18/02/05
English dairy bull beef producers could improve their profitability substantially
under the reformed CAP by growing more of their animals faster, to finish at
earlier ages and heavier weights, according to the most extensive national study
of beef carcase performance ever undertaken.
18/02/05
Nickerson are urging growers to sow their Troon spring barley now to ensure they
achieve low grain nitrogen.
17/02/05
Scottish potato growers have been warned to keep a close eye on tuber condition
and plan how they will unload stores to satisfy customer requirements.
17/02/05
The new law offers greater protection to birds such as the golden eagle, buzzard,
red kite and sea eagle.
17/02/05
NFU Scotland has described new rules to control bovine TB as a strict but necessary
part of the fight against the spread of the disease.
17/02/05
Milk Link, one of the UK's leading dairy co-operatives, has announced the results
of its Council Member Election for Cumbria and South West Scotland.
17/02/05
Darlington law firm Latimer Hinks has teamed up with one of the UK's leading
farm business consultants to help its farming clients and professional associates
maximise returns from the Single Farm Payment (SFP) this year.
16/02/05
The finalists for the 2005 NFU Scotland Young Achiever Award, sponsored by the
Royal Bank of Scotland, have been announced.
16/02/05
A butchery demonstration for sheep producers highlighting the market preference
between lean and overfat lambs will be the focus of an EBLEX Better Returns Programme
(BRP) Evening Meeting held at The Fountain Hotel, Hawes, North Yorkshire.
16/02/05
Changes to subsidy support will be one of the key topics under discussion as
Sir Don Curry heads a seminar for red meat producers across the North East next
week.
16/02/05
Too many of us are not unlocking our herd's true potential, Cumbrian farmers
were told at a meeting organised by top UK genetics company Cogent Breeding.
16/02/05
The finalists for the 2005 NFU Scotland Innovation Award, sponsored by Argent
Energy, have been announced. Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell will announce
the winner and runner-up and present the prizes at the NFUS AGM on Thursday 24
February in St Andrews.
16/02/05
The finalists for the 2005 NFU Scotland Biodiversity Award, sponsored by RSPB
Scotland, have been announced.
16/02/05
Aquaculture Today 2005 will bring 200 delegates from across Europe to Edinburgh
for 2 days in April.
15/02/05
BASC is working with DEFRA to correct information on shooting regulations published
in DEFRA's latest guidance on reformed farm payments.
15/02/05
The choice of all-round improving internationally-proven Holstein sires available
to British dairymen has increased from 25 to 30, according to the latest MDC
Evaluations quarterly bull proofs published this week.
15/02/05
A butchery demonstration for local sheep producers highlighting the market preference
between lean and overfat lambs will be the focus of an EBLEX Better Returns Programme
(BRP) Evening Meeting held at Cockermouth Market.
15/02/05
Dozens of farmers across North Northumberland have signed up for a new series
of training courses focusing on health and safety issues and new ways of working.
15/02/05
The Pentalk Network is preparing a commemorative book for HRH Prince of Wales
to celebrate his forthcoming marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles on April 8th.
14/02/05
Hundreds of pioneering organic farmers, and organic dairy farmers, will be massively
disadvantaged as a result of new CAP payments.
14/02/05
Shepherds gearing up for lambing must counter a potential hygiene threat from
damp straw bedding this season by using a particularly absorbent disinfectant.
14/02/05
THE expected full return of English Quality beef and British cattle to foreign
markets will be a major talking point on the English Beef and Lamb Executive
(EBLEX) stand at this year’s SIA farming show in Paris.
14/02/05
Did you know that your teddy bear’s mohair coat comes from the luxuriant
fleece of the Angora mohair goat? Did you know that their fleece is shorn from
their coat similar to that of sheep?
12/02/05
According to a report released today, authored by Clive James chairman and founder
of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
(ISAAA), global area for biotech crops grew 20 percent in 2004.
11/02/05
The 2005 beef market offers excellent opportunities for
English producers, according to the latest annual forecast
from the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX).
11/02/05
St
Valentines Day on February 14th is the day when the British
Trust for Ornithology launches National Nest Box Week.
10/02/05
CLA Chairmen and high-ranking office bearers from across the north met yesterday (9
February) at the CLA's North Regional Office, agreeing that it was vital
all candidates in forthcoming local and general elections are fully
briefed on issues of concern in rural communities.
09/02/05
NFUS is highlighting the potential to grow energy crops such
as oilseed rape, which can be processed into environmentally-friendly
road fuels. Biodiesel and bioethanol can both replace conventional
diesel and petrol.
09/02/05
A show
of commercial beef suckler cows and calves, sponsored by animal
health company, Virbac Ltd, with prize money totalling £4360,
will be a major attraction of Beef Expo 2005 to be held at
Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, on Wednesday, June 8.
09/02/05
Farmers, funding
bodies and advisers got together at a meeting near Penrith,
Cumbria on Tuesday (February 8) in an effort to foster greater
collaboration in times of change for the agricultural industry.
- RICS rural land market
survey for Great Britain - Fourth Quarter, 2004
09/02/05
Farmland prices are still rising strongly according to the Royal Institution
of Chartered Surveyors(RICS) rural land survey.
The fourth quarter of 2004 also saw an increase of farmers moving back into the
market as their CAP entitlement becomes clearer.
08/02/05
The CLA is reminding owners of horses, ponies and donkies that they only have
until the end of this month to obtain a passport for their four legged friends.
08/02/05
The sheep industry in Cumbria and across the north of England
has benefited to the tune of more than £1 million thanks
to the Northern Uplands Sheep Strategy (NUSS).
08/02/05
Scotland's
farming union has welcomed the launch today (8 February) of
the Scottish Outdoor Access Code which coincides with the introduction
tomorrow of the new right of responsible access to the Scottish
countryside.
08/02/05
The Ingleview herd of R& E Butterfield, Linghaw, Bentham,
Lancaster have won the major prize in the Border & Lakeland
Holstein Club’s Winter Holstein Classic competition.
08/02/05
Stuart Beer has been appointed Vice Chairman of the Agricultural
Industries Confederation (AIC) following the organisation's
latest board meeting.
08/02/05
Store cattle producers should be paying more attention to what's going
on in the marketplace and start responding now if they're to maximize output
and subsequent income under the new regime, says British Charolais Cattle
Society chairman, Murray Lyle.
07/02/05
A successful appeal to Defra to put off unexpected
embryo import restrictions agreed by the European Commission
means breeders can continue the importation of internationally
superior cattle genetics until December 2006.
07/02/05
NFUS President John Kinnaird has welcomed the Union's new
regional chairmen and vice chairmen who have now been elected
across Scotland. Elected by their fellow farmers, the new
office-bearers will play a key role in NFUS activity in its
nine regions.
07/02/05
Rural
tourism operators have high hopes for their sector, although
they still have concerns about access to grant advice and the
constraints of planning regulations and red tape, revealed
the latest Rural Tourism Confidence Index (RTCI).
07/02/05
NFU Scotland has
opened a Helpline to assist its members in dealing with the
National Reserve. The National Reserve
is available to eligible farmers to ensure they are not disadvantaged
by the change in how farming subsidies are paid from 2005 onwards.
07/02/05
The National Beef Association (NBA)
and Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) have published a blueprint
for reconnecting farmers with consumers.
06/02/05
Organic farmers and growers are being warned to look out
for products that are falsely marketed as suitable for use
on organic farms.
05/02/05
Jim McAdams of Adkins, Texas, became the new president of the National Cattlemen's
Beef Association today. McAdams, who had served the previous year as president
elect, automatically advanced to the president's chair at the conclusion of the
annual Membership Meeting at the Annual Cattle Industry Convention and Trade
Show.
04/02/05
The NFU has expressed disappointment at the government's decision to effectively
block a Private Members Bill designed to help combat climate change today.
04/02/05
Facing the Future: Getting at the Facts is the theme
of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers' National
Dairy Conference to be held at the Cheltenham and Gloucester
Moat House Hotel on 7 and 8 March, and sponsored by the
National Westminster Bank and the Dairy Supply Chain Forum.
04/02/05
Cumbrian sheep farmers
have played a major part in a £5.5
million national scheme to help tackle overgrazing and undergrazing.
04/02/05
Dairy Farmers of Britain, the leading dairy farmers’ co-operative
in the UK, reports a strong trading performance in interim
results for the six months ended September 30 2004.
03/02/05
Such is the appetite for Troon malting barley in Europe that nearly 1000m/t
of seed from England and Scotland has been shipped to Denmark to supplement
supplies for the country's cereal growers.
03/02/05
Cumbrian beef producers were to the fore in the annual Border
Charolais Club/Pfizer Suckler Herd of the Year Award. The
best small herd award was made again to last year's winner
Paul Stobart who runs a 65 cow herd at Scalehouses End Farm,
Renwick, near Penrith.
02/02/05
The National
Audit Office (NAO) report into the handling of the 2001 Foot
and Mouth epidemic provides useful information on the handling
of the crisis, according to the NFU.
02/02/05
MISSIONS to help British meat
firms export to the new members of the EU are being held
in February and March.
01/02/05
The NFU in the north west has stressed the importance
of a replacement Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) scheme post
2006 if Defra are serious about supporting the continuation
of farming in the uplands.
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