grazing could the answer.
| 2018-Dec-17 |
Traditionally considered most suited to an organic farming system, there is growing interest in red clover swards across all farm types, as farmers realise the potential of the crop from both a yield and protein perspective.
| 2018-Dec-14 |
The implications of one of the hottest and driest seasons on record will be one of the main topics of discussion at a major potato industry event next month.
| 2018-Dec-14 |
Rural upland businesses and communities across the north of England have been counting the cost of a poor grouse shooting season and a financial loss that runs into millions of pounds.
| 2018-Dec-14 |
Over 30 farm parks, rural attractions and industry suppliers from around the UK have made it through to the finals of the National Farm Attractions Network annual awards.
| 2018-Dec-14 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 10 cattle, 7,003 prime lambs and 5,068 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 13th December 2018.
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| 2018-Dec-14 |
Scores of farmers are already seeking to boost their business resilience and become more self-reliant as Brexit uncertainty soars to new heights, an exclusive Farmers Guardian survey has revealed.
| 2018-Dec-12 |
As we approach the time of year of giving gifts to the ones you hold near and dear, it may be worth considering what gifts cover crops can give your crop or forage system.
| 2018-Dec-12 |
Derbyshire’s David Pownall won his second Craven Feather Auctions championship of the year at the annual Christmas show and sale of poultry and waterfowl staged at Skipton Auction Mart.
| 2018-Dec-12 |
In recognition of the growing issue of waste plastic management on UK farms, Desoan, has taken the lead to launch a national collection service offering farmers a convenient and efficient solution to plastic disposal.
| 2018-Dec-12 |
The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has urged farmers to increase their vigilance for Bluetongue virus after the disease was picked up and dealt with in three consignments of cattle imported from France.
| 2018-Dec-12 |
KUHN Farm Machinery’s twin-reel film binding bale wrapping system has won a silver award in the Livestock Innovation category of the 2019 LAMMA Innovation Awards.
| 2018-Dec-12 |
A new online calculator and guidance has been developed to help farmers and others to design woodlands to capture airborne ammonia and so reduce air pollution.
| 2018-Dec-07 |
Ultra high resolution aerial photography and 3D landscape models from Bluesky are helping Outfield Technologies develop innovative image recognition techniques to improve agricultural land management and crop production.
| 2018-Dec-07 |
Celebrations were definitely in order for agriculture students from Newton Rigg College who claimed both first and second place at a prestigious national livestock event.
| 2018-Dec-07 |
Harrison & Hetherington have announced that the 2019 Borderway UK Dairy Expo will take place at the Borderway Exhibition Centre, Carlisle, on Saturday 9th March 2019.
| 2018-Dec-07 |
C&D Auction Marts Limited had forward 32 cattle, 4,196 prime lambs and 5,472 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 6th December 2018.
| 2018-Dec-07 |
British farmers and food producers will soon be able to export British sheep meat to India as the country prepares to open its market for the first time.
| 2018-Dec-05 |
Farming charity R.A.B.I says it will send out more than 650 festive hampers during the next two weeks to elderly, sick and disabled people who used to work in the agricultural sector.
| 2018-Dec-05 |
North Yorkshire farmer Graeme Jackson continued his run of success at the 2018 East of England Winter Stock Festival in Peterborough on December 1.
| 2018-Dec-05 |
The importance of soil health for both productive farming and a healthy environment has been brought home today on World Soil Day.
| 2018-Dec-05 |
Figures and analysis revealed at a farming conference in the Yorkshire Dales have suggested that a payment by results approach to agri-environment schemes can produce ‘amazing’ environmental enhancements.
| 2018-Dec-05 |
The National Sheep Association is celebrating the news that Secretary of State Michael Gove has refused permission for lynx to be released in the Kielder Forest, Northumberland.
| 2018-Dec-03 |
It’s been a particularly bad year for Orf in lambs but sheep producers struggling with the disease in their flock can improve its control by vaccinating ewes well before housing for lambing.
| 2018-Dec-03 |
Forestry Minister David Rutley has planted the first government-funded tree of the Northern Forest.
| 2018-Dec-03 |
Tongue piercing in humans and the relative benefits of coffee and other caffeinated drinks might not be what you expect to hear in a veterinary training session.
| 2018-Dec-03 |
A multi-million-pound hub for the development, testing and sharing of technologies to boost productivity in farming and the food supply chain has opened in the Midlands.
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