Bayer launches powerful second generation rodenticide with no known rodent resistance
For farmers everywhere who are battling rats and mice resistant to existing rodenticides there is now a new solution. Bayer Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience will be launching a pioneering new single feed, second generation rodenticide at Cereals 2011. Rodilon is the new revolutionary rodenticide from Bayer with four highly palatableformulations ideal for […]
50,000 new opportunities in the food industry
Tens of thousands of new apprenticeship opportunities in the food industry were announced by Food Minister Jim Paice today. The apprenticeships are part of an industry drive to get more young people into skilled food jobs. Mr Paice made the announcement as he launched a Defra-sponsored action plan to get food businesses to run more […]
Salamon & Seaber tests prove Uralchem’s quality
Salamon & Seaber tests confirm that URALCHEMs methods of fertilizer?? analysis compare with those of EC Regulation methods URALCHEM ??announces the successful completion of round robin tests of the companys fertilizer carried out by Salamon & Seaber, one of the leading UK analytical laboratories, with the participation of URALCHEM specialists. The main objective of the […]
URALCHEM product portfolio for the UK and Irish markets well received by the trade at the Cereals Event 2011 in Lincolnshire, UK
URALCHEM, the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and full member of the Agricultural Industries Confederation of the UK, reinforced its commitment to the UK and Irish agriculture and fertiliser businesses by again exhibiting at Cereals, the largest agricultural event intheUnited Kingdom. The companys product portfolio for the UK and Irish markets was […]
Midge warning for pea crops
Pea growers are being warned to look out for Pea Midge attack, with reports of infestations being picked up in crops in the north east. Becky Ward of PGRO advocates control as soon as possible if any Midge are present – since yield loss can be up to 50% where infestations are high, she warns. […]
Support for UK salad growers affected by e.coli scare
UK growers must act quickly to apply for support under the new EU scheme to compensate them following the market disruption caused by the German e.coli outbreak and the ongoing Russian trade ban. The scheme, worth 210 million across the EU, is open to growers of tomatoes, lettuce, endives, cucumbers, sweet peppers and courgettes and […]
Surrey farm sprayer operator wins National FSOOTY Award
Steve Lake of Burgate Farm, Hambledon in Surrey is officially the UKs top farm sprayer operator. He was awarded the ultimate accolade of National Syngenta Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year at the International Sprays and Sprayers event, held as part of Cereals 2011 in Lincolnshire last week. The acclaimed Farm Sprayer Operator of the […]
Royal Visit Announced for the 2011 Great Yorkshire Show
HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the Great Yorkshire Show on Wednesday 13 July, 2011. The Prince of Wales is Patron of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, which organises the event. Bill Cowling, Honorary Show Director said: We are absolutely delighted with the news, and a programme for […]
NFU livestock board calls for wider use of post mortem clipping
The NFU is calling for more abattoirs to provide post mortem clipping services following the results of its survey into the practice The majority of respondents felt that on farm clipping was an extremely dangerous activity, while 85 per cent of those surveyed said they would like to see post mortem clipping provided in abattoirs. […]
