Soils at all-time nutrient low
“Farmers will be desperate to apply early N to encourage backward crops, but it is important they make the right decisions based upon the right information to make the most of what is already turning out to be a tough season” Recent soil analysis carried out by Yara across six sites has shown that over […]
GB takes the lead as number one EU exporter of seed potatoes to Egypt
Even though GB seed export tonnage is still being calculated for the 2012/2013 season, official export statistics confirm that GB is now the EU’s leading source of seed potatoes to Egypt. Exports of British seed have been increasing steadily for the last ten years, but with the challenging conditions of the 2012 season, it would […]
HARRODS to sponsor Supreme Champion 2013 at Great Taste Awards
The Great Taste 2013 Supreme Champion award will be sponsored by Harrods in a new agreement with The Guild of Fine Food, organiser of the Great Taste Awards which is now entering its 19th year. Last year the awards scheme attracted over 8,000 entries and this September, Harrods will present the Supreme Champion trophy to […]
HS2 extension will blight thousands of rural homes and rural businesses
The Association said the announcement today (28 January) gives no confidence to CLA members whose homes and businesses are close to the new route and who would suffer decades of uncertainty while the scheme is planned and built. CLA President Harry Cotterell said: “The Government has rushed through today’s route announcement before two major consultations […]
Holstein UK award announced at British Cattle Conference
Anna Dickinson from Yorkshire HYB was announced as the winner of Holstein UK’s President’s Medal Award at the British Cattle Conference this week. She was presented with the award by President of the Society Tom Cope and will visit the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, USA, as part of the award kindly sponsored by Genus […]
Farm Stay UK puts £3.5 billion into the rural economy
Through continual farm diversification of its 1,000 members who have developed new accommodation experiences such as shepherd’s huts, eco-lodges, woodland hideaways, hay-bale houses and imaginative conversions of redundant farm buildings, Farm Stay UK’s members have grown the farm accommodation sector through ingenuity, investment and innovation. Thirtieth Anniversary celebrations began this week with a Kent Farmhouse […]
New Holland machines at City display have raised £65,000 for farming hardship fund
The equipment was showcased outside St Paul’s Cathedral on January 16th as part of an event to collect money for the Addington Fund and to highlight the vital link between farming and the food consumed by urban dwellers. The countryside display began on the evening of the 15th with a head-turning procession of lorries into […]
UKIP MEP tells Cypriot Agriculture Minister some home truths about CAP reform
In the Agriculture & Rural Development Committee session on 24th January, during a review of the Cypriot Presidency of the EU Council, Mr Agnew gave the Minister a scathing critique of three wasted years discussing greening measures to tackle climate change. He said: “I’ve sat through debates here for a good three years about the […]
John Deere tractor sent to Zambia
Members of the Wroxham Bure Valley Rotary Club recently exceeded their fundraising target of £15,500, with the help of 28 donors in the local agricultural industry. The money has funded a John Deere 5E tractor, which has been shipped to the Faith Orphanage Foundation in Kitwe North. The tractor will help those at the orphanage, […]
