UK egg production breaks record
For the first time 50 per cent of UK eggs are now laid by cage free hens and more people than ever are choosing higher welfare eggs*. The latest figures from Defra reveal that 45 per cent of eggs produced in the UK throughout 2010 were free-range and five per cent were produced in barn […]
Comment from Stuart Agnew MEP on the EU’s new tax proposals
East of England MEP, Stuart Agnew comments on the EU’s new energy tax proposals released today (13.4.11), that would wipe out the benefits of using red diesel. Stuart Agnew MEP, UKIP’s spokesman on agriculture said: “These proposals are sheer lunacy and will bankrupt many of our farmers. At a time when we urgently need to […]
NFU targets EU as potash prices double
The price of potash has more than doubled in the past three years prompting farmers to call on the EU to abandon its potash anti-dumping rules, the NFU said today. NFU farm inputs adviser Peter Garbutt believes it was unjust for the EU to block cheaper imports of potash when farm incomes were critically low […]
IOG Saltex – the event that puts exhibitors in front of potential new buyers
A survey of visitors to last years IOG SALTEX open space management show has revealed that visitors to the show who are involved in purchasing decisions do not see any non-supplier sales representatives in an average month. According to the results of independent research carried out at the three-day event in Windsor this year, September […]
Pestwatch – Local risk assessment for Leatherjackets required
The focus for Pestwatch moves from Wheat Bulb fly to Leatherjackets and starts with a warning of variable risk of this pest in different parts of the country plus advice to assess risk on a local basis. Each autumn Dow AgroSciences commission ADAS and the SAC Auchincruive to survey leatherjacket numbers in grassland sites across […]
New Q3 brings a third dimension to Audi SUV style
Latest Audi entrant offers all the benefits of SUV ownership in a more compact and city-friendly form A new compact Audi SUV that will be as comfortable within the confines of the city as it will be scaling hills or crossing continents makes its world debut next week at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show (April […]
Case-by-case ban on GMO crops allowed but buffer zones rejected
EU governments will be able to restrict or ban GMO crops on a case-by-case basis under measures approved by the European Parliament’s all-party environment committee today. But the Euro MPs rejected proposals by the main progressive group to set up EU-wide minimum buffer zones around plots in which GMO farming is permitted. In a vote […]
Second triumph for UK flock manager
Cargill Meats Europe is the latest winner of the Cobb Flock of the Year for Europe, Middle East and Africa region and the award is a second personal triumph for breeder farm manager Adrian Nicholas. Five years ago he managed the flock that won the award for Corbett Farms which supplied hatching eggs for Cargills […]
New figures show positive effect of badger cull
The Farmers Union of Wales today welcomed figures which show badger culling continues to result in major reductions in TB incidences up to four and a half years after the end of a cull. Figures published yesterday in the scientific journal PLoS ONE (see note below), under the heading Analysis of further data (to 25 […]
