Ladies…are you passionate about British beef?
Are you a female working in the farming or butchery trade? Or do you know someone working in the industry that is passionate about British beef? If so, Ladies in Beef want to hear from you! A relatively new organisation, Ladies in Beef, was formed to help promote and drive awareness of the quality and […]
A Call for Farmers Participation in The National Baled Silage Farm Survey
This coming winter the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University will be conducting a farm survey throughout the UK to evaluate how different on-farm management techniques affect baled silage quality. The research, funded by the Silage Advisory Centre (SilAC), will assist in highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of certain management practices […]
NSTS Achieves Target
The National Sprayer Testing Scheme has again achieved its government agreed target of testing sprayers covering 85% of the sprayed area of the UK. To achieve the actual figure of 85.7% over 14200 sprayers were tested. NSTS Manager Duncan Russell says This is a magnificent achievement, over 14,000 sprayer tests per year is the highest […]
International dairy conference investigates the future of milk production
The 2011 European Dairy Farmers (EDF) congress, which is due to take place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from 30th June to 2nd July, will host a series of seminars and discussions investigating how the industry can adapt to future market challenges and the technologies that will enable farmers to improve herd management. The EDF […]
Young Farmers invited to New Zealand
Novartis is offering to take one Young Farmer on a trip of a lifetime to New Zealand. Applications must be submitted by the 11th June 2011. The winner will receive a grant of 1,500 and will spend two weeks on a sheep station in New Zealand, with the opportunity for travel afterwards. Entrants must be […]
Yorkshire farmers scent opportunity to boost British cut flower sector
Scenting an opportunity to support the British cut flower sector, Yorkshire farmers have announced a new marketing co-operative enabling farmers and smallholders to fight back against the high volumes of imported flowers sold in the UK. Gill and Peggy Hodgson, fourth generation farmers from Everingham, East Riding, launched the co-operative Flowers from the Farm Ltd […]
Clouds of Wheat Blossom midge adults reported on Pestwatch
Dow AgroSciences Pestwatch service for Wheat Blossom midge is reporting adult midge activity over the last 10 days in the Southern counties, East Anglia and Yorkshire. Sarah Hurry of Dow AgroSciences says that farmers and agronomists are already seeing clouds of midges, although activity appears to be variable. Counties where adult midges have been reported […]
Government set to announce plans for Supermarket Watchdog
ANDREW GEORGE MP HOUSE OF COMMONS The MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Constituency of St Ives, Andrew George, has today welcomed news that the Government is expected to announce its plans tomorrow. Mr George, who chairs GMAG (Grocery Market Action Group), understands that Minsters in the Department for Business, Innovation, and […]
Discovery opens the door to electricity from microbes
Using bacteria to generate energy is a signifiant step closer following a breakthrough discovery by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Published today by the leading scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research demonstrates for the first time the exact molecular structure of the proteins which enable bacterial […]
