Tickets available for BBC Food & Farming Awards
Farming Monthly National have teamed up with BBC Haymarket Exhibitions to offer you the opportunity to attend the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2010 taking place on Wednesday 24th November at the BBC Good Food Show Winter. For your opportunity to attend this great event (recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Friday 26th), […]
Right diagnosis, wrong prescriptions in CAP Communication
Todays future of CAP Communication has identified the challenges that European agriculture and the EU Common Agricultural Policy face over the next ten years. However the measures proposed in the EU Commissions document are unlikely to help farmers rise to these challenges, the NFU has argued today. The paper, which sets out the direction of […]
Commission outlines blueprint for forward-looking Common Agricultural Policy after 2013
The European Commission has today published a Communication on “the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards 2020 Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future”. The reform aims at making the European agriculture sector more dynamic, competitive, and effective in responding to the Europe 2020 vision of stimulating sustainable growth, smart growth and […]
Tradition of Lord Mayors parade brought up to date with farming innovation from Grimme
Grimmes two-row self-propelled potato harvester took to the London Streets at the historic 683rd Lord Mayors Show last weekend as the representative of the Worshipful Company of Farmers who take part in the traditional parade, along with around 150 other past, present and future businesses including livery companies, charities, Her Majestys Forces, the City Police […]
Helping our local rural economies to grow
Government is determined that all parts of the country benefit from sustainable economic growth, but to achieve this it is imperative that the emerging Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) plan and deliver for local rural economies. Rural economies form around 20% of Englands economy, and they employ around four and a half million workers. To help […]
Sesame, Cracker and Palace succeed in year of increased oilseed rape plantings
In a year when oilseed rape plantings are up by well over 5%, our oilseed rape variety Sesame – which is the highest-yielding conventional variety in HGCA recommended list trials – has taken up over 10% of the acreage this autumn, said Theo Labuda, LSPBs managing director. We have also had success with our varieties […]
Land Rover announces launch of Discovery 4 ‘Landmark’ limited editions
Gaydon, Warwickshire, 18 November 2010 – Land Rover will introduce the new Discovery 4 ‘Landmark’ Limited Editions in January 2011 featuring unique Black and White colour themes. This new variant brings a fresh, more contemporary sense of design to the latest Discovery 4 line-up. Both the Black and White models blend high-end interiors with bold, […]
Striking Subaru design concept debuts at LA show
Japanese manufacturer Subaru recently unveiled the Impreza Design Concept, which previews the carmakers new Confidence in Motion design and brand strategy, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. For the sporty four-door coupe the designers blended two ideas dynamic flow and confident stance while also incorporating Subarus core engineering values of dynamic performance through permanent Symmetrical […]
Tesla-Toyota ‘RAV4 EV’ concept debuts at LA show
The Toyota RAV4 EV concept, an electric vehicle jointly developed with Tesla, has made its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. A total of 35 vehicles will be built for a demonstration and evaluation program through 2011, with the introduction of a final production model in the US in 2012. The final production vehicle […]
