F.D.Bird family farmers plough on to expansion
The group is made up of the original farming partnership and storage business, F D Bird & Sons; the quarry and aggregates operation, Yarrows Aggregates, and Heron Lakes Luxury Lodge Park. All four elements of the business are based in Beverley, East Yorkshire. The new finance agreement will free up working capital for the entire […]
Graduates make the grade at Co-Operative Farms
Jim Burston, 25, based at Tillington Farm in Herefordshire, and Jack Smith 24, based at Coldham Farm in Cambridgeshire, have been rewarded for their hard work with the opportunity to progress into senior management with one of Britain’s biggest farmers. The Co-operative Farms runs two highly-regarded graduate management programmes – fresh produce and mechanised cropping […]
CLA congratulates Tacon on appointment as supermarket ombudsman
CLA President Harry Cotterell said: “Christine brings an impressive breadth of experience to the role of supermarket ombudsman. “We wish her well in the job and will look to her to ensure this watchdog uses its teeth so that producers are no longer pushed around by large retailers.” Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson today announced […]
World’s leading business experts to help boost family business growth in rural Devon and Somerset
The Family Business Growth Programme, which has been instigated by the family-owned land management business Clinton Devon Estates, will provide other family businesses working in agriculture and rural enterprises with access to over 25 years of family business research and learning from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne. The programme, which is […]
Agriculturalists still waiting on relief from bank mis-selling
Banks are being put under pressure to speed up compensating the scores of farmers thought to be struggling as a result of mis-sold interest rate protection products. The scandal emerged in the summer last year, when the Financial Services Authority (FSA) revealed “serious failings” in the way these complex hedging products had been marketed to […]
JSR wins gold in Olympic year
Investors in People (IIP) Gold is a demanding standard that sets out a framework for evaluating how well a company connects strategy and operational planning with its people policy, and JSR are believed to be one of the first agricultural companies in the UK to be awarded the Standard. JSR Chairman Tim Rymer said: “We […]
Mole Valley Farmers delivers strong financial results to Farmer Shareholders
Despite the challenging economic conditions, Mole Valley Farmers, firmly rooted in cooperative principles, has achieved a record turnover of £350.4 million for year ending 30th September 2012, a 6.9% increase of £22.5 million over the previous year. For the fifth consecutive year, Farmer Shareholder members have increased reaching 7,300 this year as the company focuses […]
Outdated farm labour laws abolished
Defra’s plans to scrap the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) – a panel setting pay abolished in all other sectors almost 20 years ago – were today included in a bill going through Parliament. It will mean that the law governing agricultural wages will be harmonised with the rest of the economy. This will end an […]
Adverse weather and feed costs dent farmer confidence – in the short-term
Today’s report says the effect of adverse weather conditions combined with concerns over feed bills have dented farmer confidence in the short-term. Farmers remain relatively optimistic about the future of farming over the long-term but confidence in the red meat and pork sectors looks to remain weak. NFU chief economist Phil Bicknell said the results […]
