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Feb 05
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25/02/05
The first entry into the Carlisle sale ring for the reduction sale of the Browhaze
fold from SK & SD Brown of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, attracted the leading price
of the sale at 2,300gns.
25/02/05
Local breeders G & C Neve & Son of Haining House, lifted the top price
and silverware at the spring show and sale of Galloway breeding cattle on Friday.
25/02/05
The National Federation of Meat and Food Traders is warning that the beef on
the bone ban will be re-introduced once over 30 month old cattle are re-introduced
into the food chain – with implications for high street butchers and farmers.
25/02/05
Receiving thousands of calls from NFUS members over the past five years, NFU
Scotland's free legal Helpline, run by Gillespie Macandrew, has proven to be
one of the most valuable services available to NFUS members.
24/02/05
Addressing NFU Scotland's Annual General Meeting in St Andrew's on February 24,
the Union's President John Kinnaird outlined the key challenges for Scottish
agriculture in the year ahead.
24/02/05
Calibrating the spreader before fertilising grassland could typically save £25
a hectare of lost production advises Kemira GrowHow’s Ross Leadbeater.
24/02/05
The Tenant Farmers Association's Annual General Meeting in London on Tuesday
February 22 was told that the rules on country of origin labelling of food were
causing UK consumers to be deceived.
23/02/05
The Tenant Farmers Association celebrated the tenth anniversary in office of
its National Chairman, Reg Haydon at its Annual General Meeting in London.
23/02/05
CUMBRIAN dairy farmers have a unique opportunity to vent their frustrations at
the top man during an NFU meeting next week.
23/02/05
Steve Nesbitt remains quietly optimistic about the future of the UK’s beef
industry under the new Single Farm Payment regime.
23/02/05
Public concern regarding GM (Genetically Modified) crops is a mounting issue
as demonstrated by the GM-free Britain lobby of Parliament taking place on Wednesday
23rd February.
23/02/05
Two historic Grade II Listed lime kilns in the heart of the Northumberland countryside
have been preserved for future generations with the help of Defra.
23/02/05
The new German Holstein February proofs are out and again the Osnabrueck top
bulls are creating with their "all time high" a lot of excitement!
22/02/05
The North of England branch of the Blackface Sheep Breeders held their annual
stockjudging event on Wednesday evening at Hexham Auction Mart.
22/02/05
Grass let values will sink this spring and landlords who have unrealistic expectations
for temporary rent prices will be disappointed.
21/02/05
Tama Plastic Industry is pleased to announce that the Court of Mannheim, Germany,
has accorded final confirmation to a settlement of the patent infringement suit
that was brought by Tama against RKW.
25/02/05
The first entry into the Carlisle sale ring for the reduction sale of the Browhaze
fold from SK & SD Brown of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, attracted the leading price
of the sale at 2,300gns.
25/02/05
Local breeders G & C Neve & Son of Haining House, lifted the top price
and silverware at the spring show and sale of Galloway breeding cattle on Friday.
25/02/05
The National Federation of Meat and Food Traders is warning that the beef on
the bone ban will be re-introduced once over 30 month old cattle are re-introduced
into the food chain – with implications for high street butchers and farmers.
25/02/05
Receiving thousands of calls from NFUS members over the past five years, NFU
Scotland's free legal Helpline, run by Gillespie Macandrew, has proven to be
one of the most valuable services available to NFUS members.
24/02/05
Addressing NFU Scotland's Annual General Meeting in St Andrew's on February 24,
the Union's President John Kinnaird outlined the key challenges for Scottish
agriculture in the year ahead.
24/02/05
Calibrating
the spreader before fertilising grassland could typically
save £25 a hectare of lost production advises
Kemira GrowHow’s Ross Leadbeater.
24/02/05
The
Tenant Farmers Association's Annual General Meeting in
London on Tuesday February 22 was told that the rules on
country of origin labelling of food were causing UK consumers
to be deceived.
23/02/05
The Tenant Farmers
Association celebrated the tenth anniversary in office of its
National Chairman, Reg Haydon at its Annual General Meeting in
London.
23/02/05
CUMBRIAN
dairy farmers have a unique opportunity to vent their frustrations
at the top man during an NFU meeting next week.
23/02/05
Steve
Nesbitt remains quietly optimistic about the future of the UK’s
beef industry under the new Single Farm Payment regime.
23/02/05
Public
concern regarding GM (Genetically Modified) crops is a mounting
issue as demonstrated by the GM-free Britain lobby of Parliament
taking place on Wednesday 23rd February.
23/02/05
Two historic Grade II Listed lime kilns in the heart
of the Northumberland countryside have been preserved for
future generations with the help of Defra.
23/02/05
The new German Holstein February proofs are out and
again the Osnabrueck top bulls are creating with their "all
time high" a lot of excitement!
22/02/05
The North
of England branch of the Blackface Sheep Breeders held
their annual stockjudging event on Wednesday evening at
Hexham Auction Mart.
22/02/05
Grass let values will sink this spring and landlords who have
unrealistic expectations for temporary rent prices will be
disappointed.
21/02/05
Tama Plastic Industry is pleased to announce that the Court
of Mannheim, Germany, has accorded final confirmation to
a settlement of the patent infringement suit that was brought
by Tama against RKW.
21/02/05
Landowners
with telecom masts could considerably improve the rent they
receive, according to chartered surveyors Fisher German.
21/02/05
Scotland's
biennial national sheep event, Scotsheep, is returning to
Aberdeenshire next year for the first time since 1993.
21/02/05
Long standing National Beef Association convictions that
beef production can only be profitable if missing coupled
subsidy income is quickly replaced by a combination of sensible
cost cutting and improved market returns have been backed
by the Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland
(ARNI).
21/02/05
A section on the effective storage of all cereals, maize
and whole crop has been added to the updated MDC publication,
Making the Most of Homegrown Cereals and Protein Crops 2005.
21/02/05
A legally enforceable code of practice and further guidelines
produced by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation
(BASC) on the use of a terrier to flush foxes from underground
have been approved by Defra and come into force as part of
the Hunting Act.
21/02/05
University of Central Lancashire’s Penrith Campus announces new figures
released today revealing a pass rate of 75 per cent amongst agricultural apprentices
- 44 per cent ABOVE the national average.
19/02/05
Local breeder George Hutton of Setmabanning, near Keswick,
sold his home bred young bull Cloughhead Umpire, for 42,000gns
at the first sale of the season. |
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Plans are well advanced
for the UK's national beef event, Beef Expo 2005, to be held
at Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, on Wednesday, June 8. |
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