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Rewiring plant defence genes to reduce crop waste
Plants can be genetically rewired to resist the devastating effects of disease – significantly…
Win dinner with Kit Harington – Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow
Win dinner with Kit Harington who plays Jon Snow in the hit series ‘Game…
Agricultural research receives multi-million pound boost
UK universities and agricultural research centres which improve the resilience, sustainability and quality of…
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Shropshire farmer fined £16,000 for environmental offences
On 16 April 2018, Telford Magistrates’ Court fined the 55 year-old £16,000 and ordered…
Talks ongoing to avoid irrigation abstraction fee hike
Water level management authorities across the country are continuing to raise significant concerns at…
Duisburg municipal utility CHP plant equipped with urea injection system
The German CHP specialist ETW Energietechnik has delivered natural gas CHP units with selective…
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Arla farmers join forces to increase resilience and profitability
Over 300 farmers have signed to Arla’s new R500 programme designed to help future…
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health announces new Avian Team
Over the past fifteen years Merial Animal Health and Boehringer Ingelheim’s avian and swine…
Live Animal Exports Ban would be ‘shortsighted’ says FUW
A ban on live animal exports would be ‘remarkably shortsighted’ given the uncertainty around…
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Win dinner with Kit Harington – Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow
Win dinner with Kit Harington who plays Jon Snow in the hit series ‘Game of Thrones’, in exchange for funding Longlands Care Farm near Bromyard in Herefordshire, which has launched an appeal for a new headquarters. Kit, whose family is local, is patron of the…
Agricultural research receives multi-million pound boost
UK universities and agricultural research centres which improve the resilience, sustainability and quality of major crops will benefit from a funding package worth around £5.3 million over five years, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today. The funding will go to four leading agricultural research centres…
FUW raises concerns about Welsh fodder shortages
The Farmers’ Union of Wales says Irish fodder aid schemes highlight and add to concerns in Wales over the impact months of wet weather are having on fodder supplies and prices. Diminishing fodder supplies in the Republic of Ireland led the Irish Government to introduce…
Sheep Shearers on their way to UK
The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) is delighted to announce that that shearers will be allowed to enter the UK this year, in a time-limited window, to provide a vital source of highly skilled and experienced staff for shearing contractors removing the wool of…
HRH The Prince of Wales launches Farm Resilience Programme at Louth Livestock Market
Today (19th March) HRH The Prince of Wales attended Louth Livestock Market, to announce that Louth will be a new location for year three of The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme, and meet with key stakeholders involved in saving the mart. HRH took the opportunity to…
Farmers ploughing funds into animal welfare in 2018
New research reveals that UK farmers are planning to invest more in animal welfare than any other aspect of their farm business in 2018. This comes as McDonald’s UK unveils a half million-pound capital grant scheme to help dairy farmers deliver animal welfare initiatives. The…
New video shows what it means to be an organic farmer
West Sussex organic farmer John Pitts, has launched a new video to explain what it really means to choose organic. The passionate farmer reveals the challenges behind the award-winning organic dairy and arable farming enterprise The Woodhorn Group. The video outlines The Woodhorn Group’s holistic…
LAMMA ’18 – announcement from Briefing Media
LAMMA, the UK’s largest farm machinery, equipment and agricultural services show, has been unable to open to the public today due to safety reasons. High winds overnight caused serious damage to stands and structures across the East of England Showground, forcing the event to be…
Environmental policy and food production must go hand in hand
Farming and the environment must go hand-in-hand and producing quality, home-grown food is critical to the future of the country, say’s the NFU. It follows publication this morning of the Government’s 25 year Environment Plan. Theresa May revealed details of the long-awaited and wide-ranging 150-page…
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RPA continues to leave farmers in the dark over payments
Over 3,000 farmers and growers are still in the dark over 2017 BPS payments, as the NFU continues its call for improved communications and…
Administrators appointed to Countrywide Farmers Plc
David Pike, Mark Orton and Will Wright from KPMG’s Restructuring practice have been appointed joint administrators to Countrywide Farmers Plc. The company, which employs…
Lee Baker appointed as National Sales Director at Agricultur…
The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) has announced the appointment of Lee Baker as its new National Sales Director. Born and bred on an Exmoor…
Germinal appoints product development manager
Forage expert Germinal has continued to strengthen its technical resources with the appointment of plant biologist Felicity Lenyk to the new position of Product…
Happerley commits to creating member-owned entity to validat…
Happerley, the food provenance organisation, held its inaugural Advisory Board meeting last week (12th Jan). It was agreed unanimously to work towards creating an…
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Rewiring plant defence genes to reduce crop waste
Plants can be genetically rewired to resist the devastating effects of disease – significantly reducing crop waste worldwide – according to new research…
Farmers invited to take part in diverse cropping project to increase yields
The Organic Research Centre, a leading independent research charity, is inviting UK farmers to participate in a new EU-funded project called DIVERSify which…
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Over 300 farmers have signed to Arla’s new R500 programme designed to help future proof their farms and increase resilience to the impact of volatile milk prices. The…
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health announces new Avian Team
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Student’s silage project aims to advise farmers on best practice
A student’s study at Harper Adams University has found that grass silage of a shorter chop-length increases dairy cows’ dry matter intake and milk yields…
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Kia reveals first images of all-electric Niro
Kia has unveiled a new all-electric version of Niro at the 5th International Electric Vehicle Expo in Jeju, Korea. Due to receive its global debut at the Paris…
New gearbox broadens VW Amarok appeal
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has broadened the appeal of its Amarok pick-up, introducing a manual gearbox option to the range in combination with the 204 PS engine. This reduces…
Brake calls for compulsory rural driving lessons for learners
Road safety charity Brake is today calling for compulsory lessons on rural roads for learner drivers, as part of a graduated licensing system, to reduce fatalities and serious…
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Farmer-led innovation provides policy inspiration at Agricology field day
More than 80 farmers, policy-makers, researchers, and representatives from the NFU and Wildlife Trust attended Agricology’s on-farm field event at Daylesford Farm in Oxfordshire last…
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Gove: Tree planting rates have not been good enough
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has given a strong indication that the Government’s 25 year plan for…
Elgan Pugh crowned STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® British Champion 2017
New Forest organisations call on Government to support commoners, Verderers, farmers and landowners in ‘Green Brexit’
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Cutting edge visit for Oxford University students
Second-year engineering undergraduate students from Oxford University, studying Engineering Science, had a recent tour of the…
Volvo Penta powers the world’s first hybrid wood chipper
IOG celebrates 80th anniversary
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Claydon appoints importer for Spain
Claydon, a pioneer in direct strip seeding technology, has appointed AG-Group as the sole importer for…
Second-hand machinery sales soar as new tractor registration nosedives
New old look for special Quadtrac
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NFU Potato Forum chairman and vice chairman are re-appointed
Alex Godfrey and Tim Papworth have been re-appointed as chairman and vice chairman respectively of the…