British Wool Bring Positive News on Price to Wool Producers at the NSA Winter Fair
The British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) will attend the first NSA Winter Fair in Bakewell (Derbyshire) announcing positive news on prices to wool producers at a special seminar in association with the Campaign for Wool (CfW). Chairman of the BWMB, Frank Langrish will jointly present the seminar The Campaign for Wool and improvements in prices […]
Simon Wins Prestigious National Award
Simon Foster from Syngenta Bioline has won a top national award recognising his technical ability and professionalism in crop protection. He received the Barrie Orme trophy from Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive of the Crop Protection Association, at a ceremony held at the Farmers Club in London. Now in its tenth year, the prize is awarded […]
Farmers roll-up to get Rylock: sales rocket by over 100%
Betafence reveals new strategy to beat steel price rises is paying-off Farmers have welcomed a new approach by Betafence which means it can offer its market-leading Rylock fencing range at the most competitive price possible. Exhibiting at LAMMA 2011, Betafence, the UKs largest wire manufacturer, has revealed that sales of its Rylock stock fence, barbed […]
Look, no wires with Robydome
An all-new wireless digital temperature probe for electronic grain store monitoring has been launched by Robydome at LAMMA 2011. Now farmers and store managers can assure the quality of their crops in store using RobylinkFreeLance for easier, faster and more accurate tracking of grain temperatures and condition. The floor store system simply comprises the robust […]
Neat turnout at LAMMA
Techneat Engineering lines up a comprehensive range of equipment at LAMMA. The new Placement Pro machine with Rotamoulded tank and Terracast V2 can be seen alongside the Nutri-Start machine for applying liquid fertiliser onto oil seed rape. The Placement Pro granular has been designed for the precise application of granular fertiliser at the optimum place […]
From My Farm donate 10k fruit and veg to FareShare
From My Farm, the leading supplier of regionally sourced produce, brought some festive cheer to the homeless and other deserving causes with the donation of 10,000 worth of fruit and vegetables. The donation was made via community food network charity FareShare, which normally collects food that will otherwise go to waste and works in conjunction […]
FUW leader issues food security warning following riots, floods and drought.
The devastating effects of this weeks riots in Tunisia, the floods currently ravaging the planet and last summers fire and drought in Russian are a stark warning that food security remains a major concern, Farmers Union of Wales president Gareth Vaughan said today (Tuesday January 18). Soon after last summer’s catastrophic fire and drought-ravaged Russian […]
Barry Ledger retires from Tong Peal Engineering
Barry Ledger has retired from Tong Peal Engineering, the UKs leading designer and manufacturer of agricultural handling and sorting equipment for the vegetable handling industry. In his 30 years with Tong Peal, Barry has performed a number of roles including sales manager in the northern area and export sales manager, helping to develop the company […]
Kendall calls for Defra to join things up on dairy
The Government should get behind the European Commission’s Dairy Package, NFU President Peter Kendall told the Semex Dairy Conference in Glasgow today. Dairy farmers demonstrating at supermarket depots in the freezing cold, the infamous case of the missing milk millions and the fact that farmers are losing money on every litre of milk they produce […]
