Thanks a million – campaign target reached to buy the home of the Welsh red dragon legend
A million pound appeal by the National Trust to buy one of Wales’ most iconic farms has reached its target in just over seven months, raising more than 4,000 a day thanks to donations from twenty thousand people. The fundraising drive launched in March this year aimed to acquire the stunning 248 hectare […]
Stuart Agnew MEP pins down Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos on set aside issue
During a debate in the European Parliament today (15.11.11) on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, Norfolk farmer Stuart Agnew MEP, has managed to cross examine the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos and get him to confirm that set aside from 2014 will include existing British Government generated environmental schemes to […]
Potato Council marketing and corporate affairs at BP2011
Visit the team at BP2011, Harrogate, Yorkshire, November 23 and 24, to find out more about the marketing strategy to sustain potato consumption, see campaign highlights and the positive results to date, and learn about how the industry can get involved in promotions such as ‘Potato Week 2012’. The media centre will give […]
Christmas shelter for Somerset reindeers
Three reindeers have been given a special Christmas treat of their own with brand new shelters from Somerlap Forest Products. The new, custom built shelters at Somerset family adventure park Puxton Park are already in situ providing a place out of the winter’s wind for the reindeers. Somerset based Somerlap is no stranger […]
New Draft UFAS Codes of Practice Consultation
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has issued out for consultation the new draft Codes of Practice for its Universal Feed Assurance Scheme (UFAS) which will come into force during Spring 2012. These are now available on the AIC Website. UFAS is the leading trade assurance scheme for animal feed in the UK and […]
CAP plans don’t get to heart of challenges
Defra Ministers have told the Europe Union’s Agriculture Commissioner that his draft proposals to reform the CAP fall short of meeting the key challenges he correctly identified some months ago to make farming more productive and protect the environment. Ahead of negotiations in Brussels today on the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural […]
Feel-good factor helping BWMB maintain its work
A bumper year in the sheep industry which has resulted in a feel-good factor among farmers is helping the British Wool Marketing Board do more valuable work for the sheep industry, according to BWMB Chairman Malcolm Corbett. Speaking at this week’s BWMB Annual Conference, Bradford, Mr Corbett told delegates he had never experienced such […]
We must all work together for food & conservation, farmers told at Agricultural Society Conference
Nearly 200 farmers and land owners gathered at the South of England Agricultural Society last week to hear an impassioned debate on how farming and conservation can work together for the good of all who care about farming and the great British countryside. The SEAS Autumn Farming Conference was a good-hearted affair […]
Kelly Rowland becomes the new face of the make mine Milk campaign
X-Factor judge Kelly Rowland has been unveiled as the latest celebrity to front the ‘make mine Milk’ campaign. From today, Kelly can be seen on buses across Great Britain sporting the iconic milk tash. Carrying the headline ‘feel good factor’, the advertisements aim to communicate the health benefits of consuming low fat milk […]
