Relax the 6 day movement and on farm burial rules – Williams
Brecon and Radnorshire MP Roger Williams used yesterdays DEFERA Questions today to urge the Government to relax its rules on 6 day movement of livestock in line with scientific understanding. Speaking in the house, Roger asked the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs “The six-day movement rule and the ban […]
LEAF member wins Farmer of the Year
The LEAF team are delighted to congratulate LEAF farmer member, Andrew Hughes of Trinley Estate, Andover, Hampshire, on being awarded Farmer of the Year at this year’s BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2011, which celebrates the best of the UK’s chefs and food producers. The award ceremony took place at the […]
Cracking the genetic code of the pigeonpea holds key to feeding the world
Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the humble pigeonpea, known as “poor people’s meat” because of its high protein content, and this could be the key to helping to feed the world, according to experts at the World Agricultural Forum Congress 2011, meeting next week (28 November) in Brussels. The scientist leading […]
Shearing has sporting chance of recognition, according to annual shearers’ meeting
‘Spare sheep’, setting records and ‘Shearing Sports’ were just some of the fascinating topics debated in a fun and friendly manner at this year’s British Isles Shearing Competition Association (BISCA) AGM, held in Bradford on 11th November. Representatives from all the major shearing competitions in the UK met at the British Wool Marketing Board […]
BBC Good Food Show Winter opened today and will run through to 27th Nov at NEC Birmingham
Two of the nation’s favourite chefs James Martin and Brian Turner today opened the doors of the BBC Good Food Show Winter’s 21st Show to great acclaim from visitors and exhibitors. The opening day has been a huge success, entertaining the public and providing festive inspiration and recipes. Europe’s biggest food show featured […]
EU urged to avoid crop protection crunch
As restrictive new EU pesticide approval rules remove more products from the market than can be developed to replace them, Europe’s farmers risk losing vital crop protection tools in the drive to increase production. That was the warning this week from Crop Protection Association chief executive Dominic Dyer to an influential gathering of […]
Price rise needed as UK dairy farmers languish in bottom quarter of EU milk league table
The NFU dairy board has called for milk buyers to come forward with a milk price rise before the New Year. Speaking after a meeting of the national dairy board held today (Tuesday), chairman Mansel Raymond said price rises across the board were needed to ensure farmers had the confidence and the cash […]
Record cost of farm inputs puts serious strain on supply chain
Farmers and food processors are at risk of being caught between a rock and a hard place as signs of downward pressure from supermarket price wars coincide with record rises in the cost of farm inputs, the NFU warned today. The organisation also called for the Government to speed up the process of […]
School Children’s Fight to Save the British Apple Comes to Fruition
The school children who have turned their grounds into orchards to keep the endangered traditional habitats alive are now celebrating their first year of orchard development. Following a year of being involved in the Fruit-Full Schools project, 50 secondary schools have now created orchards to preserve the long-forgotten local varieties of fruit within their […]
