British Sugar and NFU announce 2013/14 contract price and outcome of IPA mid-term review
Today, at the Cereals event, British Sugar and the NFU announced details of the 2013/14 sugar beet contract offer and the conclusions of the mid-term review of the Inter-Professional Agreement (IPA). 2013/14 Contract Tonnage (CTE) – Headlines: CTE beet price for 2013/14 has been fixed using the beet pricing mechanism at £26.51 per tonne […]
“Tough negotiations” for Agricultural Wages Board
There will be a 2.8 per cent rise for grades two and above (to £6.96 per hour) and a 1.8 per cent increase for grade one workers. This reflects the National Minimum Wage and will rise to £6.21 when the Agricultural Wages Order is applied from October 1 this year. NFU lead negotiator Bob Fiddaman […]
CAP greening must allow arable farmers to respond to market signals, says NFU
Following a successful trip to Strasbourg to meet with key MEPs involved in the CAP negotiations, NFU combinable crops board chairman Andrew Watts believes producers’ ability to respond to market signals and consumer requirements will be diminished, if greening proposals are not considered much more carefully. Speaking at the start of this year’s Cereals event, […]
Farmers look to the skies
Aimed at crop varieties including cereals, peas, sugar beet and potatoes some services can be commissioned immediately. The URSULA team will be on hand to demonstrate how its innovative approach to ‘state of the crop’ intelligence, acquired from small unmanned aircraft, can be used to support intervention. The first farm scale products and services to […]
Suffolk Show day 2 cancelled
Organisers of this year’s Suffolk Show have this morning confirmed that they have taken the difficult decision to close the event. Those arriving at Trinity Park for Day Two of the Suffolk Show will be turned away from the site, owing to predicted high winds and obvious safety concerns. Christopher Bushby, executive director, said: “The […]
Blown away by gold at Royal Cornwall
Trenona Limited were almost “blown away” by winning this year’s Machinery Competition – Gold Medal Award for the Trenona Bag Lifter. Despite the horrendous weather conditions on the first day of the show Trenona soldiered on, strapped their stand down to the Trenona Bale Handler and the Trenona Bag Lifter which luckily was attached to […]
Successful Bio-DME field tests
Trucks that impose hardly any load on the environment because their carbon emissions are virtually zero. Could this be a future scenario? Well, in actual fact, Volvo Trucks is already running successful field tests with vehicles powered by bio-DME, a fuel that can be produced from biomass both cost and energy efficiently. For the transport […]
Royal visitors at Surrey Show
HRH Prince Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, brought sunshine and a touch of royal glamour to Surrey County Show on Monday. The Earl presented the prize for Best In Milk Heifer to Miss Catherine Elmes’ Crystal Baxter Belle 3, from Wiltshire, and the Countess presented the Group of Three Sheep Championship […]
Progress on Fengrain’s new Vendor Assurance Centre
Fengrain are to name their new £3.2m vendor assurance centre, The Jubilee Store to mark the Queens 60th birthday. The project is based on improving efficiencies for growers delivering at harvest, and to help the store add value by processing and segregating grain for consumers. “This is a massive project; we are not only building […]
