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20/07/08
Hydraulic self-levelling (HSL) is now available on four of John Deere’s 3 Series front loader models, which were launched in 2007.
18/07/08
Yorkshire based breeder Jim Bloom is the new Chairman of the British Limousin Cattle Society (BLCS) following the Society’s Annual General Meeting held in Harrogate last week.
18/07/08
Sheep market prospects remain positive until at least the end of the year, reveals the latest mid-season outlook from EBLEX Ltd, the industry body for beef and lamb levy-payers in England.
17/07/08
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 67 prime cattle, 20 OTM cattle, 3,210 prime lambs and 4,111 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 17th July, 2008.
17/07/08
Reports of higher wheat production estimates and export availability from the Black Sea continues to pull markets lower.
17/07/08
There is a profitable future for the sheep industry in the UK but farmers need to adapt to the changing cost pressures.
17/07/08
The proposed organisation design and structure for the new Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) came off the drawing board at a meeting on 7 July 2008.
16/07/08
The enormous increase in profits announced by one global fertiliser manufacturer will infuriate hard pressed Scottish farmers, struggling to cope with three fold increases in their fertiliser bills year on year.
16/07/08
The rural economy experts say that the additional Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) announced at the last Budget mean those who are struggling financially in the countryside will be hit hardest by the tax.
16/07/08
AI company Dairy Daughters has secured supplies of one of the hottest bulls on the international market, which takes second place on the current American TPI list, surpassed only by the renowned Picston Shottle.
16/07/08
With a shortage of slaughter pigs available and prices finally beginning to move substantially, veterinary surgeons visiting pig farms are detecting more optimism in the industry.
15/07/08
NSA Sheep 2008, the UK industry’s biennial business to business event, will be held at the Three Counties Show Ground, Malvern on Wednesday 30 July and officially opened by shadow spokesperson for agriculture and rural affairs, Jim Paice MP.
15/07/08
SAC student, Sally Wilson from Berwickshire, has been appointed Member of the Year, 2008 by the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC).
15/07/08
Duff Burrell, chairman of the National Beef Association since June 2005, has stood down after criticism of the Association’s approach to future TB control policies.
15/07/08
The NBA has praised livestock keepers in the current English BTV8 Protection zone for rapidly vaccinating their livestock with the BTV8 vaccine in the fight against the spread of Blue Tongue Disease.
15/07/08
Finishers can resist the determined effort to pull back the price of slaughter cattle because the forces which drive the market are tipped firmly in the sellers favour.
15/07/08
Renewed availability in the UK of the globally revered Toystory will provide dairy farmers with an eagerly awaited opportunity to breed from one of the most complete Holstein sires of recent times, says Bullsemen.com.
14/07/08
A Cumbrian artificial insemination centre has been ordered to pay £67,945 in damages to a prize winning farmer after it wrongly labelled the semen of a valuable Aberdeen-Angus bull.
14/07/08
The majority of UK growers are considering an early September start to wheat drilling this autumn to ease their workload and reduce weather risk, according to RAGT Seeds.
14/07/08
Last season’s upsurge in rat problems will carry over into even greater difficulties on livestock farms across the country in the coming winter if populations are not effectively controlled.
14/07/08
Michael Weaver has been elected chairman of the Suffolk Sheep Society. Former vice-chairman, Michael takes the reins from Stephen Cobbald who stepped down due to new farming commitments.
11/07/08
Leading dairy recording and data information company NMR has been awarded with an international quality award, making it the first British milk recording company to receive the new ICAR Certificate of Quality for production recording.
11/07/08
Local sheep farmer Michael Parker, of Winterburn Hall, Winterburn, achieved back-to-back wins as store lambs returned to the fold for the opening seasonal show at Skipton Auction Mart.
10/07/08
The
Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had
forward 86 prime cattle, 14 OTM cattle, 270 prime hoggs, 2,539
prime lambs and 5,531 cast ewes & rams at their weekly
sale at Longtown on Thursday 10th July, 2008.
10/07/08
Producers know the importance of what goes into their pigs, but what comes out the other end is taking on an increasing value.
10/07/08
Andrew Kennedy from Straid, Ballymena strengthens the Cogent team in Northern Ireland. Truly passionate about dairying, Andrew, aged nineteen, offers a wealth of experience and knowledge to his new post as breeding advisor.
09/07/08
West Marton father-and-son sheep farmers Richard and Robert Greenwood took the July prime lambs championship at Skipton Auction Mart with a pen of five Charollais-x-Texel youngsters.
09/07/08
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has expressed dismay that Government’s announcement for a £20 million research and development package to develop bTB vaccines represents little new funding.
09/07/08
Wharfedale dairy farmers A Lawson & Son won their first Craven Dairy Auction championship at the opening July show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart.
09/07/08
Challenging! That’s the view organisers of the NSA Wales and Border Ram Sale are taking of this year’s progress.
07/07/08
A new practical demonstration incorporating tele-handlers and tractor loaders will be among the main activities featured at the Dairy Event and Livestock Show.
07/07/08
Rarely has World Food Day assumed greater meaning than at the present time, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry people, notes FAO’s Chief of World Food Day events, Sidaty Aidara.
07/07/08
Calls for a single health and welfare policy for the beef sector were made this week by Peter Vasey, newly elected president of the British Charolais Cattle Society.
07/07/08
The full spectrum of political, marketing, technical and sheep health issues will be up for discussion and debate at NSA Sheep 2008.
06/07/08
Increased power and ground clearance, a higher top speed and improved suspension are features of the new XUV 850D 4x4 Gator utility vehicle from John Deere, which has been developed following extensive customer feedback sessions.
04/07/08
SAC and QMS, with support from NFU Scotland, have organised an open afternoon focussing on the production of beef, from grass.
04/07/08
The Prime Minister must help farmers by removing outdated production restraints imposed at a time when UK food security was not a national issue, the National Beef Association said today.
03/07/08
The Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 105 prime cattle, 2 young bulls, 22 OTM cattle, 722 prime hoggs, 2,725 prime lambs and 4,951 cast ewes & rams at their weekly sale at Longtown on Thursday 3rd July, 2008.
03/07/08
SAC Chief Executive and Principal, Professor Bill McKelvey will announce, on Friday (4th July), that SAC will be designated a Higher Education Institute (HEI) at the beginning of August 2008.
03/07/08
The comprehensive study of 200 farms comes at a time when the agricultural industry is increasingly aware it must take steps to reduce its carbon footprint, particularly emissions of nitrous oxide and methane.
02/07/08
Commercial sheep farmers have a unique opportunity to look at more profitable sheep production when the UK’s first New Zealand Suffolk Sheep open day takes place in Shropshire on Saturday 12th July.
02/07/08
Land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world, according to a study using data taken over a 20-year period, FAO announced this week.
01/07/08
An even higher proportion of this year’s wheat crop is being grown for yield alone, reveals RAGT Seeds’ annual wheat grower study published this week.
30/06/08
Harrison and Hetherington this week announced that the 22nd Borderway Black and White Sale will be held at Carlisle on Saturday 29th November 2008.
30/06/08
The agricultural sector in China’s Sichuan province has suffered enormous damage estimated at around $6 billion caused by last month’s devastating earthquake, FAO said today.
30/06/08
RABDF is urging all dairy producers to revise the value of family labour in their farm accounts to 4.43p per litre, in order to reflect the true cost of milk production.
30/06/08
The first ever Signet Sire Summary for a whole breed for distribution to all its members has been made available to the Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders’ Association.
30/06/08
Native breeds will make their debut in an exhibition at the Dairy Event and Livestock Show, the two day specialist business to business event organised by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers.
30/06/08
Despite one of the best spring lamb seasons in recent years British producers need to do their sums very carefully before putting ewes to the tup for early lambing this summer
30/06/08
David and Helen Brass from The Lakes Free Range Egg Company have recently launched ‘Natures Nest’ - a new brand of ethically produced free range eggs that fits entirely with the ethos of their business.
30/06/08
Semex UK has signed up student Jennie Booth to work as a Promate field evaluator in the North of England. |
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